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Blain’s Morning Porridge – April 23 2002 – Avoiding Pension Crash
Blain’s Morning Porridge – April 23 2002 – Avoiding Pension Crash “In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act” Trump is not a complete fool. He knows enough to move oil prices up. Threaten to start a war in the Middle East. Works every time..! Sure enough stocks followed […]
Fraying Food System May Be Our Next Crisis
Fraying Food System May Be Our Next Crisis If you’re already overwhelmed with news of the pandemic and are coping with depression, read no further. However, if you’re a crisis responder by inclination or profession, you might start thinking food. Experts who study what makes societies sustainable (or unsustainable) have been warning for decades that […]
Earth Day 50, Under Lockdown
Earth Day 50, Under Lockdown April 22 was supposed to be a day of global celebration and protest. Fifty years ago, up to ten percent of Americans participated in thousands of local events on the first Earth Day. That mass action, which would have been widely commemorated this year, propelled early environmental policy victories that, […]
Authorities on High Alert About Northern China Virus Outbreak, as Beijing District Is Marked ‘High-Risk’
Authorities on High Alert About Northern China Virus Outbreak, as Beijing District Is Marked ‘High-Risk’ Chaoyang district in Beijing city was officially designated a “high-risk region” for the virus outbreak on April 19. This is the first such region outside of Hubei province, China’s CCP virus epicenter, that authorities publicly acknowledged. Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread in northeastern China’s Harbincity. Pang […]
Don’t Believe The Hype!
Don’t Believe The Hype! New optimistic coronavirus research seriously flawed. Have you read the recent studies claiming that many more people have or have recovered from the coronavirus than are counted officially? So have we. It’s great news, right? It suggests that the fatality rate is MUCH lower than currently calculated and we’re making progress […]
Fall of Akkadian empire due to climate change
Fall of Akkadian empire due to climate change Preface. Any civilization or region that survives energy decline must then survive climate change for many centuries. As far as the wind systems that collapsed the Akkadian empire, it’s already happening: “Greenhouse gases are increasingly disrupting the jet stream, a powerful river of winds that steers weather […]
The coronavirus scoreboard: The illusion of understanding and control
The coronavirus scoreboard: The illusion of understanding and control Cable television news now frames its news anchors with constantly updated coronavirus statistics, usually the number of cases and the number of dead. There is a sense of urgency in those numbers as viewers watch them tick higher. But, by definition those numbers cannot move otherwise […]
Meat Prices Suddenly Surge As Food Processing Plants Shut Down, With 1000s Of Tons Left To Spoil
Meat Prices Suddenly Surge As Food Processing Plants Shut Down, With 1000s Of Tons Left To Spoil As we pointed out earlier in the week, China-owned Smithfield Food’s decision to temporarily shutter the largest pork processing plant in the US, based in Sioux Falls, SD, due to a coronavirus outbreak is a much more significant even than […]
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Pandemic and Growth
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Pandemic and Growth There is no way authorities can limit the coronavirus and restore global growth and debt expansion to December 2019 levels. Authorities around the world are between a rock and a hard place: they need policies that both limit the spread of the coronavirus and allow their […]
When Economic Depression Follows Pandemic, No Time to Waste
When Economic Depression Follows Pandemic, No Time to Waste What the Bank of Canada and IMF see coming will demand bold stimulus. It is still sinking in that the end of the pandemic will not be the end of our troubles. On the contrary — we will likely see the end of the pandemic overlap […]
It’s Not Just Toilet Paper, Seed Shortages Spread As Locked-Down Americans Turn To Growing Their Own Food
It’s Not Just Toilet Paper, Seed Shortages Spread As Locked-Down Americans Turn To Growing Their Own Food Americans are panic hoarding plant seeds as the coronavirus outbreak confines millions to their homes, crashes the economy, and disrupts food supply chains. This has resulted in people questioning their food security. A Google search of “buy seeds” has […]
‘We Need Water Before Oil’: Kenyan Communities Scarred by Chinese Oil Exploration
‘We Need Water Before Oil’: Kenyan Communities Scarred by Chinese Oil Exploration The repeated honking of a speeding Tawakul shuttle announces the return of travellers to Merti from distant towns at dusk. It also marks the close of another searing and slow day in this part of northern Kenya. Idling villagers’ faces are suddenly lit by […]
After Deadly Easter, More Tornados Expected For South This Weekend
After Deadly Easter, More Tornados Expected For South This Weekend Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are expected for much of the South on Sunday, including areas that are still recovering from last weekend’s deadly storm. “The highest probability will be on Sunday across many of the same areas that saw severe weather on Easter,” CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen […]
