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Articles from the March 6, 2022 edition


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  • Marco Rubio in Hot Water for Tweeting This Screenshot of Ukraine Pres. Zelensky During Zoom Call

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Mar 6, 2022

    People are criticizing Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R), after he apparently tweeted this screenshot of Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky speaking to Senators Saturday morning, from a bunker in Kyiv. US Security services apparently warned Senators not to tweet photos, least they reveal the endangered man's location to Russian intelligence or military. While there is nothing obvious about Zelensky's location to be taken from the photo, the screenshot may have been helpful to Russia during the...

  • Humanitarian Ceasefire in Mariupol falls apart; "Russia is Continuing to Bomb us," said Ukraine

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Mar 6, 2022

    12: - Saturday’s evacuation of civilians from Mariupol has been suspended "for security reasons" after Russian forces failed to observe an agreed ceasefire, the Ukrainian parliament said. "I just spoke to Petro Andrushenko an advisor to the mayor in Mariupol, the Ukrainian city where Russia said it was opening a humanitarian corridor. He said they have had to halt the evacuation because Russia shelled the agreed evacuation point where people were to gather," said a source on twitter. 3...

  • Reporter from Kyiv Posts Photo of Russian War Dead Sprawled On a Burning Tank

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Mar 6, 2022

    Some of the finest war photography tweeted in the Russo-Ukraine war, is by a reporter for the Kyiv Independent named Illia Ponomarenko. He posted this photo of Russian soldiers sprawled out on the top of a tank, from a village outside of Kyiv. He also claims that Russian soldiers are keeping 40 civilians as hostages near the Kyiv airport. "In this residential compound in Hostomel, Russia's 31st Airborne Brigade troops are right now holding nearly 40 civilians hiding in the basement. No comms...

  • If Guns Kill People, Then Why Aren't the Police Allowed to Look for and Confiscate Illegal Guns?

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Mar 6, 2022

    March 2, 2022 - Yesterday, the Los Angeles Police Commission voted to curtail stops made by police officers on a technical pretext that is then used to search the vehicle for criminal activity. Below is the scathing response from the police union's Los Angeles Police Protective League: Los Angeles, CA-Today the Los Angeles Police Commission voted to significantly curtail the use of pre-text traffic stops by LAPD officers. These stops, deemed legal by the U.S. Supreme Court have led to the...

  • Some Russians Promote Conspiracy Theory that Putin Invaded Ukraine to Neutralize CIA Bio-Weapons Labs

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Mar 6, 2022

    As you might expect, conspiracy theories are making the rounds on Russian social media. One theory that the real reason Russia invaded Ukraine has nothing to do with history, national pride, neo-Nazi's or internal Ukraine politics. It's about the CIA Biolabs, of course. The US Embassy to Ukraine denied these rumors 2 years ago. But some Russians nevertheless deflect blame for their invasion, on the US and the CIA. "I'm not sure what the whole truth is, but for one, there are 11 bio labs in...

  • VAERS: After Pfizer Vaccination, A Five Year Old Girl in Illinois Bleeds from her Vagina

    Sarah Storkin, Observer Staff Writer|Mar 6, 2022

    A five year old girl in Illinois reportedly stated to bleed from her uterus, after Covid vaccination. This from VAERS. The report is below. BNT stands for the Pfizer vaccine, which has been approved in the US for anyone over 15 years of age, and authorized for children between 5 and 15. VAERS, Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is a United States program for vaccine safety, co-managed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. Some women...

  • Arson Investigators Seeking Firebug Who Set String of Trash Fires in Venice

    Jack Simon, Observer Staff Writer|Mar 6, 2022

    Authorities are seeking the public's help in finding a man who allegedly set a series of trash fires in the Venice area last Saturday. The suspect is described as a Black man between ages 25 and 35, standing about 6-feet tall and weighing approximately 185 pounds, Los Angeles Fire Department said in a statement released on Tuesday. The suspect has a thin build, thin mustache and an earring in his right ear. He was last seen wearing a white shirt with a blue design, blue pants, black croc shoes,...