Links — 17 Feb 2022 PM

SouthFront (complete with alleged fake news of pro-Russian DPR forces on a kindergarten)

BREAKING: Decisive Night For Eastern Ukraine (Videos, Photos)

https://southfront.org/breaking-decisive-night-for-eastern-ukraine-videos-photos/

Reminiscence of the Future (harsh)
The Desperation Sets In.

http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-desperation-sets-in.html

[US] Hypersonic Mambo-Jumbo

http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/02/hypersonic-mambo-jumbo.html

Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues

TK News by Matt Taibbi

Another All-Time Media Faceplant [updated]

Matt Taibbi

https://taibbi.substack.com/p/another-all-time-media-faceplant

Ray McGovern (when you have lost people like Ray McGovern)
Russia About to Invade Ukraine: Maybe NEXT Wednesday?
Ray McGovern, co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, and retired 27-year career CIA whose tasks included preparing and briefing The President’s Daily Brief and leading the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2761684730989137546/4356118633101585741#

Popular Resistance
Ukraine: The Tip of the Spear for the Imperialist Project

Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report

https://popularresistance.org/ukraine-the-tip-of-the-spear-for-the-imperialist-project/

RT (Russian state-sponsored media)
Ex-MI6 chief outlines where Russian invasion reports are coming from (narrative control)

https://www.rt.com/russia/549736-mi6-chief-ukraine-invasion/

TASS (Russian state media)

Ukraine’s security council chief sees no threat of Russian attack
https://tass.com/world/1405571

Kremlin doesn’t consider complaints on how Russia relocates troops on its soil
https://tass.com/world/1405149

Borrell condemns shelling of Kiev-controlled territory, ignores attack on DPR, LPR

https://tass.com/world/1405585

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
Russia, Venezuela Agree to Boost Military Cooperation to Protect Peace, Maduro Says
https://sputniknews.com/20220217/russia-venezuela-agree-to-boost-military-cooperation-to-protect-peace-maduro-says-1093099497.html

As Biden Touts 'Russian Invasion' of Ukraine, When Was the Last Time US Intel Made the Right Call?

https://sputniknews.com/20220216/as-biden-touts-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-when-was-the-last-time-us-intel-made-the-right-call-1093078487.html

CaitlinJohnstone.com
Russian Invasion Prognosticators Are Like Cult Leaders Repeatedly Predicting The Apocalypse
Caitlin Johnstone

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/02/17/russian-invasion-prognosticators-are-like-cult-leaders-repeatedly-predicting-the-apocalypse/

The Hill (this pretty much means no new spending without pay-fors)

Manchin: White House acknowledges inflation is major concern
Alexander Bolton

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/594805-manchin-white-house-acknowledges-inflation-is-major-concern

FRED Blog — FRBSL
A short history of public borrowing for wars

https://fredblog.stlouisfed.org/2022/02/a-short-history-of-public-borrowing-for-wars/