Monday 28 July 2014

Headlines

Rice Farmer is another person who is quietly doing great work!


## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards ##

## Airline Death Spiral ##

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
The German government has indicated that NATO electronic warfare (EW) training exercises were responsible for civilian ATC radar display blackouts in central Europe on 5 June and 10 June 2014.

## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Fast food workers from across the country have voted in suburban Chicago to escalate their campaign for higher wages and union representation by including civil disobedience.

## Energy/resources ##
PetroChina, the Chinese oil giant rocked by a corruption scandal that has spread to its Canadian unit, is trying to reduce a $1.23-billion payment to Calgary-based Athabasca Oil Corp. for oil sands properties it believes are of poorer than expected quality, a source close to PetroChina said Friday.

## Got food? ##

## Lifestyle Solutions ##
In my view, the only meaningful response is to take control of as much of your life as you can and opt out of destructive systems as much as possible.

## Environment/health ##

## Intelligence/propaganda/security/internet/cyberwar ##
In a world of increasingly sophisticated facial-recognition technology, a drastic technique can throw the machines off your trail.

## Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##
Nissan is recalling more than 226,000 additional vehicles over a defective air bag that has affected much of the global auto industry.

## Japan ##
Despite the widely touted success of Abenomics, a few charts will prove success is all hype and no reality.

## China ##
Facing a decline in the property market, Beijing's policy to restrict home purchases in order to beat speculation driving up prices may be nearing its end. More than half of the 46 cities which adopted controls on the purchase of residential properties  have abolished or relaxed the restrictions, and the central government has acquiesced.

## UK ##

## US ##
Does it feel like you’re poorer? There is a simple reason why – you are! According to a new study by the Russell Sage Foundation, the inflation-adjusted net worth for the typical household was $87,992 in 2003. Ten years later, it was only $56,335, or a 36% decline… Welcome to America’s Lost Decade.
Another nail in the coffin of the nuclear family. -- RF

And finally...

Duh! -- RF

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