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IMPORTANT READS
82% of US Voters Believe Inflation Is Fueled by Corporations 'Jacking Up Prices'
INFLATION WATCH - On the heels of fresh data showing that the U.S. inflation rate jumped to a new 40-year high last month, a new survey found that more than 80% of American voters believe costs are rising in part because "big corporations are jacking up prices" while raking in record profits.
The GOP Has Nothing To Offer On Inflation
GUEST COMMENTARY - Republican politicos are all over Joe Biden for failing to stop inflation.
Medical Board of California Whistleblower Sets the Bar for Decency
MBC MEETINGS 2/10-2/11 - Consumers cry out in physical and emotional pain during the quarterly Medical Board of California (MBC) meetings.
Ukrainians Are Fleeing Their Country In Two Rail Trains, Not Monorails
TRANSPO - Ukrainians, terrified, worried, hungry, cold, with very uncertain futures, are fleeing their country to escape the bloody war of Putin.
GOP Hostility To Ketanji Brown Jackson Goes Beyond Hypocrisy
SCOTUS WATCH - No one can seriously dispute that Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court, is a brilliant and eminently qualified candidate.
Can Ukraine’s Experiments in Local Democracy Survive the Invasion?
UKRAINE'S DEMOCRACY - As I write this, Russian troops reportedly are moving north through the Odesa oblast, or region, toward the river Kodyma, along which sits a town called Balta.
5 Great Online Pastime Ideas
BYE, BYE BOREDOM - Do you find yourself being bored quite often and don’t know what to do? Do you want to know what some of the most popular pastimes are to see if any of them interest you?
Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine Could Make Swaths of Europe 'Uninhabitable for Decades'
NUCLEAR THREAT - The international environmental group Greenpeace warned Wednesday that Russia's intensifying assault is placing Ukraine's nuclear power facilities under serious threat, risking devastation "far worse even than the Fukushima Daiichi catastrophe of 2011."
15 Nuclear Reactors in the Midst of Battle
NUCLEAR RISK - Russian forces have captured Chernobyl, a 1,000 square mile radioactive exclusion zone.
Horse Betting Terminology: A Comprehensive Guide
TRACK SPEAK---If you're looking for a hobby that can be both fun and lucrative, horse betting may be the perfect option for you.
It's Go-Time in Europe, Can Joe Biden Prove He's the Right President for the U.S.?
THE DOCTOR IS IN - For years, we heard nothing but Donald Trump's a Putin pawn, Donald Trump will get us into World War III, Donald Trump will ruin our foreign relations worldwide, etc.
How Many Breaths Does Democracy Have Left?
POLITICS OF FINANCE - Has the unthinkable, the Swedish political scientist Bo Rothstein mused earlier this month, now entered the realm of real possibility? Could democracy in the United States be disappearing?
Like a Bizarre Johnny Appleseed, Trump Has Planted the Seeds of Extreme Antisocial Behavior
AIR RAGE - Violent behavior on airplanes has reached such epidemic proportions that the President of Delta Airlines last week asked the Department of Homeland security to allow the airlines to submit passengers who have terrified or otherwise abused flight crews for placement on the government's no-fly list.
Unions Can Prevent Workplace Disasters
WORKER SAFETY - The fight for justice and accountability continues for six Amazon employees who were killed when a warehouse roof collapsed during a tornado last December.
Afghanistan On The Brink Of Disaster
AFGHAN AFTERMATH - Gay rights, women’s rights — in reality, these are a nuisance to many U.S. conservatives, but purporting to protect these rights on the other side of the world is a great excuse to play war.
The New Eurasian Century
WORLD WATCH - The current crises in eastern Europe reflect more than just Kremlin mischief-making—they reflect the first fruits of an emerging world order that spans the vastness from Beijing to Berlin.
Negotiations Not War
UKRAINE WATCH - The situation between the United States and Russia over Ukraine is very dangerous.
Green Hypocrisy Hurts The Poorest
ENERGY WATCH - Roughly a half century ago, rising energy prices devastated Western economies, helping make the autocrats of the Middle East insanely rich while propping up the slowly disintegrating Soviet empire.
Ukraine: It's 1939 All Over Again?
ISSUE OF SOVEREIGNTY - March 15, 1939: Hitler’s army marched into Czechoslovakia with the blessings of the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain.
Nancy Pelosi is Joe Biden’s Worst Nightmare
THE VIEW FROM HERE - Sometimes individuals can plunge the world into chaos.