Best Of The Press! (March 9-May 10 2017) (United States Killed Up To 20% Of North Korean Population in 50's, US invades Syria, US Drops Largest Bomb, 'White Helmets' Lies Exposed!)

Here are a selection of articles/excerpts that are essential in the understanding of the world situation during these past months. Click on blue hyperlinks to be forwarded to the parent article. Hyperlinked title is not always the name of the original article.

March 9- Cultural Imperialism: Not a single native-language song sits on the Spotify Top 50 of Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Poland, Latvia, & Greece, although the Spanish-language world-wide hit "Despacito" charts on all, pointing toward a new prominence previously afforded only to English (Spotify charts are not archived)

Ed Sheeran's Invasion: Top 16 slots on UK's Spotify chart belong to Ed Sheeran (I snapped the following picture of the Irish chart that I took at the time; the situations were similar if not greater in the Irish chart)

The United States Invades Syria - Daniel McAdams - Ron Paul Institute (via Centre For Research On Globalization)

March 9 - USA supporting some Islamic State commanders - Staff Writer - FARS News Agency (Islamic Republic Of Iran) (via Centre For Research On Globalization)

March 13 - American Marines arrive in Syria, uninvited & illegally - Staff Writer - Sputnik News Agency (Russian Federation)

March 20 - Signs of reform in Russian Federation: right to protest/'gather' may be re-instated - Staff Writer - Russia Today (Russian Federation)

March 22- Faith Evans reveals deep understanding between her & Lil Kim, her ex-husband's mistress; They have collaborated - Mikey Fresh - Billboard Magazine

March 23 - RT America nominated for National Emmy News Award - Staff Writer - Sputnik News Agency (Russian Federation)

March 25 - Detailed run-down of USA psy-ops programme targeting Central America - Robert Parry - Consortium News

March 27 - The impossibility of the Republican position on healthcare - Eric Zuesse - Centre For Research On Globalization 

March 30 - Epochal change: US recorded musick industry sees first 10%+ growth in almost 20 years - Ed Christman - Billboard Magazine 

April 4 - Some say 'unhinged': US Senator Jean Shaheen goes on diatribe in the legislature, saying Sputnik, RT are "undermining" the United States, with visual aids (Video embedded) - Cassandra Fairbanks - Sputnik News Agency (Russian Federation)

April 7 - Prominent American news anchor praises "beautiful" missiles as they destroy Syrian territory (Video embedded) - Jeremy Gordon - Spin Magazine (Via Billboard Magazine)

April 10 - Doctors For Human Rights exposes White Helmets lie - Staff Writer - Sputnik News Agency (Russian Federation)

April 12 - 'A 2-year old boy found cowering in a corner': Gruesome details of Bin Laden assassination surface in book - Staff Writer - Sputnik News Agency (Russian Federation)

April 13 - United States drops its' massive Mother Of All Bombs ordinance on Afghanistan, a second only to 1945 nuclear bomb attack  - Staff Writer - Sputnik News Agency (Russian Federation)

April 14 - United States deploys troops to the next one....Somalia  - RT America (Russian Federation)

United States rejects participation in the 11-state Afghanistan peace conference - Staff Writer- Russia Today (Russian Federation)

April 15 - As civilians die: FOX morning programme celebrates bombs dropping with Toby Keith soundtrack - Andy Cush - Spin Magazine, via Billboard Magazine

April 22 - Um, what? Thousands of Afghan refugees in Germany claim to be former 'terrorists' - Staff Writer - Russia Today (Russian Federation)

MIT professor: 'The US is moving backward, toward a developing nation'  - Staff Writer - Russia Today (Russian Federation)

April 23 - President Trump has lowest 100-day approval rating of all-time - Russia Today (Russian Federation)

Detailed analysis of wind patterns at the alleged 'chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun': It didn't happen like the opposition is claiming - Dr. Theodore Postol - Washington's Blog (Via Centre For Research On Globalization)

April 26 - Reporters Without Border Annual Report released; Norway tops the list, Estonia, Slovakia, Surinam, Namibia, Ghana, Burkina Faso all are said to have freer press as US careens downward under Obama administration. DPRK (North Korea) reclaims bottom spot - Reporters Without Borders 

United States-led coalition "killed up to 20% of the North Korean population" during Civil War - Robert Barsocchini - Counter Currents (Via Centre For Research On Globalization)

April 29 - Worst musick festival ever held? - Dave Brooks - Billboard Magazine

An exhaustive compiled list of every action the Trump administration took in the first 100 days - Michael T. Bucci - Centre For Research On Globalization

May 1 - International Day Of The Worker

President suggests possible rapprochement with DPRK(?) - Staff Writer - Sputnik News Agency (Russian Federation) 

May 4 - The Celebrity Machine Destroys Another: Katy Perry 'miserable', 'hates 90% of the music she's ever released', using cocaine...-- Anonymous, Via Mindtrapper- ATRL via Popjustice Forum

May 5 - She Can't Win: Social Justice Warrior attacks Katy Perry for not being 'woke'/not being 'woke' enough, at the same time - Maria Sherman - Complex

Pulse Nightclub, site of the biggest mass shooting "in modern US history" to become memorial - Associated Press (Original RT ticker item & Associated Press story not relocatable; several stories exist all citing the AP article)

A Plot Is Uncovered: North Korean Ministry Of State reveals plot to kill Worker's Party leader Kim - Staff Writer - Sputnik News Agency (Russian Federation)

Why It's Time For A New United Arab Republic - Neil Clark - Sputnik News Agency (Russian Federation)

May 6 - "If any of the pop girls had done even one of those things...": What male pop stars can get away with women can't  - Luckey - Popjustice Forum

South Korea has to deploy 8,000 police to overcome local resistance to new US missile systems  - Staff Writer - Sputnik News Agency (Russian Federation)

May 10 - Why Are People Not Streaming Female Urban Artists? - Jakob Musick - Facebook

 " In the Urban chart this week (which combines sales and plays of R&B & Hip-Hop songs), there is only *one* song out of 50 where a female is the main artist (Kehlani) and she is the co-headliner. It’s not coming from the radio play, because on that chart there are more than 5x the amount of female headliners. On Urban sales there is 2/25 female headliners, but streaming is the culprit where none of the 25 positions are held down by females"

United States says it will stop supporting human rights abuses  - Staff Writer - Sputnik News Agency (Russian Federation)
President Trump renews sanctions on Syrian Arab Republic for 1 year - Staff Writer - RT Ticker (Russian Federation)
Far-Right plot to 'frame refugees' foiled by Germany - Staff Writer - RT Ticker (Russian Federation)