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The Military-Industrial Media Complex Strikes Again
The Military-Industrial Media Complex Strikes Again Tens of thousands protested against the skyrocketing cost of living and against Macron in France October 16, led by left-wing politician Jean Luc Melenchon, but there were few front page or top-of-the hour headlines in the U.S. Huge protests occurred in Rome the same day to demand an end […]
An Oil Supply Shock May Be Imminent
An Oil Supply Shock May Be Imminent Oil demand has remained resilient in the face of a multitude of challenges. OPEC+ has fallen behind more than 3.5 million bpd on its output goals. The DoE has no immediate plans to start refilling the SPR. The risk of a supply shock grows as China’s economy re-opens […]
The US Empire Is Accelerating Toward Global Conflict On Two Fronts
The US Empire Is Accelerating Toward Global Conflict On Two Fronts Vladimir Putin has announced that referenda will be held in four regions of the eastern part of Ukraine whose populations will now vote on whether to join the Russian Federation, much like the Crimea referendum of 2014 which resulted in Russia’s annexation of that territory. Putin announced that 300,000 […]
The Hilarious Reason Europe Won’t Freeze This Winter
The Hilarious Reason Europe Won’t Freeze This Winter https://youtu.be/ALQg5wmhIVE
China’s Water Crisis Could Trigger Global Catastrophe
China’s Water Crisis Could Trigger Global Catastrophe China’s water crisis is nothing new, but it’s gotten worse – and is now on the ‘brink of catastrophe‘ and could trigger a global catastrophe, according to Foreign Affairs. Dried-up riverbed of Jialing river, a Yangtze tributary, China, August 2022 Thomas Peter / Reuters Given the country’s overriding importance to the […]
Russia And China Officially Announce A “New Global Reserve Currency”
Russia And China Officially Announce A “New Global Reserve Currency” And once again, as happens often with consequential news in the United States and the West, no one has noticed and no one seems to care. If you’ve blinked over the last month, you may have missed it… China and Russia are taking their shot […]
Think Only Good Thoughts
Think Only Good Thoughts “Black and white creates a strange dreamscape that color never can.” – Jack Antonoff The original iteration of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone is perhaps the most iconic television anthology in history. With 156 episodes aired over five seasons (1959-1964), the CBS show broke new ground with its unsettling mix of suspense, drama, […]
Silicon Valley Corporations Are Taking Control Of History
Silicon Valley Corporations Are Taking Control Of History Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Twitter has imposed a weeklong suspension on the account of writer and political activist Danny Haiphong for a thread he made on the platform disputing the mainstream Tiananmen Square massacre narrative. The notification Haiphong received informed him that Twitter had locked his account […]
Bankrupt Sri Lanka Takes Russian Crude As Fuel Crisis Depletes Stocks, Mulls Loan From China
Bankrupt Sri Lanka Takes Russian Crude As Fuel Crisis Depletes Stocks, Mulls Loan From China A foreign exchange shortage has resulted in the worst financial crisis Sri Lanka has ever endured, with shortages of everything from food to crude. Fuel supplies are down to just days, food has run out at supermarkets, and social-economic chaos has unfolded […]
Hedges: No Way Out but War
Hedges: No Way Out but War Permanent war has cannibalized the country. It has created a social, political, and economic morass. Each new military debacle is another nail in the coffin of Pax Americana. Original Illustration by Mr. Fish — “No Guts No Glory” The United States, as the near unanimous vote to provide nearly […]
Supply Chain Congestion Set To Worsen As Container Rates Rebound On Easing China Lockdowns
Supply Chain Congestion Set To Worsen As Container Rates Rebound On Easing China Lockdowns Update (Friday): The locked-down megacity of Shanghai eased pandemic restrictions this week and will see public transportation networks reopen as soon as Sunday. After two months, the city of 26 million people appears to have contained the spread of COVID-19 via […]
Collapse Is Happening Before Our Eyes
Collapse Is Happening Before Our Eyes Analysts and authors, myself included, have been warning about the collapse of the dollar as the global reserve currency for years. I described this prospect in my first book, Currency Wars (2011), and in several other books in the years since. This process can take many years. For example, the decline […]
China and Russia are working on homegrown alternatives to the SWIFT payment system. Here’s what they would mean for the US dollar.
China and Russia are working on homegrown alternatives to the SWIFT payment system. Here’s what they would mean for the US dollar. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Getty Images Some Russian banks have been banned from SWIFT, a cross-border messaging service for banks. India was reportedly considering a Russian proposal to use […]
