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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 18, 2024

Gantz sets June 8 deadline for PM to make post-war plan, or he’ll bolt coalition

Panama-Flagged Oil Tanker Attacked Off Yemen

Investors and economists are getting worried about more bank failures as interest rates stay high

After Weinstein Decision, Democrats Push Sexual Assault Measure Biden and Schumer Once Fought

Over the past week, multiple stories have appeared in the media with headline phrases like “The U.S. is refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserves.” However, this is misleading at best.

A lost branch of the river Nile flowed past the pyramids of Egypt

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 16, 2024

And this is how the E.U. helps Former President Trump get reelected.

MiG-31 Foxhounds Confirmed Destroyed In New Imagery Of Belbek Air Base

Hezbollah drone hits IDF Air Force base in North

Turkey’s sudden ban on trade with Israel is already affecting Jews in both countries

Power and Financial Interdependence

Not Your Grandfather’s Philippines

State lawmakers are set to introduce a sweeping proposal for a public takeover of Central Hudson, the region’s scandal-plagued gas and electric utility.

US TFRs by state

Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora

Babies born by C-section need two doses of measles vaccine to produce antibodies

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 15, 2024

Russia’s Belbek Airbase In Crimea Hammered By Ukrainian Long-Range Strike

Ukraine’s power grid operator Ukrenergo is introducing controlled emergency shutdowns in all regions of Ukraine.

Russian lieutenant general arrested amid Putin’s defense ministry purge

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a “life-threatening condition” in hospital after being shot five times in what his office has called an “assassination attempt.”

New Caledonia: France declares state of emergency amid riots

Over 8,000 Christians killed in 13 months in Nigeria.

Landlord Legislators Carved Themselves Out of Good Cause Eviction

IER Report Details North America’s Vast Energy Resources

Congress is Preparing to Restore Quotas in College Admissions

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 14, 2024

Putin’s dismissal of Defense Minister Shoigu fuels intrigues in the Russian army

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that “more than 1,000 members” of the Palestinian militant group Hamas were being treated in Turkish hospitals amid the ongoing war in Gaza.

New U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Imports Could Spike Supply Chain Costs

THE BACKDOOR TO CONTROL THE INTERNET

US home prices have soared 47% since 2020

Maternal mortality rates appear to have risen in the last 20 years in the US. But this reflects a change in measurement rather than an actual rise in mortality.

Posted mainly for the inflation adjusted chart in the middle of the article. Just scroll down to that if you are curious how the aid to Ukraine stack up compared to historical assistance in terms of inflation adjusted dollars (although I would have preferred as percentage of GDP as I think that would have been an even better measure). What New Data Tells Us About the Impact of Ukraine on US Foreign Assistance

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 13, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: “Fierce Battles” Rage In Kharkiv Region

A Ukrainian recon commander in Kharkiv said its first line of defense was missing, in a ‘betrayal’ that allowed Russian troops to just walk in

Ukraine’s air defenses are struggling and shot down just 30% of Russian missiles last month, report says

Russian Elites Recruited Far From Frontline to Be Safe From War

UN revises Gaza women and children death tolls down by 50%

Powerful interests are fanning the flames of a Sudanese civil war that will likely plunge the country into famine in a few weeks.

Who Had Chinese Ebola Hamsters on Their 2024 Bingo Card?

The top two will not surprise you, but the others might. Where the US spends the most on foreign aid

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 12, 2024

Putin in Cabinet shakeup moves to replace defense minister as he starts his 5th term in office

Biden Offers Israel Intel on Hamas Leaders’ Location in Bid to Avert Rafah Offensive

Body camera video reveals shock, disbelief after Key Bridge collapse

My questions is “cause or effect?”. In other words, did the guns cause the issue or where they trying to treat an issue that got worse. And I do understand that the vertigo stopped after at least one of them stopped using the guns but given the other treatment going on I am not sure that was definitive. On the other hand, it could be related and that is why I pass on the link Massage Guns the Likely Culprit in Two Cases of Acute Vertigo

According to new research, 23 percent of bachelor’s degree programs and 43 percent of master’s degree programs have a negative ROI.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 11, 2024

Lebanon: Hezbollah Escalates Rocket Fire on Israel After Biden’s Weapons Embargo Threat

Fish Farming in Iceland

Ford explains it will have to stop selling petrol cars to poor people so it can meet government EV rules

IRS Now Targeting People Who Threaten Washington’s “Ability to Govern”

After once claiming on air that people taking ivermectin should be “shamed”, Chris Cuomo has done an about face on the drug, admitting on the PBD Podcast this week that he is taking a regular dose of it to deal with long Covid.

This is not the end of the story as higher courts could overturn this. Court Throws DEI Amendment to NY Constitution, Opposed By Equal Protection Project, Off November Ballot

More children gain hearing as gene therapy for profound deafness advances

NOAA says ‘extreme’ Solar storm will persist through the weekend