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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 15, 2024

Latin America’s Renewed Fiscal Challenges

China state media slams Sinograin over alleged use of fuel tankers to transport cooking oil

Pakistan reaches $7 billion aid deal with IMF

The divorce divide in American politics is something new

Trump Picks Vice President: Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance

Alleged Trump shooter spotted by law enforcement nearly 30 minutes before shots fired, sources say

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 13, 2024

To save French society, Jean-Luc Melenchon must be stopped

Ships sailing around the southern tip of Africa are wrestling with a bout of bad weather that has already run one vessel aground and seen another lose more than 40 containers overboard.

Someone tried to kill Trump. The BBC interview embedded in the story is something. And Trump telling the secret service to wait while he rallies the crowds is shows the political instincts that keep him in the came despite all his other failings

More details from the NY Post on the Trump Shooting.

Joe Biden and a Tear in the Fabric of Things

Nearly 200 NY and NJ Residents Now Diagnosed with Dengue Fever

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 12, 2024

As Russia pushes on multiple fronts, cracks are appearing in Ukraine’s defenses

Failure and slaughter: IDF’s Be’eri probe shows army’s colossal errors, residents’ bravery

German Navy still uses 8-inch floppy disks, working on emulating a replacement

Germany decries Russian plot to assassinate Rheinmetall boss

Nearly all AT&T subscribers’ call records stolen in Snowflake cloud hack

A reminder that there is nothing new under the sun. How to Hide the President’s Condition

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 11, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Strategic Missile Testing Facility Attacked

‘Our guys’ In Russia’s Buryatia, high military death rates make the war impossible to ignore. A new report reveals how it’s become normalized.

Nasrallah: If Hamas agrees to ceasefire with Israel, Hezbollah will also halt attacks

Rio’s ‘narco-pentecostal’ gangs accused of ordering Catholic churches to close

Former Philippine police officers implicated in the murder of Isaac Cohen and Geneva Lopez over a land dispute, highlighting corruption and violence in agricultural land transactions.

What Do You Do with a Failed Coup?

Biden’s “mixed” NATO presser wasn’t enough for Capitol Hill

Seven GOP-led states sue to block Biden’s new anti-discrimination healthcare rule

US universities including Cornell, Harvard and MIT raked in $13B in ‘undocumented contributions’ from foreign donors

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 10, 2024

Transfer Of F-16s To Ukraine Is Now Underway

Saudis Threatened To Sell European Bonds If Russian Assets Were Confiscated

In the Philippines, controversy erupted last month when authorities discovered that a local mayor was a Chinese citizen pretending to be Filipino. The mayor, Alice Leal Guo, had reportedly facilitated operations at a scam center operated by a Chinese criminal group in her jurisdiction, prompting growing concerns over the scale of Chinese influence in the country.

This from Politico no less. Biden support slips in deep blue New York: ‘We’re a battleground state now’

Who enabled Biden? A case study

Biden’s Failed Gaza Pier To Be Permanently Retired In A Few Days

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 9, 2024

Chinese Troops Begin Drills Along Poland’s Border In Belarus

“A Death Squad Ruling”: The Press and Pundits Make Wild Claims in the Wake of the Court’s Immunity Decision

China’s Renewable Energy Surge Strains Power Grid
Lumber Prices Down 20% YoY

Neurologist on NBC (!): clear as day that Biden has Parkinson’s, textbook case that even a med student can diagnose

Fallout: London devs will “downgrade” Fallout 4 to save their massive mod

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 8, 2024

The numbers documented in the latest article of the Economist reporting on the Russian losses in Ukraine in the last two years are staggering.

Ukraine Situation Report: Plot To Steal A Tu-22M3 Backfire Thwarted Russia Claims

Satellite photos show Iran expanding ballistic missile production

Israel’s deficit continues to grow past 2024 ceiling, hits 7.6%

IDF assesses much of Hamas tunnel network still in ‘good functional state’

How democratic are the French results?

Rwandan Troops Fighting Alongside M23 Rebels in DR Congo

Problem Plagued Sentinel ICBM Program Will Press Ahead Despite Nearly Doubling In Cost

SpaceX’s plan to launch its monstrous Starship-Super Heavy two-stage tandem from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center caught the attention — and concern — of two rival space companies that warn federal officials the up-to-492-foot-tall rocket will be too untested, too dangerous and too potentially disruptive for the nation’s busiest spaceport and the surrounding environment.

Scientists Baffled: Webb Uncovers Ancient Galaxies That Defy Explanation

Responding to War Crimes Allegations: Interview with Ryan O’Leary of Chosen Company

Of course he says he is innocent but the New York Times does not have a good reputation anymore and he does make claims of fact that should be provable one way or another. More to the point, Preston Stewart is again acting like I wish the media would and letting someone say their side of the story. If there truly is legal action filed, it should become apparent pretty quick who can prove their point. But from Chosen Company’s point of view, a lot of the damage has already been done and can’t be undone.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 7, 2024

Israel shouldn’t attack Hezbollah until after US elections – opinion

France Elections: Left-Wing Alliance Surpasses Le Pen’s National Rally

Panic buttons demanded as violence surges in New York

Hunter Biden’s the real point person in Joe’s White House — don’t underestimate the first son

Colorado dairy farm worker infected with bird flu