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US Confirms 2nd Carrier Group En Route To “Deter Hostile Actions Against Israel”
US Confirms 2nd Carrier Group En Route To “Deter Hostile Actions Against Israel” Update (2100ET): The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, according to two US officials, as Israel prepares to expand its Gaza operations. The first carrier strike group, led by the USS Gerald R. Ford, arrived off […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXII–‘Net Zero’ Policies: Propaganda to Support Continued Economic Growth
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXII June 22, 2021 Knossos, Greece (1993) Photo by author ‘Net Zero’ Policies: Propaganda to Support Continued Economic Growth A personal view of the ‘Net-Zero’ policy being implemented by governments around the world, particularly those of the ‘West’. As happens so often (always?), the ruling elite are manipulating what is possibly one […]
The World’s Top Industrial Countries Are in Treacherous Waters
The World’s Top Industrial Countries Are in Treacherous Waters Sometimes, after reading a slew of news articles from around the world, I feel confused and weary. But occasionally patterns seem to emerge. I say “seem” because the human brain is all too eager to see patterns where there are none (hence humanity’s fascination with false […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XX–Climate Emergency Action Plan: Electrification and Magical Thinking
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XX June 9, 2021 Pompeii, Italy (1993) Photo by author Climate Emergency Action Plan: Electrification and Magical Thinking Today’s contemplation is once again generated by way of an article from the online media site The Tyee. It’s topic is the city of Vancouver’s (British Columbia, Canada) attempts to require ‘electrification’ of all […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVIII–‘Renewables’, Electrify Everything, and Marketing Propaganda
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVIII June 5, 2021 Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author ‘Renewables’, Electrify Everything, and Marketing Propaganda As per usual, my comment on an article in The Tyee that gives an interesting perspective on the idea of ‘Carbon Footprint’ and individual verses collective actions in addressing the behavioural/consumption changes necessary for effective action […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVII–‘Renewables’ and the Overton Window That Ignores Biophysical Realities
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVII June 1, 2021 Teotihuacan, Mexico (1986) Photo by author ‘Renewables’ and the Overton Window That Ignores Biophysical Realities ‘Renewables’. They will save us! This is one of the most common beliefs being bandied about by the ruling class and especially those that stand to profit from a shift to them in […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIII–Electrify Everything: Neither ‘Green’ Nor ‘Sustainable’
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIII Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Electrify Everything: Neither ‘Green’ Nor ‘Sustainable’ Electrifying everything has become a rallying cry for many people concerned with the ecological/environmental impact of humanity. But do such attempts to mitigate/solve such problems/dilemmas actually do what they claim to? I would argue no. They are simply […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XII–Growth Greenwashing: A Comforting Narrative
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XII Teotihuacan, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Growth Greenwashing: A Comforting Narrative My comment on an article regarding the cessation of a provincial programme for municipalities in British Columbia meant to support and fund climate change initiatives. Not sure what the situation is like in BC surrounding provincial mandates and municipalities, but […]
The New Global Oil Market Order Hangs In The Balance After Hamas Attacks Israel
The New Global Oil Market Order Hangs In The Balance After Hamas Attacks Israel Palestinian political and military organisation Hamas launched coordinated multi-pronged attacks by land, sea, and air against Israel last weekend. The potential for the Hamas attacks on Israel to suck in other Arab states into the conflict, and for it to then […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XI–Fiat Currency, Infinite Growth, Finite Resources: A Recipe For Collapse
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XI Knossos, Crete (1993) Photo by author Fiat Currency, Infinite Growth, Finite Resources: A Recipe For Collapse Yet another in an increasing collection of comments I have posted to the online media site The Tyee. This time it is a commentary on an article that reviews a book arguing in favour of […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLIV–Overreach And Diminishing Returns: Contributing To Complex Society Collapse For 10,000 Years
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLIV Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Overreach And Diminishing Returns: Contributing To Complex Society Collapse For 10,000 Years Today’s very brief Contemplation is my comment on The Honest Sorcerer’s latest piece. U.S. Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler stated it so clearly in his treatise on war some 100 years ago. War […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh X–Who Do Representative Governments Actually Represent?
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh X April 29, 2021 Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author Who Do Representative Governments Actually Represent? Circumstances have kept me sidetracked from writing for a few months. As life has settled a bit, although the spring weather keeps me busy working in the food garden, I felt it time to post […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh IX–Hear, Speak, See No Evil: Sociopolitical Collapse
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh IX November 7, 2020 Chichen Itza, Mexico (1986) photo by author Hear, Speak, See No Evil: Sociopolitical Collapse Once more a comment posted in the Tyee in response to ongoing ‘debate’ with others in regard to the 2020 U.S. presidential election and some of the accusations of irregularities surrounding the process. While not […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLIII–Carbon Tunnel Vision and Resource/Energy & Ecological Blindness, Part 3
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLIII October 6, 2023 Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Carbon Tunnel Vision and Resource/Energy & Ecological Blindness, Part 3 As ecologist Howard T. Odum argues in the quote above, human ‘progress’ has been the result of our species’ leveraging of available ‘power’[1]. Humans are not unique in this but for a […]
