EDITOR—The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at the G7 summit opposed an equal dialogue between Russia and Ukraine. “Ukraine most of all wants peace, but, of course, a just peace,” von der Leyen said. According to her, “peace negotiations that equalize the aggressor and the victim must be rejected,” and Zelensky’s “peace formula” must be supported. On Friday morning, he took the G7 leaders and their spouses to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, where they laid wreaths at the cenotaph and planted trees in the drizzling rain. Many among the Japanese public, however, have scolded Kishida for seeking his own political interests in the name of the city once devastated by a U.S. atomic bombing during World War II.
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EDITOR—A jam-packed show covering many topics of international interest, including the release of the Durham report, which many are saying will be quickly buried by the mainstream media, allowing the Russiagate disinformers to walk off scot-free, and the trajectory of Twitter on Elon Musk’s often erratic watch. But can we expect anything consistently sensible and progressive from an unapologetic billionaire? After all, Musk is a fierce libertarian, like most people of his ilk.
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JIM KAVANAGH—The accumulation of ludicrous moves by the United States and its pawns over the past few months has reached a stage that would be risible if it were not so dangerous. The danger is exacerbated by the insistence of American media on, first, ignoring the most provocative and reckless moves, then proposing explanations for them that can’t withstand three minutes of critical thought. The object is to keep the American public ignorant, make it stupid, and maintain the national-security state’s prerogative to do anything it wants.
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PAUL EDWARDS—That the ethically rotten, rabidly warmongering, xenophobic Democratic Congressional coven is matched with the morally diseased, dishonest, genetically corrupt, racist, sexist Republican whores for Capitalism, makes one despair for the nation.
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CALEB MAUPIN—Attacks on infrastructure like power plants have been a serious concern in the United States in recent months. January 18th saw attacks on power substations in North Carolina. The Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center reported that attacks on electric facilities in the United States had increased by 71% in 2022 over 2021. At a time when serious fears that critical infrastructure across America might be targeted and the public put at risk, US officials are laughing off serious allegations that they went and destroyed a natural gas pipeline, hurting not just Russia, but countries they are in alliance with.
