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Mollusks 2022: Cuban Painted Snail (Polymita picta) Senckenberg (Dr. Kevin)
Scientists demystify naked giant chalk sculptures in Britain with the help of some snails ZmeScience (Dr. Kevin)
How aluminum cans are formed Boeing Boeing (resilc)
#Coronavirus disease
Science/Medicine
Italian study shows ventilation can reduce COVID cases in schools by 82% Reuters (resilc)
US
Insight | Why I’m hoarding masks and tests Washington Post (resilc)
Hillary Clinton tests positive for Covid-19 NBC (Furry)
From elastic:
climate/environment
Ann Arbor dims city lights to raise awareness of climate change Michigan live. ma: “That should solve the climate problem…”
A world of drowning: Kenya’s quiet underwater slide guardian
China?
China-India ties ‘due’ after 2020-22 conflict Asia Times (Kevin W)
old blight
Why a British ferry company is hiring Indians on ‘poor wages’ Quartz (resilc)
less cold new cold war
Larry C. Johnson: “The Ukrainian Army has been defeated. All that’s left is to sweep the floor” Mike Whitney, Unz Review (Lee). As we said in our post yesterday, except that the sweep may take a while as troops near Kyiv need to stop. But very sharp and extreme criticism of MSM/official spin. Whitney writes frequently at Counterpunch. The realist scene in the US looks very limited.
What Russia’s ‘chatter class’ is talking about: Update Gilbert Doctorow (guurst). Biden seemed encouraged by the good news that Poland was considering moving its troops into Ukraine. Since that Kinzhal missile is still a talking point, from Doctorow’s Russian politics show:
… The American view to be overturned is the President and the Pentagon’s comments about Russia’s use of its hypersonic missile, the Kinzar, to attack Ukrainian military targets last week. President Biden was quoted as saying that he didn’t think Kinzhal had anything special other than speed and that its warheads were the usual kind. The Pentagon was quoted as saying that the Russians “appeared” to have launched their Kinzhal in Ukraine, which was a waste of effort for the given target.
Nikonov’s guests noted that the first Kinzhal strike targeted a “nuclear attack-hardened” structure 60 meters below ground, protected by Soviet-era reinforced concrete. Inside this bunker are Ukrainian missiles and other high-value munitions. In other words, Kinzhal, using what they believe is one of their weaker potential conventional weapons, rather than a tactical nuclear warhead, can destroy a target otherwise thought to be immune to nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistics due to its incredible mass and velocity energy missile attack. This weapon system is nothing special, right?
The return of the Eagles Sohrab Ahmari, Compact (Lee)
US ‘fights to last Ukrainian’ with Russia: senior US diplomat YouTube (b1whois). Chas Freeman and Aaron Matt. It’s funny, but my confidence in Freeman’s reading dropped at 5:18 when he suggested that China might be mediating, which is completely unsupported by evidence and contradicts a plethora of statements from Chinese officials and official institutions, from Xi Jinping himself To Biden: “He who tied the bell to the tiger has to take it off.” So it’s unclear whether Freeman was paying enough attention to get a good view. But he does provide an important historical perspective.
Turkey rejects U.S. offer to send Russian-made S-400 missile systems to Ukraine Republic. From Monday, still interested.
The ‘Aleppo Playbook’ is nothing but nonsense propaganda Turcopolier (resilc)
CW: The woman tied to the post.
Green paint indicates Russian speakers. They call the Russians orcs, hence the green paint. You won’t see this on western msm. pic.twitter.com/pGUIhfcAAy
— Stranger (@JeremyTheGun) March 21, 2022
* * * Patrick Lawrence: Imperial Childhood Consortium News
What are the five geostrategic trends of Biden’s “new world order”? oneworld (Micael T)
The rift in the mainstream narrative of the Ukrainian war was big enough for a tank to get through Gilbert Doctorow (guurst). Oops, key facts:
Militants still control more than 100,000 residents [in Mariupol] Take hostages and shoot anyone who tries to use the humanitarian corridors that the Russians have opened up to them.
Russia Controls Semi-Mariupol, Zelensky Opens Up About Crimea, Donbass, U.S. Sanctions on China Alexander Mercury. The previous section, about the Gulf countries meeting with Assad, the BoJo meeting failing (I did link to a story when it was established) and the India-China meeting, is being told. He later reported on Russia’s actions as financial markets reopened, then turned to the U.S. to escalate ties with China less than a week after Biden told Xi the U.S. wanted good relations with China. Freeman may be sound at a high level, but be careful with his mastery of details,
Pearl Harbor my eyes! David Stockman, Antiwar.com (Lee). From a few days ago, still closely related.
Ukraine conflict shows importance of non-Western alternatives oneworld (Micael T)
EU countries say they will not accept Ukrainian refugees RT (Kevin W)
Zelensky lauds Ukraine’s pushback as U.S. plans new sanctions on Moscow Financial Times
Exclusive: Ukraine’s 2022 spring crop plantings may be halved – ministerReuters
Oil prices at risk of further surge after pipeline damage, experts warn RT (Kevin W.). call boy. I think it’s legal, but if it’s not, it would fit the “passive-aggressive sanction” characteristic I mentioned earlier.
Gas prices in Los Angeles hit an average of $6 Fox Business. Kevin W: “I’m only sending this link because it has a simple map showing the average gas prices by state.” Moi: I privately forecast gas prices to be $6 per gallon by the end of April, in high cost/high tax states for $7. Given the Caspian pipeline incident, this looks like a more obvious call.
Chevron waits in Venezuela, tells us it’s time to pump oil The Wall Street Journal (brunch with cats)
German regulators prepare for potential energy rationing next winter Financial Times
U.S. and U.K. end trade deal that slaps tariffs on steel, aluminum Sputnik (Kevin W)
French bank BNP Paribas halts financial transactions in Russia France24 (Furry)
Ukraine: Oligarch says he gave up mansion before sanctions BBC (resilc)
the daily beast trying to kill me Gonzalo Lira. “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they won’t come for you.” This conversation is too long, but Lira’s title is correct.
Syria
Colorado spins off pension fund from Ben & Jerry parent over Israel settlement ban Antiwar.com (resilc)
Syria uses labyrinth of shell companies to avoid sanctions on Assad regime elite guardian
big brother is watching you
Android’s message, dialer app to silently send text, call information to Google register
Empire Crash Watch
U.S. needs more weapons factories, says lead arms buyer nominee Defense One (resilc)
Why the Navy is carrying pigeons on its first aircraft carrier Mission and Purpose (BC)
trump card
Trump founder’s Cowboys convicted Jan. 6 for violating Capitol grounds
politicsJan. 6 indictment: Enrique Tario’s indictment has surfaced, a chilling congressional riot document. slate (hairy)
supremacy
Senator Cornyn asked Ketanji Brown Jackson whether the SCOTUS ruling establishing the right to same-sex marriage conflicts with the beliefs of certain religions.
“That’s the nature of rights,” she replied. “When there are rights, it means regulation is limited.” pic.twitter.com/TP9yF2Q6Ij
– Politics (@political) March 22, 2022
Hawley and Jackson clash over handling of child pornography case hill
Democrats in pajamas
Latinos” and “defunding the police” are pushing Latinos to join the GOP New York Times (resilc)
Abrams files lawsuit, alleging bad fundraising in Georgia hill (hairy)
Expanding child tax credit would pay big dividends: report Yahoo (Furry). But our Democrats don’t believe in helping people…you have to earn money, or at least be “deserving poor.”
police state watch
Legal Aid Society files lawsuit against NYPD, accusing police of collecting DNA for ‘rogue’ database ABC7 New York (BC)
Gunz
While you’re busy watching the war, life in America goes on:
Arkansas Auto Show Shooting Sees Children and Babies Shooting – Dallas, Austin See Gun Violence Gentleman (Furry)
New rules scrutinize net-zero commitments Wall Street Journal (Lee)
Teens struggling to quit smoking and vaping edge
The case for legalizing street sales of buprenorphine STAT (Dr. Kevin)
America’s Favorite Craft Beer May Get More Expensive quartz
Global bond slump wipes $2.6 trillion, more than 2008 financial crisis losses Bloomberg
Class struggle
Oxfam: Nearly a third of U.S. workers earn less than $15 an hour hill
Oligarchs all the way recoil (resilc)
DC sues Grubhub, claims app is full of hidden fees and high prices edge
Antidote. Emma SI’s long-ago antidote somehow missed. Apologize!
Check out yesterday’s link and antidote du Jour here.
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