- Feb 1 – When We Are Done With Covid The Virus Will Not Be Done With Us
Related:
– Chartbook #77: More than 7000 deaths per day … and we talk as though it is over. – Adam Tooze
– The enduring nightmare of being a COVID ‘long-hauler’ nearly 2 years — and 27 doctors — in - Yahoo
– Covid Sightings: Omicron Reinfections, Brain Effects, Shabby US Performance – Naked Capitalism
- Feb 2 – How A Misguided Grand Strategy Led To This U.S. Defeat
Related:
– Chomsky: US Approach to Ukraine and Russia Has “Left the Domain of Rational Discourse” – Truthout
– As U.S. predicts Russia could seize Kiev in days, Moscow calls assessment ‘scaremongering’ – Washington Post
– Ukraine Crisis and the ‘Gas Game’ – Aniruddha
> Considering these warnings, perpetual denials by Russia about any aggression and the latest statement by Russian President Putin that the US is drawing Russia into some kind of armed conflict, it appears that sanctions on Nord Stream 2 and Russian gas supply are not a consequence of the Ukraine crisis, but Ukraine crisis is planned to hit Russian gas and energy trade with Europe. The situation gives the US, which is currently the biggest gas producer in the world, a needed pretext to suspend Russian gas supplies to Europe. If it happens, it will be a win for the United States in its trade war with Russia and a move that will checkmate the Nord Stream 2 project. <
- Feb 3 – 'The Mission Was Successful.'
Related:
– Current leader of Daesh was an 'eager' informant for the US military (April 2021) – MEMO
– Prison break: ISIS fighters launched a brazen attack to free their comrades – Washington Post
– The Atmeh raid one day later… What we know so far about the killing of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi – Alexander McKeever
- Feb 4 – The Great Russian Chinese Fireworks Of Beijing
Related:
– Why Russia-China partnership is effective – M.K. Bhadrakumar
– Unpacking the Russian-Chinese joint statement – Andrei Raevsky
– Unprecedented China-Russia ties to start a new era of intl relations not defined by US – Global Times
- Feb 5 – Canada Support Ukraine's Self-determination And Independence … As Long As It Does As Canada Says
Related:
– Russia, Ukraine, and The New York Times – Nation
Ivan Katchanovski @I_Katchanovski – 18:46 UTC · Feb 5, 2022
Orwellian: Western #media reports simply omit that this march in #Kharkiv was organized by neo-Nazi party that was involved in Odessa massacre and numerous other cases of violence in #Ukraine and is civilian branch of Azov Regiment.
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Other issues:
I had predicted that the Ukraine would use the start of the Olympics to attack the Donbas rebels. That was in hindsight wrong but it is quite curious that Bloomberg 'inadvertently' published the canned headline 'Russia Invades Ukraine' on February 4, 4 p.m. ET. It was also on Feb 4 that Youtube closed down the separatist accounts.
'Full-Self Driving' back to the dealer:
- Tesla drivers report a surge in ‘phantom braking’ – Washington Post
- Tesla Recalls Cars With Full Self-Driving to Prevent Rolling Stops – NY Times
- Tesla’s Latest U.S. Recall Is the Carmaker’s Ninth Since October – Bloomberg
Tom Feeley runs Information Clearinghouse. He needs some help:
Use as open thread …
