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Thursday, May 07, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: PULITZER PRIZE FOR A NEW YORK TIMES’ SERIES ABOUT RUSSIA CARRIES A CITATION WHICH READS AS THOUGH IT WERE WRITTEN IN LANGLEY VIRGINIA RATHER THAN AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY – THE PRIZE’S LESS-THAN-GLORIOUS HISTORY – A SECOND-RATE DISTINCTION AT BEST

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN PRESS T V “Russia decries Pulitzer Prize board for awarding anti-Moscow articles” The ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: REVELATIONS ABOUT BRITAIN’S ROLE IN BIAFRA’S MASS STARVATION OF THE LATE 1960s – THE WORLD MADE NO SERIOUS EFFORT TO STOP THE HORROR INFLICTED BY NIGERIA AND ARMS SALES BY BRITAIN HELPED CARRY IT OFF – RESPONSE TO A COMMENT ON THE HORRORS OF GAZA TODAY INFLICTED BY ISRAEL – AGAIN THE WORLD MAKES NO EFFORT TO STOP THEM – OUR INHUMANITY NEVER ENDS WHERE POWER IS CONCERNED AND THERE IS NO ROOM FOR COMPASSION

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John Chuckman EXPANSION OF COMMENTS POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY MARK CURTIS IN CONSORTIUM NEWS “How Britain’s Labour Govt Facilitated Mass...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: POOR PRINCE HARRY - A LONG JOURNEY IN A SHORT TIME - AND NOT A PROMISING DESTINATION

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John Chuckman COMMENT ON POOR PRINCE HARRY Well, just as I thought, Harry and Meghan are in Los Angeles. It didn’t take long. Never th...
Wednesday, May 06, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE SURVEILLANCE STATE IS HERE TO STAY - THE REALITIES OF INCREASINGLY CAPABLE TECHNOLOGY PLUS THE REALITIES OF POWER IN SOCIETY MEAN TRADITIONAL PRIVACY AND RIGHTS WILL BECOME AS OBSOLETE AS BUTTER CHURNS

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John Chuckman EXPANSION OF A COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY LEE CAMP IN CONSORTIUM NEWS “While Pandemic Destroys So Many Lives, The S...
Sunday, May 03, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE VERY REAL THREAT OF WAR TRUMP NOW REPRESENTS - HIS OWN RE-ELECTION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS PRESIDENT - AGGRESSIVE NEW EFFORTS AGAINST CHINA AND EFFECTIVELY THE ENTIRE WORLD, GIVEN ITS FRAGILE ECONOMIC SITUATION - PHONY NEW TRUMP-INSPIRED "DOSSIER" LEAKED ABOUT CHINA'S SUPPOSED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PANDEMIC - THE WORLD'S EXPERTS VERSUS A SELFISH POLITICIAN - DANGEROUS PROPOSALS ABOUT COLLECTING VAST "DAMAGES" FROM CHINA CAUSED BY THE CORONAVIRUS

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John Chuckman COMMENT - THE VERY REAL THREAT OF WAR TRUMP NOW REPRESENTS To bury memories of his own grotesque mismanagement in the pan...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: SOME TRUMP TRASH ABOUT CHINA AND THE CORONAVIRUS HITS CANADA IN A FREE NEWSPAPER – HERE ARE SOME FACTS ABOUT THE WUHAN VIRUS LAB – NATURE OF ITS WORK – CONNECTIONS IN THE WORLD – ALL SERIOUS EXPERTS NOW HAVE SAID THE VIRUS WAS NOT MANUFACTURED – IT AROSE NATURALLY AND JUMPED TO HUMANS AS IT EVOLVED – JUST AS DID AIDS OR POLIO IN THE PAST – YOU DON’T HOLD COUNTRIES RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTS OF NATURE UNLESS YOU ARE IGNORANT AND HATEFUL – BUT THOSE WORDS DO DESCRIBE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO NOW RUN THE WHITE HOUSE - A FEW EYEBROW-RAISING STATISTICS ABOUT AMERICA AND THE VIRUS WHICH CONVINCINGLY DEMONSTRATE TRUMP’S GROTESQUE MISMANAGEMENT

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John Chuckman EXPANSION OF A COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN CBC NEWS “'Racist and inflammatory': Canadians upset by “Epoch Ti...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: COMMENTS TO A STORY ABOUT THE RELEASE OF FBI FILES ON FAMOUS INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST ROBERT PARRY – THERE IS NO PLACE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY FOR SUCH A POLITICAL POLICE FORCE, RESEMBLING EAST GERMANY’S OLD STASI IN MUCH OF ITS WORK – BUT WHO WOULD SENSIBLY CLAIM AMERICA IS A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY? – FBI KEPT FILES ON ANY AMERICAN WHO THOUGHT, WHETHER IN POLITICS OR THE ARTS OR SCIENCE – UNDER J EDGAR HOOVER, IT SERIOUSLY INTIMIDATED AND THREATENED PEOPLE AND YET NOTE HOW HIS NAME REMAINS UP IN BIG LETTERS AT THE HEADQUARTERS – A WORD ON MARTIN LUTHER KING’S ASSASSINATION

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY JOE LAURIA IN CONSORTIUM NEWS “The FBI Investigated Robert Parry “The bureau’s file on...
Monday, April 27, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: WAYS IRAN HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED BY AMERICA'S LONG AND UNWARRANTED ANIMOSITIES - AND NEW PERCEPTIONS OF AMERICA IN THE WORLD

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN PRESS TV - AN INTERVIEW WITH AMERICAN ACADEMIC DANIEL KOVALIK “Iran ‘stronger’ in world s...
Sunday, April 26, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: A WRITER CLAIMS THAT A REFORM BILL FOR AMERICA'S ESPIONAGE ACT WOULD PROTECT JOURNALISTS LIKE JULIAN ASSANGE - WHY I STRONGLY DISAGREE AND REGARD THIS AS "HEAD IN THE CLOUDS" STUFF - AMERICA'S ELITES NEVER LET A LAW ANYWHERE STAND IN THE WAY OF WHAT THEY REALLY WANT - ASSANGE HAS ZERO SUPPORT FROM TRULY INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN FIGURES OR ELSE HE WOULD BE FREE ALREADY

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY KEVIN GOSZTOLA IN CONSORTIUM NEWS   “ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Espionage Act Reform Bill Would...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: A REPORT THAT IRAQ'S MILITARY IS TO ENTER TALKS WITH THE UNITED STATES ON THE SUBJECT OF AMERICA WANTING TO COMPLY WITH IRAQ'S REQUEST THAT ITS FORCES LEAVE THE COUNTRY - SOMETHING HERE IS JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE - AMERICA'S LEAVING IRAQ WOULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR AMERICAN FORCES "STEALING OIL" IN EASTERN IRAQ - IMPLICATIONS WHICH WOULD MAKE ISRAEL VERY UNHAPPY - AND THAT IS SOMETHING TRUMP IS INCAPABLE OF DOING

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN PRESS TV “Iraq serious about US troops pullout, negotiations will start next June...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: FACTS ARE NOT ALWAYS STILL FACTS - AMERICA'S IMPERIAL HORRORS AND THE SOUND OF ONE HAND CLAPPING

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY JOHN WRIGHT IN CONSORTIUM NEWS “COVID-19: Neither China Nor the WHO Are to Blame for Trum...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: DISTURBING NEW DISCOVERIES ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS

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John Chuckman COMMENT - TWO DISTURBING DISCOVERIES ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS Two new studies reveal disturbing characteristics of the coron...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: AMERICA’S SELFISH UNWILLINGNESS TO SHARE IN OIL PRODUCTION CUTS THAT IT DEMANDED HIGHLIGHTS SOME FUNDAMENTAL NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS - THOSE AFFECT FAR MORE THAN WORLD OIL MARKETS OR EVEN OTHER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS – THEY EXPLAIN MANY UNPLEASANT PARTS OF AMERICA’S OWN SOCIETY – THE CURRENT SET OF CRISES HAS PUT THEM CENTER STAGE FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE - THE WORLD’S CHANGED PERCEPTIONS OF AMERICA WILL BE BUILT INTO FUTURE GLOBAL ARRANGEMENTS

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY MIKE WHITNEY IN RUSSIA INSIDER “There Is No Russian-Saudi Oil War, it's a US-Saudi Wa...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: TRUMP’S ILLEGAL SANCTIONS ON IRAN IN A TIME OF FRIGHTENING PANDEMIC – WHY TRUMP HAS BEEN SO VICIOUS TOWARDS A COUNTRY WHICH HAS DONE AMERICA NO HARM AND STARTED NO WARS – THE GENERAL UGLY NATURE OF SANCTIONS IS NOW COMPOUNDED BY ILLNESS – TRUMP REFUSES TO SEE BECAUSE HIS ONLY GOAL IN LIFE IS TO BE RE-ELECTED - AMERICAN ELECTIONS ARE ABOUT MONEY, BIG MONEY, AND FOREIGN POLICY IS UP FOR SALE – IT IS A VERY CORRUPT COUNTRY

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN PRESS TV “How stupid have we been: Trump on US Mid East adventurism” “We spent 8 trilli...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE CONCEPT OF RACE – SOMETHING OF THE WAYS IT WAS USED IN THE PAST – NO LONGER RECOGNIZED AS A VALID CONCEPT – IT STILL DOES ARISE SOMETIMES CONCERNING THE TROUBLES OF THE MIDDLE EAST – BUT THE FORCES AT WORK IN THE MIDDLE EAST HAVE LITTLE TO DO WITH RACE - JUST WHY WE HAVE SUCH A HUMAN CATASTROPHE IN THE REGION – TRUMP’S “DEAL OF THE CENTURY” ONLY FORMALIZES A STRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE OF EXISTING APARTHEID – A BARBARIC PROPOSAL

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John Chuckman EXPANSION OF A COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN MONDOWEISS __________________ Response to a comment: Indeed, all author...
Saturday, April 18, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: A RECORD OF TRUMP’S SLOPPY AND VICIOUS WORDS DURING A PANDEMIC

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John Chuckman A RECORD OF TRUMP’S SLOPPY AND VICIOUS WORDS DURING A PANDEMIC American intelligence warned the White House in November, ...
Friday, April 17, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: MANY THINGS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE WAY AMERICA IS ORGANIZED AND GOVERNED A WRITER SAYS – NO SENSE OF THE PUBLIC GOOD IN THE COUNTRY - WHY THIS IS SO AND WHY IT CANNOT CHANGE THROUGH TRADITIONAL AMERICAN POLITICS – APPROACHING CHANGES IN THE WORLD – AMERICA’S CONTINUED DECLINE AND LOSS OF SPECIAL STATUS – THREATS AHEAD FOR WAR AND AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT AS AMERICA’S ESTABLISHMENT POSSIBLY PANICS OVER NEW REALITIES

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John Chuckman EXPANSION OF A COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY MICHAEL BRENNER “WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?” https://www.moonofalabama.org/2...
Thursday, April 16, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: EMPIRE OF HATE - TRUMP'S VILE CAMPAIGN OF HATE AGAINST CHINA – USING AMERICAN MISERY AND FEAR ABOUT THE PANDEMIC TO WIN RE-ELECTION, THE ONLY GOAL THAT EVER REALLY COUNTS FOR THIS COMPLETE NARCISSIST AND BELLOWING INCOMPETENT – CHINA’S REAL EVIL IS OUTCOMPETING THE UNITED STATES, AN UNFORGIVABLE SIN – USING HATRED AS A TOOL FOR RULING – JOE BIDEN WILL SUFFER THE UGLY OLD CHARGE OF APPEASEMENT AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OVERCOME IT – THE UGLY NOISES OF SMARMY SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM – INTERESTING NOTE ON THE REAL REASON FOR THE VIETNAM WAR – AMERICANS ARE EASILY MANIPULATED

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John Chuckman EMPIRE OF HATE Trump has begun a new campaign of hatred against China. It is new only in its intensity and nastiness. T...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: NEW PRIORITIES AND LEADERS REQUIRED FOR AMERICA AFTER THE CORONAVIRUS AND THE MILITARY CANNOT GO BACK TO NORMAL SAYS A WRITER – BUT THERE IS ALMOST NO POSSIBILITY FOR SUCH DREAMY OUTCOMES - AMERICA’S MILITARY AND ITS POLITICS SERVE POWERFUL INTERESTS WHO AREN’T GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON, THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO OWN AMERICA AND GIVE IT DIRECTION – SOME SPECULATION ON THE POSSIBILITY THINGS MIGHT BECOME WORSE IN POLITICAL AND EVEN MILITARY TERMS

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John Chuckman EXPANSION OF A COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY KEVIN MARTIN IN CONSORTIUM NEWS “COVID-19: Ventilators Not Bombs “Once w...
Saturday, April 11, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: WHY HONEST INFORMATION DOES NOT REACH AMERICANS EVEN WHEN IT CONCERNS DISEASE – TWO PROFOUND DIVISIONS AT WORK IN AMERICAN SOCIETY HELP GENERATE CHAOTIC THINKING – PLUS SOCIAL RESTRAINTS AGAINST EVEN THE NASTIEST WORDS ARE GONE – BUT THERE IS A UNIFIED FACE DISPLAYED ABROAD BECAUSE THE WORKS THERE ARE SOLELY BY THE DARK STATE - A WORD ON THE LACK OF RESPONSE BY AMERICANS TO THE OBVIOUS MISERY INFLICTED ON SO MANY ABROAD

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY RAY McGOVERN IN CONSORTIUM NEWS “What if Ignored Covid-19 Warnings Had Been Leaked to Wik...
Thursday, April 09, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: AMERICA’S WAR ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF ALMOST EVERY DESCRIPTION - THE UNITED STATES AND THE RULE OF LAW – EMPIRES, LIKE DICTATORS DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE LAWS AND RIGHTS OF OTHERS – ARBITRARY MEASURES REPRESENT A RETURN TO BARBARISM AND “MIGHT MAKES RIGHT” AND AWAY FROM ENLIGHTENMENT PRINCIPLES – BUT THAT IS JUST WHERE THE US HAS BEEN HEADED FOR A WHILE - NECESSARY QUALITIES REQUIRED FOR ANY CLAIM TO DEMOCRACY

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John Chuckman EXPANSION OF A COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY YASER ALASHQAR IN MONDOWEISS “From Covid-19 to the ‘Deal of the Century’ ...
Wednesday, April 08, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: BERNIE CHEATED A SECOND TIME BY THAT MOST DEMOCRATIC OF AMERICAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY – WHY JOE BIDEN WON’T RUN – TRUMP'S MARX BROTHERS' IMITATION OF HOW YOU HANDLE A PANDEMIC - HE IS VULNERABLE

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John Chuckman EXPANSION OF A COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN CBC NEWS “Bernie Sanders ends Democratic campaign for president” Poor B...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: ARTICLE SHOWS CHANGE IN AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS WAR CRIMES BY ITS SOLDIERS OVER 50 YEARS

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY JOE LAURIA IN CONSORTIUM NEWS ‘Collateral Murder’[Chelsea Manning/WikiLeaks horrific Iraq...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: TRUMP THREATENS TO QUIT SUPPORTING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC AND ADDS THE UNSUPPORTED CLAIM THAT IT IS “CHINA CENTRIC”

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GLOBAL TIMES US plan to halt WHO funding (calling the organization "China centri...
Monday, April 06, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT - FOR THOSE WHO OBJECT TO GOVERNMENT MEASURES IN THE PANDEMIC, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

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John Chuckman COMMENT - GOVERNMENT CORONAVIRUS MEASURES Something to think about... Who are the most capable and rational leaders we ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: FRENCH TV PRESENTER MAKES VICIOUS JOKE ASIDE AS CHINA’S REMEMBRANCE SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF THE PANDEMIC IS BROADCAST – TRUMP AND POMPEO AS CHEERLEADERS FROM HELL

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John Chuckman FRENCH TV PRESENTER MAKES VICIOUS JOKE ASIDE AS CHINA’S REMEMBRANCE SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF THE PANDEMIC IS BROADCAST – TRUMP...
Sunday, April 05, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: HOW BADLY SOME AMERICANS ARE TAKING DISEASE-PREVENTION MEASURES – TRUMP'S MISHANDLING OF EVENTS - FIRST OUTLINE OF HOW OUR WORLD WILL CHANGE

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN ANTI-EMPIRE “Belarus’s Lukashenko Warns Global Elites Using COVID-19 to Reshape World Orde...
Friday, April 03, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND ITS POSSIBLE INFLUENCE ON THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL TRADE

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS "My Take on Covid-19 “Conspiracy Theories” I agree with Mr. Ro...