Gold & Oil: Understanding Rather than Fearing Change
Gold & Oil: Understanding Rather than Fearing Change There is much legitimate (as well as dramatic) talk about the failing US, its debased currency and its identity-fractured/inflation-taxed middle-class which has been increasingly described more aptly as the working poor. The End, or Just Change? But is America coming to an end? Will the USD lose its world […]
Seriously… Governments around the world are telling citizens to prepare for war
Seriously… Governments around the world are telling citizens to prepare for war You don’t need a high-tech mountain bunker to get ready for a potential crisis. The time to start is now. We may be closer to World War 3 than at any other time in history. At least that’s what many political commentators are […]
N-wrecked
N-wrecked The way that humans have messed with the Earth’s carbon cycle rightly figures as planetary eco-problem No.1 in public debate, but the way we’ve messed with its nitrogen cycle probably ought to get more attention than it does. In the former case, farming often gets a bit too much of the blame in my […]
Bird Flu Triggers Supply Chain Snarls In Dairy Industry As “Farmers Increasingly Culled Cows”
Bird Flu Triggers Supply Chain Snarls In Dairy Industry As “Farmers Increasingly Culled Cows” The latest US Department of Agriculture data shows bird flu has infected at least 80 dairy herds across ten states. There are growing concerns about rising cow mortalities from the virus and the risk of farmers culling cows to stop the spread. This could […]
Are They TRYING to Start a Nuclear War?
Are They TRYING to Start a Nuclear War? The steady path toward World War III continues. U.S. and NATO support for Ukraine in the war with Russia has been one long failure, but that hasn’t stopped them from escalating the war with new weapons and tactics. Russia has met the escalation with its own escalation […]
What Have We Gotten Done?
What Have We Gotten Done? Or at least, what has this blog gotten done? Perhaps the most important thing this blog has accomplished is to help its readers understand – or at least get them arguing about! – the need for a movement that is more than merely political: a movement that is philosophically and theologically capable […]
A Second-Quarter Recession This Year Looks Increasingly Likely
A Second-Quarter Recession This Year Looks Increasingly Likely As I watch the evolution of consumer spending, housing starts, new home sales, and GDPNow trends, it appears the economy has peaked. Warning: I tend to be early. GDPNow forecast from the Atlanta Fed as of 2024-06-03. Chart by Mish The GDPNow forecast has been weakening since […]
Putin warns West over Ukraine armaments, nuclear arsenal
Putin warns West over Ukraine armaments, nuclear arsenal Russian president reiterates in news conference that attacking NATO countries is a ‘crazy’ idea but warns against Ukraine interference. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that his country would not rule out using nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or territory were threatened. On Wednesday, Putin met in […]
IEA: Clean energy investment to reach $2 trillion in 2024
IEA: Clean energy investment to reach $2 trillion in 2024 According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), more money is being invested in solar power than in all other sources of electricity combined. Global investment in clean energy will reach $2 trillion (€1.84 trillion) this year, twice the amount invested in fossil fuels, according to the International […]
Predicting Financial Collapse (and what to do about it)
Predicting Financial Collapse (and what to do about it) Many people ask me about how to insulate themselves from a financial collapse of some kind or another. I am not a financial advisor, and my focus has always been on collaborative resilience, whereby collectives of people might cope better. But when pressed by friends on […]
Scientists sound the alarm on pharmaceutical pollution crisis
Scientists sound the alarm on pharmaceutical pollution crisis Credit: Unsplash Our increasing dependency on pharmaceuticals comes at a major environmental cost, researchers have warned. In an article published in the journal Nature Sustainabilty, researchers warn that discharges to the environment during drug production, use, and disposal have resulted in ecosystems around the globe being polluted with […]
US Targets Journalists Who Criticize Administration’s Foreign Policy
US Targets Journalists Who Criticize Administration’s Foreign Policy State-ordered Purge of Truth-Tellers in Time of War. Scott Ritter Passport Seized, WaPo Smears Indy Journalists Scott Ritter was pulled off a NY-to-Istanbul flight yesterday by US officials and his passport confiscated in a startling new development in the government’s open drive to censor and silence critics […]
The Ultimate Killer: Pollution Deadlier Than War, Terrorism, and Major Diseases
The Ultimate Killer: Pollution Deadlier Than War, Terrorism, and Major Diseases Researchers reveal that pollution is a greater health threat than that of war, terrorism, malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, drugs, and alcohol combined. The study, involving global experts, examines traditional and lesser-known pollutants, advocating for better monitoring and awareness to mitigate cardiovascular impacts. Immediate action and […]
Power outage-causing storms are on the rise. That’s already impacting food insecurity
Power outage-causing storms are on the rise. That’s already impacting food insecurity Major power outages have increased tenfold since 1980 Straw bales and storm (Getty Images/BalazsKovacs) As rounds of severe weather — complete with thunderstorms, hail and flooding — continue to pummel Dallas and surrounding Texas counties, many of the over 650,000 people who were left without power are […]
The Collapse Is Coming. Will Humanity Adapt?
The Collapse Is Coming. Will Humanity Adapt? An evolutionary biologist and a science fiction writer walk into a bar … and mull over survival. I’ve known Dan Brooks for 40 years now. Somehow we’re still talking to each other. We’ve followed radically different trajectories since first meeting back in the ’80s. Over the decades, Dan […]
