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PERU EXTENDS LOCK-DOWN ALONG WITH MEXICO: An Estimated 40% Of Global Silver Mine Supply Now Offline
PERU EXTENDS LOCK-DOWN ALONG WITH MEXICO: An Estimated 40% Of Global Silver Mine Supply Now Offline Now that the Peruvian Government announced an extension of the country’s state of emergency until April 26th, the world’s first and second-largest silver producers have taken 40% of global silver mine supply offline for a month. Actually, Peru first […]
Pandemic Response Requires Post-Growth Economic Thinking
Pandemic Response Requires Post-Growth Economic Thinking The end of growth is painful. We had a foretaste of it in 2008, but the current crisis promises to be much worse. Amid a horrific human tragedy of sickness and death, much of it taking place in hospitals staffed by brave but overworked and under-equipped doctors and nurses, […]
Global Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 100k As Thousands Die In Britain & America: Live Updates
Global Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 100k As Thousands Die In Britain & America: Live Updates The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide climbed at a rate of roughly 85k overnight yesterday, a rate that was roughly consistent with the prior two days. That would lead scientists to believe that the global outbreak might finally […]
Big Oil is using the coronavirus pandemic to push through the Keystone XL pipeline
Big Oil is using the coronavirus pandemic to push through the Keystone XL pipeline The oil industry saw its opening and moved with breathtaking speed to take advantage of this moment I’m going to tell you the single worst story I’ve heard in these past few horrid months, a story that combines naked greed, political […]
This pandemic IS ecological breakdown: different tempo, same song
This pandemic IS ecological breakdown: different tempo, same song Comparisons between the toll of COVID-19 and climate change are not helpful because they view each as two separate “things” In late 2019, a novel coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) emerged from a wet market in Wuhan in the province of Hubei in China. At the time of writing, […]
‘Piracy’ Or America First? US Customs To Seize All Exports Of Masks & Gloves
‘Piracy’ Or America First? US Customs To Seize All Exports Of Masks & Gloves A policy that US allies in Europe have recently slammed as ‘piracy’ is set to continue, as Washington unabashedly and unapologetically continues blocking shipments from US soil of personal protective equipment (PPE) — such as gowns, gloves, and N95 face masks — which hospitals and health […]
Why Central Planning by Medical Experts Will Lead to Disaster
Why Central Planning by Medical Experts Will Lead to Disaster A great deal of the coverage of the COVID-19 crisis has been apocalyptic. That is partly because “if it bleeds, it leads.” But it is also because some of the medical experts with media megaphones have put forward potentially catastrophic scenarios and drastic plans to […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – April 9 2020 – C-19 is the McGuffin
Blain’s Morning Porridge – April 9 2020 – C-19 is the McGuffin “And all I ask is a tall ship, and the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and white sail’s breaking….” Another day in lockdown begins. A moment of distraction, if I may… 4 days of Easter! Yay! I’m not going to open a […]
The World Has Changed More Than We Know
The World Has Changed More Than We Know Put another way: eras end. While the mainstream media understandably focuses on the here and now of the pandemic, some commentators are looking at the long-term consequences. Here is a small sampling: Coronavirus, synchronous failure and the global phase-shiftCoronavirus Will Require Us to Completely Reshape the EconomyFlorence Hit by […]
South Korean Scientists Warn: COVID-19 Can Spontaneously “Reactivate” In Cured Patients
South Korean Scientists Warn: COVID-19 Can Spontaneously “Reactivate” In Cured Patients Yesterday, we reported on some new research that has just been published in the the Lancet, a journal of non-peer-reviewed research that is nonetheless viewed as an extremely credible resource. The report, published by scientists at a university in Shanghai, claimed that some COVID-19 patients showed […]
France Developing Surveillance App Called “StopCovid” To Mitigate Virus Spread
France Developing Surveillance App Called “StopCovid” To Mitigate Virus Spread The world is sleepwalking into a surveillance state. The march towards an Orwellian society is closer than ever, as governments have used COVID-19 as a perfect cover to implement totalitarian measures to track citizens that amount to human rights violations to “flatten the pandemic curve.” The latest example is […]
Building Community Resilience: Before, During, and After COVID-19
Building Community Resilience: Before, During, and After COVID-19 Dear friends and fellow Transitioners, So much has changed in so short a time: tens of thousands of people are now testing positive for the coronavirus daily in the US, most of the world is self-isolating at home, large sectors of our economy have ground to a […]
What Comes Next?
What Comes Next? Predicting life after coronavirus If covid-19 is indeed hastening the permanent disruption of the status quo, what will life in a post-coronavirus world look like? In a prognosticating session building on last week’s Economic Shockwaves roundtable, John Rubino, Charles Hugh Smith and I — also joined by Chris Martenson this time — discuss the […]
We Won’t Be Getting “Back to Normal.” Not Soon. Not Ever.
We Won’t Be Getting “Back to Normal.” Not Soon. Not Ever. When will we get back to normal? If you yearn for the days before COVID-19 swept across the planet, I regret to inform you that those days are gone. This isn’t a warm and fuzzy blog post telling you that everything is going to […]
Coronavirus Cases Pass 1.4 Million As Scientists Discover Reinfection Risk For Patients Much Higher Than Expected: Live Updates
Coronavirus Cases Pass 1.4 Million As Scientists Discover Reinfection Risk For Patients Much Higher Than Expected: Live Updates Summary: Confirmed cases across Africa pass 10k China reopens Wuhan Global case total passes 1.4 million Scientists find evidence some recovered don’t have antibodies WHO again insists lockdowns must stay in effect Iraq extends border closure with […]
