Jupiter: The Only Planet in our Solar System That Doesn’t Orbit the Sun Physics-Astronomy
Climate/Environment
‘ADVANCED’ PLASTIC RECYCLING USING HIGH HEAT AND CHEMICALS IS ENVIRONMENTALLY PROBLEMATIC, A NEW GOVERNMENT STUDY FINDS Allegheny Front
Water
Mississippi Lawmakers Trying To Take Over Jackson Water Funds, Federal Manager Warns Mississippi Free Press
Pumping Mississippi water to the West still being considered to address droughts Minnpost
#COVID-19
Not long from now, maybe 5 or 10 years, when far more than a million people have died from COVID due to policymakers and economic elites insisting it was a bad cold in order to keep businesses open, people are going to look back and wonder, why didn’t they protect the vulnerable? https://t.co/eEw15DPHso
— Neoliberal John Snow (@NeoliberalSnow) February 5, 2023
Syraqistan
Aiming to Harm Iran and Syria, US Federal Reserve Strangles Iraq’s Economy Antiwar
In Douma cover-up, OPCW’s new smoking gun backfires Aaron Mate
Old Blighty
Revealed: British government spied on Palestinian refugees Electronic Intifada
India
Indian budget intensifies austerity for working people, hikes military spending WSWS
Indian watchdog tells investors markets stable despite Adani rout Reuters
The New Map Of Oil: How India Turns Russia’s Crude Into The West’s Fuel Bloomberg
China?
Biden’s ‘Sputnik moment’: Is China’s spy balloon political warfare? The Hill (Kevin W)
Chinese & American Hardliners Are Likely Responsible For Blinken Postponing His Trip To Beijing Andrew Korybko’s Newsletter
they buried the balloon at sea like Osama bin Laden 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
— Oedipa Maas (@bridgietherease) February 5, 2023
Russian Telegram channel “Fighterbomber” on the Chinese “spy balloon”. He’s usually very good on aviation topics but I don’t have the expertise to assess how correct he is here, so feel free to correct if something is off. pic.twitter.com/l5WmJkd1QC
— Russians With Attitude (@RWApodcast) February 3, 2023
Caitlin Johnstone: US Surrounds China With War Machinery While Freaking Out About Balloons Caitlin Johnstone
Filipinos Protest US Military Deal Eying China Consortium News h
China and the U.S. Are Wooing Indonesia, and Beijing Has the Edge NYT
PIVOT TO ASIA RAMPING UP OMINOUSLY Popular Resistance
New Not-So-Cold War
Realism, Bluff and Chinese Balloons: Who’s Afraid of F16s? Empire, Communication and NATO Wars
How Joe Biden’s Hubris Could Lead to a Multipolar World The Real Politick with Mark Sleboda
How a Network of Nazi Propagandists Helped Lay the Groundwork for the War in Ukraine CovertAction Magazine ht
European Union urges intensification of Ukraine war WSWS
GORDON HAHN: THE NATO-RUSSIAN UKRAINE WAR’S NEW, MOST DANGEROUS PHASE Natylie’s Place: Understanding Russia
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US pledges longer-range ‘small-diameter bomb’ for Ukraine Defense News. Capable of striking nearly 100 miles into Russia.
The Arsenal of Democracy Isn’t imetatronink
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‘Shadow Fleet’ of Tankers Hauling Russian Oil Swells to 600 Ships, Trafigura Says Bloomberg
U.S. Oil Is Replacing Russian Crude In EU Markets Oil Price
Turkey says West failed to share details of security threat AP
South of the Border
Biden administration reaffirms “US support” for murderous regime in Peru WSWS
2024
The Born Loser The American Conservative. Nikki Haley
Ron DeSantis and the Third Wave of American Fascism Eudomonia & Co.
Imperial Collapse Watch
The failed US counterterror approach in Mozambique Responsible Statecraft. “Green Berets in a training-only mission to ‘prevent the spread of terrorism and violent extremism.’” Okay, sounds good.
Total CEO expected in Mozambique after gas project haltedEnergy World
Realignment and Legitimacy
Mathew D. Rose – Democracy hasn’t failed, it just doesn’t exist any more Brave New Europe
The Neo-Nazi Hunter Next Door Rolling Stone (Kevin W)
GOP Clown Car
The African American Studies AP Debacle The American Prospect
Democrats en déshabillé
Dianne Feinstein’s extremely awkward, very uncomfortable exit from the political stage Politico
Woke Watch
#BREAKING: In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth Miami Mayor Ponzi Postalita Francis Suarez just unveiled a Black History police cruiser with images of Africa all over it. #BecauseMiami pic.twitter.com/Mo5QYHeUVU
— Because Miami (@BecauseMiami) February 2, 2023
“Healthcare”
How prior authorization can kill: a 2-year-old with cancer; a young woman needing chemo; and a 17-year-old in need of a transplant Health Care Un-covered
The ‘hard truth’ about staffing shortages: They aren’t going away Becker’s Hospital Review
Supply Chain/Inflation
Blaze from 50-car train derailment in Ohio still burning Guardian
Our No Longer Free Press
Rank-and-file Australians are so pathetically aligned with US interests in their opinions because we have the most concentrated media ownership in the western world — much of it by Murdoch, who has been intimately intertwined with with US government agencies for many decades.
— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) February 5, 2023
Tech
New York joins anti-trust lawsuit against Google The Capitol Pressroom. Matt Stoller.
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