All of a sudden: Climate change tipping points appear with a vengeance
All of a sudden: Climate change tipping points appear with a vengeance Across the world climate change seems to have arrived earlier than expected. There are world-class athletes with bodies trained for endurance and strength breaking down from the extreme heat visited on the Tokyo Olympics by mother nature. There are the continuing wildfires in the American […]
People Left Cities for Rural Zoom Towns. How Does That Impact Wildfire Risk?
People Left Cities for Rural Zoom Towns. How Does That Impact Wildfire Risk? As the pandemic waxes and wanes and we look back on the last 18 months, it’s clear that different types of workers experienced differential economic impacts. On one hand, there are workers who need to be in a location to do their […]
Dixie Wildfire Becomes Largest Active Fire In US, Charing Nearly Half Million Acres
Dixie Wildfire Becomes Largest Active Fire In US, Charing Nearly Half Million Acres The Dixie Wildfire continues to ravage hundreds of thousands of acres, fueled by strong winds and bone-dry vegetation in Northern California. The wildfire has become the third-largest in California history, and the largest in the US as more than a hundred large […]
When Confidence in Our Institutions Collapses
When Confidence in Our Institutions Collapses Sometimes, stories that appear unrelated share common foundations and have cumulative effects, far more serious than any one does individually. Highlighting these common features tells us something profound about our society and its troubles. That’s the case with four stories over the past few days. The first two involve […]
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture: “Authorities Are Viewing Their Own People as an Enemy”
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture: “Authorities Are Viewing Their Own People as an Enemy” Professor to lead investigation of police brutality against anti-lockdown protesters. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer responded to police brutality dished out to anti-lockdown protesters in Germany last weekend by warning, “Authorities are increasingly viewing […]
“Agricultural Catastrophe” – France Forecasts 30% Plunge In Wine Production Amid Cold Spells, Heavy Rains
“Agricultural Catastrophe” – France Forecasts 30% Plunge In Wine Production Amid Cold Spells, Heavy Rains Oenophiles will be heartbroken to learn that the world’s second-largest wine-producing country is expected to slash production by as much as 30% this year due to spring frosts and summer downpours caused disease in grapes. “Wine production in 2021 is […]
Delta variant throws the world back into Orwellian autocracy
Delta variant throws the world back into Orwellian autocracy Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Doctors could lose medical licenses if they spread vaccine “misinformation” […]
Government “Stimulus” Keeps Having a Diminishing Effect
Government “Stimulus” Keeps Having a Diminishing Effect The United States economy recovered at a 6.5 percent annualized rate in the second quarter of 2021, and gross domestic product (GDP) is now above the prepandemic level. This should be viewed as good news until we put it in the context of the largest fiscal and monetary stimulus in […]
Renewables Need Big Oil To Thrive
Renewables Need Big Oil To Thrive We need the expertise, experience, and financial backing of Big Oil to drive wind energy forward in the U.S., following years of strong investments from oil firms across the country kickstarting the industry. As activists and international agencies continue to criticize Big Oil for its role in climate change and […]
The Prepper’s Ultimate Plant: The Sunflower
The Prepper’s Ultimate Plant: The Sunflower This Flower Could Save Your Life! The prepper’s ultimate plant is a flower. If you could grow just one plant, as a prepper, it should without a doubt be sunflowers. They grow fast and strong. They have been used to pull radiological waste out of the environment after Chernobyl […]
Debt Ceiling Drama, Yellen Begins “Extraordinary Measures” to Stave Off Default
Debt Ceiling Drama, Yellen Begins “Extraordinary Measures” to Stave Off Default Photo by Senator Mark Warner CC BY 2.0 Two years ago, the debt ceiling was lifted. Lifting the debt ceiling to make room for more government spending has been pretty routine since since 1917. Until now… While it’s quite likely that U.S. debt had already reached […]
After Russiagate, Why WOULDN’T People Be Skeptical About Covid?
After Russiagate, Why WOULDN’T People Be Skeptical About Covid? Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ You hardly ever hear about Russiagate anymore. The last time it made a blip in the radar was when disgraced Collusion author Luke Harding published a very thinly-sourced story in The Guardian claiming to have proof that Donald Trump was a Kremlin asset, but […]
Between Two Fires
August 9, 2021
Between Two Fires Caspar David Friedrich Woman before the Rising Sun 1818No, I wasn’t going to talk about the wildfires raging outside my hometown of Athens, Greece, though they are bad enough. The skies are anything but blue, and the sun is deep red. Thousands have been evacuated, and hundreds lost their homes. Just so far. As […]
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