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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 8

Beware the ‘Sure Thing’

U.S. Spooks Can’t Keep Their Mouths Shut About Helping Ukraine Kill Russians

Target Transnistria: Russia’s Maskirovka and Pathways to Escalation

Rising Oil Prices Buying Iran Time in Nuclear Talks

Russia’s military-industrial complex in panic over low salaries, mass layoffs

If California’s cumulative rate of excess mortality equaled Florida’s, about 5,000 fewer Californians would have died during the pandemic. And if California’s unemployment rate equaled Florida’s last year, 500,000 fewer Californians would have been out of work.

Ephemeral car software and the Internet of Things are killing the ‘car you own forever’ era.

Take note: “They constantly send messages saying they will offer rewards and remove certain sanctions if we give up seeking revenge for Soleimani,” IRGC Navy Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri said on 21 April. “But this is wishful thinking. The leader of the Islamic Revolution insists on taking revenge, and the IRGC commander has said that revenge is inevitable.”

Between searing drought and Ukraine war, Iraq watchful over wheat

President Biden’s $6 billion nuclear bailout aims to patch up an industry damaged by bad energy policies.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 7

Putin’s Disaster and What Could Happen Next

Top Story of the Day 🙂 It’s not your imagination — iPhone users really are worse drivers

Used Vehicle Wholesale Prices Decline Seasonally Adjusted in April

‘Menstrual Dignity Act’ requires menstrual products in boys’ bathrooms

California says it needs more power to keep the lights on

Debunking Biden’s Absurd “Cut the Deficit” Claim

NOPEC: America’s Last Stand Against OPEC’s Drift To The East

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 6

Going nuclear over Ukraine? What is the likelihood of nuclear weapons being used by Russia?

US intelligence reportedly helped Ukraine kill Russian generals

Second Russian Warship Struck by Ukraine

When Sri Lanka’s crisis exploded, some were ready

The nationwide baby formula shortage is getting worse

California Is Impoverishing Its Low-Income Residents With Electricity Prices

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RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 5

US Intel Helped Ukraine Target Russian Generals

Tensions Mount in the Balkans as Bosnia and Herzegovina Threatens to Fracture

Japan’s Ruling Party Proposes Counter-Strike Capabilities

Russia’s oil output is plummeting, and the decline is expected to worsen in May.

We take a tour of Helsinki’s fortifications with an eye on a possible Russian invasion as it prepares to join Nato

Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates by Half-Point in Biggest Hike Since 2000

Revisiting Mitch Daniels’ “Truce” on Social Issues

Boeing is moving to Arlington

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 4

The Case of a Missing Ton of Cocaine Highlights the Dangers of the Drug Trade

Belarus Launches ‘Surprise’ Military Maneuvers

The Irrational, Misguided Discourse Surrounding Supreme Court Controversies Such as Roe v. Wade

THE LEFT CHANGES WHAT MIND IT HAS ON A REGULAR BASIS:

The Riddle of the Mountain

India Wants To Buy Russian Oil, At Below $70 A Barrel

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 3

Media is Slowly Coming Around to Idea that Covid Vaccines Aren’t as Effective as Advertised

Shanghai reports 58 new cases in unguarded, low-risk zones in setback for city’s ‘societal zero-Covid’ push

Beijing to conduct three more rounds of testing in three days to stamp out latest flare-up

Justice Alito meticulously dissects, and forcefully responds to, every conceivable position in favor of retaining Roe and Casey.

The Shocking Supreme Court Leak

Coming soon to a country near you. Scorching electricity price spikes in NSW and Queensland

Taiwan Considering Alternative Weapons Amid US Howitzer Delay

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 2

The Orbán Problem

When I was young I had plans to eventually get a diesel vehicle. I changed my mind because I saw this coming. Long before the current crisis, the government started down the path of rendering diesel useless. Not there yet but getting there fast. Diesel prices soaring beyond crude, gasoline — and likely to stay that way

European Port Workers Are Refusing To Unload Russian Diesel

Alabama public health worker mauled to death by pack of dogs

The deadly accordion wars of Lesotho

Rumor that I would not even link to except that he does not look healthy.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 1

A video released by the Kremlin last weekend shows Putin in seemingly bad health. Some commentators and tabloids claim he has Parkinson’s. What do doctors think?

Russians plunder $5M farm vehicles from Ukraine – to find they’ve been remotely disabled

Europe’s LNG terminals are maxed out as the region continues to import record amounts of gas.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 30

I think the subtext is that Chinese collages are failing to impart skills that have any use. China has a youth unemployment problem

‘Maladaptive Daydreaming’ Could Be a Distinct Psychiatric Disorder, Scientists Claim

The Countless Failures of Big Bureaucracy

This will be so unpopular that I have to wonder what kind of drugs they are smoking. They would have been better off just putting more money in the budget for this instead of taking from the VA. Mayorkas looks to divert VA funding to illegal immigrants

Colorado inmate is first American to test positive for bird flu

Millions of bees used in pollination die in airline shipping

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 29

Latam soybean oil prices skyrocket above historical $1,900/mt

Brazil’s Drought: The Trigger that Could Take Corn Prices Higher?

Heat wave scorches India’s wheat crop

Half of France’s nuclear reactors taken offline, adding to electricity demand on European grid

Political stakes high as Beijing responds to virus outbreak

James Webb Space Telescope completes alignment in huge milestone

Cases Of Mysterious Liver Damage In Children Spread To Japan And China