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At­ten­tion now is turn­ing to how the Mar­i­upol POWs might be treat­ed and what rights they have as pris­on­ers of Rus­sia.
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To fuel confrontation again? Canada to axe 5G gear of Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corp, say reports
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Empty shelves of baby formula in Texas amid nationwide shortage

The shortage is caused by supply disruptions due to the pandemic as well as concerns of contamination of one of the major manufacturers, which forced to shutter the largest US infant formula plant.

Major retailers are limiting the purchase of their customers to maintain supplies.

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UK to Sanction Russian Airlines AGAIN To Stop Sale of Landing Slots

Britain has announced new sanctions against Russian airlines that will prevent Aeroflot, Rossiya Airlines and Ural Airlines from cashing in on UK airport landing slots worth $61.9 million.

Aeroflot’s former CEO Mikhail Poluboyarinov had already been sanctioned, while the assets of all three airlines have now been frozen.

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 Finlandia: The Brandy of the Damned
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Though Finland was lucky to emerge in 1917 and was lucky again to survive in 1944, this time they have chosen death.

Because Sibelius was no military strategist and Finland’s current crop of leaders are no historians, Finns have no concept of the Frankensteins they have unleashed that will, as monsters do, shortly destroy every last one of them.

Though Sibelius would undoubtedly now boast that Finland’s troops will once again give a good account of themselves in their coming war with Russia, theirs will be, at best, a Pyrrhic victory. Because Finland faces instantaneous destruction, there will be no Finlandia to keen their ashes into Valhalla.

That is not a necessarily bad thing as Finland is, in any case, an aberration, an accident of early twentieth century history. Following the 15 March 1917 abdication of Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov, Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland, Finland took the Bolsheviks up on their offer of seceding. During the ensuing Russian and Finnish Civil Wars, Finland’s Whites prevailed over the Reds, thanks in very large part to the leadership of Mannerheim and his 1,800 German-trained Finnish Jägers, whom the Germans had trained with the express purpose of weakening the forces of the Tzar, to whom the Swedish speaking Mannerheim had been intensely loyal.

Finland, in short, owes its independence to the Kaiser and a Swedish speaking Romanov general who, with the assistance of his Nazi allies, developed a relatively small permanent defense force augmented, much like Switzerland’s, by universal compulsory conscription and massive reserves.

Finland’s game plan, like Switzerland’s was, per the first rule of warfare, to know their terrain well and to make any invasion very expensive for the invader. Hitler, of course, saw things differently and, with the encouragement of Sibelius and other Swedish speaking simpletons, the Finnish Army joined the Wehrmacht in invading Russia and laying siege to Leningrad.

Although the terms of the treaty which ended the Continuation War can be debated, what should not be open to debate was that Britain should not have been allowed to have any hand, act or part in it. This becomes particularly obvious and relevant when we see that Perfidious Albion has recently concluded a defense pact with Finland as a prelude to Finland joining NATO. This means, in effect, that Finland has gone from its traditional back foot defensive stance to full on front foot attack mode and is, in effect, leading NATO’s war against Russia with its own glass jaw.

But, just as Adolf Hitler, Finland’s former ally, said that the next (Second World) war would be nothing like the last (First World War), so also will Finland’s next war with Russia be unlike anything else it has ever seen and Finland’s defensive lakes and hills will be of no avail. Russia has no choice but to wipe Finland off the face of the earth and Finland will have only herself and her half-cooked myths to blame.

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In the aptly titled Man and Superman, George Bernard Shaw refers to music as the brandy of the damned. And, if taken in isolation, so it is. And none more so than the sometimes grating...

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 Mexico Leads in Opposing the Cuba Blockade and U.S. Imperialism
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By W. T. WHITNEY

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) visited Cuba on May 8-9. He began by highlighting regional unity as good for equal promotion of economic development for all states. AMLO addressed themes he had discussed previously when Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel visited Mexico City in 2021.

At that time AMLO, by virtue of Mexico serving as president pro tempore, presided over a summit meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC). He proposed building “in the Western Hemisphere something similar to what was the economic community that gave rise to the current European Union.”

Two days later, AMLO included Diaz-Canel in a celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence. Praising Cuba’s dignity in resisting U.S. aggression, he called for an end to the blockade.

Months later in Havana, on May 8, 2022, AMLO, speaking before Cuban leaders and others, recalled “times when the United States wanted to own the continent …. They were at their peak in annexations, deciding on independence wherever, creating new countries, freely associated states, protectorates, military bases, and … invasions.”

U.S. leaders, he declared, need to be convinced “that a new relationship among the peoples of America … is possible.” He called for “replacing the OAS with a truly autonomous organism.” CELAC presumably would be that alternative alliance. Formed in 2011, CELAC includes all Western Hemisphere nations except for the United States and Canada.

The United States in 1948 established the Organization of American States (OAS) for Cold War purposes. When the OAS expelled Cuba in 1962, only Mexico’s government opposed that action and later Mexico was one of two nations rejecting an OAS demand to break off diplomatic relations with Cuba.

AMLO predicted that “by 2051, China will exert domination over 64.8% of the world market and the United States only 25%, or even 10%.” He suggested that, “Washington, finding this unacceptable,” would be tempted “to resolve that disparity through force.”

AMLO rejected “growing competition and disunity that will inevitably lead to decline in all the Americas.” He called for “Integration with respect to sovereignties and forms of government and effective application of a treaty of economic-commercial development suiting everybody.” The “first step” would be for the United States “to lift its blockade of this sister nation.”

AMLO’s visit prompted agreements on practicalities. The two presidents determined that Cuba would supply Mexico with medications and vaccines – particularly Cuba’s anti-Covid-19 Abdala vaccine for children. Mexico’s government will send almost 200 Mexican youths to Cuba to study medicine; 500 Cuban physicians will go to Mexico to work in underserved areas. The two presidents signed a general agreement providing for expanded cooperation in other areas.

Before arriving in Cuba, AMLO had visited Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Belize. Along the way he reportedly complained that, “The United States may have awarded $40 billion in aid to Ukraine but doesn’t fulfi...

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 On Bush’s Freudian Confession
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By Caitlin JOHNSTONE

Oh my God. It happened. I can’t believe it really happened.

During a speech in Dallas at Southern Methodist University’s George W Bush Presidential Center on Wednesday, the man himself, George W Bush, did the best thing ever. I am pretty sure it is the single best thing that has ever happened. I do not believe I am exaggerating when I say that.

While criticizing Russia for having rigged elections and shutting out political opposition (which would already be hilarious coming from any American in general and Bush in particular), the 43rd president made the following comment:

“The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia, and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean, of Ukraine.”

Former President George W. Bush: “The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.” pic.twitter.com/UMwNMwMnmX

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 19, 2022

And then it got even better. After correcting himself with a nervous chuckle, Bush broke the tension in the empire-loyal crowd with the words, “Iraq too. Anyway.” He then quipped that he is 75 years old, leaning harder on his “Aw shucks gee willikers I’m such a goofball” persona than he ever has in his entire life.

And Bush’s audience laughed. They thought it was great. A president who launched an illegal invasion that killed upwards of a million people (probably way upwards) openly confessing to doing what every news outlet in the western world has spent the last three months shrieking its lungs out about Putin doing was hilarious to them.

There are not enough shoes in the universe to respond to this correctly.

As comedian John Fugelsang put it, “George W. Bush didn’t do a Freudian slip. He did a Freudian Confession.”

One of the many, many interesting things about this occurrence is the likelihood that Bush’s words tumbled out in the way they did because he’s either heard a lot of criticisms of his invasion or has been thinking a lot about them; a familiar neural pathway would explain why his brain chose the exact worst word he could possibly swap out for “Ukraine” in that moment. This would be a small light in the darkness for we ordinary folk who oppose war and love peace, because it suggests that even the worst empire managers cannot fully insulate themselves from our criticisms.

Speaking of George W. Bush and Iraq, the current president was also instrumental in bringing about that war — not just by voting for it, but by using his pulpit as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to advocate for it. But today he’s got Ukraine all figured out

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) May 19, 2022

The bullshit doesn’t get any more brightly illuminated than this, folks. All that spin and narrative management they’ve been pouring into the US proxy war in Ukraine, and Bush undoes it all with the Bushism to end all Bushisms.

While the western political/media class constantly rends its garments over “disinformation” about the Ukraine war even as US officials...

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Rory McIlroy enjoys flying start to set pace at US PGA Championship
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McIlroy carded seven birdies and two bogeys in an opening 65.

US Treasury says G7 will give Ukraine funds it needs 'to get through this'
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Yellen, speaking to reporters after the first day of a G7 finance ministers and central bank governors' meeting here, declined to confirm an $18.4 billion (€17.3 billion) figure pledged in the group's draft communiqué seen by Reuters.