Biden’s Policy to Double Gasoline Prices
Biden’s Policy to Double Gasoline Prices Biden’s objectives, or should I say the people really running his administration which does not include even Harris, is to DOUBLE gasoline prices which is Part-B of this plan to “Build Back Better” which first requires you to destroy the economy as it currently exists. Part A was using the lockdowns […]
Germany’s Political Crisis and the Future of Nord Stream 2
GERMANY’S POLITICAL CRISIS AND THE FUTURE OF NORD STREAM 2 In a Blinken of an Eye The Biden Administration entered the White House accompanied by hopes that it would return to some kind of normal in its relations with the European Union. While Biden, unlike Obama, would not score a Nobel Peace Prize solely for […]
The real value of water
The real value of water Valuing Water is the theme of the 29th World Water Day this year. Valuing Water and Enabling Change also happened to be the theme of the Annual Report of the World Economic Forum’s 2030 Water Resources Group (now hosted by the World Bank) last year. Clearly, no one who ever had to go without a glass of water for […]
Where’s Dirk Gently When You Need Him?
Where’s Dirk Gently When You Need Him? Did you hear? A supersized cargo ship got wedged in the Suez Canal on March 23rd? If you didn’t, you must do pretty well at avoiding the news, social media, and late night TV. But the short of it is: the Ever Given somehow lost control (sandstorm strength winds have […]
Geoengineering the climate: The zombie idea that just won’t die
Geoengineering the climate: The zombie idea that just won’t die Just when you think the last boomlet for geoengineering the climate has expended itself and we might be rid of any serious consideration of it as a strategy for addressing climate change, it rises zombie-like from the dead and starts roaming the Earth again. The […]
Empress Placidia: The Mother of the Middle Ages
Empress Placidia: The Mother of the Middle Ages I have been experimenting with videos: in the clip above, I tell the story of Galla Placida instead of writing it. I am not sure of which is the best way to tell stories, but maybe both have their logic and their advantages. Up to you to judge. […]
Book review of “Bright Green Lies”
Book review of “Bright Green Lies” This is a book review of “Bright Green Lies. How the Environmental Movement Lost its Way and What We can Do About It” by Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, and Max Wilbert. This is a timely book. The Biden administration is alarmed by how China controls up to 90% of […]
THIS is What a Margin Call Looks Like: the Consequences of Stock Market Mania
THIS is What a Margin Call Looks Like: the Consequences of Stock Market Mania Financial World A couple of weeks ago, we reported on various examples of stock market mania that have exploded in 2021. Now it’s time to examine a major event that could be a clear harbinger for “the big one” to come. It starts […]
Exclusive: Secret cables reveal Britain interfered with elections in Chile
Exclusive: Secret cables reveal Britain interfered with elections in Chile Demonstrators march through Santiago de Chile in 2018 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the coup that overthrew Chile’s left-wing President Salvador Allende. (Photo: EPA / Alberto Valdés) Less Declassified Foreign Office files show that Britain conducted a covert propaganda offensive to stop Chilean leader Salvador […]
5 Reasons Why Home Freeze Dried Food is Better Than Store-Bought
5 Reasons Why Home Freeze Dried Food is Better Than Store-Bought Freeze-dried food is an excellent addition to an emergency food supply. If properly stored, it can last up to 25 years, maintains 99% of its original nutritional quality, and is very easy to prepare in an emergency with just hot water in under 10 […]
To End Budget Deficits, Restrict Political Pickpockets
TO END BUDGET DEFICITS, RESTRICT POLITICAL PICKPOCKETS Government spending is out of control. In March 2021, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that federal government spending in fiscal year 2021 (which began on October 1, 2020) will come to at least $5.8 trillion, with tax revenues of $3.5 trillion, and a resulting budget deficit of over $2.3 […]
When Central Bankers Take Credit for “Solving” Crises They Created
When Central Bankers Take Credit for “Solving” Crises They Created File under: “It is impossible to get a man to understand something when his livelihood depends on his not understanding it.” This morning I came across a Bob Murphy tweet replying to Mark Carney, the Canadian central banker and Davos darling: It turned out the […]
Suez Highlights the Fragility of Globalization
Suez Highlights the Fragility of Globalization Photo: Suez Canal Authority. The global supply chain is an elaborately choreographed ballet, nowhere more than in the flow of containers through which 60% of the world’s seaborne trade travels. Calibrating a stream of over 800 million boxes each year entails sophisticated tracking that makes sure containers reach their destination. The system reaches […]
China Isn’t the Problem, Neoliberalism Is
China Isn’t the Problem, Neoliberalism Is Photograph Source: Azureon2 – CC BY 2.0 The ascendance of Wall Street, and of a managerial bureaucracy (PMC) more generally, largely explains the political realignments that have been playing out in the U.S. Beginning in the 1970s, the American political class made decisions at the behest of business interests and […]
