by psmith, November 05, 2020, DRUG WAR CHRONICAL: The day after Election Day, national election results remained muddy, but one thing was crystal clear: the American public is ready for drug reform. Drug reform initiatives went nine for nine on Tuesday. With successful marijuana legalization initiatives in two of the reddest of the […]
NewsLanc’s proud role in Lancaster, PA
“…somebody in each era must make clear the facts with utter disregard to his own wish and desire and belief. What we have to know, so far as possible, are the things that actually happened in the world. Then with that much clear and open to every reader, the philosopher and prophet has a chance […]
Russia Reacts to U. S. Election
By Slava Tsukerman The cartoon by the Russian cartoonist Sergey Elkin is going viral on Russian Internet. Two peasants in the Russian rural area discuss the hot news: “They didn’t count yet in Pennsylvania and Michigan.” The cartoon accurately reflects that for several days news about American elections completely ousted Russian local news from media […]
The Psychedelic Revolution is Coming to the Ballot Box — This Year
DISCLAIMER: NewsLanc takes no position on psychedelics since the editor’s experience in drug policy reform and harm reduction did not involve the issue. by psmith, October 13, 2020, The psychedelic renaissance that has been emerging in recent years will finally get a chance to be ratified by voters in November. On one side […]
Trump’s end game – Hardcore supporters have the rifles
By Robert E. Field, Publisher President Donald Trump gave up hope of winning re-election in a traditional manner at least half a year ago. He appears to be following a different path to achieve a second term through devious mechanisms and ultimately blood in the streets. His diabolical scheme: To cast such doubt on the integrity […]
Unique Characteristics of the Belarusian Revolution
By Slava Tsukerman Mass demonstrations in Belarus, a country of 9.5 million, which started immediately after the August 9 President elections, continues to this day. Over the course of the month and a half, the protests have many times confirmed their mass character. In Minsk, the capital of the republic alone, more than 200 thousand […]
Here LNP goes again
A recent article properly extolled the Steinman Family Foundation for contributions to the School District of Lancaster towards adjusting to remote schooling. Two things were not mentioned: The family, unlike the foundation established by earlier family generations, has deprived the SD of L of at least $300,000 a year in real estate taxes on the […]
′′The Belarusian prison I’ve been taken to four times before is now a concentration camp.”
NewsLanc is withholding the name of the sender and his correspondent who is excerpted below for their protection. We believe this is from highly reliable sources. · “The prison I’ve been taken to four times before is now a concentration camp. 70 blue-purple people are being kept locked up in a 5 szövetségese meter open-top […]
“The Daily News Is Now a Newspaper Without a Newsroom”
New York Times: “Tribune Publishing said that it was permanently closing the tabloid’s office in Lower Manhattan. As its journalists work remotely during the pandemic, plans for a future workplace are uncertain. (more) People still want local news. the West Side Rag that serves the Upper West Side in Manhattan may bode the future […]
Sergiy, the Contemporary ‘Rasputin of the Urals’
By Slava Tsukerman Sixty-five year old monk Father Sergiy Romanov is now one of the most talked about persons in Russia. In May 2020, he attracted nationwide attention by creating in Ural Mountains a kind of clerical state, controlled only by him. He started releasing videos, in which he, speaking from his monastic cell, where […]
“We don’t get to choose…”
From the cover of Oberlin College’s Spring/Summer 2020 Alumnae Magazine, written in white on black background: “We don’t get to choose when we were born. We don’t choose what natural disasters, epidemiological emergencies, stock market crashes, tyrannical regimes, or wars our generations face. We only get to choose how we react.” Oberlin Professor Wendy […]
Russian Media On USA
by Slava Tsukerman Anti-American propaganda remains one of the most noticeable subjects in Russian media. The picture above is published by the Russian website usapress.net, which claims that it was created especially with the purpose to provide Russians with translations of authentic materials about USA, taken from American media. It illustrates “Two centuries of wars: the American […]
Fixing the Federal Criminal Justice System: The Establishment Weighs In
by psmith, May 29, 2020, DRUG WAR CHRONICLE: In a just issued report on reforming the federal criminal justice system, a blue-ribbon task force of the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice calls for sweeping changes in the system from its approach to drug offenses to significant sentencing changes, support for getting ex-inmates successfully reintegrated into […]
Coronavirus In Russia
By Slava Tsukerman The global pandemic of the coronavirus (COVID-19) reached Russia on January 31, 2020, when two Chinese nationals tested positive shortly after returning from China. To prevent the outbreak, Russia immediately closed the border with China, which resulted in no new cases reported until March 2020, after the disease began to spread in Europe. Starting with […]