Daily Archives: February 28, 2023

2023-02-28: News Headlines

Chauncey K. Robinson (2023-02-27). People's World on the front line battling right-wing thought control. peoplesworld.org There is a war being waged against truth and legitimate information in our country. The far-right wants to obscure real history, making it something that caters to values that fly in the face of inclusivity, progress, and diversity. These culture wars not only push bigoted rhetoric but are used as a tool to distract from …

Rick Rozoff (2023-02-27). Georgia: U.S. ambassador intensifies pre-coup rhetoric. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaFebruary 27, 2023 U.S. Ambassador Speaks to Media about Draft Laws on Foreign Agents and NBG The U.S. Ambassador Kelly Degnan attended the event taking stock of the activities of the President of the National Bank. In her remarks to the media, she once again spoke of the draft laws on Foreign Agents as …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-02-27). Was the Pentagon and CIA Behind the COVID-19 Pandemic? covertactionmagazine.com Bioterrorism expert and whistleblower alleges that CIA secretly collaborated in supporting unethical gain of function research that resulted in the manufacture of the COVID-19 virus, which was then leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Dr. Andrew G. Huff is an Iraq War veteran and infectious disease epidemiologist with a Ph.D. from the University of …

WSWS (2023-02-27). The Wuhan Lab Leak slander being resurrected to bolster US war drive against China. wsws.org The Wall Street Journal disclosed that the Department of Energy has shifted its opinion on the origin of the coronavirus to it being most likely a result of a lab leak. However, unnamed sources who have read the report indicate the evidence is of low confidence.

Chauncey K. Robinson (2023-02-27). People's World on the front line battling right-wing thought control. peoplesworld.org There is a war being waged against truth and legitimate information in our country. The far-right wants to obscure real history, making it something that caters to values that fly in the face of inclusivity, progress, and diversity. These culture wars not only push bigoted rhetoric but are used as a tool to distract from …

Rick Rozoff (2023-02-27). Georgia: U.S. ambassador intensifies pre-coup rhetoric. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaFebruary 27, 2023 U.S. Ambassador Speaks to Media about Draft Laws on Foreign Agents and NBG The U.S. Ambassador Kelly Degnan attended the event taking stock of the activities of the President of the National Bank. In her remarks to the media, she once again spoke of the draft laws on Foreign Agents as …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-02-27). Was the Pentagon and CIA Behind the COVID-19 Pandemic? covertactionmagazine.com Bioterrorism expert and whistleblower alleges that CIA secretly collaborated in supporting unethical gain of function research that resulted in the manufacture of the COVID-19 virus, which was then leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Dr. Andrew G. Huff is an Iraq War veteran and infectious disease epidemiologist with a Ph.D. from the University of …

WSWS (2023-02-27). The Wuhan Lab Leak slander being resurrected to bolster US war drive against China. wsws.org The Wall Street Journal disclosed that the Department of Energy has shifted its opinion on the origin of the coronavirus to it being most likely a result of a lab leak. However, unnamed sources who have read the report indicate the evidence is of low confidence.

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-28). Taiwan to Criminalize Spreading Rumors During Wartime. news.antiwar.com Taiwan is expected to pass a new law that would criminalize spreading rumors or "disinformation" during wartime as the island takes more steps to prepare for a potential future conflict with China. Taiwan's Defense Ministry has submitted a revised version of the island's All-out Defense Mobilization Readiness Act, a law that outlines rules during mobilization …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-02-27). Provocation of "Unprovoked Aggression" by Varieties of Encroachment. transcend.org Challenge of Insensitivity to Collective Historical Amnesia – Expression of alternative perspectives on the USA/NATO-Russia-Ukraine armed conflict has been limited–and actively suppressed as "disinformation" whenever possible. Those articulating such perspectives have been discredited and personally condemned, if not actively sanctioned in some manner.

_____ (2023-02-27). East Palestine, Ohio and the Oblivious Democrats. strategic-culture.org The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3rd that led to a "controlled" explosion of toxic chemicals that's now causing sickness among residents there was preventable. Both the Obama and Trump administrations made compromises driven by rail industry lobbyists that contributed to the disaster, which isn't surprising, given the corporate capture of the U.S. government. The disaster represents a bipartisan failure, yet somehow it's the Democrats who've emerged as the party most out of touch with the suffering of the people of East Palestine.

Toward increased Networking (2023-02-27). From Today (Thu), 3 pm ("Stop Cop City"): Online events w) Vandana Shiva, Chomsky, etc. indybay.org Here are about 9 online events taking place over the next week+ (and starting at 3: 00 pm today, Thursday, 2/23), featuring people such as Dário Votório Kopenawa Yanomami, Paul Watson, adrienne maree brown, Vandana Shiva, Noam Chomsky, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada, Australia, and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

Anonymous103 (2023-02-27). In Video: Nazi Tanks On Their Way Back To Russian Soil. southfront.org

News One Staff (2023-02-27). Fact Check: Were Ancient Egyptians Black? Kevin Hart Debate Rages. newsone.com

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-02-27). In Homage to David Ray Griffin: Indispensable Public Intellectual. transcend.org I think it was the successful branding of the 9/11 skeptics as 'wacky' that proved more useful in squelching their influence than by labeling them as 'dangerous,' 'subversive,' and 'radical' or 'socialist.' It might be understood as the advent of a more advanced, more sophisticated version of McCarthyism, a discrediting ploy that George Orwell would have immediately understood.

Staff (2023-02-27). Former Watergate Prosecutor: Trump Should Have Been Charged Upon Exiting Office. truthout.org A former Watergate prosecutor has said that former President Donald Trump — who is currently the subject of numerous state and federal investigations — should have been issued criminal charges the moment he left the White House. "I think we need to hold the former president responsible for all of his crimes," Jill Wine-Banks, who is also a legal commentator for MSNBC, said on Sunday, citing Trump'… |

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