Embrittlement in Nuclear Power Plants
Embrittlement in Nuclear Power Plants Of all the daunting tasks Joe Biden faces, especially vital is the inspection of dangerously embrittled atomic reactors still operating in the United States. A meltdown at any one of them would threaten the health and safety of millions of people while causing major impact to an already struggling economy. […]
The Resilience Doctrine: an Introduction to Disaster Resilience
The Resilience Doctrine: an Introduction to Disaster Resilience Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Part 1 of a 4-part Primer on Disaster Collectivism in the Climate and Pandemic Crises Climate change and pandemics are sad and frightening topics, but they can also be viewed as an unprecedented opportunity for 21st-century societies. These crises can become an […]
Agricultural Elephant in the Room
Agricultural Elephant in the Room Abandoned dairy barn, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. I find it strange Americans and, especially, scientists and politicians talk to little, if at all, about agriculture. And yet agriculture gives us food and, surreptitiously, threatens the future. Vast number of Americans live in large cities like New York, […]
Three-Card Monte, Wall Street-Style
Three-Card Monte, Wall Street-Style Their operation was in jeopardy, their ‘business model’ at risk. Their reaction was typical for the brazen barons of finance, writes Michael Brenner. Surer than Three Card Monte, from the Tricks with Cards series (N138) Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco, 1887. (Metropolitan Museum of Art/Jefferson R. […]
The Conspiracy Against the People Will Fail
The Conspiracy Against the People Will Fail I have been warning that despite all their influence via the World Economic Forum, Gates Foundation, and Soros’ Open-Society calling for a one-world government, they will fail. We have even Governor Cuomo suddenly realizing that he may have destroyed New York City permanently. California is bleeding businesses so rapidly; the tax the rich […]
The Stock Market, Fatally Wounded by the Truth, Will Stumble and Crash
The Stock Market, Fatally Wounded by the Truth, Will Stumble and Crash It didn’t have to be this way, but this is the reality we must now face: truth is fatal to fraud, and our entire financial-political system is a fraud. The stock market has just been punctured by the thin blades of truth. It […]
Market Weekly: Game Stop Revolution or the Matrix Reloaded?
Market Weekly: Game Stop Revolution or the Matrix Reloaded? I have to say as revolutions go, this one is hilarious. Game Stop opened this morning above $330 per share, a sentence I never thought in a million years I’d ever write. This open nearly ensures that all the attempts yesterday to push the price back […]
Permaculture design for Stephan Schrotter at Cairo Montenotte, Italy
The House Permaculture design for Stephan Schrotter at Cairo Montenotte, Italy This article is in three parts. The entire series will take us through a Permaculture Design Project at a property in Italy. Firstly we will look at how the project was observed, then the analysis that was undertaken before starting the design. Holistic Goal […]
GameStop: Why the elites hate peer-to-peer power
GameStop: Why the elites hate peer-to-peer power During Great Britain’s golden age of gambling, a Scot named William Cunninghame Graham—losing at cards, out of money, but not yet ready to quit for the evening—secured a loan of 1,000 pounds from a Colonel Archibald Campbell. Graham pledged as security the use of his estate to Campbell […]
New research on forests and oceans suggest projections of future warming may be too conservative, with serious consequences
New research on forests and oceans suggest projections of future warming may be too conservative, with serious consequences How much will the world warm with ongoing fossil-fuel carbon emissions? It’s a big question that preoccupies policymakers and activists, with important discussions about when the world will hit two degrees, are we really on a path […]
UK | Urban Food Revolution Gaining Ground In Bristol
UK | Urban Food Revolution Gaining Ground In Bristol All hands to shovelling compost. Image © Sims Hill CSA Small-scale urban farming is a key piece of the food resilience puzzle. In the face of crisis, local growing has proved a reliable ally. For the city of Bristol, a turning point in the local food […]
Months Before Albertans Were Told, Australian Miners Knew Plans to Axe Coal Policy
Months Before Albertans Were Told, Australian Miners Knew Plans to Axe Coal Policy Investor presentations signalled the Kenney government aimed to open protected lands to open-pit mining. Documents show Australian firms seeking open-pit coal mining leases in Alberta got signals protections to sensitive lands would be lifted, clearing the way. The public only found out […]
Update on Fed’s QE: The Crybabies on Wall Street, which Clamored for More, Are Disappointed
Update on Fed’s QE: The Crybabies on Wall Street, which Clamored for More, Are Disappointed And five SPVs expired, including the one that bought corporate bonds and bond ETFs. The Fed has now put on ice five of its SPVs (Special Purpose Vehicles) which had been designed back in March to bail out the bond […]
This is a Financial Revolution
This is a Financial Revolution At precisely 2:32pm Eastern time on May 6, 2010, the US stock market started to drop. The decline was sudden, and vicious. Within minutes, more than $1 trillion of market capitalization had vanished, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing nearly 10% of its value. This event became known as […]
