Category Archives: Guest Post

You’re Living in a World Wrought by Central Banks. Notice Anything Wrong?

Nomi Prins warns that central banks’ strategies are destroying the real economy, worsening inequality, and creating societal chaos.

Links 11/18/2022

The G20 Just Agreed to “Build on the Success” (Sic) of Digital COVID-19 Certificates for Future Pandemics

Even as divisions rise in the world, the governments of the world’s largest economies appear to be on a strikingly similar page when it comes to rolling out digital health certificates, digital identity schemes and central bank digital currencies.

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/17/2022

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Where’s the Contagion from the Crypto Implosion?

Why, if you aren’t in crypto, you can watch the meltdown in comparative comfort.

Links 11/17/2022

U.S. Diesel Inventories Hit Historic Lows At The Worst Possible Time

The diesel squeeze is getting worse, but it is still not clear how actute it might become.

Why Don’t The Poles Admit the War Isn’t Winning the Next Polish Election and Isn’t in Poland’s National Interest – Unless Zelensky Loses Galicia to Poland, Again

There is less enthusiasm for the Ukraine war amond some Polish voters than the US/UK press would have you believe. And winter is coming.

Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

Another account of the extent of the private equity health care grifting, as well as some avenues to check these abuses.

Russia Continues to Escalate Electrical Grid/Infrastructure Attacks; Charges Over Attack on Poland Shift Focus from Damage

Despite the lack of media interest, the Russian destruction of Ukraine’s electrical grid could determine the outcome of the war.

As Gig Economy Grows, Its Toll on Workers Mounts

Democrats help the gig economy expands its reach as it brings pain and suffering to more American workers.

When Marshal Kutuzov Joins General Winter and General Surovikin, What Happens Next on the Front

An overview of how Russia approaches war, and then a discussion of why Pavlovka matters in the Ukraine campaign.

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/15/2022

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COP27 Fiddling as World Warms

COP27, the latest climate ‘blah-blah,’ began with rich nation backpedalling due to the NATO sanctions-induced energy crisis.

China Is Making More Big Moves in Latin America

What happens when one of Latin America’s smaller economies, on the US doorstep, decides to throw its lot in with China? It looks like we are about to see.