(2023-03-06). Another Pulitzer Prize discredited as propaganda. americanthinker.com A famous photo of a South Vietnamese police captain executing a Viet Cong guerrilla, which turned public sentiment against the war, has been exposed as media misbehavior now that a witness has been found.
(2023-03-06). All US Presidents are War Criminals. dissidentvoice.org This is a US war on Russia. Period. We have to be very clear, even to the point of being blunt. By 'we' I mean those of us involved who are conscious of being part of an Information War—the propaganda war that we are recipients of—on the receiving end of this tsunami of crap. We …
(2023-03-07). Pyongyang Urges UN Demand End to South Korea—US Military Exercises. orinocotribune.com The situation in the region is moving "in a very worrying direction," warned the DPRK leadership. | The United States and South Korea have been stirring up the situation on the Korean peninsula to an "extremely dangerous level," with threatening rhetoric and a military demonstration targeting the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea), DPRK's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong said. | In a statement
(2023-03-07). Mental Competency Tests Idea 'Ridiculous' — Jill Biden. orinocotribune.com The US first lady was responding to calls for the examination from Republicans | US First Lady Jill Biden has dismissed concerns about her husband's mental acuity after Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley called for mandatory mental capacity tests for political candidates above the age of 75. | "Ridiculous," she said to CNN in an interview set to be aired on Monday. She cited Joe Biden's rigorous travel schedule as evidence of his effervescence, mentioning his recent surprise visit to Kiev. | "How many 30-year-olds could travel to Poland, get on the train?" she asked rhetorically. "Go nine more hours, go…
(2023-03-06). Twitter Files—GEC, New Knowledge, and State-Sponsored Blacklists. transcend.org Global Engagement Center: North Americans have been paying taxes to disenfranchise themselves, as government agencies and subcontractors undertake a massive digital blacklisting project.
(2023-03-06). Munich Security Conference: "Intensifying Authoritarian Revisionism" transcend.org 26 Feb 2023 – MSC 2023 Attracts Historic Number of US Congressional Attendees – It is ironic that the Munich Security Conference is set in the site of Adolf Hitler's return in 1920. Home to the Munich Putsch of 1923, Munich became the location from which the Workers Socialist Nazi party grew into a mass movement and political force throughout Germany.
(2023-03-07). NIH Considers Lessons Learned During COVID-19 Pandemic. jamanetwork.com A decades-long investment in basic science research, focus on diversity in clinical trials, and coordinated efforts to repurpose therapeutics and develop diagnostics were among the factors that contributed to the US National Institutes of Health—led response to COVID-19, according to a report published in Science by several authors including Francis Collins, MD, PhD, and Anthony Fauci, MD.
(2023-03-07). US Sponsored Coup d'État: The Destabilization of Haiti. globalresearch.ca Of relevance to recent developments in Haiti: | This article was written in the last days of February 2004 in response to the barrage of disinformation in the mainstream media. | It was completed and published on February 29th, on the day …
(2023-03-07). Portuguese scholar: Fake news tries to forget China's contribution to battling COVID-19. ecns.cn "My view on China's contribution to fighting COVID-19 globally in the past three years is very positive," said Professor Rui Lourido, president of the Observatory for China in Portugal during an online interview with China News Network.
(2023-03-07). Fact Check: The US Government Is Using Ukraine For Proxy War, Wants To Chew Up Russian Army. moguldom.com As the Ukraine war wages on and the U.S. continues to flood the country with financial support, many wonder if the U.S. is using the Russian invasion of Ukraine for its own means. Is the U.S. government using Ukraine for a proxy war and as a means to wear down the Russian army? A proxy …
(2023-03-07). Fact Check: An Electrician Makes More In 2 Months Than A Surgeon Makes In A Year. moguldom.com During a recent interview with the Round Da Way podcast, community activist Dr. Umar Johnson, a clinical psychologist and certified school psychologist, urged Black people to consider the trades when going into a profession. Trades can encompass a wide range of skills but include professions such as plumber, electrician, and mechanic. According to Johnson, who is …
(2023-03-07). Still Looking for a Simple, Effective Prevention Measure for Neonatal Sepsis in High-Mortality Settings. jamanetwork.com The "Decade of Vaccines" contributed to notable global declines in mortality among children younger than 5 years, but mortality in the neonatal period remains a stubborn problem. Most neonatal deaths occur in the first week of life. The causes of such deaths are difficult to characterize. Evidence suggests complications of labor and delivery play a major role in deaths in the first hours after birth, and that preterm delivery and infections also each cause approximately one-third of deaths in the first week of life. Many neonatal deaths are a result of multiple conditions, such as preterm birth in combination wit…
(2023-03-07). Unintended Pregnancy and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We agree with Dr Luo and colleagues that the nonrandomized studies of unintended pregnancy and health outcomes included in our systematic review and meta-analysis are subject to bias and methodological limitations. However, this research question will never be answered with randomized clinical trials because pregnancy intention cannot be randomized. We attempted to mitigate study limitations by using prespecified eligibility criteria, assessing individual study quality and overall strength of evidence for each outcome, using only adjusted estimates from individual studies to estimate overall associations…
(2023-03-07). Bearing witness in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. workers.org 
By Mumia United Nations Liaison Group The recently formed Mumia United Nations Liaison Group is hosting an event in Philadelphia on March 11 highlighting evidence of Mumia Abu-Jamal's innocence that was illegally withheld by prosecutors at his initial trial and subsequent appeals. The event is taking place shortly before an . . . |
(2023-03-06). Kamala's KHive Goes Off On Charlamagne: Coonamagne Won't Tell The Truth If It Looks Good For Democrats. moguldom.com Well-known radio host Charlamagne the God has been very vocal about his disapproval of President Joe Biden's administration. Even before the 2020 presidential election, Charlamagne was pushing fans to consider MAGA and not vote Democrat. Biden and the "Breakfast Club" co-host have had a contentious relationship as evidenced by Charlamagne's infamous 2020 interview with then-presidential …
(2023-03-06). Sydney session of Belmarsh Tribunal hears strong evidence for Julian Assange's freedom. greenleft.org.au There was a big turnout at Sydney University's Great Hall for the fifth hearing of the Belmarsh Tribunal into the persecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Peter Boyle reports.
(2023-03-06). New Report: The Dollar Store Invasion. popularresistance.org Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar are targeting vulnerable communities, opening stores at a breakneck pace in urban and rural areas alike. It's tempting to assume that these chains simply fill a need in cash-strapped places. But the evidence suggests that dollar stores are not merely byproducts of economic distress; they are a cause of it. Through predatory tactics, the dollar chains are killing off grocery stores and other local businesses, leaving communities with fewer jobs, diminished access to basic goods, and dimmer prospects for overall well-being. | As these losses mount, dollar stores are fa…
(2023-03-07). Superexploitation of migrant children/'The coining of children's blood into capital'. workers.org 
The horror portrayed in a recent New York Times exposé of migrant child labor shows how relevant what Karl Marx wrote 156 years ago is now. Marx's monumental work, "Capital," was a tremendous theoretical contribution, describing in meticulous detail how the capitalist system of exploitation operates. One class of toilers, . . . |
(2023-03-06). 'NY Times' Buries Israeli Military Complicity In West Bank Pogrom. popularresistance.org Yesterday's New York Times report on the rising violence in occupied West Bank Palestine is an insult to our intelligence. The paper could not ignore the latest Israeli settler/colonist pogrom against Palestinians, but reporters Patrick Kingsley and Isabel Kershner used time-honored techniques to downplay its seriousness and the responsibility for it. | The article's most dishonest feature was that it buried the most alarming news — Israeli government military complicity in the ferocious attacks — down in paragraph 26. Here's the relevant section: | Asked why the Israeli Army did not prevent the settl…
(2023-03-06). President Vladimir Putin Signed Safe Conduct for President Joseph Biden, One Return Przemysl Rail Pass, 24-hour Leave Pass for Kiev, in "Covert" Mission to Fool New York Times, London Times, Financial Times (And It Did). globalresearch.ca