Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

The Sveriges Riksbank Counterfeit Nobel Award Goes to Bernanke et al. for the Wrong Model

Diamond-Dybvig-Bernanke is a flawed model of banking that has no room for a lender of last resort

Vietnam Army General Giap on How To Win, British Armchair General Freedman on How To Lose

Sir Lawrence Freedman declares victory for Ukraine is inevitable because Putin.

NOPEC Bill Would Mean the End Of Aramco and OPEC as We Know Them

The US is seriously considering yet another self-destructive move: bringing the Saudis to heel via a frontal legal/sanctions attack on OPEC.

Is the UK About to Hit the Wall?

The UK is in sorry shape…..and is looking like the canary in the economic coal mine.

Book Excerpt: It’s Not Just Humans at Risk From Covid-19

To believe Covid-19 was engineered to target humans is to ignore its broad capacity for infecting other animals.

Biden Administration Doubles Down on Sanctions Self-Harm: China Chip Export Ban, Possible Russia Aluminum Sanctions, All Systems Still Go with Russian Oil Price Cap

The sanctions war situation has developed not necessarily to America’s advantage.

The Odessa Connection? The Ukrainian M.O. for the Crimean Bridge Attack – This Is How The Operation Worked To The Point Of Detonation

The Russian investigation of the Kerch brigde bombing claims that a grain transport ship out of Odessa moved the explosives.

COVID-19 Rapid Tests Can Breed Confusion – Here’s How To Make Sense of the Results and What To Do, According to 3 Testing Experts

ome pointers on Covid test technique and use.

Is Breaking Things the Best Way Forward for Climate Activists?

From SUVs to gas pipelines, sabotage is on the rise as the climate crisis deepens – but does it work?

Bank of England Bought Only Small Amounts of Bonds Even Today, Warns Pension Funds They Have “Only Three Days Left” to Unwind Derivatives with BOE Support

The Bank of England has been doing less than believed to rescue the gilts market. But stil not a good look.

Whose Cat Caught the German Tongue? No Blame for Russia After German Train Sabotage on Sunday Morning, No Blame for Nord Stream Sabotage, Yet

Another apparent act of sabotage in Germany, yet the press is peculiarly refusing to play “whodunnit”.

600 Million Metric Tons of Plastic May Fill Oceans by 2036 If We Don’t Act Now

Plastic damage to oceans is getting worse. But do we have adequate remedies, even if we had the will to implement them?

Russian Army Turning Out the Lights: US Losing Electricity War in Ukraine

The dire and worsening state of Urkraine’s electricity supply has gone curiously unnoticed by Western commentators.

Big Agriculture Casts Itself as Climate Champion Ahead of COP27

Critics say the US-led Aim4C coalition will sideline nature-friendly farming in favour of polluting status quo agriculture.

Brexit Britain Is All Alone in a Senseless Pursuit of Disaster Capitalism

As other nations return to state-led investment, Truss and Kwarteng act to weaken the democracy, economy and rights of Britain.