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The American Dream

• Sanctions Are Going To Devastate Russia Economically, But They Are Going To Devastate Us Economically Too

  The economic sanctions that have been imposed on Russia by western powers are really going to hurt.  But they aren’t just going to hurt the Russians.  The measures that are now being implemented are going to be quite a shock for the entire...

  17 hours ago

• The Countdown To Nuclear War Has Begun

  Way too many people out there are treating the war between Russia and Ukraine as a form of entertainment.  Here in the western world, we like to make a game out of almost everything, but this isn’t a game.  When Russia invaded Ukraine, it marked...

  3 days ago

• The U.S. Government Just Admitted That This Is A War That Will Determine Who Will Rule The New World Order

  We now have a war that the vast majority of us never wanted.  All of our lives are going to be turned upside down, the global economy is going to be absolutely eviscerated, and countless numbers of people are going to die.  I am very angry with...

  6 days ago

CNET

• 'The Batman' Review: The Darkest Dark Knight is a Horror Epic - CNET

  Robert Pattinson stars as a slow-burning, intense Batman taking cues from movies outside the superhero landscape.

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• The Most Exciting iPhone SE 3 Buzz to Know Before March 8 - CNET

  Apple might launch its newest budget iPhone in just a few days. Here's everything we've heard about the rumored SE 3's display, design and more.

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• Barry Watson Helps Reboot the Superhero Genre in The CW's Naomi - CNET

  The world watched Watson grow up on the popular family drama 7th Heaven. But now he gets to play dad -- to a teenage girl who discovers her superpowers.

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Dandelion Salad

• Ali Abunimah and Rania Khalek: Ukraine War Exposes US Hypocrisy, Double Standards and Racism

  Image by PHOTObyTED via SmugMug Dandelion Salad BreakThrough News on Mar 1, 2022 It’s not for nothing that the US has been called the “United States of Amnesia.” The same leaders who invaded Iraq and killed a million people, who are starving...

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• Dan Cohen and Scott Ritter: The Ukraine Crisis

  Dandelion Salad MintPressNews on Feb 26, 2022 Dan Cohen and Scott Ritter discuss the crisis in Ukraine. As the Ukraine crisis escalates, correspondent Dan Cohen is joined by former United Nations Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter. They contextualize...

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• America Defeats Germany for the Third Time in a Century, by Michael Hudson

  Image by PHOTObyTED via SmugMug by Michael Hudson Writer, Dandelion Salad February 28, 2022 The MIC, OGAM and FIRE Sectors Conquer NATO My old boss Herman Kahn, with whom I worked at the Hudson Institute in the 1970s, had a set speech that he would...

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The Economic Collapse

• If The U.S. Military Attacks Russian Forces, Will Vladimir Putin Use Nuclear Weapons Against Us?

  All of a sudden, there is a lot of talk in the mainstream media about establishing a “no-fly zone” over Ukraine, and that should deeply alarm all of us.  Because establishing a “no-fly zone” over Ukraine would require us to shoot at...

  18 hours ago

• 24 Things That I Think That I Think About How The War In Ukraine Is Going

  What we are watching happen in Ukraine should deeply sadden all of us, because it didn’t have to happen.  It should have been so easy for global leaders to sit down and come up with a plan that would have satisfied everybody, but it is too late...

  2 days ago

• As World War 3 Escalates, Get Ready For A Terrifying Breakdown Of Our Food And Energy Systems

  If you believe that your life will continue on as normal because the war between Russia and Ukraine is on the other side of the globe, you should think again.  We were already facing the worst energy crisis since the 1970s before the war broke...

  3 days ago

Eurasia Review

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  ExxonMobil Details Plans To Lead In Earnings And Cash Flow Growth, Energy Transition

  ExxonMobil on Wednesday detailed plans at its annual Investor Day to deliver industry-leading earnings, cash flow growth and shareholder returns, and lead in the energy transition across a range of lower-emissions scenarios.  “We...

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  Has Putin Miscalculated Or Is He Unhinged? – OpEd

  Watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine was personal for me. In 2020, I had the privilege of participating in two short-term teaching assignments at Berdyansk State Pedagogical University on the Sea of Azov and at Zaporozhye...

  19 hours ago
• What, miscalculated ? The operation is not over yet.
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  Scope Of Russian Opposition To Putin’s War Truly Breathtaking – OpEd

  Because Vladimir Putin is a ruthless dictator, he can ignore at least for a time the views of his own population. But only for a time because the views of what remains of civil society about his aggression again Ukraine are spreading to the...

  20 hours ago

Geoengineering Watch

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  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, February 26, 2022, # 342

  Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Global power structures are more desperate and dangerous than ever before, unfolding and accelerating ecological collapse is further fueling that desperation. Behind the curtain of conflict...

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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...

  13 days ago

intelNews.org

• Ukraine war is being crowdfunded through cryptocurrencies, experts say

  THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA and Ukraine is being crowdfunded with the use of cryptocurrencies, making it history’s first major conflict to occur in the era of cryptocurrencies, according to observers.

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• Ukrainian cities could soon face ‘profound pressure’ by Russian forces, US warns

  LARGE URBAN CENTERS IN Ukraine, such as Kiev, are likely to come “under //profound pressure//” by Russian forces in the coming days, as an “increasingly frustrated” Vladimir Putin demands results from his generals, according to...

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• Ukrainian government issues call for volunteers to join ‘International Legion’

  SENIOR UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, including the president, vice president and foreign minister, have begun issuing open calls for foreign volunteers to go to Ukraine and form an international armed brigade. A number of Ukrainian...

  3 days ago

Joniopolis

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  Having a Blast?

             Can I just stay out of the hospital for a few minutes, please? My last routine x-ray revealed two kidney stones loitering around the water fountain in one of my kidneys, and my doctor said she could blast them so they don’t...

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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...

  15 days ago

Niqnaq

• caitlin johnstone

  Defending Freedom And Democracy Sure Requires An Awful Lot Of Censorship Caitlin Johnstone, Mar 1 2022 Kremlin-backed media outlets have been banned throughout the European Union, both on television and on apps and online platforms. RT...

  18 minutes ago
• Caitlin needs to be cited for a Quotable Quote on this one. This is an old BBC practice used against Iran while broadcasting into that country from outside it.

• colonel cassad

  Briefly in Ukraine. Colonel Cassad, Mar 2, 19:47 1. Mariupol. The city is blockaded. Fights on the outskirts. There is no direct assault yet. They are still trying to agree on the withdrawal of civilians, but the Nazis will not give up human shields...

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• south front

  War In Ukraine Day 6: Russia Changed Tactics And Succeeded. Huge Casualties And Humanitarian Disaster South Front, Mar 2 2022 On Mar 1 2022, on the sixth day of the war in Ukraine, the Russian military changed its tactics, both in terms of conducting...

  9 hours ago

Inter Press ServiceInter Press Service

• Education Cannot Wait Interviews German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze

  'Quality Education – SDG 4 – is a key enabler for the achievement of all the Sustainable Development Goals.' ~ German Minister for Economic Cooperation & Development Svenja Schulze

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• With One Million Species Endangered, the Web of Life Is at Risk of Extinction

  These are not by any means just mere figures. It is about the risk of extinction of the whole life cycle. See what is at stake. Right now, one million wild plant and animal species are facing extinction. And three-quarters of the land-based environment...

  6 hours ago

• It’s Time to Step up for Street Vendors’ Rights

  In the second week of January 2022, Purushottam—locally known as Prashant—a street vendor in central Delhi’s Connaught Place area, died by suicide. It was later discovered that the reason for his death was his inability to pay certain...

  8 hours ago

The Moderate Voice

• Courage, tragedy, brutality of war revealed in social media posts (Social Media, Video Roundup)

  Some of the most graphic, moving and alarming images Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are on social media. Here’s a round up images and videos: I want her and the sunflower babushka to have a babushka summit after the war. https://t.co/NQ4z4F9erW...

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• VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SUPERHERO (CARTOON)

  The post VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SUPERHERO (CARTOON) appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

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• Why Zelenskyy’s ‘selfie videos’ are helping Ukraine win the PR war against Russia

  Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s iPhone selfies quickly went viral. Still of YouTube video Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University It seems straight out of an action movie: As the capital city becomes a war zone, the defiant president looks into...

  4 hours ago

Mother Jones

• The US Government Pushed Hundreds of Married Couples Into Disastrous Student Loans

  When the Biden administration made it easier last year for Americans doing public service work to have their student loans forgiven, thousands of borrowers saw their debts reduced or eliminated altogether. But some were left out.  One group...

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• Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte Killed a Cat on Public Land

  Puma. Cougar. Mountain lion. There are many names for the big cats that roam the Americas, rarely attacking humans. But there’s only one name that springs to mind for Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte: Asshole. You might remember Gianforte as...

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• Texas’ Big Lie-Pushing, Scandal-Drenched AG Is Heading to a Runoff

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fell short of the 50-percent threshold needed to win his Republican primary outright on Tuesday, but he comfortably advanced to the May runoff against George P. Bush, the state land commissioner and nephew...

  2 hours ago

The Watchers - Editor's Picks

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  Increased seismicity at Mount Ontake, Alert Level raised, Japan

  Increased seismicity detected under Mount Ontake this week forced the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to raise the volcano's Alert Level from 1 to 2 -- the highest since August 21, 2017. The last eruption of this volcano took place in 2014...

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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...

  12 days ago

WebMD Health

• Non-COVID Highlights From Biden’s State of the Union Address

  Beyond COVID-19, President Joe Biden on Tuesday hit on several other health care priorities in his first State of the Union, including a warning that the administration would scrutinize private investor ownership of nursing homes and that...

  2 hours ago

• Daily Exercise May Cut Heart Disease Risk in Older People

  Increased levels of physical activity and an active lifestyle appear to be linked to a lower risk of heart disease in later life, a new study suggests.

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• Biden Unveils ‘Test to Treat’ for COVID in State of the Union

  In his first State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, President Joe Biden urged Americans to not let their guard down against COVID-19 and pledged to make more tests and treatments available. On Wednesday, his team unveiled plans to get...

  3 hours ago

WhoWhatWhy

• Beach Towns Without Beaches: Colombia Previews Our Future

  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...

  3 hours ago

• From Russia With Hate

  Understanding Putin’s ideology and why this is no time for relativism.

  8 hours ago

• Vitamin D Deficiency in African Americans May Worsen COVID-19

  Recent research suggests that vitamin D deficiencies — suffered disproportionately by African Americans — may worsen COVID-19 outcomes. The question is: Why?

  9 hours ago