## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Recession Ahead: An Overview of Our Predicament
## War on cash/cashless society/cryptocurrencies ##
Death Spirals and BTC — What Happens When Miners Capitulate?
China’s Central Bank to Lead Real-World Pilot of Digital Yuan: Report
Gold Will Continue Rallying in 2020
## Airline death spiral ##
## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
So 14,000 Troops to the Middle East ‘Fake News’? Not So Fast
The defense secretary may deny the number, but an internal struggle over the Iran 'threat' suggests there will be deployments.
## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Protests rage in northeast India over citizenship bill
## Energy/resources ##
Forget The Hype, Aramco Shares May be Valued At Zero Next Year
Recession Ahead: An Overview of Our Predicament
## Cut, baby, cut! ##
Morgan Stanley is cutting jobs due to uncertain global environment, sources say
Morgan Stanley is cutting jobs due to uncertain global environment, sources say
## War on cash/cashless society/cryptocurrencies ##
Death Spirals and BTC — What Happens When Miners Capitulate?
China’s Central Bank to Lead Real-World Pilot of Digital Yuan: Report
Gold Will Continue Rallying in 2020
## Airline death spiral ##
South African Airways to Enter Into Bankruptcy Protection
When Losses Don’t Matter: How Japanese Conglomerate Mitsubishi Blows Billions on a Jet Nobody Really Wants
When Losses Don’t Matter: How Japanese Conglomerate Mitsubishi Blows Billions on a Jet Nobody Really Wants
## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
So 14,000 Troops to the Middle East ‘Fake News’? Not So Fast
The defense secretary may deny the number, but an internal struggle over the Iran 'threat' suggests there will be deployments.
## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Protests rage in northeast India over citizenship bill
Hungary plan to control theatres sparks protests
339,000 protesters ramp up pressure on French President Macron over pensions reform
339,000 protesters ramp up pressure on French President Macron over pensions reform
## Energy/resources ##
Forget The Hype, Aramco Shares May be Valued At Zero Next Year
Carbon capture could require 25% of all global energy
Rystad Energy believes the oil peak will be reached in less than ten years
Rystad Energy believes the oil peak will be reached in less than ten years
The flow of outside capital has always been the key to the continuation of the plays. Not the geology. Not the economics. Other people’s money.
US Moves To Sanction Russia-led Gas Pipeline Nord Stream 2
US Moves To Sanction Russia-led Gas Pipeline Nord Stream 2
Clean and green? Tossing Old Solar Panels Into Landfill Is Greener Than Recycling Them
Sooner or later, all waste comes back to haunt us. The attempt to justify landfilling is a trick to make the poor energy return on renewables look better. -- RF
Sooner or later, all waste comes back to haunt us. The attempt to justify landfilling is a trick to make the poor energy return on renewables look better. -- RF
Chinese inflation hits eight-year high as pork prices double
CDC: Salinas company salad kits linked to another E. coli outbreak
CDC: Salinas company salad kits linked to another E. coli outbreak
## Environment/health ##
Hot weather linked to rise in early childbirth: study
Hot weather linked to rise in early childbirth: study
## Intelligence/security/
Google Maps tracks everywhere you go. Here’s how to automatically delete what it stores
## Japan ##
## China ##
## UK ##
Using history to understand hidden wealth in the UK
Internationally, the pattern of a low-tax pre-war era followed by a high-tax post-war period is almost universal. Applying the method presented in this column to other historical wealth data from other countries could lead to the uncovering of vast sums of hidden wealth.
Google Maps tracks everywhere you go. Here’s how to automatically delete what it stores
## Propaganda/censorship/fake news/alternative facts ##
Afghanistan war metrics were manipulated to highlight battlefield success, according to bombshell WaPo report
The Campaign to Lie America Into World War II
Before Pearl Harbor, there was an elaborate British influence operation of forged documents, fake news, and manipulation.
Afghanistan war metrics were manipulated to highlight battlefield success, according to bombshell WaPo report
The Campaign to Lie America Into World War II
Before Pearl Harbor, there was an elaborate British influence operation of forged documents, fake news, and manipulation.
## Systemic breakdown/collapse/
The Taxonomy of Collapse
The higher up the wealth-power pyramid the observer is, the more prone they are to a magical-thinking belief that the empire is forever, even as it is crumbling around them.
Industrial-age barbarism: The 2019 Black Friday Video Hall of Shame
The higher up the wealth-power pyramid the observer is, the more prone they are to a magical-thinking belief that the empire is forever, even as it is crumbling around them.
Industrial-age barbarism: The 2019 Black Friday Video Hall of Shame
## Japan ##
Japan Is Again Forced To Stimulate Its Troubled Economy
S Korea wants 'rising sun flag of hatred' banned at Olympics
S Korea wants 'rising sun flag of hatred' banned at Olympics
Abe Committed to Mediating between U.S., Iran
Japan to keep pushing coal in developing world despite criticism
Japan to keep pushing coal in developing world despite criticism
## China ##
Watching The World's Soybean Vessels Signals China Has Ditched US For South America
World Bank To Reduce Lending To China
World Bank To Reduce Lending To China
China says pork prices surged 110% in November
"Unprecedented" China Auto Market Collapse Heads Into Third Year After November Sales Drop 4.2%
"Unprecedented" China Auto Market Collapse Heads Into Third Year After November Sales Drop 4.2%
## UK ##
Using history to understand hidden wealth in the UK
Internationally, the pattern of a low-tax pre-war era followed by a high-tax post-war period is almost universal. Applying the method presented in this column to other historical wealth data from other countries could lead to the uncovering of vast sums of hidden wealth.
Duncan Burt, the boss of National Grid’s electricity system operator business, thanked households for helping to balance the energy grid by “getting paid to use more energy on a windy night”.
Patient data from GP surgeries sold to US companies
Data about millions of NHS patients has been sold to US and other international pharmaceutical companies for research, the Observer has learned, raising new fears about America’s growing ambitions to access lucrative parts of the health service after Brexit.
Extinction Rebellion stages air pollution protests in London and Manchester
Data about millions of NHS patients has been sold to US and other international pharmaceutical companies for research, the Observer has learned, raising new fears about America’s growing ambitions to access lucrative parts of the health service after Brexit.
Extinction Rebellion stages air pollution protests in London and Manchester
## US ##
"It's About To Get Very Bad" - Repo Market Legend Predicts Market Crash In Days
Jobs of the future are clustering in a handful of U.S. cities, study finds
Jobs of the future are clustering in a handful of U.S. cities, study finds
Jobs of the future will include farming, blacksmithing, farming, woodworking, farming, hunting, farming, and highway robbery. And did I mention farming? -- RF
Accounting Fraud & Freight Recession Topple Celadon, Largest Truckload-Carrier Bankruptcy in US History
Creditors trying to repossess trucks over the weekend. Thousands of drivers on the road, some stranded. Employees left in the dark. Shares plunge 93% this morning from nearly nothing to practically nothing.
Creditors trying to repossess trucks over the weekend. Thousands of drivers on the road, some stranded. Employees left in the dark. Shares plunge 93% this morning from nearly nothing to practically nothing.
The Great American Shakedown (Chris Hedges)
The liberal class and the Democratic Party leadership have failed, even after their defeat in the 2016 presidential election, to understand that they, along with the traditional Republican elites, have squandered their credibility. No one believes them. And no one should.
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