The longest — and probably largest — proof of our current climate catastrophe ever caught on camera.
The longest — and probably largest — proof of our current climate catastrophe ever caught on camera. It was the largest such event ever filmed. Exposure Labs Photographer James Balog and his crew were hanging out near a glacier when their camera captured something extraordinary. They were in Greenland, gathering footage from the time-lapse they’d […]
Fact Checkers Caught Looking the Other Way (Again!) As Pfizer Nabbed Spreading Vaccine Misinformation and “Bringing Discredit” on the Entire Industry
Fact Checkers Caught Looking the Other Way (Again!) As Pfizer Nabbed Spreading Vaccine Misinformation and “Bringing Discredit” on the Entire Industry Pfizer’s COVID vaccine corruption adds further evidence that fact checkers are the pharmaceutical industry’s partners in crime. A UK pharmaceutical body has accused Pfizer of “bringing discredit” on their entire industry after Pfizer’s senior executives promoted […]
Nuclear Weapons Are the Biggest Single Danger for Humanity and All Forms of Life
Nuclear Weapons Are the Biggest Single Danger for Humanity and All Forms of Life Hiroshima, August 6, 1945 : Father Kleinsorge, a German missionary, heard pathetic voices of people asking for water. When he managed to reach the place from where the voice had come, he saw nearly 20 persons, all of them in similar […]
Predicting the Future: How Good is the “Earth4All” Model?
Predicting the Future: How Good is the “Earth4All” Model? Jorgen Randers, one of the original authors of the first report to the Club of Rome, “The Limits to Growth,” of 1972. Now, he is one of the main authors of the new report to the Club, “Earth for All” This post is not meant to […]
State Violence Is The Norm
State Violence Is The Norm Rewilding is the solution I’ve been thinking a lot recently about centralisation as a violent force. In short: state violence. It’s hard not to think about at the moment, given Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people, backed by America’s imperialist agenda who, along with their British allies, have been dropping […]
Yanis Varoufakis Banned from Germany as Berlin Police Raid & Shut Down Palestinian Conference
Yanis Varoufakis Banned from Germany as Berlin Police Raid & Shut Down Palestinian Conference As Germany intensifies its crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices, we speak with Greek economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis, one of the planned speakers at a conference in Berlin last weekend that was forcibly shut down by police. The Palestine Congress was scheduled […]
A world war in waiting: After Iran’s attack, it’s almost here
A world war in waiting: After Iran’s attack, it’s almost here Nobody wants World War III — but it’s foolish to pretend we’re not at the edge of that abyss A barrage of rockets was launched by Lebanese group Hezbollah from southern Lebanon towards Galilee in northern Israel, on April 12, 2024 in Lebanon. (Photo […]
Financial Forecast 2025-2032: Please Don’t Be Naive
Financial Forecast 2025-2032: Please Don’t Be Naive Rather than attempt to evade Caesar’s reach, a better strategy might be to ‘go gray’: blend in, appear average. Let’s start by stipulating that I don’t “like” this forecast. I’m not “talking my book” (for example, promoting nuclear power because I own shares in a uranium mine) or issuing […]
Thermal Storage Hopium
Thermal Storage Hopium Photo by Photoholgic on Unsplash After realizing that there is not enough mining capacity to “produce” the necessary amount of metals to build enough batteries (not only lithium, but copper, nickel and much more), a mad scramble to find an alternative electricity storage solution began. Last time I revisited the problem, the hype was all about using aluminum waste […]
On the Move
‘On the Move’ examines how climate change will alter where people live Abrahm Lustgarten zooms in on how global warming will affect the United States As the risk of wildfires grows in the American West (the 2020 Blue Ridge Fire in California, shown), some residents may look for other places to live. DAVID MCNEW/GETTY IMAGES […]
“Live Fast, Die Young”: USDA Shifts Plant Hardiness Zones
“Live Fast, Die Young”: USDA Shifts Plant Hardiness Zones Draft script: Here’s the final sentence of the first paragraph in an article released by yahoo.com on 14 February 2024: “The USDA just updated its plant hardiness zone map for the first time since 2012, and there have been some major changes.” In other words, the United […]
What About Prices?
What About Prices? Chapter 8 from my forthcoming book Rebuilding Economics from the Top Down Inflation, having been quiescent for decades, became a serious issue once more with the bout of inflation that occurred after the peak of the government reaction to the Covid crisis. Though it did not reach the 12-15% levels of the […]
