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The American Dream

• As The Fate Of America Hangs In The Balance, The Level Of Evil In This Country Is Off The Charts

  A decline in morality has preceded the collapse of almost every great society throughout history.  Moral decay is often cited as one of the primary reasons for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, the level of wickedness in ancient Greece...

  2 days ago

• America’s Infrastructure Is Crumbling Right Under Our Feet

  You may have noticed that our nation is crumbling.  In this case, I am not actually referring to the moral decay which is eating away at the foundations of our society like cancer.  In this article I am going to specifically focus on the physical...

  3 days ago

• “Everybody Stole Everything” – Another Example Of The Complete And Utter Lawlessness Taking Over The Streets Of America

  Hordes of local pharmacies are shutting down in major cities all over the nation, and it isn’t because of the economy.  Sadly, because shoplifting has become so rampant in places such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles...

  4 days ago

CNET

• The Book of Boba Fett: Fans fix yet another Star Wars character - CNET

  A new character came to (Free)town, but fans weren't pleased with his look.

  3 hours ago

• Amazon's profit nearly doubles as company raises Prime fees to cover costs - CNET

  The e-commerce giant hopes investments like Thursday Night Football will keep the service attractive.

  3 hours ago

• The best dog toys, according to the experts: Our dogs - CNET

  We asked CNET's dog parents which toys their pups can't live without. Here are their favorites.

  4 hours ago

Dandelion Salad

• Assange’s Persecution and the Killing of Hope Throughout the West, by Rainer Shea

  by Rainer Shea Writer, Dandelion Salad Rainer Shea’s Newsletter February 3, 2022 This is a reblog of an article from last year. The slow-motion execution that the U.S. empire is subjecting Julian Assange to, where Washington’s satellite...

  11 hours ago

• Thoughts on the “Freedom Convoy” in Ottawa, by Kenn Orphan

  by Kenn Orphan Writer, Dandelion Salad Halifax, Nova Scotia February 2, 2022 To begin, I understand the frustration many people are feeling around the world after 2+ years of a global pandemic. It’s justified. I get the anger and fear for...

  a day ago

• Chris Hedges: Julian Assange Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

  Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Jan 31, 2022 Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. Fiercely hated by the US establishment for his exposure of American conduct in its invasion of Iraq...

  2 days ago

The Economic Collapse

• The U.S. Economy Just Took A Turn In A Very Ugly Direction

  That sure didn’t last long.  Over the past two years, the U.S. government borrowed and spent trillions of dollars that we did not have, and the Federal Reserve unwisely pumped trillions of fresh dollars into our financial system.  Of course...

  21 hours ago

• Putin And Biden Are Playing A Very Dangerous Game Of Chicken. So What Happens If Neither One Backs Down?

  The United States and Russia are on a collision course.  Unfortunately, the guys running the show in both countries are not exactly sane, and they deeply, deeply distrust one another.  So what happens when a bunch of lunatics decide to play...

  2 days ago

• Skyrocketing Fertilizer Prices Could Spark Widespread Global Famines Unlike Anything We Have Seen In Modern History

  I am going to try to make as much noise about this crisis as I can, because we have never faced anything like this in modern times.  Global fertilizer prices have tripled, and we are being warned that this is going to have a catastrophic impact...

  3 days ago

Eurasia Review

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  The Omicron Variant: Weighing The Severity – Analysis

  By Aditi Madan The Omicron variant has been identified in many countries around the world as a variant of concern by WHO in the last week of November 2021, given the higher transmissibility but milder disease severity. Its global trajectory...

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  Beijing’s Olympic Moments, 2008 And 2022: How China And Meaning Of Games Have, And Have Not, Changed – Analysis

  By Jacques deLisle* (FPRI) -- For China and for the world engaging with China, much has changed between the 2008 Summer Games and the 2022 Winter Olympics that the Chinese capital is hosting thirteen and a half years later.  Between the two...

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  Turkey: Second Reactor Vessel Arrives At Akku

  A cargo ship carrying materials and equipment for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant - including the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 2 - has arrived from Russia at the construction site on the southern coast of Turkey. The RPV is now in storage...

  5 hours ago

Geoengineering Watch

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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, January 29, 2022, #338

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Is engineered winter weather yet again being waged on US East Coast population centers? Are the same highly toxic chemical ice nucleation surface cool-downs also the core cause of the...

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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, January 22, 2022, #337

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Ongoing and accelerating climate intervention operations continue to further fuel freeze/fry and drought/deluge extremes all over the world. After all the highly sensationalized corporate...

  12 days ago
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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, January 15, 2022, #336

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Engineered winter weather whiplash is wreaking havoc in portions of the US and other regions in the northern hemisphere. In South America, record shattering heat is crushing crop production at...

  19 days ago

intelNews.org

• Ukraine relies on expanded intelligence relationship with the US, sources claim

  UKRAINE IS INCREASINGLY RELIANT on its close intelligence relationship with the United States, which has grown dramatically in depth and intensity since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, according to a new report...

  a day ago

• Taliban have executed over 100 ex-security forces personnel, UN report says

  THE AFGHAN TALIBAN HAVE executed over 100 members of the now-defunct Afghan government, with a majority of those killed consisting of security forces personnel and Afghan employees of Western military forces...

  3 days ago

• Lawyers of alleged Venezuelan coup mastermind claim CIA knew about his activities

  LAWYERS FOR A FORMER Venezuelan military officer, who tried to topple President Nicolás Maduro in 2020 with the help of American former soldiers, have claimed that senior officials in the United States Central Intelligence Agency were...

  4 days ago

Joniopolis

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  Beyond the Pale

             Maybe it’s because I’m adopted, but I find genetics fascinating. Someone with brown eyes could have kids with any eye color.  Brown is dominant, and it can conceal lots of fun surprises.          I, on the other hand...

  3 days ago
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  Guess Where it's Not Cold

           I’ve been seeing numerous social media posts about huge snowfalls.           Everyone seems to be layering, sniffling, shivering, and turning up the heater.           Everyone except me.  I am...

  11 days ago
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  Wrongo

             Do you have any idea how often I’m wrong? Take a guess and join my world, because you, too, will be wrong.           It’s a lot. I know that’s not a specific number, but neither is tons, gobs, heaps, or loads. And...

  17 days ago

Niqnaq

• electronic intifada

  Israel’s smears against Amnesty fail to hide apartheid Michael F Brown, Electronic Intifada, Feb 2 2022 Amnesty International is just the latest rights group to describe Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians as apartheid. Photo...

  8 hours ago

• the cradle: ‘successful’ US raid in syria leaves 13 dead, including 6 children and 4 women

  ISIS leader targeted by US forces in Syria, leaving 13 people dead, including children The Cradle, Feb 3 2022 Photo: Ali Haj Suleiman/Al Jazeera Biden announced on Feb 3 that the leader of ISIS has been “taken off the battlefield” in a raid...

  8 hours ago

• colonel cassad

  The true meaning of cooperation between London, Warsaw and Kiev Daniil Bessonov, Analytical Service of Donbass, Feb 2 2022 (also Colonel Cassad) It seems that the Lublin Triangle, about which there were so many statements and which was supposed...

  15 hours ago

Inter Press ServiceInter Press Service

• Scholar Spotlights Early Role of Rastafari Women

  The Rastafari movement, which began in Jamaica during the 1930s, has become internationally known for its contribution to culture and the arts, as well as for its focus on peace and “ital” living. Major icons include reggae musicians...

  9 hours ago

• ‘End Leprosy Discrimination Now, For the Sake of Our Children’

  Seidu Ishaiku lives in the hope that his children will succeed. He and his family live with about 300 other residents in the Alheri leprosy colony outside Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Abuja. “They (our children) are obviously...

  14 hours ago

• A Clash of Alms

  Driven by unprecedented hardship to pass round the begging bowl, Sri Lanka has become the centre of a tussle between Asia’s two superpowers. There was a time in Asia’s predominantly Buddhist countries when saffron-robed monks walked...

  21 hours ago

The Moderate Voice

• Op-Ed: Whoopi Goldberg’s Mistake Wasn’t So Terrible

  By Donald H. Harrison Whoopi Goldberg was wrong but as far as I’m concerned, the folks at ABC and The View were too harsh when they suspended her for two weeks. Let me explain. In a discussion of the Holocaust on The View television show, Goldberg...

  2 hours ago

• Islamic State leader killed in US raid – where does this leave the terrorist group

  The rubble after the raid on Islamic State group leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed Haroro J. Ingram, George Washington University; Amira Jadoon, United States Military Academy West Point, and Andrew Mines...

  5 hours ago

• U.S. warns Russia may stage video as pretext to invade Ukraine

  Published by Reuters By Steve Holland, Dmitry Antonov and Pavel Polityuk WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) – Russia has formulated several options as an excuse to invade Ukraine, including the potential use of a propaganda video showing...

  5 hours ago

Mother Jones

• Why Are Biden’s Spokespeople Being All Authoritarian?

  In America, you can question or criticize your government and its claims, even if your views overlap with the views of foreign adversaries. The First Amendment, as they say, protects the assholes. But some people could use a refresher course...

  2 hours ago

• Covid Is Over in Iowa, Apparently

  Iowa just took “done with Covid” to a whole new level. On Thursday, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds announced her plan to end the state’s disaster declaration and shut down its case count and vaccination websites later this month...

  5 hours ago

• Eric Adams Wants Biden to Bring a “9/11-Type Response” to Crime. What Does That Actually Mean?

  On Thursday, President Joe Biden came to New York City to meet with Mayor Eric Adams—former cop, current crypto influencer, vegan, and potential “future” of the Democratic Party—to make clear that the administration is cracking...

  6 hours ago

The Watchers - Editor's Picks

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  The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report: January 26 - February 1, 2022

  New activity/unrest was reported for 10 volcanoes from January 26 to February 1, 2022. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 15 volcanoes. New activity/unrest: Ambae, Vanuatu | Ambrym, Vanuatu | Batu Tara, Komba Island...

  18 hours ago
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  Massive mudflow hits Quito after extremely heavy rain, Ecuador

  A destructive mudflow hit the La Gasca suburb of Ecuador's capital Quito (population 2.7 million) on January 31, 2022, sweeping away homes and cars, and claiming the lives of at least 24 people. At least 12 people are still missing and 48 were...

  2 days ago
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  Pipeline ruptures after rockslide, indigenous people face another environmental disaster, Ecuador

  A pipeline running through Ecuador's Amazon rainforest ruptured on Friday, January 28, 2022, spraying crude oil into the rainforest. The event took place on the banks of the Coca River, threatening the livelihoods of 27 000 Indigenous Kichwa...

  3 days ago

WebMD Health

• Kids With COVID-Linked MIS-C Have Long-Term Symptoms

  A new study finds lasting neurological complications in children following severe COVID infection.

  8 hours ago

• Why Do Some People Escape Infection That Sickens Others?

  The reason some people are seemingly unaffected by illness that impairs others is a great mystery of infectious disease, but answers to this question can unlock new therapies to curb outbreaks.

  9 hours ago

• Pepsi Introduces Hemp-Infused Energy Drink

  PepsiCo has added a hemp-infused energy drink to its RockStar Energy line.

  12 hours ago

WhoWhatWhy

• Ukraine Dispatch: Fatalism and Fatigue Along the Frontline With Russia

  Almost half of Ukrainians find it likely that Russia will invade. However, in Eastern Ukraine near the frontline, people are less concerned. They say that nothing will happen; they are accustomed to war, and they have heard it all before...

  9 hours ago

• US Pushes for Better Tap Water — But Must Win Over a Wary Public

  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...

  11 hours ago

• The View From COVID Country: Is the Pandemic Creating Further Racial Tensions?

  As the coronavirus continues to surprise us with new variants, many folks are flummoxed by mandates and protocols that are vague, confusing, and changing daily. In this series, our correspondents around the country report on their region’s...

  13 hours ago