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Rather Than Focus on What You Don’t Control (“The News”), Focus on What You Do Control: What You Grow, Eat and Own
Rather Than Focus on What You Don’t Control (“The News”), Focus on What You Do Control: What You Grow, Eat and Own Now that globalization and financialization are finally unraveling, people are slowly awakening to the national security foundations of localizing production. What exactly is “the news” other than an inducement to passivity, despair and […]
“Situation Is Really Precarious”: World’s Largest Rice Exporter Faces Output Decline Amid Heatwave
“Situation Is Really Precarious”: World’s Largest Rice Exporter Faces Output Decline Amid Heatwave The effects of elevated food prices have rippled worldwide and forced governments to impose price controls and trade restrictions. Price increases are due to supply constraints driven by several variables, including high energy prices, geopolitics, and weather. Ukraine restarted maritime transport of […]
Green technocracy’s dirty secret
Green technocracy’s dirty secret Germany is in trouble. The IMF has revised its projected growth figures down to just 1.2 percent for 2022. Even this may prove to be optimistic now that gas imports from Russia have dropped to just 20 percent of what was anticipated prior to the EU sanctions. With autumn approaching, German industry is anticipating […]
“Widespread Civil Unrest” Looming in UK Over Cost of Living Crisis
“Widespread Civil Unrest” Looming in UK Over Cost of Living Crisis Movement to stop paying bills snowballs. SOPA Images via Getty Images The chance of “widespread civil unrest” occurring in the UK as a result of people being unable to afford to pay their bills due to the cost of living crisis is “inevitable,” according […]
UN Secretary-General Blames Global Economic Crisis On Ukraine War
UN Secretary-General Blames Global Economic Crisis On Ukraine War NATO governments and globalist institutions have put on a good show acting as if they hate Putin and the Russian advance in Ukraine, but the reality is that the war acts as an all encompassing distraction from the greater agenda at hand. It offers globalist organizations, […]
The Lowdown on the “Climate Act”
THE LOWDOWN ON THE “CLIMATE ACT” This past week the media announced an historic climate legislation deal was struck in the Senate. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, ( a misleading title because the Act will do nothing to tame inflation) will allocate $370 billion in spending toward a “Green Energy” future. Where is the money […]
Sorry! Diesel prices are likely to climb again soon
Sorry! Diesel prices are likely to climb again soon Behind the scenes of why fuel is so expensive in 2022 Truck stops made record diesel profits this quarter. (Roger V. Solis/AP) For today’s MODES, I called up FreightWaves Editor-at-Large John Kingston to find out what the heck is happening with diesel prices recently. I learned a lot, […]
OPEC agrees to produce slightly more oil as recession fears loom
OPEC agrees to produce slightly more oil as recession fears loom London (CNN Business)The world’s oil-exporting countries have agreed to a tiny increase in output next month amid fears that a global recession will crimp demand. The Organization of the Oil Exporting Countries and its allies — which includes Russia — also known as OPEC+, said on […]
Bill Gates’ dumbest idea ever
Bill Gates’ dumbest idea ever A legendary nuclear whistleblower’s open letter to Bill Gates over his new love of nuclear power. Dear Mr. Gates, I am writing this letter to you because I believe you have crossed the line by leveraging your fortune to maneuver state governments and, indeed, the U.S. Government to siphon precious […]
Is a partial collapse possible? Part 1
Is a partial collapse possible? Part 1 Image credit: Himesh Kumar Behera via Unsplash Can the East survive the fall (or rather the collective suicide) of the West? Can the center of global power be transferred from the falling Western Empire to its Eastern counterparts? And ultimately: will this shift contribute to or, instead, reverse the […]
Europe has lost the energy war
Europe has lost the energy war The livelihoods of millions have already been sacrificed After a decade of financial austerity, is Europe now on the brink of a new age of energy austerity? The city of Hanover has recently introduced strict energy-saving rules that include cutting off the hot water in public buildings, swimming pools, sports halls […]
‘We live in an Orwellian hell-scape’: Facebook fact-checks top economist for stating America IS in a recession after Biden refused to admit it
‘We live in an Orwellian hell-scape’: Facebook fact-checks top economist for stating America IS in a recession after Biden refused to admit it Phillip Magness, the research and education director at the American Institute for Economic Research, believes the U.S. is in a recession Economists usually say it is a recession when two successive quarters […]
Europe hypnotized into war economy
Europe hypnotized into war economy Thirty two years ago Germans enthusiastically took down the Berlin wall. Now, captured by cunning Anglo-Saxon global elites, Germans are helping other European “useful idiots” to erect a much higher and thicker wall to cut themselves off from Russia leading them into a war economy. But as Hungarian Prime Minister […]
Fed Chairman Paul Volcker’s Thoughts On Goverance
Fed Chairman Paul Volcker’s Thoughts On Goverance For many people, former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker’s relevance today is rooted in how he broke the back of surging inflation in 1980. He is widely credited with employing the harsh policies that ended the high levels of inflation seen in the United States during the 1970s and […]
