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## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Visualizing The Snowball Of Global Government Debt
4 Months of Carmageddon in the EU Wipe Out Gains for 2018
## War on cash/cashless society/cryptocurrencies ##
A cashless society is dangerously disruptive for the poor, elderly, and homeless
China is showing the rest of the world how to build a cashless society
## Airline death spiral ##
Omaha airport closed after Southwest Airlines plane goes off runway
## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Army’s long-awaited Iraq war study finds Iran was the only winner
4 Months of Carmageddon in the EU Wipe Out Gains for 2018
Small electric cars may be unaffordable for some: VW chairman to newspaper
The move to electric vehicles will make cars significantly more expensive, meaning they may
The move to electric vehicles will make cars significantly more expensive, meaning they may
become unaffordable for people on low incomes in the future, the chairman of Volkswagen said in an interview published on Sunday.
## Cut, baby, cut! ##
Shopko Stores files for bankruptcy, plans 100 store closings
Shopko Stores files for bankruptcy, plans 100 store closings
## War on cash/cashless society/cryptocurrencies ##
A cashless society is dangerously disruptive for the poor, elderly, and homeless
China is showing the rest of the world how to build a cashless society
## Airline death spiral ##
Omaha airport closed after Southwest Airlines plane goes off runway
## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Army’s long-awaited Iraq war study finds Iran was the only winner
At last the US defense establishment has officially admitted what everyone knew from the
beginning. -- RF
France to continue military operation in Syria and Iraq in 2019, Macron says
The U.S. Has Venezuela in Its Crosshairs
The U.S. Has Venezuela in Its Crosshairs
Talk of Western intervention in the Black Sea is pure fantasy
Crimea is essential to Russia strategically and economically, but speculation over Ankara
Crimea is essential to Russia strategically and economically, but speculation over Ankara
helping to boost the US presence in the Black Sea is far-fetched given Turkey's energy deals with Moscow.
Morrison misconnects across the South Pacific
Australian leader's recent tour of Fiji and Vanuatu fell mostly flat and likely did little to break
Australian leader's recent tour of Fiji and Vanuatu fell mostly flat and likely did little to break
China's firming grip on the region.
## Migrants/refugees ##
The remains of 127 dead migrants were recovered in southern Arizona in 2018
## Energy/resources ##
Low Oil Prices Are Not The Only Problem For The Permian
While low oil prices are beginning to slow the growth of U.S. shale, in the years ahead oil and
The remains of 127 dead migrants were recovered in southern Arizona in 2018
## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Zimbabwe again forces 'total internet shutdown' amid unrest
Zimbabwe again forces 'total internet shutdown' amid unrest
## Energy/resources ##
Low Oil Prices Are Not The Only Problem For The Permian
While low oil prices are beginning to slow the growth of U.S. shale, in the years ahead oil and
gas drilling could be curtailed by a different problem: a shortage of water.
## Solutions ##
Fight The Establishment’s Narratives By Getting Clear On Your Own
## Environment/health ##
## Propaganda/censorship/fake news/alternative facts ##
## Systemic breakdown/collapse/
Surviving in a Venezuelan City: “You have no clue about how people really are when they are
## China ##
## UK ##
Death toll reaches 79 in Mexico fuel pipeline fire horror
Toyota, Paccar team up on clean hydrogen trucks for polluted LA ports
Toyota, Paccar team up on clean hydrogen trucks for polluted LA ports
Not everyone is convinced hydrogen power will prove viable, however. Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Is fond of calling the technology "fool cells," and he isn't the only critic. Skeptics note that
there is no ready source of hydrogen and no distribution network as there is for either electricity or diesel fuel.
Top Reasons to Support Groundwater Preservation
Water scarcity is getting worse around the world as aquifers are drained faster than they can
Water scarcity is getting worse around the world as aquifers are drained faster than they can
be refilled. The most significant contributor to the problem is industrial farming, due to its
heavy use of potable water for irrigation.
Europe’s new-generation nuclear plants stagger over the start line
Years late and massively over-budget, Europe’s first EPR nuclear plants in Finland and
Years late and massively over-budget, Europe’s first EPR nuclear plants in Finland and
France are on the verge of “energizing”, as the sector jargon goes.
## Got food? ##
Somehow, SCURVY Has Made a Comeback in the US
Somehow, SCURVY Has Made a Comeback in the US
The Planetary Health Diet isn’t much use to people living in food poverty
Johnsonville recalls more than 48,000 pounds of frozen cheddar and bacon pork patties
Johnsonville recalls more than 48,000 pounds of frozen cheddar and bacon pork patties
## Solutions ##
Fight The Establishment’s Narratives By Getting Clear On Your Own
## Environment/health ##
The Rhine waterway, critical to moving coal, car parts, food and thousands of other goods,
risks becoming impassable because of climate change.
A controversial startup that charges $8,000 to fill your veins with young blood now claims to
A controversial startup that charges $8,000 to fill your veins with young blood now claims to
New Zealand's clean, green image took a beating this summer as tourists travelling through
the countryside posted pictures of lakes and rivers off limits due to contamination by farm
effluent, garbage and human faeces.
Pharma Spending on Doctors Is Correlated With Opioid Deaths
The greatest good for the greatest number: A doctrine of acceptable losses
## Intelligence/security/
The greatest good for the greatest number: A doctrine of acceptable losses
## Intelligence/security/
They Spy with Their Little Eye
The Five Eyes, a part of what the NSA calls internally its “global network,” have their dirty fingerprints all over the latest spying scandal engulfing New Zealand.
Seymour Hersh: George H.W. Bush Team Leaked To Media To Reveal CIA's Iran-Contra Affair
The Five Eyes, a part of what the NSA calls internally its “global network,” have their dirty fingerprints all over the latest spying scandal engulfing New Zealand.
Seymour Hersh: George H.W. Bush Team Leaked To Media To Reveal CIA's Iran-Contra Affair
This Is The Reason Smart TVs Are So Cheap
A significant reason why a smart TV, or perhaps a new 65-inch 4K smart TV with HDR capability, can be purchased for about $500, is because some manufacturers are harvesting data from users.
A significant reason why a smart TV, or perhaps a new 65-inch 4K smart TV with HDR capability, can be purchased for about $500, is because some manufacturers are harvesting data from users.
To block certain gun sales, banks and credit card companies determined they'd need to
require retailers to give even more information so they could see the difference between, say,
someone buying a semiautomatic rifle and someone purchasing a vacuum cleaner. Getting
Into the censorship business, as it turns out, takes a lot of Big Brother data.
Change your phone settings so Apple, Google can’t track your movements
5G, Huawei and Us — The U.S. Hates Competition
5G, Huawei and Us — The U.S. Hates Competition
## Propaganda/censorship/fake news/alternative facts ##
The revelation is not merely an embarrassment to some factions within the British intelligence
community, but represents a glimpse into the inner workings of the propaganda machine that
keeps the plutocratic class in control of the public.
Netflix and Hotstar will now be self-censoring some of their content in India
Netflix and Hotstar will now be self-censoring some of their content in India
## Systemic breakdown/collapse/
Surviving in a Venezuelan City: “You have no clue about how people really are when they are
Don't think this concerns only people in Venezuela. When the SHTF, a city anywhere in the
world will suddenly transform into a hornets' nest. -- RF
The Price of Empire
Why America and Britain Are Self-Destructing (And What the World Can Learn From it)
Why America and Britain Are Self-Destructing (And What the World Can Learn From it)
## Japan ##
The global decline of Japanese universities
The global decline of Japanese universities
## China ##
Bottom Suddenly Falls Out of Demand in China in Many Sectors
Chinese police must guard against 'color revolutions', says top official
Chinese police must guard against 'color revolutions', says top official
Even if the second-largest economy resolves the current slowdown, it will remain mired in a
debt-driven slump.
"Debt-driven slump"? Sounds just like some other countries I know. -- RF
## UK ##
Pharmacists facing ‘massive shortages’ in common medicines across UK, experts warn
Demand for credit cards and mortgages in UK falling fast, warns BofE
Demand for credit cards and mortgages in UK falling fast, warns BofE
Rising Credit-Card Use Shows Consumers Are Strapped
Americans are increasingly reaching for the plastic in their wallets to cover what their paychecks won’t.
Americans are increasingly reaching for the plastic in their wallets to cover what their paychecks won’t.
Has the Government Legalized Secret Defense Spending?
While a noisy Supreme Court fight captivated America last fall, an obscure federal accounting
While a noisy Supreme Court fight captivated America last fall, an obscure federal accounting
body quietly approved a system of classified money-moving
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