by Peter Hanseler, Global Research: Introduction Some considered the assessment in our article “Attack on Iran – the Defining Turning Point of 21st Century History” to be an exaggeration; however, it appears we were quite correct: The greatest geopolitical blunder of the 21st century so far—the latest in a series of misguided decisions—will redraw the […]

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Nearly 90,000 bottles of children’s ibuprofen are being recalled because of the presence of a foreign substance. “Presence of foreign substance: the firm received complaints for a gel-like mass and black particles in the product,” an FDA notice read. The FDA announces that nearly 90,000 bottles of children’s ibuprofen sold nationwide have been recalled due to the “presence of foreign substance.” https://t.co/CVhuC3meEw — NBC News (@NBCNews) March 20, 2026 CBS News explained further: The recall affects Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension, a pain reliever that comes in liquid form. The product was manufactured in India by Strides Pharma for Taro Pharmaceuticals. The medication is intended for children ages 2 to 11 and helps reduce pain and fever, according to a description of the product on Taro’s website. The liquid ibuprofen comes in a berry flavor. Strides Pharma initiated the recall on March 2 after receiving complaints that the bottles contained “a gel-like mass and black particles.” The medication was distributed nationwide, the FDA said in its notice. The recall number is D-0390-2026. Nearly 90,000 bottles of children's ibuprofen are being voluntarily recalled due to the potential presence of a foreign substance. https://t.co/qwebKM6Q5a — World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) March 20, 2026 NBC News noted: The FDA labeled the recall as Class II on Monday. A Class II recall involves “a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote,” according to the FDA’s website. People should immediately stop using the recalled product. No additional information about next steps was shared in the report. Read the FDA notice HERE.

Kathy Hochul’s “affordability” agenda is struggling under New York’s skyrocketing energy bills. She won’t allow fracking, which could make New York energy independent. She apparently knows that the upcoming climate deadlines will come before her election. It’s not that she suddenly cares about New Yorkers who won’t be able to afford energy. She only wants […] The post Gov. Hochul: Delay Climate Change Rules Before the Election appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

In a rare Sunday worldwide alert, the State Department advises Americans to exercise caution and be conscious of their surroundings. March 22, 2026 – The Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution. Location: Worldwide Event: The Department of State advises Americans worldwide, and especially in the Middle East, to exercise increased caution.  Americans abroad […] The post State Department Issues a Worldwide Caution appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Iran said on Sunday it would strike the energy and water systems of its Gulf neighbours in retaliation if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through with a threat to hit Iran’s electricity grid in 48 hours, escalating the three-week-old war. The prospect of tit-for-tat strikes on civilian infrastructure could deepen the regional crisis and further rattle global markets when they reopen on Monday morning. Air raid sirens sounded across Israel from the early hours of Sunday, warning of incoming missiles from Iran, after scores of people were hurt overnight in two separate attacks in the southern Israeli towns of Arad and Dimona. The Israeli military said hours later that it was striking Tehran in response. Trump threatened overnight to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if Tehran did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, barely a day after he talked about “winding down” the war. He made the new threat as U.S. Marines and heavy landing craft are heading to the region. But while attacks on electricity could hurt Iran, they would be potentially catastrophic for its Gulf neighbors, which consume around five times as much power per capita. Electricity makes their gleaming desert cities habitable, and most of them produce nearly all of their drinking water by purifying it from the sea. Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf wrote on X that critical infrastructure and energy facilities in the Middle East could be “irreversibly destroyed” should Iranian power plants be attacked. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it would also mean the shipping lane where a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas normally transits along Iran’s southern coast would remain shut. “The Strait of Hormuz will be completely closed and will not be opened until our destroyed power plants are rebuilt,” the Guards said in a statement. More than 2,000 people have been killed during the war the U.S. and Israel launched on February 28, which has upended markets, spiked fuel costs, fuelled global inflation fears and convulsed the postwar Western alliance. “President Trump’s threat has now placed a 48-hour ticking time bomb of elevated uncertainty over markets,” said IG market analyst Tony Sycamore, who expects stock markets to fall when they reopen on Monday. Oil prices jumped on Friday, ending the day at their highest in nearly four years. Markets already under severe strain from blockaded shipping were further rattled last week when Israel attacked a major gas field in Iran, and Tehran responded with strikes on neighbors Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, raising the prospect of damage hindering energy output even if tankers resume sailing. Iranian attacks have effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, causing the worst oil crisis since the 1970s. Its near-closure sent European gas prices surging as much as 35% last week. “If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!” Trump posted on social media around 7:45 p.m. EDT (2345 GMT) on Saturday. Iranian media quoted the country’s representative to the International Maritime Organisation as saying the strait remains open to all shipping except vessels linked to “Iran’s enemies.” Ali Mousavi said passage through the waterway was possible by coordinating security and safety arrangements with Tehran. Ship-tracking data shows some vessels, such as Indian-flagged ships and a Pakistani oil tanker, have negotiated safe passage through the strait. But the vast majority of ships have remained holed up inside. Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya military command headquarters said on Sunday if the U.S. hit Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure, Iran would attack all U.S. energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure in the region. Striking major Iranian power plants could trigger blackouts, crippling everything from pumps and refineries to export terminals and military command centers. The United States and Israel say they have seriously degraded Iran’s ability to project force beyond its borders with their three weeks of intensive air strikes. But Tehran fired its first known long-range ballistic missiles with a range of 4,000 km (2,500 miles) on Friday towards a U.S.-British Indian Ocean ‌military base, expanding the risk of attacks beyond the Middle East. An Iranian strike also landed near Israel’s secretive nuclear reactor about 13 km (8 miles) southeast of the city of Dimona. The war has been taking place alongside a confrontation on a separate front between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, backed by Iran, with Israel saying on Sunday its troops had raided a number of the armed group’s sites in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah said it had attacked several border areas in northern Israel. Israeli emergency services said one person was killed in a kibbutz near the border. Israel later said it was checking whether the death was caused by Israeli fire. Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets at Israel since it entered the regional war on March 2, prompting an Israeli offensive that has killed more than 1,000 people in Lebanon. Israel said it had instructed the military to accelerate the demolition of Lebanese homes in “frontline villages” to end threats to Israelis, and to destroy all bridges over Lebanon’s Litani River which it said were used for “terrorist activity.” Pope Leo appealed for an end to the conflict. “The death and suffering caused by this war are a scandal to the whole human family,” he said. (Reporting by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali in Washington, Andrew Mills in Doha, Timour Azhari in Riyadh, Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem and Alexander Cornwell in Tel Aviv; Additional reporting by Reuters bureaus; Writing by Lisa Shumaker, Michael Perry, William Maclean; Editing by Alexander Smith, Peter Graff and Jon Boyle)

This scene is absolutely bananas

wrong at the start

The New York Times Magazine is clearly inflating Don Lemon’s already massive ego with a story titled: “‘I Am the News’: The Absurd Drama (and High Stakes) of the Don Lemon Affair.” Times writer Matt Flegenheimer implies that Lemon isn’t exactly the best example of journalism and that he’s remarkably stuck on himself. The absurd drama seems to be how both sides of the Trump wars have made Lemon’s post-CNN career: It could feel as if Lemon and Trump had a common goal: to make Don Lemon the face of American journalism — unmistakable proof that today’s press is either hopelessly timid and compromised (except Don Lemon) or stocked with bad-faith lefties cosplaying as proper newspeople (like Don Lemon). Let's focus first on the overwhelming egotism of Lemon put on display: Lemon has largely avoided discussing details that might factor in his defense, citing the ramifications for all journalists “if this goes the wrong way.” But he did volunteer something his therapist had shared recently. “He said, ‘You are Black history,’” Lemon told me. He wept, he said, but he did not disagree. Then we come to the historical glue-sniffing portion with Lemon's pal and comedian D.L. Hughley, who wasn't trying to be hilarious:   Hughley joined the stage and compared himself and Lemon, “on a much lower scale,” to James Baldwin and William F. Buckley, pining for a future “progressive Trump” to take the White House and countergovern with equivalent force. “So,” Lemon replied, “should I run?” The Lemon Heads roared. It had struck him in Los Angeles, he continued, while he was detained “in that holding room,” that maybe he had “been playing at too small a level.” Soon enough, Hughley was comparing Lemon to Rosa Parks, too. I did not have "Don Lemon is Bill Buckley and Rosa Parks" on my NewsBusters bingo card for this one.  Flegenheimer did allow a little dissent later on in the piece, from Christopher Rufo: Some who think little of Lemon nonetheless regard this chapter as more sincere. “An irony now is that Lemon is more honest,” Christopher Rufo, a conservative activist, told me. “When he was at CNN, he was smuggling left-wing opinion between the perception of the Walter Cronkite straight-news television personality.” I don't think anyone thought Lemon was either "straight news" or Cronkite. CNN might have claimed it was just "news," but the man was kissing up to his Chicago pals the Obamas before he was dropping rhetorical bombs on Trump.  Geraldo Rivera was also quoted, making the obvious point about Lemon's participation in a church invasion.  “I say to any journalist, or certainly any street reporter, ‘Stay away from churches,’” Rivera, an acquaintance of Lemon’s from their time on cable, told me. “There’s nothing but problems.” As much as liberal outlets like the Times want this to be a pure "freedom to report" situation, Lemon was clearly a co-conspirator in disrupting (and ending) a church service. Lemon was not "more honest" in this ruckus. “I’m just here photographing, I’m not part of the group,” Lemon said, still offscreen. “I’m a journalist.” He stood to the side, mostly observing aloud. A young man in the corner, he noticed, was unsettled and crying. But the protest, Lemon intimated, was a natural consequence of recent events. Minnesotans’ due process had been violated, he said. People were being brutalized. “You have to be willing to go into places and disrupt and make people uncomfortable,” Lemon said, as demonstrators (many also recording) and worshipers circled one another in the confusion. “That is what this country is about.” Let's guess that if a rowdy group of conservative protesters interrupted a New York Times newsroom meeting and shouted it down, they wouldn't feel like that was a great place for an angry protest. The First Amendment isn't just about newspapers. It's also about the freedom to worship, which the Times doesn't see as an important freedom at all.