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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh III; Grieving: There Are No ‘Solutions’ to Overshoot
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh III August 14, 2020 Athens, Greece (1993) Photo by author Grieving: There Are No ‘Solutions’ to Overshoot My comment posted on The Tyee in response to an article highlighting the increased occurrence of earthquakes as a result of hydraulic fracturing by the oil and gas industry in an area of British Columbia, Canada, […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh II; Feeding the Growth Monster: Fiat Currency and Technology
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh II August 8, 2020 Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author. Feeding the Growth Monster: Fiat Currency and Technology My response to an ongoing discussion regarding debt-/credit-based fiat currency and it’s impact on our pursuing the infinite growth chalice. _____ Yes, credit-/debt-based fiat is certainly one of the most significant causes […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh–Mythical Narratives Everywhere to Avoid Reality
NOTE: Beginning to post these thoughts of mine here. I began a couple of years ago posting them on Medium but have found that the subscription practices there are somewhat restrictive. I will attempt to post one per day until I am caught up…and then will be posting in both locations. _____ Today’s Contemplation: Collapse […]
Is World War III About to Start? Part I: Drift Toward War
Is World War III About to Start? Part I: Drift Toward War Nuke rattling from both sides over Ukraine. Read Part 2 of this series here. It is likely that billions of people around the world view the conflict in Ukraine as a proxy war being waged by the U.S. against Russia. US President Joe Biden […]
The Coming Ukraine Collapse and the “Rebuilding” Headfake
The Coming Ukraine Collapse and the “Rebuilding” Headfake Marguerite Yourcenar salvaged one of the finest lines in all literature from the first version of her masterpiece Memoirs of Hadrian: “I begin to discern the profile of my death.” We are approaching that point with Ukriane, not just its military campaign, but also its economy. That […]
Jeffrey Sachs: NATO Expansion & Ukraine’s Destruction
Jeffrey Sachs: NATO Expansion & Ukraine’s Destruction Ukraine is being destroyed by U.S. arrogance, proving again Henry Kissinger’s adage that to be America’s enemy is dangerous, while to be its friend is fatal. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the European Parliament on Sept. 7. (NATO, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) During the disastrous Vietnam War, […]
Russia: The United States Is At War Against Us
Russia: The United States Is At War Against Us Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in fresh statements made to reporters has said the Untied States in waging war against Russia through the Ukraine proxy war. Lavrov in the Russian-language comments described that Washington is not only transferring some $100 billion in military aid to Kiev, […]
It Bears Repeating: Best Of…Volume 1
Recently released: It Bears Repeating: Best Of…Volume 1 A compilation of writers focused on the nexus of limits to growth, energy, and ecological overshoot. With a Foreword and Afterword by Michael Dowd, authors include: Max Wilbert; Tim Watkins; Mike Stasse; Dr. Bill Rees; Dr. Tim Morgan; Rob Mielcarski; Dr. Simon Michaux; Erik Michaels; Just Collapse’s […]
Xi, Putin Hail First BRICS Expansion In Over A Decade As Gulf Oil Powers Join
Xi, Putin Hail First BRICS Expansion In Over A Decade As Gulf Oil Powers Join At a moment China and Russia have envisioned the future of BRICS as fundamentally an anti-Western bloc of developing nations, the Gulf oil powers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been formally invited to become members, which marks the bloc’s first expansion […]
Just released–It Bears Repeating: Best Of…Volume 1
Just released: It Bears Repeating: Best Of…Volume 1 A compilation of writers focused on the nexus of limits to growth, energy, and ecological overshoot. With a Foreword and Afterword by Michael Dowd, authors include: Max Wilbert; Tim Watkins; Mike Stasse; Dr. Bill Rees; Dr. Tim Morgan; Rob Mielcarski; Dr. Simon Michaux; Erik Michaels; Just Collapse’s […]
Summer of the Hawks
SUMMER OF THE HAWKS Wishful thinking is still the rule among Biden’s foreign policy team, as the slaughter in Ukraine continues National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Oval Office at the White House on June 22. / Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. It’s been weeks since we looked into the […]
The Performance is Over
The Performance is Over Even if the artists don’t realise it. Note: Last week’s comments got sidetracked into bad-tempered exchanges on climate change, which was not what the essay was about. I had several requests to delete comments that some people found offensive. I let them pass on that occasion, but as from now I […]
