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Sweden, Austria Start Bailing Out Energy Companies Triggering Europe’s “Minsky Moment”
Sweden, Austria Start Bailing Out Energy Companies Triggering Europe’s “Minsky Moment” Last weekend, Credit Suisse repo guru published what may have been the most insightful snippet of the entire European energy crisis (to date) when he extended the infamous “Minsky Moment” framework to Europe, and specifically Germany, which he said “can’t cover its payments without Russian gas […]
How one Swedish city grew the commons by foodsharing during the pandemic
How one Swedish city grew the commons by foodsharing during the pandemic A Solikyl volunteer waits for someone to approach her table. Photo credit: Rikard Rensfelt It’s more hands-on than soup kitchens or free-food giveaways, it strengthens the commons — and you can even do it during a pandemic. It’s called foodsharing, and the way it’s […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – Sept 22nd 2020: Rocketmen and Viruses
Blain’s Morning Porridge – Sept 22nd 2020: Rocketmen and Viruses “I’m the King of rock and roll, completely…” From the Ministry of Common Sense: “To celebrate this morning’s Autumn Equinox, we’ve decided to commit economic suicide.” The pandemic is a pernicious little beast. It clearly eats away brains. Rising infections are a risk. In the […]
Why Lockdowns Work
Why Lockdowns Work There was another comment at the Automatic Earth yesterday questioning the function and wisdom of various lockdowns. I thought I’d explain this in more detail. Ilargi if you or anyone else could explain what the exit strategy is from a lockdown I’d be interested in hearing it. As it is, this lockdown […]
Negative Rates, The Destruction Of Money. Sweden Ends Its Experiment.
Negative Rates, The Destruction Of Money. Sweden Ends Its Experiment. Negative rates are the destruction of money, an economic aberration based on the mistakes of many central banks and some of their economists who start from a wrong diagnosis: the idea that economic agents do not take more credit or invest more because they choose to save […]
Now That Assange Is Safely Locked Up, Sweden Drops Its “Investigation”
Now That Assange Is Safely Locked Up, Sweden Drops Its “Investigation” Now that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is safely locked up in Belmarsh prison awaiting a US extradition hearing, Sweden has, for a third time, dropped its rape investigation. “After conducting a comprehensive assessment of what has emerged during the course of the preliminary investigation I […]
Assange, Nitrogen, Pensions, Solomon
Assange, Nitrogen, Pensions, Solomon I’m getting pissed off about multiple things right now, too many to make them all separate essays. Let’s give it a combined shot: In Holland, the talk of the town is nitrogen emissions. I’d never seen it raised as that kind of problem, but there you go. The government last week […]
Assange Is The Only One To Abide By The Law
Assange Is The Only One To Abide By The Law On October 21 2019, Brexit became an entirely irrelevant issue. Or perhaps we should say it had already become that, but on that date it was exposed for all to see that it was. The parading into a courtroom of Julian Assange in London was […]
Lawlessness
Lawlessness With the news that Julian Assange is “wasting away” in Belmarsh prison hospital, and with UN rapporteur Professor Nils Melzer’s report detailing how this happens, I’m once again drawn towards the lawlessness that all “authorities” involved in his case have been displaying, and with impunity. They all apparently think they are literally above the […]
Money: the silent killer
Money: the silent killer In Sweden, which is famously on the way to becoming cash-free, you can find signs in shop windows that say ‘we don’t take cash because electronic payments are better for the environment’. Since cash does require a certain amount of resource use for its production process and transportation, and since in […]
Relentless Totalitarianism Toward What End? Depopulation and Global Rule
Relentless Totalitarianism Toward What End? Depopulation and Global Rule We’re going to open up this article with a summary of some things that have happened just in the past week, with sources attributed where applicable or necessary: As of November 23, 2018, it was reported in an article by Guns in the News entitled “Red-Flag […]
Sweden Is on the Verge of Going Completely Cashless: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Sweden Is on the Verge of Going Completely Cashless: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Sweden is rapidly turning into a cashless society, which seems like the utopian dream of many a government figure. What could possibly go wrong from the government’s point of view? Isn’t it ideal that they could soon digitally control every single […]
It’s Spreading: Now the British Media Is Pushing Microchipping In The UK
It’s Spreading: Now the British Media Is Pushing Microchipping In The UK It’s no coincidence that a veritable public relations advertisement concealed as an article in the Daily Mail regarding the microchipping of thousands of Swedish people would soon be followed up by an article announcing yet more microchipping of employees and individuals in the […]
Mossad Assisted Denmark In Thwarting Terror Plot; Iran Slams Allegation As “False Flag”
Mossad Assisted Denmark In Thwarting Terror Plot; Iran Slams Allegation As “False Flag” Mossad has claimed responsibility for tipping off Danish authorities after they thwarted an alleged terror plot by Tehran to assassinate three opposition figures living in Denmark, according to a senior Israeli intelligence official quoted in the Times of Israel. This comes days after […]
Swedish Central Bank Makes U-Turn on Cash as NIRP is Ending
Swedish Central Bank Makes U-Turn on Cash as NIRP is Ending Cash is less of a threat to central bank policies when interest rates rise above zero. Sweden’s Riksbank has become the first central bank in the 21st century to take concrete measures to ensure that cash does not disappear as a means of payment from […]
