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Thursday, March 31, 2022

To be or not to be Risk Ready: Australia’s carbon credit scheme ‘largely a sham’, says whistleblower who tried to rein it in

We must mistrust utopias: they usually end in holocausts.
— Mario Vargas Llosa, born  in 1936

Born behind the Iron Curtain, Zuzana Palovic’s family fled the communist regime as political refugees, before becoming naturalized citizens in Canada. 



To be risk ready 



KEY POINTS

  • Anonymous launched a new cyberattack against Russia
  • The hacktivist collective hacked the emails of Russian construction company Rostproekt
  • Anonymous also launched a new website where all of its upcoming leaks will be dumped

Anonymous Starts 'Huge' Data Dump That Will 'Blow Russia Away,' Leaks Rostproekt Emails


‘Testosterone-Fueled Bear Pit’ Discourages Women From Economics Bloomberg


Fifty years later, is Montana’s ‘Right To Know’ working? Montana Free Press




Why this economic war on Russia breaks all rules of the game Responsible Statecraft. A must-read.


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address Australian parliament


BlackRock’s Fink says Ukraine war marks end of globalisation FT


Putin and Xi Exposed the Great Illusion of Capitalism Bloomberg


Overextending and Unbalancing Russia RAND Corporation. From 2019, still germane


Imperialism and the Weaponization of EmpathyBlack Agenda Report


Where Russia has been sanctioned Axios


Russian Gas Exports to Europe: In the Eye of the Storm Valdai Discussion Club


Foreigners banned from selling Russian stocks as market set for limited reopening Reuters


Putin’s oligarchs have an escape route: UAE, Israel and South Korea The New Arab

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Exclusive: Sources Say Oligarch Funded Scheme to Paint Swastikas in Ukraine Rolling Stone. Paragraph one: “sources.” Two: “multiple sources,” Three: “multiple sources, including U.S. intelligence reporting.” Oh, come on.


Like, Share, Recruit: How a White-Supremacist Militia Uses Facebook to Radicalize and Train New Members Time.





Tulip Workers Strike in Washington State – 5,000 Sacramento School Workers Strike – 600 Obamacare Workers Walkout in Miss. & La.Payday Report

 

Wearing shoes in the house is just plain gross. The verdict from scientists who study indoor contaminants The Conversation


US formally accuses Russian forces of committing war crimes in Ukraine ABC. Somebody wants a long war. I wonder who?


Military briefing: the make-or-break fight for the Donbas FT. Coverage of the “cauldrons” breaks through to the mainstream, albeit framed as a change in strategy.


Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 24 Institute for the Study of War. New map of Mariupol.

 

Chechen Leader Says Hoisted Russia Flag At City Hall In Ukraine’s Mariupol Agence France Presse. Flags on buildings are digital evidence I will accept (given acceptable provenance, which the Chechen leader’s Telegram account is not).

 

Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian forces reoccupy towns near Kyiv, says UK defence ministry FT. They would, wouldn’t they?

 

‘Marshal Mud’ will slow not stop Russia’s onslaught Asia Times. Would explain why Russian troops are digging in, too.

 

Legion of the damned: Inside Ukraine’s army of misfits, veterans, and war tourists in the fight against Russia Task and Purpose

 

Weapons for Ukraine’s Fight Against Russia Flow Through Small Polish Border Towns WSJ


Economic Warfare: A Brief History Stokes Family Office

 

UPDATE 2-US, EU strike LNG deal as Europe seeks to cut Russian gas Reuters. See NC here

 

Only a Financial NATO Can Win the Economic War Foreign Policy

 

Concern Turkey becoming Russia sanctions evasion haven ‘growing in Europe’ Intellinews


Media watch: when parallel lines converge, stand clear! Glibert Doctorow. Important

 

Ukraine war: US, Nato prepare for Russian nuclear incident South China Morning Post

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Pentagon Drops Truth Bombs to Stave Off War With Russia Consortium News 

 

The west is rash to assume the world is on its side over Ukraine Edward Luce, FT

 

Static and Signal: Part One Verso

 

Finis Europa The American Conservative