Sunday 7 June 2020

Global headlines - 6 June, 2020

News Links, June 6, 2020


## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Ocean shipping shrinks as pandemic pummels retailers
In yet another turn of extraordinary events, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is now hovering around the lowest level in at least 20 years.

## Cut, baby, cut! ##
Bentley: Luxury carmaker to cut up to 1,000 jobs
United plans to shutter three overseas flight attendant bases as international travel suffers

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
U.S. warship sails through Taiwan Strait on Tiananmen anniversary

## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Protests against police violence sweep across small-town America
Transmission loss is a relatively minor problem compared with how to concentrate the dilute energy of sunlight and wind into the high-density energy needed to sustain industrial civilization. -- RF

## Environment/health ##
US moves forward with plan to end wild bird protections
The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to scale back a century-old law protecting most American wild birds despite warnings that billions of birds could die
Russia declares state of emergency in Siberia after oil spill

## Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar ##
Facebook moves to limit spread of 'Boogaloo' groups after charges

## Propaganda/censorship/fake news/alternative facts ##
US Postal Service, Law Enforcement Team Up To Seize 'Black Lives Matter' Facemasks

## Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##
Donald Trump Orders Up His Own Praetorian Guard, Including Black Hawk Helicopters and the 82nd Airborne with Bayonets
U.S. President Donald Trump, the leader of a country which heretofore viewed itself as a beacon of democracy to the rest of the world, is now using military helicopters, a designated commander in combat fatigues, and military police to protect himself from peaceful protesters outside the White House.
What Lies Ahead: Destabilizing Social Stratification
HSBC Embraces China's Crackdown on Hong Kong, Goes All-In on Asia Pivot
Beijing squeezes, and HSBC knows where it makes most of its money. Standard Chartered, another UK bank, did the same.
Such articles are written in a way that suggests China is bad for doing what other countries have long been doing. -- RF

## US ##

Thursday, June 04, 2020


News Links, June 5, 2020


## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Gap reports huge first-quarter loss on coronavirus-led store closures

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
On Raul Castro's birthday, U.S. threatens Cuba remittances
German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier criticized Washington last week for "escalating this sanctions threat, which is extraterritorial and thus in conflict with international law."

## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Anti-government 'Boogaloos' charged with planning violence at Las Vegas protests

## Energy/resources ##
US LNG exports to Europe already crumbling ahead of cancellations

## Environment/health ##
Russian River Will Take Decades To Recover After Fuel Spill
• Coronavirus
A look at what's happening in the Southern Hemisphere suggests something that no one wants to hear.


Who Are They? Unmarked Security Forces in DC Spark Fear
Mistaken for mercenaries, armed personnel from federal agencies refuse to identify themselves to street protestors and media.
Silence finally Breaks. Enough high-ranking people have finally had enough of Trump and they are all piling on at once.
After turning lower last week, continued unemployment claims took a turn for the worse again this week.
Before this crisis even began, state pension plans across the country were already more than $1 trillion short of the funding needed to pay their future obligations to retirees, according to retirement experts at The Pew Charitable Trusts.

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