Russia’s deputy chairman of the Security Council warns of major food crisis
Russia’s deputy chairman of the Security Council warns of major food crisis Read more At: https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/russias-deputy-chairman-of-the-security-council-warns-of-major-food-crisis20211101131512/?fbclid=IwAR10LvlQqZOeS3kQwU71Jte_oG08IGPZcENnMDtl24sEKU1i7-q_uk4MDck
Stealing a Nation: Secret SAS Mission to Capture Mideast Oil Artery
Stealing a Nation: Secret SAS Mission to Capture Mideast Oil Artery British files seen by Declassified-UK reveal details of torture from 1970, when special forces invaded and annexed the Persian Gulf’s most important oil route, Phil Miller reports. A dhow in the waters off Oman’s Musandam Peninsula, 2007. (hoteldephil, Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Fifty years ago, U.S. […]
Why the Troubled U.S. Empire Could Quickly Fall Apart
Why the Troubled U.S. Empire Could Quickly Fall Apart Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The U.S. wars lost in Iraq and Afghanistan showed imperial overreach beyond what even 20 years of war could manage. That the defeats were drawn out for so many years shows that domestic politics and the funding of the domestic military-industrial […]
Weekly Commentary: Losing Control
Weekly Commentary: Losing Control Tesla’s market capitalization surpassed $1.1 TN this week, the first junk-rated company with a trillion-dollar valuation. Now the richest individual in the world, Elon Musk’s wealth this week reached a staggering $300 billion. The S&P500, Dow, Nasdaq100, and Nasdaq Composite ended the week at all-time highs. Microsoft retook the top spot […]
Billionaire Tax Is A Ploy To Take Eyes Off Bigger Problems
Billionaire Tax Is A Ploy To Take Eyes Off Bigger Problems In sports, the term head-fake is used to describe the act of moving the head in such a way as to deceive an opponent as to one’s intended direction or move. The idea of a billionaire tax to tax the super-rich with the idea they […]
The Fed’s Inflation Is behind the Supply Chain Mess
The Fed’s Inflation Is behind the Supply Chain Mess It seems supporters of the Biden administration finally settled on a narrative they like for explaining away supply chain shortages. Here’s the administration’s talking point: the US economy is rolling along so well that Americans are demanding huge amounts of goods. That’s overwhelming the supply chain and […]
Billionaires Are Not Morally Qualified To Shape Human Civilization
Billionaires Are Not Morally Qualified To Shape Human Civilization Human civilization is being engineered in myriad ways by an unfathomably wealthy class who are so emotionally and psychologically stunted that they refuse to end world hunger despite having the ability to easily do so. The United Nations has estimated that world hunger could be ended for an […]
Here to stay or gone in 30 years? Inside the fight over the future of the oil industry
Here to stay or gone in 30 years? Inside the fight over the future of the oil industry The people who made their fortunes in the oil capital of Europe need a new plan. For decades, Aberdeen, a port city on Scotland’s northeast coast, has served as the commercial gateway to the North Sea, where powerful […]
World Should Brace for Global Oil Shortage and Skyrocketing Price Due to Worsening Crisis
World Should Brace for Global Oil Shortage and Skyrocketing Price Due to Worsening Crisis According to economists, chronic underinvestment in new oil supply since the 2015 crisis, as well as pressure on oil and gas corporations to reduce emissions and even “keep it in the ground,” would likely lead to global oil output peaking sooner than […]
Will China Pop the Global Everything Bubble? Yes
Will China Pop the Global Everything Bubble? Yes The line of dominoes that is already toppling extends around the entire global economy and financial system. Plan accordingly. That China faces structural problems is well-recognized. The list of articles in the August issue of Foreign Affairs dedicated to China reflects this: Xi’s Gamble: the Race to Consolidate Power and […]
Intermission: The Machine Stops?
Intermission: The Machine Stops? ‘I have seen the hills of Wessex.’ “The Machine,” they exclaimed, “feeds us and clothes us and houses us; through it we speak to one another, through it we see one another, in it we have our being. The Machine is the friend of ideas and the enemy of superstition: the […]
Limiting EPA’s Power To Regulate Climate-Changing Gases
Supreme Court To Consider Limiting EPA’s Power To Regulate Climate-Changing Gases The ruling could challenge the Biden administration’s plan to curb carbon emissions right after a key White House proposal died in Congress. The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a set of cases challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, potentially […]
Twin peaks: Whether it’s supply or demand, oil era heads for crunch time
Twin peaks: Whether it’s supply or demand, oil era heads for crunch time A worker collects a crude oil sample at an oil well operated by Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA in Morichal, Venezuela, July 28, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins Oct 25 (Reuters) – Energy transition and peak demand predictions have spooked investors in oil, […]
14 Million People Under Flood Warning As Storm Batters Mid-Atlantic
14 Million People Under Flood Warning As Storm Batters Mid-Atlantic More than 14 million people are under a coastal flood warning early Saturday after heavy rains and strong winds unleashed flooding across the Washington, D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area on Friday. “The neighbors who have been here a long time say it hasn’t been this high since Isabel, […]
