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The Four Key Reasons Why The U.S. Will Never Stop Targeting Russia’s LNG Sector
The Four Key Reasons Why The U.S. Will Never Stop Targeting Russia’s LNG Sector LNG has become the most important swing energy source in an increasingly insecure world. Energy exports remain the foundation stone of Russia’s essentially petro-economy. Russia’s LNG industry is closely associated in Russia with President Vladimir Putin personally. Perhaps even more than […]
Unification Of CBDCs? Global Banks Are Telling Us The End Of The Dollar System Is Near
Unification Of CBDCs? Global Banks Are Telling Us The End Of The Dollar System Is Near World reserve status allows for amazing latitude in terms of monetary policy. The Federal Reserve understands that there is constant demand for dollars overseas as a means to more easily import and export goods. The dollar’s petro-status also makes […]
Do U.S. Presidents Matter for Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reduction?
Do U.S. Presidents Matter for Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reduction? The answer is not what most people will expect Rare glimpse of the Energy Policy control panel in the White House Situation Room Pop Quiz! Before reading on, please provide your best guesses matching the presidential administration with with the annual rate of carbon dioxide emissions […]
Falling From Grace
Falling From Grace Years ago, Doug Casey mentioned in a correspondence to me, “Empires fall from grace with alarming speed.” Every now and then, you receive a comment that, although it may have been stated casually, has a lasting effect, as it offers uncommon insight. For me, this was one of those and it’s one […]
Russia To Seize $440 Million From JPMorgan
Russia To Seize $440 Million From JPMorgan Seizing assets? Two can play at that game… Just days after Washington voted to authorize the REPO Act – paving the way for the Biden administration confiscate billions in Russian sovereign assets which sit in US banks – it appears Moscow has a plan of its own (let’s call it the […]
Houthis Launch Attack On US Cargo & Navy Ships Following Two Weeks Of Quiet
Houthis Launch Attack On US Cargo & Navy Ships Following Two Weeks Of Quiet Yemen’s Iran-linked Houthis have announced new aggressive actions in the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea regions, saying late Wednesday that projectiles were launched against more US and Israeli-owned commercial vessels, and that a US warship was also targeted. This follows a […]
America’s plastic catastrophe
America’s plastic catastrophe China stopped taking our plastic waste. Now we’re drowning in it. Americans produce 40 million tons of plastic waste each year. And it has to go somewhere. Carl Godfrey for BI America has long had a plastic problem. It’s an urgent question — what do we do with the 40 million tons of […]
US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as births dipped in 2023
US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as births dipped in 2023 The teen birth rate reached another record low in the US in 2023, while women ages 30 to 34 had the highest birth rate, according to provisional data from the CDC. hxyume/E+/Getty Images The fertility rate in the United States has […]
The Politics and Policy of a National Climate Emergency Declaration
The Politics and Policy of a National Climate Emergency Declaration If climate and energy policy matter, then here are the three questions to ask instead Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that the Biden Administration is once again considering declaring a national “climate emergency,” explaining that such a declaration could be used to “halt [fossil fuel] exports, drilling.” Today, I […]
The Ghetto-ization of American Life
The Ghetto-ization of American Life Behind the facade of normalization, even high-income lifestyles have been ghetto-ized. Consider the defining characteristics of a ghetto: 1. The residents can’t afford to live elsewhere. 2. Everything is a rip-off because options are limited and retailers / service providers know residents have no other choice or must go to […]
Congress Just Supercharged the Dollar’s Downfall
Congress Just Supercharged the Dollar’s Downfall Confiscation, Weaponization, and De-Dollarization “The dollar’s role as the world’s primary reserve currency is a boon for the United States but a bane for the rest of the world.” ~ Barry Eichengreen The U.S. Senate has predictably voted to give $95 billion to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, just three […]
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Target Russian Oil Refineries Again Despite White House Pleas
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Target Russian Oil Refineries Again Despite White House Pleas Just days after the Biden administration signed a new military aid package worth billions of dollars to Ukraine, Kyiv launched a series of suicide drone attacks on Russian oil refineries. Biden’s top officials have pleaded with Kyiv to stop attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure because of the fears that turmoil in […]
Ukraine War Funding and Failed Russian Sanctions. Is the US Empire Shooting Itself in the Foot?
Ukraine War Funding and Failed Russian Sanctions. Is the US Empire Shooting Itself in the Foot? *** This past weekend, April 20, 2024 the US House of Representatives passed a bill to provide Ukraine with another $61 billion in aid. The measure will quickly pass the Senate and be signed into law by Biden within days. […]
Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Obliterate The U.S. Economy
Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Obliterate The U.S. Economy The reasoning is so simple, a fifth grader could understand it – which is probably why the Biden administration doesn’t. Having used up all of the rest of the batshit, insane, counterintuitive economic dirty tricks left in the “we’ll literally do anything but cut spending” bag, the Biden administration […]
US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases as Part of Anti-China Buildup
US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases as Part of Anti-China Buildup The idea is to create mobile missile defense systems and resupply bases The US Navy will convert surplus oil rigs in the western Pacific into mobile military bases as part of the US military buildup aimed at China, The Defense Post reported on […]
