US Bans Transactions With Russian Central Bank, Freezing Nearly Half Of Russia’s $630BN In Reserves
US Bans Transactions With Russian Central Bank, Freezing Nearly Half Of Russia’s $630BN In Reserves Following in the footsteps of Europe, on Monday the Biden administration banned U.S. people and companies from doing business with the Bank of Russia, the Russian National Wealth Fund and the Ministry of Finance. The moves by the U.S. Treasury’s […]
How to Enjoy the End of the World
How to Enjoy the End of the World
War Propaganda About Ukraine Becoming More Militaristic, Authoritarian, and Reckless
War Propaganda About Ukraine Becoming More Militaristic, Authoritarian, and Reckless Every useful or pleasing claim about the war, no matter how unverified or subsequently debunked, rapidly spreads, while dissenters are vilified as traitors or Kremlin agents. WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 1: (L-R) Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), vice-chair of the select committee investigating the January 6 […]
Bumblebee Has Officially Been Added To The Ever-Growing List Of Endangered Species
Bumblebee Has Officially Been Added To The Ever-Growing List Of Endangered Species The bumblebee has been officially added to the list of endangered species along with the gray wolf, grizzly bear, the northern spotted owl, and about 700 other extinct animal species. According to National Geographic: The rusty-patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis), once a common sight, […]
All Hell Breaks Loose As Global Markets Open: Stocks Crash, Oil & Gold Surge
All Hell Breaks Loose As Global Markets Open: Stocks Crash, Oil & Gold Surge Update (1800ET): As expected – all hell breaks loose in global markets as futures open… US equity futures are down 3% at the open – erasing all of Friday’s melt-up… The Euro is plunging… Bitcoin was already sliding into the open… Treasuries […]
Pozsar Warns Of Another “Lehman Weekend” As Russia Sanctions May Trigger Central Bank Liquidity Flood
Pozsar Warns Of Another “Lehman Weekend” As Russia Sanctions May Trigger Central Bank Liquidity Flood In a remarkable show of force and unity, western powers cast aside all their previous concerns about Russian energy supplies and uniliaterally announced the nuclear option of imposing sanctions on the Russian central bank coupled with targeted exclusions from SWIFT of key […]
Conflict Between Nuclear-Powered Nations: Chernobyl Is Now a War Zone
Chernobyl nuclear power plant a few weeks after the disaster. Chernobyl, Ukraine, USSR, May 1986. (Photo: Igor Kostin/Laski Diffusion/Getty Images) Conflict Between Nuclear-Powered Nations: Chernobyl Is Now a War Zone The next Chernobyl scale nuclear disaster could happen in Chernobyl as the Ukraine conflict intensifies. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia poses several nuclear threats, including […]
“Doesn’t Really Add Up”: Canadian MPs Grill Public Safety Minister On Use Of Emergencies Act
“Doesn’t Really Add Up”: Canadian MPs Grill Public Safety Minister On Use Of Emergencies Act MPs grilled Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino on Feb. 25 at a House committee hearing to examine the public order emergency declared by the government, with some focusing on whether the threshold had been met to call a national emergency, […]
Putin Ushers in the New Geopolitical Game Board
Putin Ushers in the New Geopolitical Game Board Up until February 23rd, 2022, the powerful countries of the world played a very rarified game. Too many people try to analyze geopolitics like it is a game of chess. Move, counter-move. Push a pawn? Threaten a knight, that type of thing. It’s easy to understand and […]
Even the Fed’s Lowball Inflation Measure Goes WOOSH: Fodder for 50-Basis-Point Rate Hike in March
Even the Fed’s Lowball Inflation Measure Goes WOOSH: Fodder for 50-Basis-Point Rate Hike in March The most reckless Fed ever is still just watching – and fueling – the consequences of 23 months of policy errors as the Inflation Monster gets bigger and bigger. The Fed’s official yardstick for inflation, the “core PCE” price index, […]
Coming Up For Air
COMING UP FOR AIR “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.” – Originally attributed to Thomas Jefferson, but the actual author is now in question. “That’s another (fine) mess you’ve gotten me into.” – Laurel & Hardy catchphrase. Even though I’ve written […]
How To Create A Root Cellar On Your Property
How To Create A Root Cellar On Your Property If you have a basement or even room under your house, you can create a root cellar to store food! The trick is going to be making it work with what you have, and all of us are in different situations when it comes to our […]
“Cash Delay” Deliveries Strike Polish ATMs As People Panic Hoard Amid Ukraine Crisis
“Cash Delay” Deliveries Strike Polish ATMs As People Panic Hoard Amid Ukraine Crisis Russian forces continue to invade Ukraine for the second day, causing mass panic in neighboring countries. Poland, which has a 326-mile border with Ukraine, is bracing for a wave of refugees. The spillover of chaos is also causing Polish people to panic hoard cash […]
Could The World Really Run Out Of Oil?
Could The World Really Run Out Of Oil? Stop staring at your gains from the energy stocks for a second here. Take a seat in a nice quiet place and ask yourself this one really simple question: if oil demand continues to grow at ~1 million b/d for the next 8-10 years, where is the […]
Geopolitics and Degrowth
Geopolitics and Degrowth The Geopolitics of Degrowth holds that real power flows not from waste, centralization and coercion but from decentralization, relocalization and the free flow of value. Conventional geopolitics is all about more: more military power, more sanctions, more coercion, more influence. The Geopolitics of Degrowth is all about the the power of less: wasting less, consuming less, needing less […]
