Ukraine Is The Most Aggressively Trolled War Of All Time: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Ukraine Is The Most Aggressively Trolled War Of All Time: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ There’s a lot going on in America and the people are very stressed out and frightened, but don’t worry, there’s nothing the US government won’t do to make sure […]
33 Problems With Media In One Chart
33 Problems With Media In One Chart One of the hallmarks of democratic society is a healthy, free-flowing media ecosystem. In times past, that media ecosystem would include various mass media outlets, from newspapers to cable TV networks. Today, the internet and social media platforms have greatly expanded the scope and reach of communication within […]
The Most Valuable Form of Money Nobody’s Seen–Yet
The Most Valuable Form of Money Nobody’s Seen–Yet What is “money”? “Money” is a claim on the essentials of life. Ration cards are claims on essentials. Many people expect “money” will soon be tied to commodities. Agreed. It’s called a ration card that grants the holder the right to buy a specific quantity of essential goods at […]
Dutch Farmers Livid Over EU’s ‘Green’ Nitrogen Rule Block Border Between Holland And Germany
Dutch Farmers Livid Over EU’s ‘Green’ Nitrogen Rule Block Border Between Holland And Germany Thousands of tractor-driving Dutch protesters came out this week to continue demonstrations against the government’s radical plan to cut nitrogen emissions by 30% – 70% as part of their ‘green’ agenda. Farmers from the world’s 5th largest exporter of food are demanding that the […]
Pulling Back The Curtain On The ‘Real’ US Economy
Pulling Back The Curtain On The ‘Real’ US Economy Revised numbers on US GDP from the Bureau Of Economic Analysis indicate that the economy faces a deeper contraction than originally reported. GDP shrank in the first quarter of 2022 by 1.6%; this is an impressive and sharp reversal from the fourth quarter of last year, which saw GDP […]
Rationing Has Already Started In Europe As The Entire Globe Plunges Into A Horrific Economic Nightmare
Rationing Has Already Started In Europe As The Entire Globe Plunges Into A Horrific Economic Nightmare If countries in Europe are already beginning to ration certain things due to “supply problems”, how long will it be before it starts happening in the United States? Up until the past couple of years, many of us in […]
Oops! U.S. oil and gas exports fuel domestic price rise
Oops! U.S. oil and gas exports fuel domestic price rise The U.S. oil and natural gas industry long fought for and in the last decade finally won release from federal restrictions that limited exports. The ostensible reason was that because of the so-called “shale revolution” in the country’s oil and gas fields, the United States […]
Oil Likely To Hit $200: SEB Group
Oil Likely To Hit $200: SEB Group Oil prices are likely to soar past $200 per barrel if G7 manages to cap the price of Russian crude oil, according to chief commodities analyst at Swedish bank SEB Group. Bjarne Schieldrop, SEB analyst, said on Wednesday in no uncertain terms that the G7’s price capping proposal […]
IEA: Europe Will Have To Cut Gas Usage By Nearly One-Third
IEA: Europe Will Have To Cut Gas Usage By Nearly One-Third In the first quarter of next year, the countries of the European Union will have to cut their usage of natural gas by up to 30% in preparation for a complete stoppage of Russian gas flows, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). IEA […]
The Future of Electricity
The Future of Electricity Image credit: Mark Eder via Unsplash Things do not bode well for the future of electricity, especially in the ‘developed’ world, while the ‘developing’ countries are already experiencing serious issues. Sri Lanka. Pakistan. China. The world does not seem to be able to move enough electrons to satisfy demand. Surprising? Well, not […]
The Age of Discord
The Age of Discord It’s very difficult to find common ground that supports cooperation in the disintegrative stage of scarcities, rising prices, catastrophically centralized power and social discord. Today’s topic echoes Peter Turchin’s 2016 book, Ages of Discord, which I have often referenced in blog posts. I’ll also discuss two other books I’ve often referenced, Global Crisis: […]
Germany Fears Russia Could Shut Nord Stream 1 Within Weeks
Germany Fears Russia Could Shut Nord Stream 1 Within Weeks The European Union has this week accused Russia of planning “rogue moves” regarding lowering natural gas flows to Europe, or in other words continuing to ‘weaponize’ its energy, to which the Kremlin has consistently responded with variations of ‘our gas, our rules’. This after Moscow has reduced Nord Stream […]
GONE Bag – Get Out Now Emergency
GONE Bag – Get Out Now Emergency Let’s just start this off strongly by saying that if you google “bug out bag”, everything the search engine returns for you will be bullshit. That’s right, I said it. It’s a bunch of armchair fantasies coupled with capitalist marketing. I’ll even go so far as to say […]
Food Riots Continue In Sri Lanka As The Military Begins Shooting
Food Riots Continue In Sri Lanka As The Military Begins Shooting The starving and hungry people of collapsing Sri Lanks have been rioting over the cost of food and lack of energy. As if things couldn’t get worse, the ruling class has taken to gunning down those who stand against being ruled. People are starving […]
Oil turbulence could last five years, ExxonMobil boss warns
Oil turbulence could last five years, ExxonMobil boss warns Consumers must be prepared to endure up to five years of turbulent oil markets, the head of ExxonMobil said Tuesday, citing under-investment and the coronavirus pandemic. Energy markets have been roiled by the Ukraine war as Russia has reduced some exports and faced sanctions while Europe […]
