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Be wary of overreaching government responses to coronavirus: Ron Paul
Be wary of overreaching government responses to coronavirus: Ron Paul Governments love crises because when the people are fearful they are more willing to give up freedoms for promises that the government will take care of them. After 9/11, for example, Americans accepted the near-total destruction of their civil liberties in the PATRIOT Act’s hollow […]
NYC Closes Schools Until April 20, US Death Toll Hits 64: Live Updates
NYC Closes Schools Until April 20, US Death Toll Hits 64: Live Updates Summary: NYC Mayor says NYC schools will close for at least a month starting Monday NY Gov Cuomo says NYC schools will close “early this week” Mayor reports 4 new deaths Italy reports largest one-day jump in cases; France also reports highest […]
COVID-19, Brought to You by Globalization
COVID-19, Brought to You by Globalization How the virus exploits traits of our economy extolled as modern triumphs. This pandemic, with an estimated mortality rate of one to two per cent, is not a world ender or something to be truly feared. But it deserves our respect and it certainly has our attention. Pandemics, which […]
Pandemic Pandemania Causes Global Economic Crisis
Pandemic Pandemania Causes Global Economic Crisis Back in the oil-embargo recession of the early 70s when Boeing was Seattle’s economy and was laying off thousands of Seattleites, a billboard on the edge of town by Sea-Tac Airport read, “Will the last person leaving Seattle turn the lights out?” (Boeing had gone from 100,800 employees in 1967 to […]
Shocking New Study Concludes That The “Best Case Scenario” For A COVID-19 Pandemic Is 15 Million Dead
Shocking New Study Concludes That The “Best Case Scenario” For A COVID-19 Pandemic Is 15 Million Dead Over the past week, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 outside of China more than tripled once again. Hopefully it is extremely unlikely that such a rapid growth rate will continue, because if it does, there will […]
Coronavirus, synchronous failure and the global phase-shift
Coronavirus, synchronous failure and the global phase-shift A systems analysis uncovering the light at the end of the tunnel Five years ago, the Commission on a Global Health Risk Framework for the Future, an independent panel of distinguished scientists, issued a landmark report warning that over the next century, the world would inevitably experience at least one […]
How The Pandemic Crisis Will Probably Develop Over The Next Year
How The Pandemic Crisis Will Probably Develop Over The Next Year For a while now I have been hearing it said that Americans are “in a panic” over the coronavirus outbreak in the US, and that mainstream media outlets are “feeding the fear”. This is an odd conclusion to come to and something worth noting, […]
Could China’s Overlapping Crises Spiral Out of Control?
Could China’s Overlapping Crises Spiral Out of Control? Threats, propaganda and the Orwellian dissolution of social trust cannot stop a withdrawal from the status quo. Longtime readers know I’ve had an active interest in what differentiates empires/nations that survive crises and those that collapse. There is a lively academic literature on this topic, and it boils […]
German Minister Declares Outbreak “A Global Pandemic”; Israel Quarantines Soccer Fans: Virus Updates
German Minister Declares Outbreak “A Global Pandemic”; Israel Quarantines Soccer Fans: Virus Updates Summary: Italian gov’t denies ANSA report about closing schools & universities German finance minister declares outbreak “a global pandemic” EU reports first coronavirus case at its headquarters in Brussels China reported 119 additional coronavirus cases and 38 additional deaths South Korea reported […]
DoD: Covid-19 “Likely” to be a Pandemic Within the Next 30 Days
DoD: Covid-19 “Likely” to be a Pandemic Within the Next 30 Days In a document obtained by Newsweek, Department of Defense officials said that Covid-19 will “likely” become a global pandemic within the next 30 days. This comes after a 23-year-old soldier stationed in South Korea became the first member of the US armed forces to […]
‘This will not be contained’: Experts cast doubt that spread of COVID-19 can be stopped
‘This will not be contained’: Experts cast doubt that spread of COVID-19 can be stopped Outside China, there have been more than 7,000 cases in 60 countries and more than 100 deaths While the World Health Organization has said the risk of COVID-19 spreading worldwide is now “very high”, officials have suggested that efforts to combat the coronavirus are still […]
Spirits in the Material World
SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD There is no political solutionTo our troubled evolutionHave no faith in constitutionThere is no bloody revolution The Police – Spirits in the Material World As I was driving home from work last week, an almost forty-year-old song began emanating from my radio. I’ve always appreciated the music of The Police, […]
The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End?
The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End? I don’t consider myself superstitious or paranoid, but this past week I’ve had a rare combination of bad omens, sleepless nights (I *never* have sleep issues), and intuitions that have left me convinced we may truly be at the cusp of “The Fourth Turning” – […]
The Grim Reality About Pandemics They Don’t Want You To Know: “No Country is Prepared”
The Grim Reality About Pandemics They Don’t Want You To Know: “No Country is Prepared” It’s been 100 years since the Spanish Flu caused a global pandemic. While you can rest easy right now knowing a global pandemic is not currently a threat, it is just a matter of time before the next one arrives. […]
San Francisco Declares State Of Emergency Over Covid-19; Germany Confirms 18th Case: Live Updates
San Francisco Declares State Of Emergency Over Covid-19; Germany Confirms 18th Case: Live Updates Summary: WHO warns the rest of the world “is not ready for the virus to spread…” CDC warns Americans “should prepare for possible community spread” of virus. San Francisco Mayor declares state of emergency Later, CDC says pandemic not a question of it, but […]
