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The Bulletin: January 2-8, 2025
The Bulletin: January 2-8, 2025 End Of An Era: Ukraine Halts Transit Of Russian Gas To Europe | ZeroHedge By Charles & Chris: Doomers Anonymous We need dramatic social and technological changes’: is societal collapse inevitable? | Climate crisis | The Guardian The System’s Self-Destruct Sequence Cannot Be Turned Off Seeing overshoot – by Elisabeth […]
We Approach State Singularity
We Approach State Singularity Many citizens of the West believe that they live in free societies, or something close. But as time goes on, public authorities increasingly insist on having a say in everything. People cannot build things on their own land without permits. They cannot run businesses without approvals and inspections. They cannot give […]
Military Draft Coming? House Passes Measure To Automatically Register Men For Selective Service
Military Draft Coming? House Passes Measure To Automatically Register Men For Selective Service The House of Representatives on Friday approved its version of the annual defense policy bill, effectively clearing the $883.7 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to move forward in a 217-199 vote which largely fell along party lines. Only three Republicans opposed it. […]
In our make-believe politics, the strings pulled by the super-rich are all too visible
In our make-believe politics, the strings pulled by the super-rich are all too visible Biden wanders offstage or walks like a geriatric robot. Yet we are meant to believe he’s carefully navigating us through the nuclear tripwires of the West’s serial wars We live in a world of make-believe politics, a world where strings pulled […]
The End Of The Petrodollar
The End Of The Petrodollar The Saudis, New Chapter in Energy Economics, De-dollarization, and the American-Made Pressure Cooker “Oil is too important a commodity to be left in the hands of the Arabs.” ~ Henry Kissinger Just last Sunday, one of the most significant economic deals of the century came to an end. The long-standing […]
The Cautious US Escalation Against Russia Is Developing Not Necessarily to US Advantage
The Cautious US Escalation Against Russia Is Developing Not Necessarily to US Advantage The feebleness of the US response to a Russian incursion into Kharviv, which was to prevent further strikes on civilian targets in the border city of Belgorod, and the quick Russian counter-moves, confirms how the Collective West has no good options, even […]
Retail Bloodbath: More Than 2,600 Store Closings Have Been Announced So Far In 2024
Retail Bloodbath: More Than 2,600 Store Closings Have Been Announced So Far In 2024 Retail stores are being shut down at a staggering rate all over the country. If we stay on the pace that we are on, the total number of stores closed in 2024 will be nearly 40 percent higher than the total […]
A Second-Quarter Recession This Year Looks Increasingly Likely
A Second-Quarter Recession This Year Looks Increasingly Likely As I watch the evolution of consumer spending, housing starts, new home sales, and GDPNow trends, it appears the economy has peaked. Warning: I tend to be early. GDPNow forecast from the Atlanta Fed as of 2024-06-03. Chart by Mish The GDPNow forecast has been weakening since […]
US Targets Journalists Who Criticize Administration’s Foreign Policy
US Targets Journalists Who Criticize Administration’s Foreign Policy State-ordered Purge of Truth-Tellers in Time of War. Scott Ritter Passport Seized, WaPo Smears Indy Journalists Scott Ritter was pulled off a NY-to-Istanbul flight yesterday by US officials and his passport confiscated in a startling new development in the government’s open drive to censor and silence critics […]
Reaching the end of offshored industrialization
Reaching the end of offshored industrialization Moving industrialization offshore can look like a good idea at first. But as fossil fuel energy supplies deplete, this strategy works less well. Countries doing the mining and manufacturing may be less interested in trading. Also, the broken supply lines of 2020 and 2021 showed that transferring major industries […]
The Government’s War on “Backyard” Farms
The Government’s War on “Backyard” Farms “I’m still the king of me” – Part 1 On the front page of the CDC website, is the following headline: Which then opens into the following: Are you ready to give away your chickens? Move from the country? Wear gloves and a mask when caring for backyard chickens? […]
The Ideological Battle Behind the U.S. Debt Crisis
The Ideological Battle Behind the U.S. Debt Crisis The U.S. national debt is at 34.7 trillion dollars. If you laid that many dollar bills end-to-end, it would wrap around the Earth 134,599 times. That’s enough to travel to the sun and back 17 times. Suffice it to say, we’re in a pickle. America is slowly approaching […]
There’s More to China’s U.S. Debt-Dumping Rush Than Meets the Eye
There’s More to China’s U.S. Debt-Dumping Rush Than Meets the Eye Unprintable Alternative to Debt, De-Dollarization, Not Just China, Leaving the West for the East “Gold is money. Everything else is credit.” ~ J. P. Morgan Earlier this week, I told you how China has accelerated its de-dollarization efforts with rapid-fire sales of U.S. debt. The country […]
From COVID-19 to Campus Protests: How the Police State Muzzles Free Speech
From COVID-19 to Campus Protests: How the Police State Muzzles Free Speech “Politicians of both parties want to use the power of government to silence their foes. Some in the university community seek to drive it from their campuses. And an entire generation of Americans is being taught that free speech should be curtailed as […]
