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From Rice Farmer, with thanks.
## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Global economy in 2019: Growth beginning to fray
Global economy in 2019: Growth beginning to fray
## Cut, baby, cut! ##
These Lowe’s stores are closing in the next three months
## Airline death spiral ##
Africa’s airline industry is the weakest in the world, this is how bad it is
According to IATA, "African carriers are expected to report a $300 million net loss in 2019 (slightly improved from the$400 million net loss in 2018). The expected net loss per passenger is $3.51(-2.1% net margin)."
Passenger's business class meals comes with 'risk of bullet fragments'
Avianca Brasil Files for Bankruptcy
Avianca Brasil Files for Bankruptcy
## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Short Term Thinking Dooms U.S. Anti-China Strategy
US Senate Votes to End Support for Saudi War in Yemen
Vladimir Putin Outmaneuvers the U.S. Yet Again
Russia’s New Arctic Drones Are Built to Spot Ships
Latest Odds of a Shooting War between NATO and Russia
## Migrants/refugees ##
Mexico’s Solution to the Border Crisis — A Latin American Marshall Plan, at a Discount
Scores of migrant girls quietly vanishing from Indonesia
## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Can the ‘Yellow Vests’ Protests Go Global?
## Migrants/refugees ##
Mexico’s Solution to the Border Crisis — A Latin American Marshall Plan, at a Discount
Scores of migrant girls quietly vanishing from Indonesia
## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Can the ‘Yellow Vests’ Protests Go Global?
French Yellow Vest Protests Spread Through Europe To Belgium And The Netherlands
## Energy/resources ##
Has Peak Diesel Arrived? The Data Doesn’t Look Good
## Energy/resources ##
Has Peak Diesel Arrived? The Data Doesn’t Look Good
A diesel fuel shortage could completely devastate modern societies, which are highly dependent on trucks for distribution. Other heavier fractions power aircraft, ships, and heavy machinery. Will you be ready when grocery stores stop receiving regular deliveries, when planes stop flying, when ships stop shipping, when heavy machinery stands still, and when oil-fired power plants go dark? BTW, when nuclear power plants lose offsite power, they typically rely on diesel generators for backup. Be very afraid. -- RF
## Got food? ##
China bought 500,000 tons of U.S. soybeans. But that's just a drop in the U.S. export bucket
## Environment/health ##
More bioplastics do not necessarily contribute to climate change mitigation
## Intelligence/security/
Every significant military facility in Israel and Turkey was just exposed by a Russian mapping service
One in Four Americans Have Experienced Cybercrime
One in Four Americans Have Experienced Cybercrime
Virus That Haunted Aramco In 2012 Is Back
A variant of the Shamoon malware that hit Saudi Aramco’s servers six years ago is back, Axios reports, citing a release from the cybersecurity unit of Alphabet, Chronicle. According to the Chronicle release, the company had detected a file infected with Shamoon in its database VirusTotal.
A variant of the Shamoon malware that hit Saudi Aramco’s servers six years ago is back, Axios reports, citing a release from the cybersecurity unit of Alphabet, Chronicle. According to the Chronicle release, the company had detected a file infected with Shamoon in its database VirusTotal.
Amazon’s Smart Doorbell Is Creepy as Hell
Ring, an Amazon-owned smart doorbell company, wants to help you and your neighbors gossip about “suspicious activity” on your street with a standalone app called Neighbors. The app, which was introduced in May, encourages people to bring the surveillance state home by uploading video clips and publishing reports about neighborhood activities, which are then broadcast to other users and participating police
Ring, an Amazon-owned smart doorbell company, wants to help you and your neighbors gossip about “suspicious activity” on your street with a standalone app called Neighbors. The app, which was introduced in May, encourages people to bring the surveillance state home by uploading video clips and publishing reports about neighborhood activities, which are then broadcast to other users and participating police
## Propaganda/censorship/fake news/alternative facts ##
The Guardian’s Reputation In Tatters After Forger Revealed To Have Co-Authored Assange Smear
How Plutocratic Media Keeps Staff Aligned With Establishment Agendas
Still going unnoticed (or unacknowledged) is the most dangerous force tearing socioeconomic systems apart: net energy decline. Leaders are going to continue attempting cosmetic solutions that ironically end up feeding the very monster that is destroying industrial civilization. -- RF
The idiots take over in the final days of crumbling civilizations.
Although outside the scope of this piece, it pays to remember that "living standards" are determined by the amount of energy people are able to use. Our current extravagant lifestyles are made possible by the high-density energy of fossil fuels. The declining net energy of fossil fuels is the main reason that maintaining extravagant lifestyles is becoming increasingly difficult, and the transition to renewables, which are dilute (low-density) energy sources, will further hasten our return to the 19th century. -- RF
Times change, the power center shifts, a new empire arises, and its language then becomes the lingua franca. Now that the US Empire is failing, English will fall out of favor and another language will take its place. Maybe the arrogant Miss USA will be learning Chinese. -- RF
## Japan ##
Japanese Refiners Will Resume Iran Crude Purchases Next Month
Japan moves forward on F-35 buy, aircraft carrier transformation
Japan moves forward on F-35 buy, aircraft carrier transformation
Researchers: 60% of Japan's beaches may disappear
Health-Care Paradox Threatens to Add to Japan’s Debt Problems
World’s longest-living citizens are causing medical costs to soar.
## China ##
China's trade data wasn't pretty — and analysts say the worst is yet to come
Health-Care Paradox Threatens to Add to Japan’s Debt Problems
World’s longest-living citizens are causing medical costs to soar.
## China ##
China's trade data wasn't pretty — and analysts say the worst is yet to come
China Pushes Global Oil Trading To All-time High In 2018
This year’s crude oil futures trading activity is on track for a record high, as trading volumes in China’s new yuan-denominated futures contract is offsetting lower activity in the world’s top benchmarks and most active contracts, Brent and WTI, Reuters reports, citing data from exchanges.
This year’s crude oil futures trading activity is on track for a record high, as trading volumes in China’s new yuan-denominated futures contract is offsetting lower activity in the world’s top benchmarks and most active contracts, Brent and WTI, Reuters reports, citing data from exchanges.
## UK ##
British Security Service Infiltration, the Integrity Initiative and the Institute for Statecraft
UK Intelligence Agencies Are Planning a Major Increase in 'Large-Scale Data Hacking'
UK Intelligence Agencies Are Planning a Major Increase in 'Large-Scale Data Hacking'
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