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2024-03-22: News Headlines

Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III, Popular Resistance. (2024-03-22). It's Not Apathy; You're Not Listening. popularresistance.org One of the popular narratives that was disseminated in mainstream America media to explain Hilary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign loss to Donald Trump was post-Obama voter apathy in the African American community. According to the Washington Post, "In 2016, a seven-point drop in black voter turnout was perceived to have cost Clinton the election. | Political commentators often cite black voters' "enthusiasm gap" as the primary reason for low turnout. This short-sighted perspective fails to consider that Mrs. Clinton ran a terrible campaign. She took the African American vote for granted and failed to craft a…

Global Research News (2024-03-22). Selected Articles: The 5G and Effects on Mice, Rats and Humans. Ten New Studies. Dr. William Makis. globalresearch.ca By This propaganda was successful enough that some of those who were getting COVID-19 Vaccinated made jokes about …

ecns.cn (2024-03-21). HK rallies behind new ordinance. ecns.cn More Hong Kong people at home and abroad voiced their strong objection to the smears by some Western politicians on the city's national security ordinance, which will take effect on Saturday.

Editor (2024-03-22). New York Times readers are the least informed ones. mronline.org One presumes that readers of a media institution which calls itself the 'paper of record' would be informed about an important issue which in other media has for month led the headlines of the day.

Paul Street (2024-03-22). Appeasement and Missed Chances: Nightmare Notes from Weimar Amerika. counterpunch.org Nightmare Years: The Appeasement of Hitler and the Third Reich, 1935-1939 Adolph Hitler's Third Reich could have been stopped in its tracks well before it launched a Second World War that cost 70-85 million lives. But England and France did nothing when in March of 1935 Hitler tore up the Treaty of Versailles by restoring universal

WSWS (2024-03-22). Democratic Party escalates efforts to block third parties from US presidential ballot. wsws.org On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that the Democratic Party has assembled a "new team of lawyers" tasked with blocking third-party candidates from appearing on the ballot.

Staff (2024-03-22). Maldives Prez seeks debt relief from India after insisting on withdrawal of military personnel. muslimmirror.com Male : After his anti-India rhetoric, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has struck a reconciliatory tone, saying India will continue to remain his country's "closest ally" and urged New Delhi to provide debt relief to the archipelago nation. The Maldives owed approximately USD 400.9 million to India by the end of last year. Ever since he …

Rhoda Wilson (2024-03-22). A compilation of corporate media's explanation of sudden deaths. expose-news.com As sudden deaths and cardiovascular diseases became more common, corporate media has needed to find explanations for the alarming trends. Filipe Rafaeli has compiled corporate media headlines that provide the most curious …

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-22). Censors celebrated as bill seeks to define misinformation, disinformation. greenleft.org.au

youtube.com (2024-03-22). LIVE: Outside Moscow concert hall after shooting by several gunmenRussia's Federal Security Service said 40 people died and more than 100 were wounded in an attack Friday at a Moscow concert hall.
  The attack, which Russian authorities are investigating as terrorism, is the deadliest in Russia in recent years.
  Several gunmen burst into the concert hall on the edge of Moscow and sprayed visitors with automatic gunfire, killing and wounding dozens and starting a massive blaze

PositiveUniverse.com Comment (2024-03-22). The duplicitous American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.The American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
  It was a trick resolution question. It did NOT call for a ceasefire and simply stated that a ceasefire is an 'imperative' (important), further enabling the march by Israel for an upcoming Rafah invasion and massive slaughter of Palestinians.

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2024-03-21: News Headlines

Priti Gulati Cox — Stan Cox (2024-03-21). Armed by Washington, Israel Trashes the Genocide Convention. counterpunch.org The American government has provided most of the armaments and targeting technologies being used to kill Gazans by the thousands while turning many of the rest of them into refugees by destroying their homes, offices, schools, and hospitals. Nor did the Biden administration threaten to withdraw that support when Israel blocked shipments of crucial food and fuel to the 25-mile-long Gaza Strip. It also keeps vetoing U.N. Security Council resolutions that would hold Israel accountable.

Priti Gulati Cox — Stan Cox (2024-03-21). Armed by Washington, Israel Trashes the Genocide Convention. counterpunch.org The American government has provided most of the armaments and targeting technologies being used to kill Gazans by the thousands while turning many of the rest of them into refugees by destroying their homes, offices, schools, and hospitals. Nor did the Biden administration threaten to withdraw that support when Israel blocked shipments of crucial food and fuel to the 25-mile-long Gaza Strip. It also keeps vetoing U.N. Security Council resolutions that would hold Israel accountable.

WSWS (2024-03-21). Filmmaker Jonathan Glazer receives support against Zionist smear campaign. wsws.org Even in the entertainment industry, where defense of the Gazan population against homicidal bombings, massacres, starvation and disease can mean the end of one's career, voices have been raised in Glazer's defense.

Rhoda Wilson (2024-03-21). George Soros, the United Nations and groups organising pro-Hamas protests. expose-news.com Since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, we have been witnessing a strange phenomenon whereby corporate media and independent media are pushing the same narrative, except for some outlets in America. This …

Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III, Popular Resistance. (2024-03-21). It's Not Apathy; You're Not Listening. popularresistance.org One of the popular narratives that was disseminated in mainstream America media to explain Hilary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign loss to Donald Trump was post-Obama voter apathy in the African American community. According to the Washington Post, "In 2016, a seven-point drop in black voter turnout was perceived to have cost Clinton the election. | Political commentators often cite black voters' "enthusiasm gap" as the primary reason for low turnout. This short-sighted perspective fails to consider that Mrs. Clinton ran a terrible campaign. She took the African American vote for granted and failed to craft a…

Gringo (2024-03-21). Mar 21, 2024. sitrepworld.info Cantique de Jean Racine — Gabriel Fauré Report: Assange in Plea Deal Talks, by Joe Lauria Missouri v. Biden: Our Day in the Supreme Court, by Aaron Kheriaty, MD The worm turns: Russia's new position on entering into strategic arms negotiations, by Gilbert Doctorow The Other America: A New Documentary on the 3 Missed Chances for World Peace, by Matthew Ehret Democracy, Russian Style, by Scott Ritter Washington Post Calls on VP Kamala Harris to Step Down, by Paul Craig Roberts God and Revolution, Choosing Hope, Reconsidering Antisemitism, An Anatomy of Our Thinking (4), by Ray Zwarich Aut…

Bruce Lerro (2024-03-21). Monotheistic Roots of Nationalism Part II. dissidentvoice.org Summary of Part I After briefly reviewing the theories of the relationship between religion and nationalism, I find the theories of Anthony Smith, George Mosse and Adrian Hutchinson the most compelling. They all agree that religion provides the propagandistic foundation for nationalism. But I also claim that it is a particular kind of religion, monotheism, that is …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2024-03-21). Washington Post Calls on VP Kamala Harris to Step Down. globalresearch.ca

Matt Taibbi (2024-03-21). Absurd New York Times Hit Piece: First Amendment case in the Supreme Court. Matt Taibbi. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2024-03-20). Blinken claiming that China is spreading disinformation is in itself disinformation: Chinese FM. ecns.cn The U.S.' Secretary of State Antony Blinken's accusing China of spreading false information is in itself false information, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Wednesday.

Binoy Kampmark (2024-03-21). Censors Celebrated: Misinformation and Disinformation Down Under. dissidentvoice.org The heralded arrival of the Internet caused flutters of enthusiasm, streaks of heart-felt hope. Unregulated, and supposedly all powerful, an information medium never before seen on such scale could be used to liberate mind and spirit. With almost disconcerting reliability, humankind would coddle and fawn over a technology which would, as Langdon Winner writes, "bring …

navyrecognition.com (2024-03-21). Russia & China have secured agreement with Houthis to protect their vessels According to information published by Bloomberg on March 21, 2024, the Houthi group has assured China and Russia that their naval vessels will be granted safe passage through the strategically critical maritime zones of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

muslimnews.co.uk (2024-03-21). Gaza: 100 Palestinians killed 92 injured by Israeli bombings last 24 hoursMore than 100 Palestinians were killed and 92 more injured by Israeli indiscriminate bombings in the last 24 hours in Gaza Strip according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli deadly attacks since 7 October 2023 has gone up to 31,988 including over 13,000 children and 74,188 Palestinians injured in Gaza Strip. 8,500 Palestinians are missing.

ecns.cn (2024-03-21). Beijing slams Washington for spreading false info. ecns.cn Beijing hit back at Washington's slandering of China by spreading disinformation on Wednesday, saying the United States is the biggest source and spreader of false information in the world.

The Exposé (2024-03-21). You stayed at home so that Drs & Nurses could kill your Friends & Family with Midazolam & pretend they were COVID-19 Deaths. expose-news.com The world was thrown into chaos when a new "virus", Covid-19, was declared a pandemic by the government. Fear propaganda was broadcast non-stop on television and radio, all paid for by the …

The Exposé (2024-03-21). BREAKING: Explosive Court Documents prove Pfizer, FDA & Fact Checkers LIED when they said Toxic Graphene Oxide was not inside the COVID-19 Vaccines. expose-news.com Graphene Oxide is a fairly new substance not yet well understood. But what we do know is that studies have proven it can be toxic to cells and tissues in the body. …

stclair (2024-03-21). The New York Times' Answer to the Collapse of the News Industry: Free Journalism School. counterpunch.org Yes, I am serious. That is the answer that the New York Times opinion page gave us this morning. The argument is that if students leaving school didn't have so much debt, it would be easier for them to take relatively low-paying jobs in journalism. This is incredibly annoying for two reasons. First, there are

Dean Baker (2024-03-21). Tech Layoffs Are Down, So the NYT Has a Major Column Telling Us Tech Layoffs Are Bad. cepr.net The New York Times opinion section seems determined to promote an alternative reality about the economy. Today it featured a column by Ashley Goodall, a former executive at Cisco Systems, telling us why mass layoffs in tech are bad. While Goodall makes several good points about layoffs being both bad from the company's long-term perspective, …

Dean Baker (2024-03-21). The New York Times' Answer to the Collapse of the News Industry: Free Journalism School. counterpunch.org Yes, I am serious. That is the answer that the New York Times opinion page gave us this morning. The argument is that if students leaving school didn't have so much debt, it would be easier for them to take relatively low-paying jobs in journalism. This is incredibly annoying for two reasons. First, there are

ecns.cn (2024-03-20). China hits back at West's 'double-standards' smear against Article 23. ecns.cn In response to comments made by countries such as the U.S., the UK, Japan and the EU bloc, Lin Jian, spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry, said "We strongly deplore and firmly oppose individual countries and organizations' slandering and smear against the law."

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2024-03-13: News Headlines

Patricia Harrity (2024-03-13). Report Finds U.K. Media Bias in Israel/Gaza Reporting — Stop Falling for Their Propaganda. expose-news.com

Jim Hightower (2024-03-13). The End of Anti-Woke Politics? otherwords.org Well, well, well — look who's waking up and raring to go: Mr. and Ms. Woke! | We so-called "woke" people have been the target of far-right politicos and front groups that are frantically trying to ban us and our ideas from America's political discourse. In the past few years, such thuggish gubernatorial demagogues as Ron DeSantis have perverted the power of Big Government to attack teachers, librarians, public agencies, and even beer. Beer! | Why? Because such people and organizations make educational efforts to reduce bigotry, hatred, and exclusiveness in our society. "That's woke," screech the ultra-right…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-03-13). CELAC Should Revisit Its Position on Haiti. orinocotribune.com By Mona Péralte — Mar 6, 2024 | The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was founded in Caracas, Venezuela in December 2011 as an alternative to the Washington, DC-based Organization of American States (OAS), formed in 1948 to be a Cold War chariot. Cuba characterizes the OAS as Washington's "Ministry of Colonial Affairs, " which expelled the socialist nation in 1962. | "As the years go by, CELAC is going to leave behind the old and worn-out OAS," then Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said at the 33-member alliance's inaugural ceremonies. | "It's the death sentence for the Monroe Doctrine…

People's Dispatch. (2024-03-13). Activists Push Palestine To The Front Line Of The Oscars. popularresistance.org "The Palestinian protests shut down the Oscars tonight!" shouted actor and activist Mark Ruffalo on the red carpet, on the way to the 2024 Academy Awards ceremony on the night of March 10. "Humanity wins!" he said, raising his fist. | Indeed, right outside where A-list celebrities were gathered for Hollywood's most important awards ceremony, a massive crowd was taking to the streets of Los Angeles, shouting "while you're watching, bombs are dropping!" and holding banners with slogans such as "No awards for genocide."

Editor (2024-03-13). Mar 13, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Hauser & Petrit àáeku — Concierto de Aranjuez — Adagio Confident Dragon Lays Out Modernization Roadmap, by Pepe Escobar Whatever You Have to Tell Yourself, by Mark Chapman Crocodile Tears For Gaza While Backing Its Destruction, by Caitlin Johnstone The Debate Over Israel as 'US Aircraft Carrier,' by Diana Johnstone QZionism hits Peak Conspiracy Theory with Smears of Oscar-Winning Jonathan Glazer, by Juan Cole The last stammering of Jewish fascism, by Thierry Meyssan The Ongoing Genocidal Violence against the Palestinian People and their Cultural Heritage in Gaza: MESA Here's…

albawaba (2024-03-13). Democrats urge Biden to stop arming Israel. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – A number of Democrat senates called on President Joe Biden to stop providing weapons to Israel until it lifts restrictions on the delivery of American humanitarian assistance to Gaza, according to a New York Times report.Citing a letter on Monday by Senator Bernie Sanders, the New York Times reported that by continuing to arm Israel, Biden was violating the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act.According to Sanders's letter, the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act, stipulates that "no assistance" should be provided to any country that restricts, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of US humanitarian assist…

ecns.cn (2024-03-13). Officials from central government, HKSAR refute Western media reports on Article 23. ecns.cn Officials from the central and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) governments have refuted Western media reports on Article 23 legislation by writing letters to media outlets such as the Washington Post and Bloomberg.

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2024-03-11: News Headlines

Angela (2024-03-11). Tuesday 3/12: Virtual Event: Breaking Through the Propaganda – Codepink Congress Capitol Calling Party. indybay.org

Larry Johnson (2024-03-11). Why Russia is Defeating NATO as well as Ukraine. sonar21.com At the conclusion of this post you will find my latest video chat with Nima about the latest developments surrounding the war in Ukraine. Let me point out some of the highlights (or lowlights, depending on your perspective). | Let's start with Victoria Nuland. Was she pushed out or did she preemptively resign? I believe it is the latter. From her position as the Under Secretary for Political Affairs she could see that the Biden Administration — ignoring for a moment its bellicose rhetoric about needing to defend Ukraine — is shifting military resources to Israel and China. Ukraine is the red hai…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-03-11). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.

albawaba (2024-03-11). Weekly Horoscope, March 10 to March 16, 2024. albawaba.com ALBAWABA Welcome to your weekly horoscope, where we explore the cosmic energies influencing your life from March 10 to March 16, 2024. This week, the celestial movements encourage introspection, communication, and taking practical steps toward your goals. Let's delve into what each sign can expect: Aries (March 21 – April 19): : This week, Aries, you're feeling driven and ambitious. With Mars, your ruling planet, aligning with Saturn, you have the discipline and determination to make significant progress towards your long-term goals. However, beware of impatience and impulsiveness. Take calculated steps rat…

albawaba (2024-03-11). Elon Musk challenges OpenAI with open-sourcing his xAI chatbot Grok. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Days after he filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, arguing they left behind their open-source strategy for profit, Elon Musk has stated that in a post on X (formerly Twitter) his artificial intelligence firm xAI plans to make its ChatGPT competitor "Grok" available to the public in open-source this week.Earlier this month, Musk had filed a complaint against Microsoft-backed OpenAI, which he co-founded in 2015 before departing shortly after three years according to Reuters. OpenAI responded by publishing emails that revealed Musk was backing a proposal to establish a for-profit firm and favored a merger with…

Patricia Harrity (2024-03-11). EXPLOSIVE Evidence of Government Fraud From Former Police Officer Who is Now in Hiding. expose-news.com Theresa May and 100 MPs are now not renewing their seats in Parliament due to the inquiries being made and evidence found by former police officer, Gary Waterman. Gary has exposed a …

Andreína Chávez Alava (2024-03-11). US sanctions are killing Venezuelans. greenleft.org.au Andreína Chávez Alava writes that while it is not possible to fully grasp the damage caused by United States sanctions against the Venezuelan people, all the evidence points to one simple truth: sanctions kill and will continue to do so.

Editor (2024-03-11). Mar 11, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Hauser — Air on the G String (J. S. Bach) On the Brink of Nuclear War, by Evaggelos Vallianatos Michael Brenner: The West has set itself on a path of collective suicide — both moral and economic Sick, and Sick of It All, by Edward J. Curtin, Jr. Do You Say You Want a Revolution? by Philip Giraldi Can Americans Have Hope? by Paul Craig Roberts The Great Archaeological Discovery of Our Time, by Lambert Strether "Psychological Giant," Psychiatrist Dives Into Donald Trump's Mental State — Tucker Carlson, Keith Ablow (Video) Worrying About TikTok During An Active Genocide, by Cait…

newarab (2024-03-11). Humza Yousaf slams media 'outrageous smear' over Gaza funds. newarab.com Yousaf,

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2024-03-10: News Headlines

Angela (2024-03-10). Tuesday 3/12: Virtual Event: Breaking Through the Propaganda – Codepink Congress Capitol Calling Party. indybay.org

Mnar Adley (2024-03-10). US Soldier Reveals Why Aaron Bushnell Self-Immolated, With Mike Prysner. orinocotribune.com By Mnar Adley — Mar 8, 2024 | One week after Aaron Bushnell set himself on fire in an extreme act of Protest for Palestine — the world has been awe-struck by his galvanizing act of courage, with his last words being Free Palestine. Across the world, including in Yemen and Gaza, Bushnell is being memorialized as a martyr for Palestine as Israel continues its genocide in Gaza that has left over 30,000 people dead. | His protest was not only moving but stood in stark contrast to the empty rhetoric given by so-called liberal politicians who've done very little to stop Israel from continuing its war on civi…

Will Solomon (2024-03-10). The New York Times' Bret Stephens, Hasbarist. counterpunch.org Bret Stephens speaking at the 92nd Street Y, Youtube screenshot. | On October 15, 2023, a week after Hamas's attack on Israel and in the early days of an indiscriminate Israeli response, New York Times editorialist Bret Stephens wrote a column titled "Hamas Bears the Blame for Every Death in This War." | After allowing that "[r]easonable people can criticize Israel for not allowing enough time for civilians to get out of harm's way," Stephens, having rhetorically covered himself, endorses the impending ground invasion and arrives at the conclusion inscribed in the column's title. "The central cause of Gaza's m…

albawaba (2024-03-10). Weekly Horoscope, March 10 to March 16, 2024. albawaba.com ALBAWABA Welcome to your weekly horoscope, where we explore the cosmic energies influencing your life from March 10 to March 16, 2024. This week, the celestial movements encourage introspection, communication, and taking practical steps toward your goals. Let's delve into what each sign can expect: Aries (March 21 – April 19): : This week, Aries, you're feeling driven and ambitious. With Mars, your ruling planet, aligning with Saturn, you have the discipline and determination to make significant progress towards your long-term goals. However, beware of impatience and impulsiveness. Take calculated steps rat…

Patricia Harrity (2024-03-10). The 1918 'Pandemic' & the Viral Theory — 'The Unproven Notion of Airborne Viral Illness That has Enslaved Humanity to the Corrupt Medical Cartel.'. expose-news.com There are multiple lines of evidence to dispute the classic viral disease paradigm, including historical records, biological evidence (or lack thereof) and clinical "experiments" according to Dr Lee Merritt. Yet, while this …

Melissa Garriga (2024-03-10). Biden's State of the Union: War and Genocide Are Still "The American Way" globalresearch.ca

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2024-03-10). United States Sends Israel 100+ Weapons Shipments. popularresistance.org Polling shows that a slight majority of people in the United States oppose sending weapons to Israel to help it wage its brutal war on Gaza. | However, despite the fact that only a quarter of North Americans support arming Israel, the Joe Biden administration has sent the country more than 100 arms shipments since October 7, the Washington Post reported. | The newspaper quoted a former senior Biden administration, who remarked, "That's an extraordinary number of sales over the course of a pretty short amount of time, which really strongly suggests that the Israeli campaign would not be sustainable without this le…

albawaba (2024-03-10). Scientists face controversy by trying to revive extinct animal. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – A both shocking and controversial move by an American company has started a debate as their plans to genetically revive mammoths came to light, as per The Washington Post. Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology firm from Dallas, revealed their development of Asian elephant stem cells that may pave the way to create the extinct behemoth or at least closely resembling mammoth-elephant hybrid on Earth yet again.ShutterstockAdvocates of species revival view this as a means to fix some of the human involvement in the ongoing animal extinction crisis. They believe advancements in genetic technology could also…

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2024-03-08: News Headlines

Pacific Media Watch (2024-03-08). Aotearoa: NZ news media under fire for 'bias, propaganda' in Gaza coverage. greenleft.org.au Aotearoa/New Zealand news media came under fire at a Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza with speakers condemning what they said was pro-Israeli "bias" and "propaganda", reports Pacific Media Watch.

Staff (2024-03-08). Hard evidence just dropped that shows the British media is complicit in Israel's genocide. thecanary.co The Centre for Media Monitoring has released a report on corporate media coverage of Israel's genocide. The case study shows "overwhelming" bias in favour of the Israeli settler colonial state. As such, the UK media, which the report focuses on, is manufacturing consent for the mass slaughter of Palestinians. This includes the BBC. Covering for …

Helen Santoro (2024-03-08). Pharma's Secret Middlemen Are Poisoning Health Care. levernews.com Lawmakers from both parties and 39 state attorneys general joined forces to stop the shadowy corporate middlemen behind rising drug prices and the death of independent pharmacies. Now these reform efforts are in peril, following nearly $50 million in industry lobbying — including tens of thousands to Congress members who sponsored reform legislation.These largely unregulated middlemen, called pharmacy benefit managers, serve as intermediaries between insurers and pharmaceutical manufacturers, determining which drugs insurers will cover and how much they cost. But they are incentivized to opt for the most e…

Patricia Harrity (2024-03-08). The State's Psychological Experts Are Distancing Themselves From Behavioural Science — Is Brainwashing No Longer in Vogue? expose-news.com The government relied upon psychological experts in 2020 to advise strategies to deploy "non-consensual emotionally discomforting techniques" on the people of the UK which were more often than not in pursuit of …

Michael G Collins, Magid A Fahim, Carmel M Hawley, David W Johnson, Steven J Chadban (2024-03-09). Correspondence] Questions about the BEST-Fluids trial — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Emmanuel Canet and Lara Zafrani, Charles Verney and colleagues, Christophe Masset and colleagues, and Gildas Gueret and Marc Laffon for their interest and comments on our Article.1 The Better Evidence for Selecting Transplant Fluids (BEST-Fluids) trial found that intravenous fluid therapy with a balanced crystalloid solution (Plasma-Lyte 148), compared with saline, reduced the incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) after deceased donor kidney transplantation.

Ian Angus (2024-03-08). Anti-Anthropocene vote is 'null and void'. mronline.org Commission chairs say organizers of ballot violated statutes and ignored scientific evidence.

Kathleen Wallace (2024-03-08). The Right to Your Life Movement. counterpunch.org Personhood for Embryos, no isolation requirements for active respiratory infections, advancement of genocide—it's a recipe for early-onset dementia to try and unravel the current "pro-life" atmosphere hanging over the United States and to grapple with the logical fallacies being advanced as principled stands.

Kathleen Wallace (2024-03-08). The Right to Your Life Movement. counterpunch.org Personhood for Embryos, no isolation requirements for active respiratory infections, advancement of genocide—it's a recipe for early-onset dementia to try and unravel the current "pro-life" atmosphere hanging over the United States and to grapple with the logical fallacies being advanced as principled stands.

Eman Abdelhadi (2024-03-08). Beyond the State of the Union, We Must Confront the State of the Genocide. truthout.org President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union address Thursday night as a majority of Americans maintain that the genocide in Gaza needs to immediately end and a new "uncommitted" movement is sweeping the nation and has become the biggest story of the 2024 presidential primaries. Biden briefly mentioned the more than 30,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza during his address but offered Israel no… |

Thomas Knapp (2024-03-08). The Danger in Medicalizing Murder. counterpunch.org Last October, Robert Card killed 18 people and injured 18 others in a shooting spree across several locations in Maine. Card was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Now, the New York Times reports, an analysis of Card's brain reveals significant damage, probably related to his eight years of exposure to explosions as

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2024-03-06: News Headlines

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-03-06). Podcast: Aaron Bushnell, The Israel Lobby, Mass Media Propaganda And More. caitlinjohnstone.com.au We've managed to get a third podcast episode up! Recording it and making enough time to create it and edit it are skills we're still developing, but we've always learned on the job in this weird little project of ours anyway. Personally I think this is our best one yet: In this episode we discuss …

Dr. Paul Larudee (2024-03-06). Gaza Airdrops: Propaganda and Possibilities. globalresearch.ca

Julia Conley, Common Dreams. (2024-03-06). First Western Leader Referred To ICC As 'Accessory To Genocide In Gaza'. popularresistance.org Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is one of several Western leaders who have provided political and material support of the Israeli government and military over the past five months as their bombardment of Gaza has killed more than 30,000 people, but on Monday he became the first to be referred to the International Criminal Court for being an "accessory to genocide." | More than 100 lawyers supported the referral under Article 15 of the Rome Statute, arguing that Albanese, a member of the Labor Party, as well as members of his Cabinet and of Parliament, have provided Israel with "rhetorical support in th…

Hannah Davenport (2024-03-06). Tory minister forced to apologise and pay damages after false allegations about academic. leftfootforward.org Science secretary Michelle Donelan has had to eat her words and retract false allegations she made about an academic for the sake of "another Tory anti-woke headline", following a lengthy legal process. | The cabinet minister smeared Professor Kate Sang as an 'extremist' after falsely suggesting she supported Hamas, and had attempted to claim the academic had breached principles on how public officials should behave. | Donelan has now retracted her claim and the government has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum, at the expense of the taxpayer, following a months-long investigation by an advisory group on equalit…

Dean Baker (2024-03-06). The Estate Tax Exemption is $27.2 Million for a Couple. counterpunch.org The New York Times had a piece on the tax code changes that will take effect next year unless Congress acts to extend current provisions. One of the items on this list is an increase in the amount of wealth exempted from the estate tax. The piece lists the amount currently exempted as $13.6 million,

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2024-03-05: News Headlines

John Helmer (2024-03-05). The good Germans are blowing smoke. mronline.org There is a fraction of the Germans who, when speaking or writing in public, consider themselves the good Germans. Good Germans are to Germany as propaganda is to truth—negligibly fractional; sometimes truth-telling; always irrelevant to the outcome of the wars which Germany wages.

Patrick Lawrence (2024-03-05). The disease of concealment: An open letter to future historians. indybay.org We are afflicted with what I would call the disease of silence. We are confronted with the results of decades of propaganda, and with the insidious power of language when it is cynically misused. We look, but we don't recognize it. We hear, but we don't listen. The effectiveness of propaganda is so great that most of us are not even aware of our complicity in the genocide of a people.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-03-05). Australian PM First Western Leader Referred to ICC as 'Accessory to Genocide in Gaza'. libya360.wordpress.com Julia Conley More than 100 lawyers endorsed the referral, which points to the military, intelligence, and rhetorical support Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has provided to the Israeli government. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is one of several Western leaders who have provided political and material support of the Israeli government and military over the past…

Staff (2024-03-05). 'Not even in civilian clothing': Maldives President Muizzu says no Indian troops to remain on his island. muslimmirror.com Male : Stepping up his anti-India rhetoric, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has affirmed that no Indian military personnel, not even those in civilian clothing, would be present inside his country after May 10, a media report said on Tuesday. Muizzu's statement comes less than a week after an Indian civilian team reached the Maldives to …

Staff (2024-03-05). 'Not even in civilian clothing': Maldives President Muizzu says no Indian troops to remain on his island. muslimmirror.com Male : Stepping up his anti-India rhetoric, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has affirmed that no Indian military personnel, not even those in civilian clothing, would be present inside his country after May 10, a media report said on Tuesday. Muizzu's statement comes less than a week after an Indian civilian team reached the Maldives to …

Rhoda Wilson (2024-03-05). It has been a year since Anthony Fauci confessed that covid vaccines could never have worked and it is still being ignored. expose-news.com More than a year ago, Anthony Fauci co-authored a paper that admitted the covid vaccines didn't work as claimed. A fact that was previously dismissed as misinformation. Fauci's confession didn't dampen the …

Binoy Kampmark (2024-03-05). Mistakes, Misfiring and the Trident: Britain's Flawed Nuclear Deterrence. counterpunch.org Nuclear weapons are considered the strategic silverware of nation states. Occasionally, they are given a cleaning and polishing. From time to time, they go missing, fail to work, and suffer misplacement. Of late, the UK Royal Navy has not been doing so well in that department, given its seminal role in upholding the doctrine of nuclear deterrence. In

Staff (2024-03-05). Without Evidence, Without Trial Date, Without Support From Spain: Journalist Pablo González Serves 2 Years in Prison in Poland. orinocotribune.com Journalists and jurists have criticized Spain for abandoning the reporter Pablo González Yagàºe, noting that…

Staff (2024-03-05). Without Evidence, Without Trial Date, Without Support From Spain: Journalist Pablo González Imprisoned in Poland for 2 Years. orinocotribune.com Journalists and jurists have criticized Spain for abandoning Spanish journalist Pablo González Yagàºe, noting that Spain applies double standards in its treatment of freedom of the press. Activists from his support group referred to the Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares as a "liar" for stating that González's rights and legal assistance are being respected. | A Spanish freelance journalist, Pablo González Yagàºe, has now been in preventive detention for two years since his arrest on the night of February 28, 2022, in the Polish city of Przemy≈õl by intelligence officers from that…

Larry Johnson (2024-03-05). Warning Indicators in Ukraine and Palestine MAY Signal Escalation. sonar21.com Two intriguing bits of news today that I have been unable to confirm. First, Alastair Crooke told Judge Napolitano this morning that Israeli forces have made three cross-border recon patrols with tanks on the Lebanon border and were driven off. I trust Alastair and his sources. He is a professional and this info tracks with other video evidence showing a tank column moving north in Israel. It looks increasingly likely that Israel will attack Hezbollah during Ramadan, which begins on March 10. We'll see. | Then there is a report from Ukraine that Russian forces hit a CIA base in Sumy and killed a large nu…

WSWS (2024-03-05). Democratic Socialists of America commits to rescuing Biden's presidential election campaign. wsws.org In an attempt to channel mass opposition to "Genocide Joe" back behind the Democratic Party and present illusions that Biden and the Democrats can be persuaded to stop the genocide in Gaza through a protest vote, the DSA has formally endorsed the "uncommitted" campaign in the remaining primaries.

WSWS (2024-03-05). Democratic Socialists of America commits to rescuing Biden's presidential election campaign. wsws.org In an attempt to channel mass opposition to "Genocide Joe" back behind the Democratic Party and promote illusions that Biden and the Democrats can be persuaded to stop the genocide in Gaza through a protest vote, the DSA has formally endorsed the "uncommitted" campaign in the remaining primaries.

Staff (2024-03-05). Venezuela Condemns Smear Campaign of Germany's Deutsche Welle Outlet. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan Minister for Communication and Information Freddy àëáñez denounced the German news outlet Deutsche Welle (DW) for the lies, defamation, and smear campaign it is carrying out, in its Spanish edition, against Venezuela. àëáñez cited a DW

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2024-03-04: News Headlines

NYX (2024-03-04). Uber CEO's Racist Rhetoric. indybay.org Please Help Petition Austin's Mayor and the Organizers of South by Southwest to Cancel Uber CEO Dara's Talk…

WSWS (2024-03-04). Trump doubles down on fascist rhetoric in Super Tuesday states. wsws.org In rallies in North Carolina and Virginia, Trump embraced the fascist "Great Replacement Theory" in all but name.

Jennesa Calvo-Friedman (2024-03-04). New York's Coercion of Private Companies to Blacklist the NRA Has a Long and Dark History. aclu.org More than 60 years ago the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment bars the government from coercing private entities to punish speech that the government disfavors. Just as the government can't directly punish or censor speech it disagrees with, it cannot do so indirectly by coercing private parties to do the same. | History underscores the importance of this free speech protection. Government officials have all too often enlisted private parties—from the White Citizens' Councils of the Jim Crow South to the blacklists of Communists in the McCarthy era—to punish those with whom they disagree.

WSWS (2024-03-04). From Hilde, With Love: Resistance to fascism then and now. wsws.org With its portrayal of the young anti-fascist Hilde Coppi, Andreas Dresen's new film recalls the varied forms of resistance to Hitler pursued by young people and working-class circles—so-called ordinary Germans.

Clare Carlile, DeSmog. (2024-03-04). Meat Industry Using 'Misinformation' To Block Dietary Change. popularresistance.org The agriculture sector has spent millions of dollars on discrediting plant-based diets, a new report has claimed. | The report, published by the consumer advocacy organisation Freedom Food Alliance on Thursday (29 February), found that multinational meat companies and lobby groups were using industry-funded research, public ad campaigns and educational materials to sway public opinion on meat and dairy. | The Disinformation Report: Harvesting Denial, Distractions & Deception suggests that the industry is sidestepping accountability for its role in greenhouse emissions.

Binoy Kampmark (2024-03-04). Mistakes, Misfiring and Trident: Britain's Flawed Nuclear Deterrence. dissidentvoice.org Nuclear weapons are considered the strategic silverware of nation states. Occasionally, they are given a cleaning and polishing. From time to time, they go missing, fail to work, and suffer misplacement. Of late, the UK Royal Navy has not been doing so well in that department, given its seminal role in upholding the doctrine of …

DLI (2024-03-04). US veto #5 at UN vote to protect Israel from global condemnation in genocidal war. indybay.org For the fifth time since the war between Israel and the ruling Hamas group in Gaza that started on October 7, the US has once again been the lone voice in sheltering the Israeli government from widespread global rebuke. While making a few milquetoast statements that "regret" the massive indiscriminate bombings and killings of 30,000+ unarmed civilians, the tone-deaf Biden regime(poll after poll show the American public wants a ceasefire in Gaza) has continued sending thousands of bombs, missiles and other WMDs to enable the continuing slaughter. Under international law, that's complicity in genocide!

Mnar Adley (2024-03-04). Why Israel fears the Hadid Family, with Alana Hadid. mintpressnews.com Even as Israel turns Gaza into dust, few Western celebrities have dared to raise their voices against the genocide — and many have even supported it. One notable exception to this are the Hadids. The family of Palestinian-American fashion designers, influencers and models have been using their considerable platforms to bring attention to the slaughter and to call on the world to act to save innocent civilians. Today, Alana Hadid joins MintCast host Mnar Adley for a frank and insightful discussion about Israel, Palestine, and the world of entertainment. | The family has hundreds of millions of followers on s…

Mnar Muhawesh (2024-03-04). Why Israel fears the Hadid Family, with Alana Hadid. thealtworld.com Alana Hadid joins MintCast host Mnar Adley for a frank and insightful discussion about Israel, Palestine, and the world of entertainment. | Even as Israel turns Gaza into dust, few Western celebrities have dared to raise their voices against the genocide — and many have even supported it. One notable exception to this are the Hadids. The family of Palestinian-American fashion designers, influencers and models have been using their considerable platforms to bring attention to the slaughter and to call on the world to act to save innocent civilians. Today, Alana Hadid joins MintCast host Mnar Adley for a fran…

krish-rad_ind (2024-03-04). Israeli army hands out 'Ramadan boxes' to incite Gazans against resistance. thecradle.co

thecommunists (2024-03-04). Joti Brar and Garland Nixon: Policing Palestine protestors, episode 4. thecommunists.org In this instalment of their regular series, Comrade Joti Brar and Garland Nixon begin by discussing the second set of arrests of CPGB-ML members. The unjust arrests, where party members were charged under anti-terror legislation for incitement of 'supporting a banned terror group' (!) — for distributing a leaflet condemning the racist Israeli state — …

Dean Baker (2024-03-04). The Estate Tax Exemption is $27.2 Million for a Couple. cepr.net The New York Times had a piece on the tax code changes that will take effect next year unless Congress acts to extend current provisions. One of the items on this list is an increase in the amount of wealth exempted from the estate tax. The piece lists the amount currently exempted as $13.6 million, …

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2024-03-02: News Headlines

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-03-02). The Empire's Weakness Is That It Still Needs Normal People To Turn Its Gears. caitlinjohnstone.com.au Imperial propaganda outlet The New York Times is currently embroiled in a massive scandal over its reporting which alleges mass rapes on October 7‚Ää—‚Ääand the scandal is being fueled in part by leaks from its own staff.

cameron orr (2024-03-02). Crisis of culture in the U.S. cpusa.org "George Bush doesn't care about Black people." These were the words of famed rapper Kanye West during the 2005 nationally televised telethon benefit for victims of Hurricane Katrina. In this notorious quote, Kanye expressed a popular conception of the Bush administration for a whole generation of people. How is it then, that less than 15 years later the same Kanye West — son of a Black Panther who had previously made commentary on racism in the U.S. — would go on a national tour professing his love for Hitler? Even more recently, beloved star in the Black community, Nicki Minaj, cozied up to Ben Sh…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-03-02). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

newarab (2024-03-02). Mehdi Hasan launches Zeteo site after 'MSNBC Gaza removal'. newarab.com British broadcaster According to the site's launch essay, Zeteo will be a "new online platform for the kind of tough interviews and deep-dive monologues that I [Hasan] have become known for in recent years, but it will also be a home to new podcasts, newsletters, and social videos". | "In this dystopian age of 'alternative facts,' 'fake news,…

Martin Hacthoun (2024-03-02). Diaz-Canel presides over rally of solidarity in Cuba with Palestine. plenglish.com Havana, Mar 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel leads the rally of solidarity with Palestine that brought together hundreds of people at Havana Jose Marti Anti-imperialist Tribune in front of the US Embassy. | The gathering also demanded the end of Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. | The mobilization is taking place in provincial capitals throughout the island, under the slogans Hands off Rafah, Stop the fire now, and End the genocide. | The rallies in Cuba as in the whole world are taking place before the announced new Israeli offensive against the city of Rafat, home to m…

WSWS (2024-03-02). Australia's spy agency's latest "foreign interference" scare campaign backfires. wsws.org Backed by the Albanese Labor government, ASIO chief Mike Burgess this week ratcheted up accusations directed against Russia and China, but again provided no evidence.

Rayhan Uddin (2024-03-02). How Israel defied ICJ provisional measures, one month on. middleeasteye.net How Israel defied ICJ provisional measures, one month on | Despite court ruling, Israel continued to kill and cause harm in Gaza, blocked aid entry and allowed officials to incite against Palestinians | | Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip, a handout picture released by the Israeli army on…

newarab (2024-03-02). Somalia court sentences 6 Moroccans to death for joining IS. newarab.com A military court in The individuals entered Somalia to cause harm to Muslims and Somalis and incite unrest in the country, the presiding judge in the Puntland region, Col. Ali Ibrahim Osman, said late Thursday. | The six men, identified as Mo…

Shefali Luthra (2024-03-02). CVS and Walgreens Will Start Selling Abortion Pills This Month. truthout.org CVS and Walgreens will start dispensing mifepristone, one of the medications used to induce an abortion, in stores this month. The news was first reported by The New York Times. It comes more than a year after both retail pharmacy chains, the nation's two largest, said they would pursue certification from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to dispense the pill. Mifepristone can be used in… |

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