Where Did The Science Go?
Where Did The Science Go? Claude Monet Misty Morning on the Seine 1897When the covid virustime started, we were told by everyone with a microphone to “follow the science”. But 16 months or so in, we’re not following the science, yet no-one calls us on it. What happened? Where did we lose the thread, where did we […]
Turning Out the Light When the Bankers Leave Town
Turning Out the Light When the Bankers Leave Town I have written before how a friend of mine who is very senior at one of the investment banks in New York called to see if I would go to dinner. I thought he was here in Florida to catch a breath of fresh air and […]
Dollar’s Demise And Doom Predictions Are “Over Hyped”
Dollar’s Demise And Doom Predictions Are “Over Hyped” A lot of people including Americans have come to the conclusion the dollar is about to collapse. Predictions of the dollar’s demise are likely premature and overblown. Recently a combination of factors has caused people to become concerned about storing their wealth in the dollar. This has […]
Why This Necessary Prepper Skill Is a Must To Learn
Why This Necessary Prepper Skill Is a Must To Learn Knowing how to sew is a vital skill for preppers. We all know the basics: tear your pants after the SHTF and you can repair them if there’s no way to buy more. But, it goes beyond that! Knowing how to sew is a vital […]
Want to Encourage Electric Trucks? Let Them Haul More, Says BC
Want to Encourage Electric Trucks? Let Them Haul More, Says BC New weight allowance incentive will help spur ‘green’ fleets, but diesel is likely to stick around for a decade. BC is adding new incentives to shift to a new generation of rigs like this Daimler electric fuel cell prototype. Photo: Daimler. Electric heavy-duty vehicles are […]
Five of Our Favourite Plants to Attract Beneficial Insects
Five of Our Favourite Plants to Attract Beneficial Insects All organisms are beneficial, and at the very least all organisms past, present and future decompose to nourish something else, but when we speak of beneficial organisms we are speaking of those organisms that provide clear and present benefits, specifically to our polyculture activity. Beneficial organisms, […]
The Basics Of Dry Canning
The Basics Of Dry Canning Dry canning is the storage of dry foods such as rice or beans in canning jars. This process is popular for long-term food storage in your prepper pantry. If you are new to canning, dry canning is a great way to start not only a prepper pantry but a canning habit. A […]
The End of Western Globalia?
The End of Western Globalia? Since the 1970’s, international trade has continuously been promoted by leaders of developed countries and economic agents. Several theoretical frameworks have been put forward to explain the benefits of a free trade environment, from Adam Smith’s concept of absolute advantages to more recent firm-based theories. However, the reality is much […]
‘A Garage Sale for the Last Old Growth’
‘A Garage Sale for the Last Old Growth’ As BC’s watchdog slams the province’s own logging agency for wrecking ecosystems, advocates demand action. A special report. Brenda Sayers on the stump of one of BC’s once-largest Douglas firs, felled as part of a BC Timber Sales-auctioned clearcut. The tree was three metres in diameter and […]
Spiking Inflation, Rate Hikes, and Debt Defaults in Latin America
Spiking Inflation, Rate Hikes, and Debt Defaults in Latin America Mexico and Brazil, having seen the economic destruction that high inflation can wreak, don’t want to see it again. Latin America will soon be hit by a wave of business bankruptcies and defaults, according to Jesús Urdangaray López, the CEO of CESCE, Spain’s biggest provider of export […]
Karl Marx’s Road to Hell is Paved with Fake Money
Karl Marx’s Road to Hell is Paved with Fake Money “The way to Hell is paved with good intentions,” remarked Karl Marx in Das Kapital. The devious fellow was bemoaning evil capitalists for having the gall to use their own money for the express purpose of making more money. Marx, a rambling busybody, was habitually wrong. The […]
“This Is All About Stagflation… The U.S. Is Walking Into The Early Stages Of The Fourth Turning”
“This Is All About Stagflation… The U.S. Is Walking Into The Early Stages Of The Fourth Turning” We believe the U.S. is walking into the early stages of the Fourth Turning, a subject entertained below. In this note we break down the ideal 2020-2030 portfolio and why it is so different from the 2010-2020 vintage. […]
ExxonMobil wants you to feel responsible for climate change so it doesn’t have to
ExxonMobil wants you to feel responsible for climate change so it doesn’t have to A new study reveals how the oil company used “cutting-edge propaganda” to focus on fossil fuel consumption. Andrii Zorii To understand why ExxonMobil has been so effective at shaping the US narrative about climate change in the US for some 40 […]
New bull chart for $30,000 copper price: porphyries nearly mined out
New bull chart for $30,000 copper price: porphyries nearly mined out Bad moon rising over porphyry deposits. Radomiro Tomic, Chile. Image from Codelco. Predictions for copper at double or triple today’s level is a fairly recent phenomenon – and bears still outnumber bulls as to what’s next for the bellwether metal. Wall Street natural resource […]
Two hundred miles from Hartlepool
Two hundred miles from Hartlepool I’m going to interrupt my present blog cycle about my book A Small Farm Future for one post to comment on recent political events in Britain. Where this post ends up in fact is pretty relevant to some of the larger arguments of my book. The events I’m referring to are last […]
