2020-12-22: News Headlines

Henry Lowendorf (2020-12-22). 'Ban the Bomb' becomes international law, but U.S. doesn't sign on. peoplesworld.org Arguably the first step in half a century to eliminate nuclear weapons, the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) makes it internationally illegal to "develop, test, produce, manufacture, otherwise acquire, possess, or stockpile nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices." At the United Nations in 2017, 122 countries, none of them possessing nuclear …

South Front (2020-12-22). Video: Turkish Attack on Ain Issa Turns into Failure. globalresearch.ca The last few days in Syria was marked by a serious military escalation in the north of the country. | Members of pro-Turkish militant groups, supported by Turkish combat drones and artillery, launched an attack on the town of Ain Issa, …

_____ (2020-12-22). What We Have Here Is A Failure To Negotiate. popularresistance.org The first and worst failure to do a damn thing for the working class was the multi-trillion-dollar corporate bailout of the CARES Act. If you walk into the first bargaining session with the bosses and give them everything they want, throw a few scraps to the workers, and agree to come back to the table later — you have surrendered all leverage and sold out. Why would the billionaires and their faithful servants in government agree to anything more? | Most government services are provided at the state and local levels. Once the CARES Act showered trillions on the corporations and starved the states and citie…

Richard Moser (2020-12-22). What We Have Here is a Failure to Negotiate. zcomm.org Once the CARES Act showered trillions on the corporations and starved the states and cities, it could only trigger a cascade of cutbacks and austerity measures. Did the politicians vote for it not knowing that CARES would reinforce austerity and corporate power?

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-20). WMD producers, sellers not eligible to defend Human Rights. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) — Reacting to the anti-Iran resolution of the EU Parliament, the Iranian lawmakers said that sellers of weapons of mass destruction to dictator Saddam who killed many Iranian youths are not eligible to defend the human rights.

Rod Driver (2020-12-19). Scary 'R' Us 3 — The Exaggerated Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction. zcomm.org The term WMD is propaganda to confuse chemical weapons with nuclear weapons, in order to exaggerate a threat…

2020-12-21: News Headlines

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-20). WMD producers, sellers not eligible to defend Human Rights. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) — Reacting to the anti-Iran resolution of the EU Parliament, the Iranian lawmakers said that sellers of weapons of mass destruction to dictator Saddam who killed many Iranian youths are not eligible to defend the human rights.

Rod Driver (2020-12-19). Scary 'R' Us 3 — The Exaggerated Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction. zcomm.org The term WMD is propaganda to confuse chemical weapons with nuclear weapons, in order to exaggerate a threat…

sputniknews (2020-12-18). High Temperatures Can Eliminate Coronavirus in Flight Deck, Boeing Study Finds. sputniknews.com The study was conducted in cooperation between engineers with US aerospace giant Boeing and researchers from the University of Arizona as part of the company's Confident Travel Initiative (CTI) to "enhance the safety and well-being of passengers and crews" during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

John Laforge (2020-12-18). Air Force Veterans of Plutonium Dust Disaster Win Class Action Standing. counterpunch.org Air force veterans exposed to plutonium after a first-ever US nuclear weapons disaster in Spain have won extremely rare recognition as a class in a lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs. On Jan. 17, 1966, an air force B-52 bomber exploded over the village of Palomares, Spain during a routine airborne refueling. Seven airmen