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There is No Getting off Europe’s Elevator to Hell
There is No Getting off Europe’s Elevator to Hell The European Union has been, in the immortal words of Private Hudson from Aliens, “… on an express elevator to hell, going down,” for a long time now. From the day of then ECB President Mario Draghi’s “We will do whatever it takes” speech in July 2012 to […]
Neil Howe On The Fourth Turning: How Bad Will It Get, How Long Will It Last & What Comes Next? (PT1)
Neil Howe On The Fourth Turning: How Bad Will It Get, How Long Will It Last & What Comes Next? (PT1) They say history rhymes. That civilizations and societies tend to follow cycles — boom/bust, feast/famine, war/peace, cultural experimentation/a retrenchment to the “old ways”. Neil Howe, the author of the best-selling book The Fourth Turning, […]
The US Has Placed Itself In Charge Over Which Nations Get To Eat
The US Has Placed Itself In Charge Over Which Nations Get To Eat Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The globally influential propaganda multiplier news agencies AP and AFP have both informed their readers that a “fugitive” has been extradited to the United States. “Fugitive businessman close to Venezuela’s Maduro extradited to US,” reads the AFP headline. “Alex Saab, […]
After Rapid-Fire “Blame Putin” Headlines, European Commission Quietly Affirms Russia Is Not Manipulating Gas Market
After Rapid-Fire “Blame Putin” Headlines, European Commission Quietly Affirms Russia Is Not Manipulating Gas Market Putin earlier this week batted down as “utter nonsense” widespread accusations among Western media pundits that Europe’s energy crisis is due to the Kremlin using gas as a ‘geopolitical weapon’. It now appears the European Commission is quietly agreeing with him. This as […]
Schumer Confirms the Deep State Runs the Country
Schumer Confirms the Deep State Runs the Country Here is that interview people have asked about where Chuck Schumer confirms that no politician will EVER investigate the intelligence branch — NSA, CIA, FBI, or DOJ. They hold unbridled power to do as they like when they like. The probability that the CIA took out John F. Kennedy […]
We are headed for a geopolitical Minsky Moment
We are headed for a geopolitical Minsky Moment King John is forced to sign the Magna Carta, Runnymede UK, 1215AD Could This be a Blow-Off Top for Tyranny? King John’s military failure at the Battle of Bouvines triggered the barons’ revolt, but the roots of their discontent lay much deeper. King John ruled England in […]
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 […]
