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The Bulletin: September 13-19
The Bulletin: September 13-19 Popular Narratives That Do Not Hold Up Under Scrutiny Environmental Impacts of Human Migration Did Putin Just Issue the Most Serious Warning to Date? – Global Research Putin Warns of ‘Direct’ War as US Mulls Letting Ukraine Use Long-Range Western Missiles | Common Dreams It’s Also “Disinformation” When Our Government Does […]
Where We’ll End Up Living as the Planet Burns
Where We’ll End Up Living as the Planet Burns While nations rally to reduce their carbon emissions, and try to adapt at-risk places to hotter conditions, there is an elephant in the room: for large portions of the world, local conditions are becoming too extreme and there is no way to adapt. People will have to […]
The Search For A New Community
The Search For A New Community A look at intentional community in a world who may be calling for a reimagining of collective actions. Every intellectual had a “draft of a new community in his waistcoat pocket.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson We have reached a new epoch in our planet’s history. Few can look at the increasingly […]
“We Made Mistakes”: France Changes Tone On Yellow Vests As Movement Hits Canada
“We Made Mistakes”: France Changes Tone On Yellow Vests As Movement Hits Canada The Macron government has changed its tone after five straight weeks of violent “Yellow Vest” demonstrations across the country. On Sunday Prime Minister Édouard Philippe admitted to Les Echoes newspaper that mistakes were made in the handling of the protests, and that a dialogue is […]
Macron Heralds The End Of The Union
Macron Heralds The End Of The Union Paul Almasy Paris 1950 The concept of the EU might have worked, but still only might have, if a neverending economic boom could have been manufactured to guide it on its way. But there was never going to be such a boom. Or perhaps if the spoils that […]
Never Go Nuclear — The EU Goes After Hungary
Never Go Nuclear — The EU Goes After Hungary If there is one thing people with power always do when confronted with intransigence it is they always go nuclear. As a parent we’ve all been there. That moment when your child calls your bluff on a particular thing you’ve been arguing over and you’re left […]
Italy-EU Migration Feud EU Boils Over With Italian Threats: Schengen at Risk
Italy-EU Migration Feud EU Boils Over With Italian Threats: Schengen at Risk Italy and the EU are in a standoff setup over migration issues. Italy threatens to halt payments to the EU budget. A migrant ship, the Diciotti, docked at the Italian port of Catania, but prime minister Luigi Di Maio threatened that Italy would […]
Tomgram: John Feffer, On the Verge of the Great Unraveling
Tomgram: John Feffer, On the Verge of the Great Unraveling The figures are staggering. In what looks like a vast population transfer from a disintegrating Greater Middle East, nearly 200,000 refugees passed through Austria in September alone. About half a million desperate refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere have arrived in Greece since 2015 began (those, that is, who […]
Europe Will Never Be The Same. Neither Will The World.
Europe Will Never Be The Same. Neither Will The World. RLOppenheimer New flag for EU 2015To reiterate: People are genetically biased against change, because change means potential danger. People are also genetically biased against acknowledging this bias, because they wish to see themselves as being able to cope with both change and danger. Put together, this means […]
The Real Reason for the Refugee Crisis You Won’t Hear About in the Media
The Real Reason for the Refugee Crisis You Won’t Hear About in the Media There’s a meme going around that the refugee crisis in Europe (the largest since World War II) is part of a secret plot to subvert the West. I completely understand why the locals in any country wouldn’t be happy about waves […]
Refugee Crises At Dangerous Tipping Point As Hungary Makes Arrests, Germany Loses Patience
Refugee Crises At Dangerous Tipping Point As Hungary Makes Arrests, Germany Loses Patience “I’m not happy. I had to leave Syria — I love Syria, but so much killing there.” That’s from 17-year old Mohammed Al-Hamdan who made it across the Hungarian border with Serbia at a railroad crossing near the village of Roszke before […]
In Search of a Resolution to the Syrian War, Refugee Crisis
In Search of a Resolution to the Syrian War, Refugee Crisis One of the main migration routes is to head for Turkey, then to Greece in order to proceed towards the Balkans and Italy, and finally branch into France and then the United Kingdom. Another route sees passage via Romania, Hungary, and Austria, with […]
Germany & Austria Close Borders — Schengen Agreement Under Pressure — Will War Emerge?
Germany & Austria Close Borders — Schengen Agreement Under Pressure — Will War Emerge? The Schengen Agreement was to be the cornerstone of the entire euro proposition. We just warned that this freedom of movement would begin to come under pressure with this turning point:“As the economy turns down very hard after 2015.75, we are more likely than not […]
Another Reason To Move Away From California: ‘Conditions Are Like A Third-World Country’
Another Reason To Move Away From California: ‘Conditions Are Like A Third-World Country’ As if anyone actually neededanother reason to move out of the crazy state of California, now it is being reported that conditions in some areas of the state “are like a third-world country” due to the multi-year megadrought that has hit the state. […]
