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Paying The Price For Our Faustian Bargain With China
Paying The Price For Our Faustian Bargain With China “Faustian bargain, a pact whereby a person trades something of supreme moral or spiritual importance, such as personal values or the soul, for some worldly or material benefit, such as knowledge, power, or riches.” Roughly forty years ago we and the Chinese entered into a true […]
The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End?
The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End? I don’t consider myself superstitious or paranoid, but this past week I’ve had a rare combination of bad omens, sleepless nights (I *never* have sleep issues), and intuitions that have left me convinced we may truly be at the cusp of “The Fourth Turning” – […]
The Grim Reality About Pandemics They Don’t Want You To Know: “No Country is Prepared”
The Grim Reality About Pandemics They Don’t Want You To Know: “No Country is Prepared” It’s been 100 years since the Spanish Flu caused a global pandemic. While you can rest easy right now knowing a global pandemic is not currently a threat, it is just a matter of time before the next one arrives. […]
Schiff: “US Is In A Gigantic Bubble… & Covid-19 Is Going To Be The Pin”
Schiff: “US Is In A Gigantic Bubble… & Covid-19 Is Going To Be The Pin” While yesterday’s collapse in stocks has been broadly blamed on worsening Covid-19 headlines; Peter Schiff, the CEO and chief global strategist at Euro Pacific Capital, dug a little deeper into the real problems behind the market’s fragility on RT’s Boom Bust […]
“1984” Has Come to China
“1984” Has Come to China You’re probably familiar with George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four; (it’s often published as 1984). It was written in 1948; the title comes from reversing the last two digits in 1948. The novel describes a world of three global empires, Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia, in a constant state of war. Orwell […]
San Francisco Declares State Of Emergency Over Covid-19; Germany Confirms 18th Case: Live Updates
San Francisco Declares State Of Emergency Over Covid-19; Germany Confirms 18th Case: Live Updates Summary: WHO warns the rest of the world “is not ready for the virus to spread…” CDC warns Americans “should prepare for possible community spread” of virus. San Francisco Mayor declares state of emergency Later, CDC says pandemic not a question of it, but […]
THIS IS NOT A DRILL: Why Covid-19 Could Be the Deadly Pandemic That Changes Everything
THIS IS NOT A DRILL: Why Covid-19 Could Be the Deadly Pandemic That Changes Everything It has been almost three months since the Wuhan coronavirus, now known officially as COVID-19, emerged in Wuhan, China. This novel coronavirus is the latest candidate to be the next major pandemic. We’ve learned a lot about COVID-19 in that […]
NYT: “The Coronavirus Is Not A Civilization-Ender But…”
NYT: “The Coronavirus Is Not A Civilization-Ender But…” Just because the New York Times Opinion Section is a perennial object of ridicule by both the right and the left doesn’t mean its writers don’t occasionally make a good point. And today, we’d like to draw our readers’ attention to a column published Tuesday by Ross Douthat, a member of […]
Americans “Should Prepare For Community Spread,” CDC Warns As HHS’ Azar Admits US Lacks Mask Stockpile: Live Updates
Americans “Should Prepare For Community Spread,” CDC Warns As HHS’ Azar Admits US Lacks Mask Stockpile: Live Updates Summary: WHO warns the rest of the world “is not ready for the virus to spread…” CDC warns Americans “should prepare for possible community spread” of virus. HHS Sec. Azar warns US lacks stockpiles of masks Italy Hotel in Lockdown […]
To Many’s Dismay, Permian Produces More Gas and Condensate Instead of Oil and Profits
To Many’s Dismay, Permian Produces More Gas and Condensate Instead of Oil and Profits As oil prices plummet, oil bankruptcies mount, and investors shun the shale industry, America’s top oil field — the Permian shale that straddles Texas and New Mexico — faces many new challenges that make profits appear more elusive than ever for the financially failing shale oil industry. […]
Fertilizing a Garden Entirely for Free
Fertilizing a Garden Entirely for Free At our house we have a goal to produce 80% of our fruit, veggies, meat and dairy within five years of moving onto our land. We only eat a little meat and dairy, but we eat tons of veggies, so we grow a great big garden. Gardening is full […]
Rabobank: Several Things Cratered Yesterday
Rabobank: Several Things Cratered Yesterday Several things cratered yesterday. The first was global stocks. The S&P dropped 3.4%, which once upon a time was just a normal bad day in the office, but in our new normal of central banks tacitly and US presidents openly targeting stock prices as the key driver of the global ‘economy’, […]
Europe Questions Italy’s Ability To Contain Outbreak After Hospital Helped Spread Virus: Live Updates
Europe Questions Italy’s Ability To Contain Outbreak After Hospital Helped Spread Virus: Live Updates Update (0825ET): Bahrain has banned its citizens from traveling to Iran as it reports 9 new cases of coronavirus, raising the total cases in the tiny island kingdom to 17 in the span of 24 hours. * * * Update (0800ET): With his […]
Diana Beresford-Kroeger on the Flawed Thinking that Got Us to Climate Crisis
Diana Beresford-Kroeger on the Flawed Thinking that Got Us to Climate Crisis Our conversation with the renowned botanist turns to fire, money and manual work. In early November, a California radio station in Marin County invited the world-renowned botanist to participate in a podcast about her new book To Speak for the Trees. The book, already in its […]
If CDC Believes US Coronavirus Outbreak Is “Imminent”, Why Have Only 400 People Been Tested?
If CDC Believes US Coronavirus Outbreak Is “Imminent”, Why Have Only 400 People Been Tested? As the CDC and the State Department continue their blame game over who was responsible for breaking quarantine during the evacuation of more than 300 American passengers aboard the ‘Diamond Princess’, a Rutgers professor is raising interesting questions about the […]
