Prepare for Winter
Prepare for Winter Realism must precede optimism or the optimism will collapse as the tsunami of reality comes ashore. It’s time to prepare materially and psychologically for a winter unlike any other in our lifetimes. Here’s the view from 30,000 feet: 1. The stock market and the general zeitgeist of optimism have soared based on […]
‘Sustainability is wishful thinking’: get ready for the energy downshift
‘Sustainability is wishful thinking’: get ready for the energy downshift SUPPLIED Green promises: EV charging stations are appearing in suburban streets. But will the economics actually stack up? The problem with “sustainability” is its implication that economic growth can still continue on blithely in a world of zero carbon and a green energy transition. But […]
The Bogus Case Against Gold
The Bogus Case Against Gold Gold is in the early stages of its third great bull run that will take it to record heights. The first two great bull markets were 1971-1980 (gold up 2,200%) and 1999-2011 (gold up 760%). After peaking in 2011, gold fell sharply from that peak to below $1,100 per ounce […]
Oil Price Crash Costs Saudi Arabia $27.5 Billion In Revenue In 2020
Oil Price Crash Costs Saudi Arabia $27.5 Billion In Revenue In 2020 The oil price collapse is depriving Saudi Arabia of US$27.5 billion in oil revenues this year, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Friday, admitting that the current oil income is not enough to cover the Kingdom’s salaries bill. Saudi Arabia had […]
Australia’s BP Kwinana refinery closure: peak oil context
Australia’s BP Kwinana refinery closure: peak oil context Fig 1: BP is in peak oil mode BP shuts down Kwinana refinery with 600 jobs expected to go, Commonwealth says no impact on fuel security Fig 2: Kwinana refinery in Perth Refining activities will wind down over the next six months, with the new [product import] […]
Weekly Commentary: Well, That’s Some Weird… Stuff
Weekly Commentary: Well, That’s Some Weird… Stuff The “average stock” Value Line Arithmetic Index jumped 6.4% for the week. The NYSE Arca Oil Index surged 19.8%, with the Philadelphia Oil Services Index up 17.4%. The KWB Bank Index rose 11.5%, as the Nasdaq Bank Index advanced 13.6%. The Bloomberg REIT Index jumped 6.8%. The S&P600 […]
In Promoting New Nuclear Power, Biden-Harris Back Fiction Over Science
In Promoting New Nuclear Power, Biden-Harris Back Fiction Over Science Nuclear fuel assemblies being inspected before entering a pressurized water reactor in the United States – Public Domain Although possibly a sad comment on his predecessors, incoming U.S. president, Joe Biden, is offering the most progressive climate policy so far of any who have previously […]
“Watch this!”
“Watch this!” There are times in my career as a collapse observer and systematizer when my running commentary can quite reasonably be pared down to just two words: “Watch this!” The current severe stage of the financial and economic collapse sequence that was initiated in 2008, which is being artificially masked (no pun intended) by the […]
Truckers Prepare For MASSIVE Strike To Protest Biden
Truckers Prepare For MASSIVE Strike To Protest Biden It’s called “Stop the Tires,” and it’s not the first time American truckers have chosen to stand up against Joe Biden. As news spreads about the fishy manner in which the pop media prematurely called Joe Biden “President Elect”, thousands of independent truckers, their loved-ones, and their friends, […]
Humans May Have Passed the ‘Point of No Return’ in Climate Crisis, Says Study—But That Doesn’t Mean All Hope Is Lost
Humans May Have Passed the ‘Point of No Return’ in Climate Crisis, Says Study—But That Doesn’t Mean All Hope Is Lost In order to roll back catastrophic carbon emissions, humans must “start developing the technologies for large-scale removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere,” says one of the study’s lead authors. Melting permafrost in Canada’s […]
From Propaganda To Ego, All Our Major Problems Are Due To Misperception
From Propaganda To Ego, All Our Major Problems Are Due To Misperception The Biden transition team responsible for ushering in the nation’s Return to Decency™️ is as packed full of military-industrial complex lackeys and imperialist sociopaths as you’d expect, with one such manipulator being the Obama administration’s “chief propagandist” Richard Stengel. The Grayzone‘s Ben Norton has a new write-up on TIME […]
Bring Them Home for Christmas
Bring Them Home for Christmas Pablo Picasso Dans l’atelier 1954“There is nothing in Afghanistan worth the life of a single American soldier.” – Douglas Macgregor I’m having a bit of a problem finding the right format for this essay. I want to highlight a whole number of quotes, but I also would like you to read the […]
Is there a Way Out?
Is there a Way Out? QUESTION: Martin, I live in Canada. Our PM had our former finance minister take the fall for their blatant corruption, is blocking and tackling every move to bring it to light and is turning our parliamentary government against the people, working to crush the economy, impose lockdowns, raid our government-mandated employment […]
“Own Nothing and Be Happy”: The Great Reset’s Vision of the Future
“Own Nothing and Be Happy”: The Great Reset’s Vision of the Future World Economic Forum’s video tells us about the plans for humanity in the year 2030 The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting at the end of January in Davos, Switzerland, brings together international business and political leaders, economists and other high-profile individuals to […]
