Opening Salvos Thrown – What Are Putin’s Next Steps in Ukraine?
Opening Salvos Thrown – What Are Putin’s Next Steps in Ukraine? Last week I wrote that Russian President Vladimir Putin rewrote the rules for the geopolitical game board. A week into his campaign to officially “demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine” it’s clear to me that Putin’s ambitions lie far beyond this stated goal. He will, however, stick […]
The second Cold War is here — and supply chains will be the front lines
The second Cold War is here — and supply chains will be the front lines Entire supply chains will be rewritten, creating massive volatility and unpredictability (Photo illustration by Shutterstock) We are witnessing the remaking of the world order in front of our eyes — and this will impact global supply chains in unforeseen ways. […]
Defending Freedom And Democracy Sure Requires An Awful Lot Of Censorship
Defending Freedom And Democracy Sure Requires An Awful Lot Of Censorship Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Kremlin-backed media outlets have been banned throughout the European Union, both on television and on apps and online platforms. RT has lost its Sky TV slot in the UK, where the outlet is also blocked on YouTube. Australian TV providers SBS and Foxtel have dropped […]
Zoltan Pozsar Warns Russian Sanctions Threaten Dollar’s Reserve Status
Zoltan Pozsar Warns Russian Sanctions Threaten Dollar’s Reserve Status Over the weekend, the world gasped in shock when Western powers announced that the nuclear option would be used against Russia in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine – sanctions against the country’s central bank and targeted expulsions of key banks from SWIFT, a move which […]
“Game Over?” – Russia To Be In Technical Default Within Hours
“Game Over?” – Russia To Be In Technical Default Within Hours More than two decades ago, on August 17, 1998, Russia defaulted on its debt and devalued the ruble, sparking a political crisis that culminated with Vladimir Putin replacing Boris Yeltsin and which also eventually resulted in the spectacular implosion of a then little known […]
Tens of Thousands of Australians Evacuated, Hundreds Missing as ‘Unprecedented’ Flooding Hits East Coast
Flooding occurs in the town of Lismore, northeastern New South Wales, Australia, on Feb. 28, 2022. (AAP Image/Jason O’Brien) Tens of Thousands of Australians Evacuated, Hundreds Missing as ‘Unprecedented’ Flooding Hits East Coast New South Wales (NSW) residents are bracing for unprecedented floods across the east coast, with thousands of residents under evacuation orders and […]
Carbon Neutral Myth: Why the Green Tech Revolution Will Not Solve Climate Change
Carbon Neutral Myth: Why the Green Tech Revolution Will Not Solve Climate Change
Opinion: Energy disruptions are now inevitable and most likely imminent — here are all the ways that could happen
Opinion: Energy disruptions are now inevitable and most likely imminent — here are all the ways that could happen Pick your poison, but the end result is the same: Russian oil and natural gas will fall offline Will the lights go out? More has gone horribly, horribly wrong in European-Russian affairs in the last week than […]
“The Market Is Starting To Fail”: Buyers Balk At Russian Oil Purchases Despite Record Discounts, Sanction Carve Outs
“The Market Is Starting To Fail”: Buyers Balk At Russian Oil Purchases Despite Record Discounts, Sanction Carve Outs While in their unprecedented broadside of sanctions on Russia, the U.S. and Western allies went out of their way to spare Russian energy shipments and keep economies humming and voters warm, the oil market has gone on […]
Here’s Why Our Monetary System is a Giant Ponzi Scheme
Here’s Why Our Monetary System is a Giant Ponzi Scheme Ponzi schemes keep going until the perpetrator is stopped from the outside. They never stop by of their own volition. Bernie Madoff kept going until it all blew up. In the year 2000 the Nasdaq composite exceeded a P/E of 200 before collapsing 78% by […]
China To “Immediately” Replenish Pork Supplies As World Short Commodities
China To “Immediately” Replenish Pork Supplies As World Short Commodities China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), announced Monday to “immediately” increase pork stockpiles around the country after prices fell last week, according to Bloomberg. NDRC said the country’s staple meat stockpiles are being replenished as an index monitoring pork prices […]
Russian oil production update Nov 2021
Russian oil production update Nov 2021 Pic 1: Druzhba oil pipeline, refineries supplied https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/ce/7/4144/4136/Druzhba%20IEA.pngFig 2: Crude production peaked before Covid at around 10.6 mb/d That this production level would be some kind of limit was known for a long time April 2008 The IEA’s latest medium-term outlook, published in July, points to Russia as the […]
Post collapse, just what will we eat…..?
Post collapse, just what will we eat…..? Further to my post where I explained how Australia’s poor soils are largely incapable of growing much more than meat, this article landed in my news feed… Here’s a list of what Australian farmers produce: Each year, on average each Australian farmer feeds 600 people. Agriculture powers 1.6 million Australian jobs. Australian […]
Zelensky Urges Biden To Impose No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine; Turkey Shuts Straits To All Warships
Zelensky Urges Biden To Impose No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine; Turkey Shuts Straits To All Warships Update(1845ET): Ukraine’s President Zelensky has urged the West to consider imposing a no-fly zone against Russian aircraft. Zelensky on Monday appealed directly to Joe Biden to consider a no-fly zone for “significant parts” of Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader issued the statement in an exclusive […]
