Monday, 6 April 2020

Global headlines - 6 April, 2020

News Links, April 6, 2019


## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Deflationary collapse: Coming right up! -- RF
With over a million coronavirus cases, economic freefall looms

## Airline death spiral ##
U.S. airlines apply for U.S. payroll help but terms still unclear

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
11 Nations on Board as UN Secretary-General Pushes Global Ceasefire
Maximum Pressure on North Korea Is a Total Failure
Why should America continue fighting a 70 years' war with a country 6,000 miles away when it is so ill-prepared for an epidemic at home?
Both Freedom House and V-DEM's Annual Democracy Report shows Israel is experiencing a precipitous decline in democracy. Thought that would hardly be surprising to the 2 million Arab citizens that live there.
For those of you in the northern hemisphere, if you're planning on learning to garden, now's the time. Remember that, despite your wildest fantasies, you are not going to become an instant farmer. -- RF
The Biggest Chokepoint in the Global Food Supply Chain Is Trucks
Truckers hauling food are facing delays across the globe in the latest disruption to supply chains snarled by the coronavirus pandemic.

• Coronavirus
Cuba: US embargo blocks coronavirus aid shipment from Asia
Cuban officials say a shipment of coronavirus aid from Asia's richest man, Jack Ma, has been blocked by the six-decade U.S. embargo on the island.
US Leads Global Wave of Nations Stealing, Seizing and Diverting Coronavirus Equipment
Governments have resorted to seizing, diverting, outbidding and outright stealing equipment from each other in a desperate bid to stem  the tide of the coronavirus epidemic.


## Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##
And while the United States is uniquely poorly positioned to address this, the massive jolt this has provoked the world over makes it clear enough that the systems of capitalism, of industrial civilization itself, have been teetering on the edge.
COVID-19 and the "Just-in-Time" Supply Chain: Why Hospitals Ran Out of Ventilators and Grocery Stores Ran Out of Toilet Paper

Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike said Sunday the metropolitan government has secured about 1,000 beds for coronavirus patients, although experts say at least 4,000 beds may be needed for the capital.
Mainland China reported 30 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, up from 19 a day earlier as the number of cases involving travellers from abroad as well as local transmissions increased, highlighting the difficulty in stamping out the outbreak.
How much gold does China really have and how will it be used?
Fishermen face bleak year as pandemic bites
After three months of storms and high winds, a slump in demand has left most of the UK's fleet tied up and facing ruin
The Blob Sucked Away Your Public Health and Gave You War Instead
Trillions down the drain for overseas operations and the national security state is still agitating for more.
Everything I have warned about for years—government overreach, invasive surveillance, martial law, abuse of powers, militarized police, weaponized technology used to track and control the citizenry, and so on—has coalesced into this present moment.
• Coronavirus
Hey, I thought such things only happen in China! -- RF
Shortly afterward, the federal government published highly unusual guidance informing doctors they had the option to prescribe the drugs, with key dosing information based on unattributed anecdotes rather than peer-reviewed science.

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