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WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #62, February 23, 2022

February 23, 2022 in WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #62, February 23, 2022 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/02/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-62-february.html Soviet Phobia/Russo Phobia: In the 1990s US decided to expand NATO threateningly eastward and to exclude Russia. (DICK)Rajan Menon, War with Russia? February 8, 2022. Progress? Let’s see. We’ve gone from unending wars in distant lands against enemies capable of little more than wielding firearms and roadside bombs — and those conflicts were disasters — to the possibility of a war in the European heartland between nuclear-armed foes. I mean, honestly, what could possibly go wrong? And it was all fated to happen in Europe because of that anti-democratic nightmare of an […]

Climate Memo Mondays, #63, February 21, 2022

February 23, 2022 in Climate Memo Mondays

ContentsPublic Relations, Control of Information, and Fossil Fuels CompaniesRise of Authoritarian Rule: Hett’s Book on Hitler’s Control of InstitutionsMother Jones Covers the Right-Wing War on DemocracyVFP: No War with Russia: Spend Money on Climate Emergency Fossil Fuels, “Public Relations,” Edelman. Why Fossil Fuels Companies Have Been Able to Continue Extracting Oil, Coal, Gas From 350.orgFor decades, fossil fuel companies have used public relations (PR) firms to fabricate their image, protect their reputation, greenwash their activities, and spread disinformation to the public.These PR firms operate in the shadows, but they are a key element of Big Oil’s success in deceiving the […]