The USA Congress knows this. These worthy persons understand that their job is to enrich weapons companies and the people “wise” enough to have shares in them. After all, “defense” is the USA’s fastest growing and most successful industry. And of course, that’s the job of a patriotic American government – to promote American business. Some think that the proper role of government is not solely protection of people from attack, but also to provide for the general well-being of the people. But that second purpose is not a goal of American government. And I would argue that even the first purpos ..read more

The bombardment came after the House approved $26 billion in spending to support the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians by Dave DeCamp April 21, 2024  https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/21/israeli-strikes-kill-22-in-rafah-including-18-children/ Israeli strikes hit the southern Gaza city of Rafah Saturday night into Sunday morning, killing 22 people, including 18 children, The Associated Press reported. The bombardment came just hours after the US House of Representatives passed a $26 billion bill that includes about $17 billion in military aid for Israel to support the s ..read more

the six new sites will by no means triple French production, particularly since the older plants will increasingly be closed for repair and maintenance.  President Macron wants to triple atomic energy production by 2050 Richard Henshell, Saturday 20 April 2024  France is the third biggest producer of nuclear energy in the world and hopes to triple production by 2050. We look at where the country’s nuclear sites are and at President Macron’s plans for more. Nuclear power represents up to 70% of the electricity produced in France at 282 Terawatt-hours (TWh), behind only China (39 ..read more

By Reuters, April 22, 2024, Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Alex Richardson, William Maclean, https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-says-nuclear-weapons-have-no-place-its-nuclear-doctrine-2024-04-22/ DUBAI, April 22 (Reuters) – Nuclear weapons have no place in Iran’s nuclear doctrine, the country’s foreign ministry said on Monday, days after a Revolutionary Guards commander warned that Tehran might change its nuclear policy if pressured by Israeli threats. “Iran has repeatedly said its nuclear programme only serves peaceful purposes. Nuclear weapons have no place in our n ..read more

Monday, 22 April 2024, https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/22/724164/Russia-Lavrov-Warns-Direct-War-With-West-Over-Ukraine Moscow has warned of a direct confrontation between Russian troops and Western forces over the conflict in Ukraine that could end in catastrophe. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday the United States and NATO countries were obsessed with the idea of inflicting a “strategic defeat” on Russia, adding that their military support for Ukraine has pushed the world to the brink of a direct clash between the world’s biggest nuclear powers that could end in catastr ..read more

by Chris York andThe Kyiv Independent, April 22, 2024 Poland is ready and willing to allow NATO allies to deploy nuclear weapons on its territory, Polish President Andrzej Duda said in an interview published on April 22. Speaking to Fakt, Duda highlighted how Russia has already taken similar steps with its own allies, having transferred tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus last year. The president said the topic of placing U.S. nuclear weapons in Poland “has been a topic of Polish-American talks for some time.” “If our allies decide to deploy nuclear weapons ..read more

Yohannes Lowe and Sammy Gecsoyler, 23 Apr 24  https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/22/russia-ukraine-war-live-zelenskiy-chasiv-yar?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-66261a918f08839e09ac8c8b Russia says new US aid to Ukraine will not change situation on battlefield A new US package of military aid to Ukraine will not change the situation on the frontlines, where Russia has the upper hand, the Kremlin said. “The Russian armed forces are improving their positions at the front … The money allocated and the weapons that will be supplied will not change ..read more

India’s federal weather agency has issued “severe heatwave” alerts for parts of India with temperatures soaring to 42-44C. India witnessed the early onset of an intense heatwave in March and April, leading to a huge impact on agriculture production. A heatwave alert has been issued for Odisha and West Bengal till 22 April with temperature peaking above 40C.  Independent 22nd April 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/india-heatwave-west-bengal-anchor-faints-b2532165.html ..read more

Polish President Andrzej Duda said atomic sharing has been a topic of Warsaw-Washington talks. Politico, APRIL 22, 2024 , BY CLAUDIA CHIAPPA Polish President Andrzej Duda said Poland is “ready” to host nuclear weapons on its territory if NATO decides to reinforce its eastern flank. “Russia is increasingly militarizing the Königsberg oblast (Kaliningrad). Recently, it has been relocating its nuclear weapons to Belarus,” Duda said in an interview published Monday by Polish outlet Fakt. “If our allies decide to deploy nuclear weapons as part of nuclear sharing on our territory as ..read more

‘We’re supposed to be “social animals”, but I wonder about that. Especially the “advanced” world, the predominantly white people, and particularly the anglophone world are directing their attention, their energy, and above all their MONEY. into ways to kill each other. More importantly perhaps, to kill “less white” people – Arabs and Chinese. In Pakistan, melting of glaciers and extreme rain is causing heavy loss of life. Today I read that millions of people in China are threatened by record-breaking floods – tens of thousands evacuated. European villages are suffering unprecedented extreme ..read more