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5 Signs a Civilization is About to Fail
5 Signs a Civilization is About to Fail
An energy crisis is gripping the world, with potentially grave consequences
An energy crisis is gripping the world, with potentially grave consequences How China and Europe are catching the brunt of it The cooling towers at the coal-fired NTPC Ltd. Dadri Power Plant in Uttar Pradesh, India. The country, which relies on coal for about 70 percent of electricity generation, has already seen signs of power […]
Karen Greenberg, Apologies All Around (Unfortunately, Not)
Karen Greenberg, Apologies All Around (Unfortunately, Not) Just in case you didn’t realize it, the lost war in Afghanistan was their fault, not ours. If we had any fault at all, as Secretary of Defense and former Iraq War commander Lloyd Austin pointed out at a Senate hearing last week, it was not fully grasping how bad […]
Anyone Who’d Support Going To War Over Taiwan Is A Crazy Idiot
Anyone Who’d Support Going To War Over Taiwan Is A Crazy Idiot Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Taiwan has been in the news a lot lately, and it’s really bringing out the crazy in people. The mass media have been falsely reporting that China has been encroaching on Taiwan’s “air defense zone”, which gets stretched into […]
Fresh Legal Fight Erupts Over Nord Stream 2 As Europe Energy Costs Soar Ahead Of Frigid Winter
Fresh Legal Fight Erupts Over Nord Stream 2 As Europe Energy Costs Soar Ahead Of Frigid Winter Just ahead of Monday’s announcement that the North Stream 2 Russia to Germany natural gas pipeline has begun filling with gas in the first line while awaiting approval from Germany regulators before it goes fully online and the taps are turned […]
The Looming Energy Crisis: People Are Going To Die This Winter
The Looming Energy Crisis: People Are Going To Die This Winter For many months myself and many of the investors I work with have become increasingly concerned at the growing instability and insecurity of energy markets. The 4 times spike in Gas prices this year has been a shocking wake-up call, highlighting energy insecurity in […]
Global gas wars: the fun has just begun!
Global gas wars: the fun has just begun! Spot price for natural gas in Europe has just breached the psychologically important level of $1000 per thousand cubic meters, or a buck a cube. This has already had some significant results all across Europe. In the UK, fertilizer plants can’t operate at such prices and have shut […]
The fight over food at the UN’s Food Summit
The fight over food at the UN’s Food Summit Food Summit image via the International Science Council The UN’s Food Systems Summit was held last week in New York. This sounds like it ought to be a good thing, given the sense of impending crisis around the food sector. But a lot of people aren’t happy about […]
“They Were Seeing Blood”: Bombshell Report Details CIA’s ‘Kidnap Or Kill’ Plans Against WikiLeaks’ Assange
“They Were Seeing Blood”: Bombshell Report Details CIA’s ‘Kidnap Or Kill’ Plans Against WikiLeaks’ Assange A bombshell Yahoo News investigation published Sunday is being called the most important deep-dive exposé in years detailing the lengths the CIA and US national security state went to nab WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange while he was holed up at the Ecuadoran […]
The Harsh Truth Behind Europe’s Energy Crisis
The Harsh Truth Behind Europe’s Energy Crisis Europe’s energy crunch is continuing, as gas storage volumes have shrunk to 10-year lows. A possible harsh winter could lead to severe energy shortages and possible shutdowns of large parts of the economy. While the main discussion is currently focused on the potential role of Russia in the […]
The Great Game moves on
The Great Game moves on Following America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, her focus has switched to the Pacific with the establishment of a joint Australian and UK naval partnership. The founder of modern geopolitical theory, Halford Mackinder, had something to say about this in his last paper, written for the Council on Foreign Relations in 1943. […]
Gazprom: We’re Not Withholding Gas To Europe
Gazprom: We’re Not Withholding Gas To Europe Russian gas giant Gazprom dismisses speculation and accusations that it is not supplying enough natural gas via pipeline to Europe, a senior official at Gazprom Export says. So far in 2021, Gazprom’s gas deliveries to Europe have reached historic highs, Sergey Komlev, Head of the Contract Structuring and […]
The Coming Climate Crisis Shakedown in Scotland
The Coming Climate Crisis Shakedown in Scotland In 2016, an inconceivable event aborted the Paris climate scheme. The Americans elected Donald Trump. Calling the Paris deal a rip-off of his country, Trump swiftly pulled the U.S. out of the accords. Upon what grounds? Put simply, America First. “Follow the money!” The old maxim is […]
The old wars are over. Welcome to Biden’s new wars
The old wars are over. Welcome to Biden’s new wars Biden begins his first address to the UN General Assemble with a lie: “…the U.S. is not at war.” — Joe Lauria “Joe Biden, in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, told world leaders Tuesday: ‘I stand here today, for the first time […]
