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War, it seems, was the only option Russia’s opponents had ever considered.
Recent comments by former German Chancellor Angela Merkel shed light on the duplicitous game played by Germany, France, Ukraine and the United States in the lead-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February.
Leaders of Brazil and Australia are also urging dismissal of U.S. charges against Julian Assange.
In a stunning development earlier this week, The New York Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, DER SPIEGEL and El País signed a joint open letter calling on the U.S. government to dismiss the Espionage Act charges against Julian Assange for publishing classified military and diplomatic secrets.
This is being passed on to you via Arctic Sea Ice Forum, What’s New in the Arctic. The forum is a place where scientists studying the arctic get to compare notes. There’s an enormous amount of information there and the scientists report on all the new papers, discussions, technology, etc concerning the Arctic. In the link above, the commentary was: “Another brilliant comprehensive survey of what's going on in the Arctic and in Grønland in the series "Just have a Think".
Denial, lies, and now gimmicks--the body count doesn't phase them, as long as the profits keep rolling in. Future intergalactic travelers may highlight humanity as the only species to knowingly make itself extinct.
COP27 is over, and I am devastated by the magnitude of its failure.
If ever there was a need for decisive action by world leaders, it is now. That is because if we have not already passed the point of no return, we are perilously close.
Yet COP27 produced no commitment to phase out oil and gas production. No commitment to lower greenhouse gas emissions.
