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## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Europe Likely in Recession Now: Germany, France, Italy Production Collapsed
Apple slowdown to JLR job cut, why the future isn’t looking good for big players
Apple slowdown to JLR job cut, why the future isn’t looking good for big players
## Cut, baby, cut! ##
Ford, Jaguar slash thousands of jobs across Europe
## Airline death spiral ##
World's No. 1 Airline Delivers This Latest Shock To Airline Stocks
American woman brings pistol, bullets onto Delta Air Lines flight to Japan
## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Turkey's military reinforces on border with Syria's Idlib
North Korea's Kim appears to have a big goal: Winning Belt and Road investments from Beijing
While China may be open to the idea, experts say it's unlikely to offer the isolated state
North Korea's Kim appears to have a big goal: Winning Belt and Road investments from Beijing
While China may be open to the idea, experts say it's unlikely to offer the isolated state
membership anytime soon.
China’s Billions Are Powering Latin America’s Tech Boom
By pouring investment into mobile commerce, the nation has found another way to dominate
By pouring investment into mobile commerce, the nation has found another way to dominate
where America once held sway.
The irony is palpable. -- RF
German business group says U.S. mustn't sanction Europe's use of Russian gas
Any attempts by the United States to stop Europe buying Russian gas via additional sanctions
Any attempts by the United States to stop Europe buying Russian gas via additional sanctions
against Moscow would be an attack on the continent’s sovereignty, a German business group
said on Friday.
## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Yellow vest protesters aim to crash French banking system
Yellow vest protests hit with police water cannon, tear gas in Paris
Low wages and austerity spark Belfast yellow vest protest
Low wages and austerity spark Belfast yellow vest protest
## Energy/resources ##
Mexico deploys 4,000 troops, choppers against pipeline theft
Japan’s Nuclear Export Struggles Narrow the Field of Suppliers
Only a handful of nations now seem capable of building new reactors, with the ability of the
Only a handful of nations now seem capable of building new reactors, with the ability of the
U.S. also in doubt.
Not mentioned in the article is that, in a world running on renewables, people will not live
anywhere near as extravagantly as they do now. -- RF
The unprofitability of shale oil means that it delivers very little net energy to the economy.
It pays to remember that industrial society requires high net energy to function. -- RF
## Got food? ##
Appoint minister for hunger to tackle UK food insecurity, MPs urge
## Solutions ##
Where Will You Be Seated at the Banquet of Consequences?
## Environment/health ##
CDC says it's another bad flu season with up to 7.3 million people sick so far
CDC says it's another bad flu season with up to 7.3 million people sick so far
“Eighty-five percent of the world’s prescription painkillers are consumed in the United States,
which is five percent of the world’s population.”
## Intelligence/security/
Apple AirPods Live Listen can eavesdrop on conversations from another room
Contrary to Pompeo’s claim, the regional picture tells a different story quite at odds with his
sanguine depiction of a growing regional alliance against Iran.
That sophisticated, specific Russian 2016 voter targeting effort doesn’t seem to exist
That sophisticated, specific Russian 2016 voter targeting effort doesn’t seem to exist
## Propaganda/censorship/fake news/alternative facts ##
Covert British Military-Smear Machine Moving into US
After mobilizing a disinformation campaign across Europe, documents show that the Integrity
Covert British Military-Smear Machine Moving into US
After mobilizing a disinformation campaign across Europe, documents show that the Integrity
Initiative is now infiltrating the U.S.
## Systemic breakdown/collapse/
Although sold to a credulous public which is all too ready to believe that "new technologies" are
going to save our extravagant way of life, drilling for shale oil is actually an act of desperation.
The requirement for price matching with coal is part of a new set of conditions drafted by
China’s National Development and Reform Commission, which will be in effect until 2020 in a
bid to handle all the problems resulting from the fast growth in solar and wind capacity
installation in recent years, such as energy waste because of grid logjams.
My walk to work shows me how homelessness is transforming Britain
At my local homeless shelter, some inhabitants leave every night to work at Amazon factories;
At my local homeless shelter, some inhabitants leave every night to work at Amazon factories;
some are Uber drivers
## US ##
New Poll: US Military Occupations Supported By Far More Democrats Than Republicans
New home sales tank 19 percent to end 2018
New home sales tank 19 percent to end 2018
Washington’s Latest Match Made In Hell (Krugman and AOC)
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