Sunday 12 January 2020

Global headlines - 11 January 2020

## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
World Bank warns of global debt crisis following the fastest increase in borrowing since the 1970s



## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Singapore gets the green light to buy F-35s
Why Did U.S. Missile Defense Fail In September's Saudi Oil Attack?
Key Point: Missile defense has always been mostly theoretical, and this doesn't look good.
Unbelievable. -- RF
• Iran/Iraq
US tried, failed to take out Iranian Quds leader in Yemen
The U.S. military tried, but failed, to take out another senior Iranian commander on the same day that an American airstrike killed the Revolutionary Guard's top general, U.S. officials said Friday.

## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Protesters gather in front of Facebook HQ to decry its policy of allowing lies in political ads
U.S. refinery sales hit the brakes, with 5% of capacity on block
From coast to coast, U.S. refineries are available for the taking, but nobody is buying.
Just imagine the potential for abuse. -- RF
Bolivia’s New Right-Wing Government Intensifies Crackdown on Journalists, Doctors
The US-backed administration of Jeanine Añez is arresting prominent members of the press and even doctors in what it calls a “dismantling of the propaganda apparatus of the dictatorial regime of Evo Morales.”
The Trump team’s increasingly jumbled case for striking Qasem Soleimani
It has been nearly a week since the killing of Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, and the justification for the strike is still clear as mud.


Trump Looks To Speed Up Oil Pipeline Permits By Dropping Climate Reviews
As part of the Trump Administration’s ongoing efforts to accelerate the permitting process for oil pipelines and other large infrastructure projects, the White House released on Thursday a plan to cut the timelines for such projects by omitting the assessment of a project’s climate impact.

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