Editor2 (2022-05-31). W. Bush's Iraq/Ukraine Slip &#1 ; Same Truth as Kerry's 'Implode'/'Sanctions' Iran Slip in 2013. orinocotribune.com By Ramin Mazaheri &#1 ; May 25, 2022 | The clip of George W. Bush's attempt to condemn Russia's military operation in Ukraine but instead referring to his own autocratic warmongering in Iraq exploded across the internet. | I saw the clip and, perhaps like many, watched it several times in succession. I even found myself returning to it several more times. There is so much to be said about it, and it says so much. It perfectly sums up where we were 20 years ago, the state of the world today, the political gullibility of many, decades if not centuries of US history, counterposes the absolutely different last centur…

_____ (2022-05-31). Complaint Filed On South Dakota Senators For Unlawful Activity. popularresistance.org Rapid City, SD – A complaint has been filed with the Senate Ethics Committee in Washington, DC, regarding unlawful activity by both South Dakota Senators, Mike Rounds (R-SD) and John Thune (R-SD). | Electronically filed with the Senate Ethics Committee on empty, the Complaint was sent in by four former patients of the Sioux San Indian Health Service Health Facility (Sioux San) in Rapid City. The complaint states that both Senators pressured the Indian Health Service (IHS) to enter into an unlawful contract for the administration of the Sioux San IHS Health Facility with one of their own non-profit corporat…

Jason Ditz (2022-05-31). Iraq Factions Are Still Short of Forming Government. news.antiwar.com Months after the October 10 Iraq election, the Sadrist movement's effort to try to cobble a 73-seat plurality into a government of a 329-seat parliament The best case right now is about 180 supporters, short of the 220 needed for the presidency to pass a vote. Boycotts have so far made voting all but impossible. | Another deal needs to be made to advance, but Sadr has ruled out partnering with the other Shi'ites, and those Shi'ites are constantly working to st…

____ (2022-05-30). Biden hails Modi, the butcher of Gujarat, for India's COVID policy of mass death. wsws.org Biden declared the COVID policy of India, which has the highest death toll in the world, a "success," while praising the "democratic" policy of a fascistic prime minister complicit in the mass murder of Muslims.

Sandipan Talukdar (2022-05-30). Genome of Pompeii volcano victim sequenced for the first time. peoplesdispatch.org The sequencing shows the diversity of the people living in Pompeii during the Roman Empire and the diseases they suffered. The study was published in the journal Scientific Reports on May 26…

____ (2022-05-30). Sri Lanka: Oppose job and wage cuts in the public sector! Build action committees to defend workers rights! wsws.org The Sri Lankan government, in line with International Monetary Fund demands, is moving to axe an estimated 8 ,000 jobs from its 1.7 million strong public sector work force.

____ (2022-05-30). How "Virtual Crime Scenes" Became a Propaganda Tool in Nicaragua, Ukraine and Syria. transcend.org 26 May 2022 – How media uses computer modeling and "virtual crime scenes" to assign blame for some important international events. The deaths at the "Mother's March" in Nicaragua precipitated an attempted coup. The Maidan Massacre in Kyiv led to an actual coup. The claims of a chemical attack in Douma led to the US, France and the UK bombing Syria.