Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama:
(Sorry for not posting the last two days. There was a private emergency which had to be taken care of. – b.)
- May 17 – How The Military Slow Rolled Trump
Related:
– Accused Russiagate 'Spy' Kilimnik Speaks — and Evidence Backs His 'No Collusion' Account – Aaron Mate / Real Clear Investigations
– Once in Thrall of ‘the Generals,’ Congress Now Gives the Orders on Military Issues – NYT
- May 18 – Biden Continues To Support Israel's Warcrimes
– Ghosts in the Land – Adam Shatz / LRB
– American Arms Makers Are Making a Killing Off of Israel’s Slaughter in Gaza – Mintpressnews– AP’s firing of journalist following tweets prompts outcry – AP
– How an Israeli attack in Gaza led to the firing of an AP reporter – Responsible Statecraft
– My statement on my termination from The Associated Press – Emily Wilder
- May 20 – Note To Greenwald – The 'Russian' Pipeline Is A Germany Need
Related:
– How to turn Nord Stream 2 into a win for Ukraine – The Hill
– Decision not to slap sanctions on Nord Stream 2 to speed up launch of project, says Fitch – TASS
– Klare Mehrheit für Fertigstellung von Nord Stream 2 – Ost-Ausschuss
> Despite U.S. pressure 75% of all Germans support the finishing of the pipeline.
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Other issues:
Death of the Intercept
- Glenn Greenwald may have quit the Intercept, but he can’t quit the feud – Washington Post
- Corporate Media's Double Standard: They Attack Whomever They Want, But You Cannot Criticize Them – Glenn Greenwald
Prosecution Futures:
- Nouriel Roubini On Bitcoin, Blockchain Amid Crypto Turmoil – Heisenberg Report
- Inside the Rise and Fall (and Rise and Fall) of Shit Coins – Vanity Fair
You've been had.
> The budget will not include President Biden’s campaign pledge to enact a public option to create a government-run health insurance program, or his pledge to cut prescription drug costs, the people said.
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Other ambitious Biden campaign pledges — from raising the estate tax to forgiving significant amounts of student debt — are also expected to be left out of the new budget plan, the people said. <
The hypocrites will condemn the first plane incident while forgetting about the second and third:
- Belarus opposition says government forced Ryanair plane to land to arrest journalist – DW
- A Ukrainian/CIA Plot To Incite Belarus Against Russia Unraveled – The NYT Story Thereof Is Hiding The Failure – Moon of Alabama
- Forcing down Evo Morales's plane was an act of air piracy – John Pilger / Guardian
Nuking China:
- Risk of Nuclear War Over Taiwan in 1958 Said to Be Greater Than Publicly Known – NYT
> American military leaders pushed for a first-use nuclear strike on China, accepting the risk that the Soviet Union would retaliate in kind on behalf of its ally and millions of people would die, dozens of pages from a classified 1966 study of the confrontation show. The government censored those pages when it declassified the study for public release. < - US Pivot to Asia Poised to Enter Nuclear Phase (2016) – Peter Lee
Use as open thread …