Update on the Fed’s QE
Update on the Fed’s QE No Wonder the Cry Babies on Wall Street are clamoring for more. Five SPVs, already on ice, will expire on December 31. The Fed released details today of its corporate-bond purchases in November ($215 minuscule millions) and corporate-bond ETF purchases in November (zilch). Last time it bought any ETFs had […]
You Have No Obligation To Conform To A Wildly Sick Society
You Have No Obligation To Conform To A Wildly Sick Society You have no obligation to conform to a society which brands you a Russian propagandist for criticizing the most powerful and destructive institutions on earth. You have no obligation to conform to a society which brands you a Chinese propagandist for advocating peace and […]
Is the Press Cheering the End of Freedom?
Is the Press Cheering the End of Freedom? COMMENT FROM GERMANY: Back then during the days of the Berlin Wall, it was still possible to circumvent a wall with the audacity of some really bold guys…Today in a state of full surveillance it may be quite impossible…Certain virtues are totally gone. Today I am reading in […]
Bravery Is…
Bravery Is… Having trouble interpreting what’s really going on in the world? JP Sears and his fellow ‘thinkers’ explain what the media would like you to think… Of course you can always trust the media to lead the way to the promised land of truth.
Kinder Morgan Pipeline Spills up to 42,000 Gallons of Gasoline Into California Drainage Canal
Kinder Morgan Pipeline Spills up to 42,000 Gallons of Gasoline Into California Drainage Canal A pipeline leaked tens of thousands of gallons of gasoline into a waterway in Walnut Creek, California. California Office of Spill Prevention and Response / Facebook A Kinder Morgan pipeline leaked tens of thousands of gallons of gasoline into a waterway in Walnut Creek, California, prompting […]
The Dark Side of Solar Power
THE DARK SIDE OF SOLAR POWER Everybody loves solar power, right? It’s nice, clean, renewable energy that’s available pretty much everywhere the sun shines. If only the panels weren’t so expensive. Even better, solar is now the cheapest form of electricity for companies to build, according to the International Energy Agency. But solar isn’t all apples […]
Cycles, Systems and Seats in the Coliseum
Cycles, Systems and Seats in the Coliseum The idea that debt, leverage, speculation, greed, exploitation and parasitic elites can expand exponentially forever is magical thinking. Contrary to first impressions, I am not a doom-and-gloomer; I’m a systems-cycles-er, meaning I’m interested in where systems and cycles are heading. Cycles work because we’re still running Wetware 1.0 which entered beta testing […]
How the Supreme Court Doomed the US & the West
How the Supreme Court Doomed the US & the West I have been warning that those in Washington DO NOT like outsiders. Only 106 republicans out of 196 joined Texas demonstrating that behind the curtain, nearly 50% of republican politicians prefer Trump to leave because he is not one of them. The Supreme Court avoided ruling claiming Texas had […]
Handout Economics: Bizarre New Game Played by Governors and Mayors Nationwide
Handout Economics: Bizarre New Game Played by Governors and Mayors Nationwide If you willingly chose to quit your paying job, spent all of your savings, then demanded that someone else foot the bill for your lifestyle… that wouldn’t make sense. Well, not to most people. But it sure seems like some states in the U.S. are doing […]
If You Thought 2020 Was Bad, Watch What Happens In 2021
If You Thought 2020 Was Bad, Watch What Happens In 2021 In terms of the economy and the American social situation, 2020 is definitely one of the ugliest years on record, there’s really no way around it. That said, I get the impression that many in the public are operating under the assumption that we […]
The YouTube Ban Is Un-American, Wrong, and Will Backfire
The YouTube Ban Is Un-American, Wrong, and Will Backfire Silicon Valley couldn’t have designed a better way to further radicalize Trump voters Start with the headline: Supporting the 2020 U.S. Election. YouTube in its company blog can’t even say, “Banning Election Conspiracy Theories.” They have to employ the Orwellian language of politicians — Healthy Forests, Clear Skies, […]
UNEP: Net-zero pledges provide an ‘opening’ to close growing emissions ‘gap’
UNEP: Net-zero pledges provide an ‘opening’ to close growing emissions ‘gap’ The recent net-zero pledges by major emitting countries and the potential for a “green recovery” from the Covid-19 pandemic “presents the opening” for the world to close the growing “gap” between existing commitments and what is needed to limit global warming to meet the […]
Who eats local food?
Who eats local food? The question of who eats local food is a tricky one to pin down. There is first the question of what constitutes ‘local food’ – if you’re a farmer raising grass-fed beef or lamb in Wales that you then sell across country, most people would say that’s local enough; but what […]
