Are You Ready for the Coming U.S. Government Default?
Are You Ready for the Coming U.S. Government Default? The vast herd of investors are a deluded crowd. Following the Federal Reserve’s much anticipated 75 basis point rate hike on Wednesday the major stock market indexes jumped upward. Optimistic investors keyed in on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement and, in particular, the remark that the […]
Vietnam Gas Stations Start To Close Due To Widespread Shortages
Vietnam Gas Stations Start To Close Due To Widespread Shortages While the US awaits with bated breath to see if there will be any diesel inventories after the midterm elections (see “Forget Oil, The Real Crisis Is Diesel Inventories: The US Has Just 25 Days Left”), other countries are already seeing gas stations run dry. […]
There Is No Way Out for Europe
There Is No Way Out for Europe “Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder” The late historian Toynbee argued, that when civilizations meet a challenge they cannot overcome or resolve, they rather commit suicide than to let themselves murdered by outside forces. I sincerely doubt however that anyone from the political class in the West […]
No Such Thing As An Objective Journalist: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
No Such Thing As An Objective Journalist: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ I feel like we haven’t been talking enough about the fact that US government agencies were just caught intimately collaborating with massive online platforms to censor content in the name of regulating the “cognitive […]
Austria Looks To Ban Oil And Coal Heaters From 2023
Austria Looks To Ban Oil And Coal Heaters From 2023 Austria’s government is looking to ban the use of new fossil fuel heaters as of next year and replace very old oil and coal heaters with climate-friendly options by 2025, Euractiv reports. Austria, like the other EU countries, aims to cut its reliance on Russian gas […]
If You Believe
IF YOU BELIEVE If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there’s nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool REM – Man on the Moon The REM song Man on the Moon, released in 1992, is a haunting melancholy tune, with Andy Kaufmann and his […]
The End Of Growth Is Here
The End Of Growth Is Here Thank God and not a moment too soon Photo by author — old truck — Slab City February 2022 It was bad before. Before we decided to exponentially increase the thermodynamic whoopee Kurt Vonnegut Jr. warned us about, but now, not only have we decided to add a whole […]
With nothing to sell, Vietnam gas stations start to close
With nothing to sell, Vietnam gas stations start to close Deliveries fail to arrive, disrupting life in a nation that relies on motorbikes Tens of millions of Vietnamese depend on motorbikes to get to work and school, but many drivers in Ho Chi Minh City are now having trouble finding gas. © Vietnam News Agency TOMOYA […]
$2.5 Quadrillion Disaster Waiting to Happen – Egon von Greyerz
$2.5 Quadrillion Disaster Waiting to Happen – Egon von Greyerz Egon von Greyerz (EvG) stores gold for clients at the biggest private gold vault in the world buried deep in the Swiss Alps. EvG is a financial and precious metals expert. EvG is a former Swiss banker and an expert in risk. He says the […]
World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies
World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies Key UN reports published in last two days warn urgent and collective action needed – as oil firms report astronomical profits The climate crisis has reached a “really bleak moment”, one of the world’s leading climate scientists has said, after a slew of major reports laid […]
East vs West, ‘Stuff’ vs ‘Finance’
East vs West, ‘Stuff’ vs ‘Finance’ As a military conflict rages in Ukraine between Russia and what the Russian government calls “the West” (apparently meaning NATO allies and particularly the United States), there is a parallel economic battle between “stuff” and “finance.” Both categories are affected by economic sanction regimes imposed by each side. But […]
Central banks are stealing underpants
Central banks are stealing underpants Let’s talk about supply shocks. Cast your mind back to the beginning of March 2020. Remember how everyone panic bought pasta and toilet paper? Except that it didn’t really happen – at least on a large scale. What happened was, in their usual underhand way, the establishment media paid supermarket […]
‘Serious’ incident at Finnish nuclear power plant under control
‘Serious’ incident at Finnish nuclear power plant under control The nuclear power plants in Olkiluoto are located in south-western Finland. – Copyright JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP Authorities have stated there is no danger after a “serious” incident was reported at a nuclear power station in Finland. The incident occurred in reactor 2 of the Olkiluoto power station, in […]
Was the Club of Rome & MIT study right about soon-arriving resource shortages and the collapse of humanity? Part 2 of a 3 Part Series
Was the Club of Rome & MIT study right about soon-arriving resource shortages and the collapse of humanity? Part 2 of a 3 Part Series The book, Limits to Growth, published in 1972 was designed to publicize the findings of an MIT study funded by a group of European industrialists calling themselves the Club of Rome. Was this MIT collapse […]
