Archive for April, 2022
Pentagon Asks Top 8 U.S. Weapons Makers to Meet on Ukraine
April 13th, 2022Via: Reuters: The Pentagon will host leaders from the top eight U.S. weapons manufacturers on Wednesday to discuss the industry’s capacity to meet Ukraine’s weapons needs if the war with Russia lasts years, two people familiar with the meeting said on Tuesday. Demand for weapons has shot up after Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24 spurred […]
Where Did the Rest of the Internet Go?
April 13th, 2022Via: Truthstream Media:
EPA Ignores Own Science, Plans to Reapprove Deadly Neonicotinoid Pesticides
April 12th, 2022Via: The Defender: Recent coverage by The Guardian of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) plan — to extend the registration of several demonstrably harmful neonicotinoid insecticides — compels Beyond Pesticides to identify, once again, the agency’s failures to enact its core mission. That mission is “to protect human health and the environment,” and to […]
New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin Arrested on Federal Bribery Conspiracy Charges
April 12th, 2022Via: Insider: New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin was arrested on Tuesday, with federal prosecutors accusing him in an indictment of “engaging in a bribery scheme using public funds for his own corrupt purposes.” Benjamin surrendered himself to police early in the morning and is set to appear at the US District Court in Manhattan […]
How Do We Deal With a Superpower Led by a War Criminal?
April 12th, 2022Give him a Nobel Peace Prize? pic.twitter.com/U2m9XIJ88C — Garland Hopkins (@GarlandSculptor) April 11, 2022
New York Subway Shooting
April 12th, 2022Via: New York Post: At least 16 people were injured, including 10 who were shot, when a suspect set off a smoke grenade and unleashed gunfire on a Brooklyn subway train during Tuesday morning rush hour, the NYPD and law enforcement sources told The Post. The gunman — possibly disguised as an MTA construction worker […]
China Port Congestion Leaves Everything From Grains to Metals Stranded
April 11th, 2022Via: Bloomberg: Dotting the sea off Chinese ports are 477 bulk cargo ships waiting to deliver resources from metal ore to grain into the country. Queues of vessels carrying raw materials have jumped after Shanghai initiated a city-wide lockdown at the end of last month to combat Covid-19. More than two weeks on, the congestion […]
Finland, Sweden Could Join NATO as Soon as This Summer
April 11th, 2022Via: NY Post: Finland and Sweden are poised to join NATO as early as this summer, a move that a US official said stemmed from Russia’s “massive strategic blunder” of invading Ukraine, according to a report published Monday. ?? Membership of the two Nordic countries in the Atlantic alliance was a “topic of conversation and […]
BASF CEO: Banning Russian Energy Imports Could Throw Germany Into Historic Crisis
April 9th, 2022Via: Reuters: Germany could face its biggest economic crisis in nearly 80 years should imports of Russian gas and oil be stopped or disrupted in the long-term, the chief executive of BASF, one of the country’s biggest electricity consumers, said. “This could throw the German economy into its biggest crisis since the end of World […]
The Global Fertilizer Shortage Means That Far Less Food Will Be Grown All Over The Planet In 2022
April 9th, 2022Via: Economic Collapse Blog: A fertilizer shortage has added to growing concerns about the Ukraine war’s impact on the price and scarcity of certain basic foods. Combined, Russia and Belarus had provided about 40% of the world’s exports of potash, according to Morgan Stanley. Russia’s exports were hit by sanctions. Further, in February, a major […]
