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The American Dream

• It’s War! – Putin Launches A “Special Military Operation” To “Demilitarize” Ukraine

  I really hoped that it would never come to this. But it has, and now nothing will ever be the same again. Russian Vladimir Putin has just launched a special military operation that he says will “demilitarize” Ukraine. The following comes...

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• This Is The Real Reason Why Democrats And The Mainstream Media Want War With Russia

  When I was growing up, having animosity for Russia was considered to be a very “conservative” thing to do.  Ronald Reagan told us that the USSR was an “evil empire”, and he was quite correct.  Unspeakable atrocities were committed...

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• Biden Wants Us To Be The Police Of The World But We Can’t Even Deal With The Violence In Our Own Streets

  The Biden administration may believe otherwise, but the truth is that the days when the United States could dictate how everyone else in the world is going to behave have come to an end.  Russia is demonstrating how weak the U.S. has become by...

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CNET

• Galaxy S22 Deals: Today's the Last Day to Save Big on Preorders - CNET

  The clock is ticking! You only have a few more hours to take advantage of double the storage for free and other extras. Don't miss out.

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• Galaxy S22 Ultra Camera vs. the iPhone 13 Pro, Pixel 6 Pro - CNET

  I put three of the best camera phones through a series of tests to see which takes better photos.

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• Best Prepared Meal Delivery Services for 2022 - CNET

  We tried several of the most popular prepared food operations available. Here are the best.

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Dandelion Salad

• Spinning Victory From Fiasco as the U.S. Tries to Avoid Peace With Russia, by Finian Cunningham

  Image by PHOTObyTED via SmugMug by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad Ireland Crossposted from Strategic Culture Foundation, Feb. 22, 2022 February 23, 2022 The real danger is that the Ukrainian regime has been emboldened by Washington...

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• The “American Experiment” is a Savage Nightmare, by Paul Street

  by Paul Street Writer, Dandelion Salad The Official Website of Paul Street, Feb. 11, 2022 February 22, 2022 “Your celebration is a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.” — Frederick Douglass, 1850 “Men...

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• PSL Statement: Why Workers Should Oppose The Far Right Canadian “Trucker” Convoy

  Dandelion Salad by The Party for Socialism and Liberation LiberationNews.org, Feb. 18, 2022 February 21, 2022 From its beginning, the so-called “Freedom Convoy” in Canada has been a vehicle for the far right to promote their views and...

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The Economic Collapse

• Before We Go To War, Let’s Take A Look At The Current State Of The U.S. Military…

  If we are going to have a war with Russia, perhaps we should determine if our military is actually prepared to fight such a war first.  Unfortunately, as I will detail below, the answer is very clear.  At one time, the U.S. possessed the greatest...

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• The Global Energy Crisis Just Escalated To An Entirely New Level, And This Is Just The Beginning…

  Now we are being told that we are all going to “have costs” for the crisis in Ukraine.  More specifically, the global energy crisis just took a dramatic turn for the worse, and so that means that all of us will soon be hit by dramatically higher...

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• Russia Has Just Issued An Ultimatum To Ukraine, And The Conditions For War Are Now Set

  This is not a game.  As this crisis has been unfolding in Ukraine, I have been seeing people all over the Internet cheer for either side like they would cheer for their favorite football teams.  But these people don’t understand what is at...

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Eurasia Review

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  Neutrality For Taiwan? Why It Remains An Option – OpEd

  By Chenxi Shen he entry of the Taiwanese delegation in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 4 served again as a reminder of the largest dilemma plaguing international relations in East Asia today. As the Guardian...

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  Digital Authoritarianism In Southeast Asia: Emerging Trends – Analysis

  By Angkuran Dey* In October 2020, as a petition asking for the Thai king to be declared persona non grata in Germany started to gain traction, the Thai government blocked access to the site, Change.org. That same month, the government also...

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  Russian Weakness And The Russian ‘Threat’ To The West – OpEd

  By Ryan McMaken* The current advocates for US aggression against Russia would have us believe that Russia is some sort of peer of the United States and of Western Europe. Tom Rogan at the hawkish Washington Examiner, for example, insists that...

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Geoengineering Watch

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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, February 19, 2022, #341

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Orchestrated winter weather whiplash events are taking a toll on targeted regions of North America, including Ottawa, Canada where the trucker protest is under siege. Record warmth continues...

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  Geoengineering Watch Vs. The “Fact Checker”, Lawsuit Filed

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org The so called "fact checkers" are shutting down legitimate science debate regarding climate intervention operations and countless other critically important issues. Our right to free speech...

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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, February 12, 2022, #340

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org The climate engineers have continued whipping up weekly winter storms for the most populated portion of the US, the East Coast. The moisture feed for these storms is commonly coming from the...

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intelNews.org

• Analysis: A Western-supported anti-Russian insurgency in Ukraine is unlikely

  AS THE FULL-SCALE invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Armed Forces continues to unfold, some Western commentators have begun to speculate about the possible launch of an anti-Russian insurgency by the Ukrainian population. However, although...

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• Little-known Russian spy unit is behind alleged Ukraine ‘kill/capture list’

  A LITTLE KNOWN SPY unit, which experts have described as a mysterious “third espionage agency” inside the Russian intelligence apparatus, is said to be behind a “kill/capture list” that Moscow allegedly plans to put to use in Ukraine...

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• British military warns 50% of Russia’s entire ground force has now encircled Ukraine

  IN A VIDEO MESSAGE described by observers as “extraordinary”, the British Ministry of Defence has warned that at least half of the Russian military’s ground combat units have now encircled much of Ukraine. The report describes this...

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Joniopolis

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  Sticking My Neck Out

          Last week I treated you to my latest disaster, getting completely buried by posters that leapt from their rack in a craft store. This week I’m going to show you why I wanted one in the first place.           I decided I needed...

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  Avalanche!

             I was in JoAnn’s Fabrics trying to buy a poster. Easy enough, right?           Wrong. See the rack? See all the stacks of paper? Well, they can simultaneously decide to come tumbling out, just like snow on the face...

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  My Second Childhood

           Let’s start with the truth: You can’t have a second childhood if you’re still having your first one. And I have never, truly, grown up. Every week I still play with the absolutely adorable little girl who lives across the street...

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Niqnaq

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  Neurorights and Neuromarkets Whitney Webb, Unlimited Hangout, Feb 19 2022 Whitney discusses the ulterior motives and background of the individuals behind the push for “neurorights” at the national and international level and why...

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• uk column

  UK Column News UK Column, Feb 23 2022 Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson, Alex Thomson and Debi Evans with today’s UK Column News.

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• eva & vanessa

  Donbass and Crimea – an insider view from journalist Eva Bartlett Vanessa Beeley, Feb 23 2022 Today I speak with friend, colleague and outstanding on-the-ground journalist, Eva Bartlett. In 2019 Eva visited Donbass, Ukraine and Crimea...

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Inter Press ServiceInter Press Service

• Decapitating Terrorist Organisations Won’t End Terror

  Killing terrorist organisations’ leaders is no effective way of fighting terrorism — as it’s political and economic crises on which terrorism feeds. At the start of February 2022, the US celebrated the killing of Islamic State (IS)...

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• Sugarcane Gas Opens New Horizons for Energy Agriculture – Video

  Nothing is wasted from sugarcane, one can conclude from the biomethane production process at the Cocal plant, a Brazilian company that produces sugar, ethanol, electricity and other by-products from sugarcane agro-industrial waste...

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• Tension over Migration Awaits New President and New Constitution in Chile

  The failure of Chile’s immigration policy, with its toll of deaths, xenophobic sentiments but also shows of solidarity, will be a pressing matter for the incoming administration of Gabriel Boric, who takes office on Mar. 11, and for the...

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The Moderate Voice

• Russia invades Ukraine – 5 essential reads from experts

  Damaged radar arrays and other equipment is seen at a Ukrainian military facility outside Mariupol, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022. AP Photo/Sergei Grits Naomi Schalit, The Conversation This is a frightening moment. Russia has invaded Ukraine...

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• Former comic actor Zelenskiy is unlikely war leader for Ukraine

  Published by Reuters By Matthias Williams KYIV (Reuters) – Volodymyr Zelenskiy swept to power three years ago promising to end a war with Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. He now faces a Russian invasion that could result in...

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• Analysis-Putin’s Ukraine assault confounds Biden strategy, puts leadership to the test

  Published by Reuters By Matt Spetalnick, Simon Lewis and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – He threatened to impose the harshest sanctions ever on Russia. He worked to galvanize U.S. allies into a united front. He supplied Ukraine with...

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Mother Jones

• “We Are Facing a War and Horror”: Russia Has Attacked Ukraine

  Early on Thursday morning, Russia attacked Ukraine in what has been described by officials as a “full-scale war.” Explosions were seen across the country, even in the capital city of Kyiv—where a cacophony of gunfire and sirens backgrounded...

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• Almost 15,000 “Ghost Flights” Have Left the UK Since Pandemic Began

  This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Almost 15,000 “ghost flights” have departed from the UK, according to newly revealed official figures...

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• The Fall of Kabul Through the Eyes of the Women Who Survived It

  Since November, I have spent most of my days sitting in various rooms just a short drive from my Maryland home with newly arrived Afghan families, those fortunate enough to have made it through the bloodied Kabul airport after the Taliban seized...

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The Watchers - Editor's Picks

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  Emnati makes landfall over Madagascar as 4th tropical cyclone in a month

  Tropical Cyclone "Emnati" made landfall over southern Madagascar on February 22, 2022, with winds up to 135 km/h (84 mph), making it a Category 1 hurricane equivalent on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Emnati is the 5th named storm of the 2021/22...

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  Powerful farside eruption captured by Solar Orbiter in unique image

  The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has captured the largest solar prominence eruption ever observed in a single image together with the full solar disc. This latest event took place on February 15, 20221 on the far side of the Sun and extended...

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  Large farside eruption creates impressive coronal mass ejection (CME)

  A powerful eruption took place on the farside of the Sun at around 22:23 UTC on February 15, 2022, creating an impressive coronal mass ejection (CME). This is one of the largest CMEs of Solar Cycle 25. The source region for this event is beyond...

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WebMD Health

• Texas Governor: Investigate Gender Transition Procedures as ‘Child Abuse’

  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered state agencies to investigate reports of gender-transition procedures on children as child abuse, which could result in the criminal prosecution of teachers, doctors, and parents of trans children who...

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• Biden Administration Stalls on Marijuana Law Reform

  Reform of federal marijuana laws has stalled despite President Biden’s campaign promise to decriminalize the drug and polls showing that a majority of Americans supports the idea.

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• I’m Just Not Ready for the New Normal

  While Omicron numbers are dropping in many parts of the country, for me, the pandemic isn’t in the rearview mirror just yet.

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WhoWhatWhy

• Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Communities Into Turmoil

  The harrowing trail of toxic nutrients in farm country water.

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• 10 Steps You Can Take to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint

  PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please...

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• Activists Say New Railway Will Be Environmental Train Wreck

  Environmental activists cite carbon emissions, forest destruction, derailment concerns, and more as reasons for their lawsuits against the planned Uinta Basin Railway, which could quadruple waxy crude oil production out of northeastern...

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