Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Brexit: Crisis Nigh

Brexit crunch time is approaching fast.

Colorado River: The Water War That Will Decide the Fate of 1 in 8 Americans

Water wars loom on the horizon, arising from overuse for generations of the Colorado River, which carved the Grand Canyon and serves as the main water source for much of the American West.

Reader Inquiry: How’s Your Climate?

Seeking reader observations on the impact of climate change in their environs.

#TSBFail: MPs Barely Lay a Glove on CEO Pester, Who Discredits Himself All on His Own

Even with a mere wet-noodle lashing by MPs, TSB came off pretty badly in Parliament.

Gaius Publius: Our Communities Are Scaled and Built for a Climate That No Longer Exists

Why combatting climate change will require the use of force.

Trump’s Carbon Capture Tax Break: Mechanical and Biological Paths

Looking at the potential benefit of tax subsidies for carbon capture.

TSB Are Using Their Own Customers to Alpha Test Their New IT Platform

The mess at TSB is even worse that the press would have you believe.

TSB’s IT Fiasco and Some Implications for Banks’ Legacy Systems

A hard look at the continuing IT disaster at UK bank TSB.

TSB Train Wreck: Massive Bank IT Failure Going into Fifth Day; Customers Locked Out of Accounts, Getting Into Other People’s Accounts, Getting Bogus Data

An epic IT disaster at the UK’s TSB illustrates how fragile banking systems are.

Plastics Pollution Policies– “Bold” or Pathetic?

Some recent news on the plastics clean-up front– the situation remains dire. Will waste be the end of us?

Hoisted from E-Mail: Brexit, Security, and the UK’s Coming Poodledom

Adding to the tally of how the UK will come out a loser thanks to Brexit.

Middle East Nightmare, Made in Washington

How the US is at risk of creating Armageddon in the Middle East.

Global Warming’s Impact on Ocean Currents to Amplify Sea Level Rise

Real News Network interview with Levke Caesar, discussing how Atlantic ocean currents have weakened due to global warming and are closer to catastrophic collapse than any time in the last 1,600 years.

EU (Finally) Slaps Down UK on Fantasy Irish Border Solutions

More Brexit bad news, even though the UK should not be surprised.