Iran, Russia integrate banking systems
Iran, Russia integrate banking systems 52 Iranian and 106 Russian banks integrated their interbank communication and transfer systems for trade and financial operations (Photo Credit : Atta Kenare/AFP) A top Iranian official announced on 30 January that Iran and Russia had integrated their interbank communication and transfer systems to help enhance trade and financial operations […]
Prestigious Liberal Watchdog Condemns New York Times’ Russiagate Coverage
Prestigious Liberal Watchdog Condemns New York Times’ Russiagate Coverage The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) has issued a scathing indictment of the New York Times for yellow journalism during the Trump-Russia saga. In short, the hyper-partisan ‘paper of record’ was operating in bad faith. It’s wasn’t just the Times either. CJR’s findings accurately reflect what most objective thinkers have known this […]
After Civilization’s Collapse: Dr. Shane Simonsen, Zero Input Agriculture
After Civilization’s Collapse: Dr. Shane Simonsen, Zero Input Agriculture
Gold And The Shrinking Trust Horizon
Gold And The Shrinking Trust Horizon Last week I posted an article on the implosion of the official vaccine narrative. That’s a controversial topic so not surprisingly it generated some heat on both sides. And a few readers expressed the wish that I’d stay in my lane (precious metals investing) and avoid venturing into unrelated and less […]
The great energy descent – Part 1: Can renewables replace fossil fuels?
The great energy descent – Part 1: Can renewables replace fossil fuels? In summary, fossil fuels, as finite resources, will peak and decline in the next decades. However, they are extremely difficult to replace, so it’s unlikely that alternatives can replace them at the scale required. You can check the short version of the post. This […]
Here’s How “Prosperity” Ends: Global Bubbles Are Popping
Here’s How “Prosperity” Ends: Global Bubbles Are Popping So here we are: the global credit-asset bubbles are popping, and the illusory “prosperity” generated by the bubbles is about to tumble off a cliff. There are two kinds of prosperity, one fake, one real. Bogus “prosperity” depends on credit-asset bubbles inflating, magically creating “wealth” not from labor, […]
How the modern fantasy of an eternal civilization warps our view of technology
How the modern fantasy of an eternal civilization warps our view of technology What historians call the Golden Age of Greece—which ran from about 500 to 300 BC—spawned the foundational Western philosophers Plato and Aristotle; mathematicians such as Euclid whose geometry is still taught in schools today; classical Greek dramatists such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, […]
The New York Times is Orwell’s Ministry of Truth
The New York Times is Orwell’s Ministry of Truth As today dawned, I was looking out the window into the cold grayness with small patches of snow littering the frozen ground. As light snow began to fall, I felt a deep mourning in my soul as a memory came to me of another snowy day […]
We’re Coming Closer to Limits of Adaptation
We’re Coming Closer to Limits of Adaptation
This Time It’s Different
This Time It’s Different Neither we nor our allies are prepared to fight all-out war with Russia, regionally or globally. An image of Russian President Vladimir Putin is displayed as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about gas prices in the South Court Auditorium at the White House campus on June 22, 2022. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) […]
As West, Debt & Stocks Implode, East Gold & Oil Will Explode
AS WEST, DEBT & STOCKS IMPLODE, EAST GOLD & OIL WILL EXPLODE “The risk of over-tightening by the European Central Bank is nothing less than catastrophic” says Prof Kenneth Rogoff . At Davos he also said: “Italy is extremely vulnerable. But this could pop anywhere. Global debt has gone up massively since the pandemic: public debt, […]
The Race to the Bottom Accelerates
The Race to the Bottom Accelerates When competence, transparency and accountability are all punished, the Race to the Bottom accelerates. Race to the Bottom describes the process of competitive devaluation, where value is gutted to remain competitive with those who are grabbing market share by stripping out quality, value, durability, transparency, accountability and competence. We see the global Race to […]
An EV in Every Driveway Is an Environmental Disaster
An EV in Every Driveway Is an Environmental Disaster Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Getty “There is always a huge climate benefit — and, I would argue, a safety benefit — to ensuring people have access to excellent public transit,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said earlier this month at the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting. “Even if […]
World Population Day Presentation: Dr. William Rees
World Population Day Presentation: Dr. William Rees
