Ukraine Pushes US Senators to Vote for Sanctions on German-Russian Pipeline
Ukraine Pushes US Senators to Vote for Sanctions on German-Russian Pipeline Officials say Nord Stream 2 is ‘an existential threat’ to Ukraine Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is to get a vote this week on a bill to sanction Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The pipeline is a key way for Russia to ship energy to […]
“Minsky Moments Almost Certainly Await”: Nomura Fears ‘Collateral’ Damage From The QE-to-QT Transition
“Minsky Moments Almost Certainly Await”: Nomura Fears ‘Collateral’ Damage From The QE-to-QT Transition “Minsky Moments” almost certainly await, warns Nomura’s Charlie McElligott in his latest note as he reflects on a massive week ahead for markets. With Powell testimony and bunches of Fed speakers, along with US economic releases headlined by the market’s most important datapoint in the […]
Dutch Plan To Boost Gas Output At Earthquake-Prone Site Sparks Anger
Dutch Plan To Boost Gas Output At Earthquake-Prone Site Sparks Anger Residents in the Groningen area in the Netherlands have voiced their anger at a plan by the Dutch government to potentially double this year production from the Groningen gas field, which has been hit by earthquakes in the past. The Dutch government said on Thursday that […]
Weather 2022: New anomalies are growing in the Atmosphere and the Oceans, that will change the weather patterns as we head deeper into the year
Weather 2022: New anomalies are growing in the Atmosphere and the Oceans, that will change the weather patterns as we head deeper into the year Major changes are coming in 2022 across the atmosphere and the oceans, creating different weather patterns into the second half of the year, and especially in the cold season later […]
2021 Year in Review: Crisis of Authority and the Age of Narratives
2021 Year in Review: Crisis of Authority and the Age of Narratives Every year, friend-of-the-site David Collum writes a detailed “Year in Review” synopsis full of keen perspective and plenty of wit. This year is no exception. Poignant and delightfully acerbic when necessary, considering the troubling times. As with past years, he selected Peak Prosperity […]
Rushing headlong into electrification, the West is replacing one energy master with another
Rushing headlong into electrification, the West is replacing one energy master with another The United States and its allies, such as Canada, the UK, the European Union, Australia, Japan and South Korea, face a dilemma when it comes to the global electrification of the transportation system and the switch from fossil fuels to cleaner forms […]
The Hunter Connection? Kazakh Security Chief Arrested For Treason Was “Close Friends” With Bidens
The Hunter Connection? Kazakh Security Chief Arrested For Treason Was “Close Friends” With Bidens Among the boldest and eye-brow raising political moves by embattled Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev within the past days that grabbed international headlines was his ordering the arrest of Kazakhstan’s powerful former intelligence chief, Karim Massimov, on the charge of high treason. Indicating that amid widespread fuel price unrest which quickly […]
Vaclav Smil: We Must Leave Growth Behind
Vaclav Smil: We Must Leave Growth Behind Illustration: Stevie Remsberg/Intelligencer. Photo: Andreas Laszlo Konrath On September 23, the United Nations opened its Climate Action Summit here in New York, three days after the Global Climate Strike, led by Greta Thunberg, swept through thousands of cities worldwide. To mark the occasion, Intelligencer will be publishing “State of the […]
Why The Kazakhstan Crisis Is A Much Bigger Deal Than Western Media Is Letting On
Why The Kazakhstan Crisis Is A Much Bigger Deal Than Western Media Is Letting On Geopolitical commentator Clint Ehrlich has reported while on the ground in Moscow that “the situation in Kazakhstan is a much bigger deal than Western media is letting on.” He further argues that the mayhem unleashed this past week and ongoing violent destabilization significantly increases the […]
Undermining US Global Hegemony Is Good, Actually: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Undermining US Global Hegemony Is Good, Actually: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ China and Russia are right to try to undermine US unipolar hegemony. The planet is not America’s property and efforts to stop it being treated as such are good. It’s not okay […]
Is Trudeau in Bed with Big Pharma?
Is Trudeau in Bed with Big Pharma? FOLLOW THE MONEY.
Despotism Is the New Normal: Looming Threats to Freedom in 2022
Despotism Is the New Normal: Looming Threats to Freedom in 2022 “Looking at the present, I see a more probable future: a new despotism creeping slowly across America. Faceless oligarchs sit at command posts of a corporate-government complex that has been slowly evolving over many decades. In efforts to enlarge their own powers and privileges, they […]
Edible Oil Prices Hit Record High As Food Inflation Worries Persist
Edible Oil Prices Hit Record High As Food Inflation Worries Persist Edible oil prices continue to surge to record highs amid adverse weather conditions for the world’s oilseed growers, adding to food-inflation worries that will persist through 2022. Rapeseed and canola prices hit another record high on Friday after last year’s harvests in North America […]
