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War in a Changing Climate
War in a Changing Climate
The Decline of the West: Spengler in Today’s World
The Decline of the West: Spengler in Today’s World Timelessness of thought and vision in world politics is a rare mark of grandeur. Oswald Spengler’s The Decline of the West, written a century ago, deserves this distinction as it reads like it was done yesterday. The German historian-philosopher wrote in 1922 that the centuries old West-European-American […]
Oil Prices Are Primed To Spike This Winter
Oil Prices Are Primed To Spike This Winter The EU embargo on seaborne Russian crude oil exports and the G7 price cap on Russian oil are both less than a month away. While a global economic slowdown and weak oil demand in China have capped prices, looming supply disruptions will likely send oil prices higher. […]
Massive Anti-Russian ‘Bot Army’ Exposed By Australian Researchers
MASSIVE ANTI-RUSSIAN ‘BOT ARMY’ EXPOSED BY AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS An Australian university has unearthed millions of Tweets by fake ‘bot’ accounts pushing disinformation on the Ukraine war. ‘Bot armies’ are on the march in the Ukraine-Russia war, with automated ‘bot’ accounts sending up to 80% of tweets in the study sample size of over 5-million tweets, […]
There Is No Way Out for Europe
There Is No Way Out for Europe “Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder” The late historian Toynbee argued, that when civilizations meet a challenge they cannot overcome or resolve, they rather commit suicide than to let themselves murdered by outside forces. I sincerely doubt however that anyone from the political class in the West […]
The End Of Growth Is Here
The End Of Growth Is Here Thank God and not a moment too soon Photo by author — old truck — Slab City February 2022 It was bad before. Before we decided to exponentially increase the thermodynamic whoopee Kurt Vonnegut Jr. warned us about, but now, not only have we decided to add a whole […]
East vs West, ‘Stuff’ vs ‘Finance’
East vs West, ‘Stuff’ vs ‘Finance’ As a military conflict rages in Ukraine between Russia and what the Russian government calls “the West” (apparently meaning NATO allies and particularly the United States), there is a parallel economic battle between “stuff” and “finance.” Both categories are affected by economic sanction regimes imposed by each side. But […]
Pentagon Confirms US Boots Are On The Ground In Ukraine
Pentagon Confirms US Boots Are On The Ground In Ukraine Two bombshell reports by the Associated Press and Washington Post Monday and Tuesday have confirmed that the United States has boots on the ground in the Ukraine conflict. Crucially, these troops are performing tasks separate from mere embassy security. The American troops are said to be performing “inspections” of US weapon […]
Saudis Arabia, US On High Alert After Warning Of Imminent Iranian Attack; US Prepared To Respond
Saudis Arabia, US On High Alert After Warning Of Imminent Iranian Attack; US Prepared To Respond With oil prices set to soar after the midterms as the SPR drain ends and markets no longer have desperate democrats to help fulfill their immediate energy needs, moments ago the WSJ unveiled another potential oil price powder keg, so to […]
War; Economic War; War; Military; War; Economic War – Do You Spot A Pattern?
War; Economic War; War; Military; War; Economic War – Do You Spot A Pattern? The times are not just a-changin’ – they have changed. Let’s take six of the top seven headlines in the Financial Times this morning in Asia as Exhibit A: ‘Biden claims oil companies are ‘war profiteering’ as he floats windfall tax’ ‘The […]
Advocating World War Three Is Just Mainstream Punditry Now
Advocating World War Three Is Just Mainstream Punditry Now Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Mainstream punditry in the latter half of 2022 is rife with op-eds arguing that the US needs to vastly increase military spending because a world war is about to erupt, and they always frame it as though this would […]
Much Of Ukrainian Capital Without Power & Water After New Russian Airstrikes
Much Of Ukrainian Capital Without Power & Water After New Russian Airstrikes Much of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev is without electricity or water, after the latest round of major Russian airstrikes on Monday. The Russian military announced ‘successful’ strikes on multiple of the country’s vital infrastructure facilities. “The Russian Armed Forces continued to launch strikes […]
The Military-Industrial Media Complex Strikes Again
The Military-Industrial Media Complex Strikes Again Tens of thousands protested against the skyrocketing cost of living and against Macron in France October 16, led by left-wing politician Jean Luc Melenchon, but there were few front page or top-of-the hour headlines in the U.S. Huge protests occurred in Rome the same day to demand an end […]
