The Great Leap Backward
The Great Leap Backward If you happen to read the edgier end of the internet these days, you’ve probably seen talk about something called the Great Reset. I’ve been asked several times already what I think of it, and since the shape of the industrial world’s future is a longtime interest of mine, I was […]
The Cunning Plot to Kill Kennedy
The Cunning Plot to Kill Kennedy If anyone murders a federal official, you can be assured of one thing: the feds will do everything they can to ensure that everyone involved in the crime is brought to justice. It’s like when someone kills a cop. The entire police force mobilizes to capture, arrest, and prosecute […]
COVID-19 Is a Symptom of a Planet That’s Been Pushed Past a Tipping Point
COVID-19 Is a Symptom of a Planet That’s Been Pushed Past a Tipping Point The pandemic could signal that we’ve passed a series of civilizational tipping points that will usher in a new era of ecological emergencies. The COVID-19 pandemic signals that civilization has breached a major ‘tipping point’ that could pave the way for […]
Spiked. BC Profs Protest after Publisher Drops Book on Canadian Mining
Spiked. BC Profs Protest after Publisher Drops Book on Canadian Mining UNBC researchers’ book alleging wrongdoing in Guatemala was accepted, reviewed, then cancelled. Catherine Nolin and Grahame Russell say their book on the activities of Canadian mining companies in Guatemala was based on years of research in the country. Photo supplied. Two British Columbia university professors […]
Turning the clock forward
Turning the clock forward The next stop in my tour through my book A Small Farm Future is Part I, which begins with a long chapter outlining ten crises that one way or another seem set in the coming years to thoroughly upend the world we’ve known. As I see it, these crises are such that for good […]
The View from Britain
The View from Britain Hi Martin We certainly live in frustrating blood boiling times. Sadly it appears daily, that not enough was done before the election to prevent what happened – it would have been well worthwhile to set up passive surveillance cameras and teams at obvious electoral fraud hot spots ahead of time – […]
America’s Economy Cannot Survive Another Lockdown, And The Cult Of The Reset Knows It
America’s Economy Cannot Survive Another Lockdown, And The Cult Of The Reset Knows It © 2020 World Economic Forum The U.S. economy has been on the verge of collapse for at least a decade, ever since the crash of 2008 and the subsequent explosion in fiat stimulus from the Federal Reserve. While the mainstream media […]
The Shocking Growth In America’s National Deficit
The Shocking Growth In America’s National Deficit Government Spending Gone Wild! To say the national deficit is out of control may be an understatement. Our surging deficit is a sign of “spending has gone wild.” The important point is that covid-19 has again given us a reason to divert our eyes away from the over the […]
The Big Banks’ Green Bafflegab
The Big Banks’ Green Bafflegab Look behind their pro-climate ads and do what they do. Follow the money. Greenwash gulch? Toronto’s financial district. Photo: Wikimedia. There must be a basement somewhere on Bay Street full of English majors. Every day they churn out great reams of verbiage about “environmental, social and governance strategy” and fill annual […]
Cinder Block Rocket Stove
Cinder Block Rocket Stove Partly the reason has been health issues (not Covid-19), and partly the reason has been a husband who has been working a lot more than usual (totally Covid-19). Even though it hasn’t been a productive fall for writing, it’s been a very productive fall for resilience activities. I’m excited to tell […]
“Monetizing Privacy”: The Fed Fans Out, Touting the “Digital Dollar.” This Time, How Consumers Would Benefit
“Monetizing Privacy”: The Fed Fans Out, Touting the “Digital Dollar.” This Time, How Consumers Would Benefit But the problemita of pulling the rug out from under the entire banking system still needs to be addressed. “As cash use continues to decline, the question naturally arises as to whether central banks should provide a digital alternative […]
Horgan Seems Fine with Muzzling the True Site C Watchdog
Horgan Seems Fine with Muzzling the True Site C Watchdog The independent BC Utilities Commission demanded answers on risks and was brushed off. The independent BC Utilities Commission posed tough but ignored questions to BC Hydro about constructing Site C on unstable ground. Photo: BC Hydro. BC Hydro has, in a Trumpian gesture, brushed off the […]
Renewables must help pay for transmission and their energy storage backup of fossil power plants
Renewables must help pay for transmission and their energy storage backup of fossil power plants Preface. Wind and solar advocates don’t include transmission and backup costs in their net energy calculations. But without fossil backup, the electric grid will come down due to lack of storage. There is almost nowhere left to put pumped hydro […]
The “Great Reset” And The Risk Of Greater Interventionism
The “Great Reset” And The Risk Of Greater Interventionism Global debt is expected to soar to a record $277 trillion by the end of the year, according to the Institute of International Finance. Developed markets’ total debt -government, corporate and households- jumped to 432% of GDP in the third quarter. Emerging market debt-to-GDP hit nearly […]
Welcome To The Interregnum
Welcome To The Interregnum Your unease has a name: Zozobra We’re between things. It’s an uncomfortable place. We are transitioning from an old story into a new one and that has folks feeling anxious. By “we” I mean everyone on the planet. If you find yourself with a deep sense of unease, yet unable to […]
