Seemorerocks: News links

There is so much happening that I am happy to bring you this from Rick Davis (aka. Ricefarmer) who has been putting together these lists of stories related to collapse for longer than I’ve been at this.

Kudos!

That frees me up to concentrate on what I think is most important

News Links, November 30, 2018

## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Detroit Three narrowing car production in North America

U.S. third-quarter growth unrevised, headwinds increasing

The US Is Spending $1.5 Billion On Debt Interest Every Day

Putin: "We Aren't Aiming To Ditch The Dollar, The Dollar Is Ditching Us"
These Countries Are Quickly and Quietly Dumping the Dollar

Foreign buyers find U.S. Treasuries less appealing
Greek workers suffered highest real-wage fall in Europe last year

Police Raid Deutsche Bank on Money Laundering Charges

## Cut, baby, cut! ##
More trouble for malls: A new wave of closures from Gap, Victoria's Secret and others
Bayer to cut 12,000 jobs due to $66B Monsanto merger

## War on cash/cashless society/cryptocurrencies ##
More retailers go cashless to cut costs, theft as holiday shopping ramps up

Bitcoin price surges back up after dramatic plunge

## Airline death spiral ##
Sleeping pilot overshoots Australian destination by 28.6 miles

Lion Air’s deadly flight was a 13-minute struggle between man and machine

JAL group airline flight delayed for alcohol

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Massive explosion rocks Kabul after suicide bomber targets security compound
The Sea of Azov won’t become the new South China Sea (and Russia knows it)

The Murky Sea of Azov
Russia Deploys S-400 Missiles To Crimea In Military Showdown With Ukraine

If The Saudi's Oil No Longer Matters Why Is Trump Still Supporting Them?
Sen. Rand Paul Confirms Blocking US Military Aid to Israel
Four ways China is a major economic driver in Argentina

Germans and Americans 'worlds apart' in view of relations
People in Germany and the United States appear to have very different ideas about the state of relations between their countries. Germans see Berlin and Washington increasingly at odds, but Americans are more positive.

Indicative of the widening rift between the US and European countries. -- RF

Trump cancels meeting with Putin at summit this weekend

Israel’s Overlooked Strategic Losses in Wars Against Arabs

BlackRock Board Member Seeks to Replace Merkel

The vast, shadowy power of BlackRock is on the front stage as board member Friedrich Merz, wants to succeed Merkel

## Migrants/refugees ##

Germany Doubles Payout To Migrants Who Agree To Leave The Country
Ailing Central American migrants in dire conditions dig in at U.S. border

Rohingya refugees say they would choose death over repatriation to Myanmar

## Energy/resources ##

Europe's Diesel Woes Deepen as Strike Halts French Oil Refinery
Europe’s diesel market, already reeling from weeks of low water levels on the Rhine River, is now contending with a major supply disruption in France.
Pemex adds 1B barrels of oil reserves in biggest onshore find in 25 years

That would not last the world even two weeks. -- RF

Russia Outmaneuvers U.S. LNG
Two U.S. pipelines rack up violations, threaten industry growth

Nuclear fusion reactor in Germany sets multiple records towards sustainable energy

European oil consumption after North Sea Peak Oil

In Mexico, resistance to solar projects bodes badly for fast-tracking train

Now Spain proposes to go 100% renewable

In summary, Spain can’t transition to 100% renewable electricity without some economic means of storing its surplus wind and solar for re-use. Currently there is no technology other than pumped hydro capable of doing this, and Spain’s conventional and pumped hydro potential is nowhere near large enough to bridge the gap.

## Got food? ##
Farm Bankruptcies Soar In The Midwest (US)

'It's a moonscape': WA farmers battle freak drought in the South West (Australia)

Water prices double, makes farmers think twice about profitability of crops (Australia)

10,000 farmers in Mumbai after walking 40 km, give ‘wake up’ call to govt (India)
The protesters from across Maharashtra, who are struggling to cope with the drought, are demanding the proper implementation of the loan waiver package announced by Fadnavis in 2017.
Penny for your corn? Stingy trade-war aid irks U.S. farmers
Maryland's Oyster Population Collapses, Sparks "Overfished" Fears

Water woes killing Gulf Coast oyster industry

UN: Climate change, depleted resources leave world hungry

The Gates Foundation’s Ceres2030 Plan Pushes Agenda of Agribusiness

## Solutions ##
We Weren’t Made for Endless Work
To be fully human, we need to put down our phones for a while.

## Environment/health ##
Amazon confirms it's working on a project to mine patient records and more accurately diagnose diseases

Sydney prepares to clean up after 24 hours of weather hell

Extreme heat from climate change a 'medical emergency,' sickening tens of millions worldwide

The Ebola Outbreak In Congo Just Became The Second Largest Ever

Measles cases rise 30 percent worldwide: UN
Emerging Europe’s reliance on coal is making the continent sick

## Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar ##
Assange Prosecution Will Focus On Chelsea Manning Era Releases, Not DNC Emails

U.K. and Ecuador Conspire to Deliver Julian Assange to U.S. Authorities

Drama in the Kerch Strait: teasing the Russian bear
The West is complaining about Russian 'aggression' but the incident looks more like a cheap ploy by a desperate Ukrainian president and US conservatives keen to undermine Trump's next pow-wow with Putin.

Chip Implants: The Next Big Privacy Debate

'Mind Boggling': White House Keeping CIA Chief Gina Haspel From Briefing Senate on Khashoggi Murder

The 'Internet of Things' will cause more security problems next year, exec warns

Mueller’s RussiaGate Probe: Conflicts, Presuppositions and Special Interests

Senators Seeking To Shoot Down Yemen Bill Were Paid By Saudi Lobbyists

## Propaganda/censorship/fake news/alternative facts ##
Assange Never Met Manafort. Luke Harding and the Guardian Publish Still More Blatant MI6 Lies (Craig Murray)
Assange never met Manafort. The DNC emails were downloaded by an insider. Assange never even considered fleeing to Russia. Those are the facts, and I am in a position to give you a personal assurance of them. I can also assure you that Luke Harding, the Guardian, Washington Post and New York Times have been publishing a stream of deliberate lies, in collusion with the security services.
This Guardian Fake News Story Proves That The Media Can't Be Trusted (MoA)

The Guardian’s Desperate Attempt To Connect Assange To Russiagate Backfires

Forensicator: Guccifer 2.0’s Russian Breadcrumbs

Forensicator recently published a report titled Guccifer 2’s Russian Breadcrumbs, digging out many new metadata clues found in the documents that Guccifer 2.0 modified before publishing them on their WordPress blog. That report builds on Forensicator’s previous work, which detailed the complex process that Guccifer 2.0 likely used to plant “Russian fingerprints” in the Trump opposition report that Guccifer 2.0 pre-disclosed to two legacy media outlets and later published.

You Are Well Inside the Matrix

Russia ‘invaded’ Crimea? Russia ‘downed’ MH17? Russia sent two hapless and inept blokes to kill the Skripals? Russia launched an unprovoked attack on three Ukrainian vessels in the Sea of Azov? Russia colluded with the Trump campaign against Hillary Clinton? And collaborated with Julian Assange to make that happen? What all these allegations have in common is that there is no evidence any of them are true. Oh, and that nobody’s really trying to prove them anymore. Because you’ve already accepted them as gospel.

## Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##
Photos: Overworked South Koreans are finding solace in a fake prison

Low Oil Prices: An Indication of Major Problems Ahead?

Car market collapse outruns GM moves to keep up

## Japan ##
Japan mulling purchase of 100 U.S. stealth fighters: report

Aging Japan faces 25% drop in GDP, IMF warns

However, population everywhere except Africa

is going into decline. -- RF

Organizers of 2020 Tokyo Games admit extreme weather a major issue

My guess is that "issue" means "problem" here. If you want to sound cool, just call everything an "issue." -- RF

BOJ Assets almost Equal Japan's GDP

Japan gets mixed assessment from U.N. over efforts to curb greenhouse gases

Tokyo-Moscow talks over disputed islands, critical to Russian security, would be hit by any hint of U.S. military presence: sources

## China ##