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A Future Free For All
A Future Free For All Reading Pepe Escobar’s beautiful memory of Jean-Paul Sartrereignited a thought process which I had previously set aside on several occasions because of my tendency to submit to a sense of futility in the face of the seemingly ever expanding human proclivity for degradation. My interpretation/analysis stems from a consistently chronic sense […]
The Menacing Insect Omen
The Menacing Insect Omen The world is experiencing a massive loss of insects. In turn, this threatens ecosystems with utter total collapse, and, by way of direct association, loss of human civilization. Zap, it’s over! Insectageddon! Insect populations around the world are under massive attack and dropping like… well… like flies. The negative implications run […]
The Great Unraveling: Using Science and Philosophy to Decode Modernity
The Great Unraveling: Using Science and Philosophy to Decode Modernity Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | CC BY 2.0 “Forty percent of the United States drains into the Mississippi. It’s agriculture. It’s golf courses. It’s domestic runoff from our lawns and roads. Ultimately, where does it go? Downstream into the Gulf.” —Sylvia Earle […]
In Defense of Degrowth
In Defense of Degrowth Photo by Paul Sableman | CC BY 2.0 The economist Branko Milanovic recently wrote a blog post titled “The illusion of degrowth in a poor and unequal world.” He penned it, he says, following a conversation he had with a proponent of degrowth. As it turns out, that proponent was me. […]
The Internet is Already Broken
The Internet is Already Broken Photo by irina slutsky | CC BY 2.0 Near the end of 2014 Kim Kardashian set out to “break the internet.” She posed naked for pictures. This went great, getting 1% of entire internet activity on the day she did it. Now the worry is that such expressions of democracy […]
Import and Die: Self-sufficiency and Food Security in India
Import and Die: Self-sufficiency and Food Security in India India’s Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu recently stated that the country cannot survive on imported produce for its food security. He called for a greater focus on agriculture: “We can export (agricultural produce) for the time being but the population is growing.” Naidu pointed out what has […]
Pesticide Suicide
Pesticide Suicide Photo by jetsandzeppelins | CC BY 2.0 Pesticide suicide refers to toxic chemicals mucking up the health of animals, plants and insects. This worldwide causatum may be totally out of control or maybe not; nobody knows for sure. Therein lies the scary part. However, what is known is not encouraging: “Industrial toxins are […]
The U.S. is Not a Democracy, It Never Was
The U.S. is Not a Democracy, It Never Was Photo by Daniel Huizinga | CC BY 2.0 One of the most steadfast beliefs regarding the United States is that it is a democracy. Whenever this conviction waivers slightly, it is almost always to point out detrimental exceptions to core American values or foundational principles. For […]
What About Our Debts, Pope Francis?
What About Our Debts, Pope Francis? “It’s Satan who leads us into temptation – that’s his department.” Last week the Holy Pontiff, Pope Francis, said he believed that the line “Lead us not into temptation” in the Lord’s Prayer had been wrongly translated in English from the original language of the Bible. Pope Francis told […]
Surveillance That Never Sleeps
Surveillance That Never Sleeps Photo by Mike Mozart | CC BY 2.0 “He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or good So be good for goodness sake!” —“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” Just in time for Christmas, the Deep State wants to give America […]
Debt is a Determining Factor in History
Debt is a Determining Factor in History Photo by airpix | CC BY 2.0 Sovereign debt has been a crucial factor in a series of major historical events. From the early 19th century, in Latin American countries such as Colombia, Mexico and Argentina, struggling for independence,as well as Greece when seeking funds for its war of independence, these nascent […]
Natural Variability isn’t the Final Word on Climate Science
Natural Variability isn’t the Final Word on Climate Science Photo by NASA Goddard Space | CC BY 2.0 Politicians recently visiting western Montana’s Lolo Peak fire tried to put the blame for the fire on lawsuits filed by environmentalists. Montana’s US Senator Steve Daines did mention the role of climate change, but quickly went on […]
Saving Humanity From Itself
Saving Humanity From Itself Since the beginning of the nuclear age and the dropping of the first atomic bombs, humankind has struggled with the reality of being able to destroy the planet on the one hand and the abolition of these weapons on the other. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to […]
The FBI is Not Your Friend
The FBI is Not Your Friend One of the unfortunate ironies of the manufactured “Russiagate” controversy is the perception of the FBI as a friend of liberty and justice. But the FBI has never been a friend of liberty and justice. Rather, as James Bovard writes, it has a long record of both deceit and […]
Dying Ecosystems
Dying Ecosystems Photo by Richard Allaway | Public Domain Earth’s ecosystems support all life, though collapsed ecosystems would be like stepping outside of the international space station not wearing a space suit. Pop! Bam! Gone! A recent academic study about signals of ecosystem collapse throughout history fits the space suit analogy. Terrifying truth is exposed: […]
