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From the Notebook – Will Germany Finally Start the EU Breakup?
From the Notebook – Will Germany Finally Start the EU Breakup? We’ve all been so focused on the internal divisions in the U.S. and with Davos trying to run the table here that we’ve neglected somewhat old theses about the potential breakup of the European Union. The EU is a mess. Everyone knows this. Its banks are […]
Aramco On Lockdown After Houthi Missile Attack
Aramco On Lockdown After Houthi Missile Attack Saudi Arabia had intercepted a ballistic missile attack on facilities owned by state oil major Aramco in the Eastern Region, Reuters has reported, citing the Saudi defense ministry. Earlier reports said Aramco facilities in Dharan had gone on lockdown because of a suspected attack. The Iran-affiliated Yemeni Houthi group claimed […]
Can democracy survive peak oil?
Can democracy survive peak oil? Preface. This is a book review of Howard Bucknell’s Energy and the National Defense. University of Kentucky Press. Bucknell was amazingly prescient as you’ll see in this review, especially about why democracy might not survive the energy crisis. Though it turns out the U.S. may not need an energy crisis to […]
How long will the US dollar’s dominance last?
How long will the US dollar’s dominance last? 301 AD was a big year for the Roman Empire. That was the year that, amid spiraling inflation, Emperor Diocletian issued his Edict on Maximum Prices, essentially fixing prices of just about everything across the Roman Empire. The price of wheat, a day labor’s wages, a quart […]
OMG Afghanistan Is Invading Afghanistan: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
OMG Afghanistan Is Invading Afghanistan: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ During the Trump years the media wept for the poor kids in cages and ignored all the bombs he was dropping. Now the media ignore the kids in cages and weep for the poor […]
Potemkin Nation
Potemkin Nation There are advantages to learning about history. One of the big ones is that patterns repeat themselves across historical time, and if you know what happened just before other societies went through the important inflection points in their life cycle, you can tolerably often figure out when one of those is about to […]
The Fed Says, “Let Me Squeeze Your Dollars…5 Basis Points at a Time”
The Fed Says, “Let Me Squeeze Your Dollars…5 Basis Points at a Time” I still maintain no one will mark June 16th, 2021 as the day the world changed. Watching the dollar surge into this weekend thanks to a breakdown in the euro only validates that conclusion in my mind. Remember, on June 16th Presidents […]
Iran’s Huge Caspian Gas Find Is A Geopolitical Gamechanger
Iran’s Huge Caspian Gas Find Is A Geopolitical Gamechanger Iran last week revealed a huge new gas deposit located in the Iranian sector of the Caspian Sea. The ‘Chalous’ structure is to be developed with the intention of forming a new gas hub in northern Iran to complement the southern gas hub centred on the […]
Investors in US Weapon-Makers Only Clear Winners of Afghan War
Investors in US Weapon-Makers Only Clear Winners of Afghan War Share prices of military manufacturers vastly outperformed the stock market overall during the Afghanistan War. May 25, 2002: Two U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters land at Bagram Airfield in Parwan, Afghanistan, after completing a mission. (U.S. National Archives) As the hawks who have been lying about the U.S. […]
You Need To Understand That The US Is The Most Tyrannical Regime On Earth
You Need To Understand That The US Is The Most Tyrannical Regime On Earth Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ You get a lot of moral clarity when you realize that the US government is the most despotic and corrupt regime on the entire planet by a very wide margin. This clarity informs […]
Black Sea Turning Into “Zone of Dangerous Military Confrontation”: Russian Foreign Ministry
BLACK SEA TURNING INTO “ZONE OF DANGEROUS MILITARY CONFRONTATION”: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY The Black Sea is turning into a zone of dangerous military confrontation, Yuri Pilipson, director of the Fourth European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. This was the diplomat’s answer to a question of how NATO […]
Report: Russia Moving to Curtail Israeli Airstrikes on Syria
Report: Russia Moving to Curtail Israeli Airstrikes on Syria Russia looking to upgrade Syria’s air defense systems With several Israeli airstrikes against Syria seemingly every week, it has come to feel like the new normal. There are rarely serious engagements in Syria’s own war anymore, but airstrikes are consistent, and generally without Israel wanting to […]
Iran Opens Export Terminal To Bypass World’s Biggest Oil Chokepoint
Iran Opens Export Terminal To Bypass World’s Biggest Oil Chokepoint Iran says it has opened its first oil export terminal in the Gulf of Oman to allow Tehran to avoid using the strategic Strait of Hormuz shipping route that has long been a focus of regional tensions. “Today, the first shipment of 100 tons of […]
