The company cut ties with the star Russian soprano for her refusal to denounce Vladimir Putin after the invasion of Ukraine. An arbitrator said it must pay her under the terms of her contract.
Met Opera Ordered to Pay Anna Netrebko $200,000 for Canceled Performances
Day: March 18, 2023
ICC issues arrest warrant against Putin as part of US-NATO propaganda campaign for regime change
On Friday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, for alleged war crimes.
ICC issues arrest warrant against Putin as part of US-NATO propaganda campaign for regime change
Pakistan court cancels arrest warrants for ex-PM Imran Khan
Court adjourns hearing in corruption case against leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party until March 30.
Pakistan court cancels arrest warrants for ex-PM Imran Khan
No prerequisites for Kiev troops withdrawal from Artyomovsk — Pushilin
Ukrainian authorities led by President Vladimir Zelensky do not intend to order their troops to withdraw from Artyomovsk (called Bakhmut in Ukraine), Donetsk People’s Republic Acting Head Denis Pushilin said on Thursday.
No prerequisites for Kiev troops withdrawal from Artyomovsk — Pushilin
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No Signs Ukraine Is Withdrawing Troops From Bakhmut – Russian-Installed Official
How much did Trump-era tariffs on China cost Americans? New US findings confirm ‘self-inflicted harm’
Import tariffs placed on more than US$300 billion worth of Chinese goods during the Trump administration increased US prices, according to a report from a bipartisan US trade commission, confirming a widely held view among analysts of trade and tariffs that they caused “self-inflicted harm”.
How much did Trump-era tariffs on China cost Americans? New US findings confirm ‘self-inflicted harm’
Red Scared: Revising history at the Victims of Communism Museum
“THERE IS NO WAY he is a victim of communism,” my partner quips, pointing to a photo of the late Pope John Paul II. We are near the end of our visit to the new Victims of Communism Museum, standing in an elevator-size lobby with photographs of “victims” screen-printed all over the walls. Among the many victims and honorees: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, the Dalai Lama, Romanian writer Herta Müller, Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, and Hungarian neofascist Viktor Orbán.
Red Scared: Revising history at the Victims of Communism Museum (archived)
Smedley Butler on Interventionism
Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.
War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.
Smedley Butler on Interventionism
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“War Is A Racket” By Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, Read By Jon Gold
‘Rigorous’ Maidan Massacre Exposé Suppressed By Top Academic Journal
A peer-reviewed paper initially approved and praised by a prestigious academic journal was suddenly rescinded without explanation.
‘Rigorous’ Maidan Massacre Exposé Suppressed By Top Academic Journal
Journalistic Malpractice on Trial: What the Dominion Voting System Tells Us About How the Media Sacrificed their Credibility to Partisan Falsehoods
While the courts are unlikely to deliver solace from political party propaganda disguised as journalism, they have provided some wisdom. Both Rachel Maddow and Tucker Carlson of MSNBC and Fox News Channel respectively, have been brought to court for spreading false information and were exonerated because the judges concluded that no reasonable person would believe either of them were telling the truth. That is good advice, and viewers would be wise to remember it every time they consider watching cable news.
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