Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Hot Temperatures: A New Player in Housing Markets

Identifying a new source of climate change housing price risk: heat, as in too much.

The Coming Ukraine Collapse and the “Rebuilding” Headfake

The hyping of Ukraine rebuilding is at least as delusional as the earlier war talk.

Poland & Ukraine Have Plunged Into A Full-Blown Political Crisis With No End In Sight

Ukraine and its one-time enthusiastic backer Poland are in an escalating row, due at least in part to the need to play domestic politics.

When Authorities Believe Their Citizens Will Become Dangerous…

Ordinary citizens are not worried enough about the prospect that the police/surveillance state will be used against them.

How the Fed Created the Post-2008 Global Safety Net for Banks

The “liquidity” support provided by the Fed to megabanks through cross-border lending in fact acted as subsidies.

Dangerous Scramble for Renewable Energy Resources

Demand for materials like lithium that are essential to many so-called “green energy” technologies are setting up conflicts, including war.

Iran’s Latest Move Brings A New Nuclear Deal With The U.S. Closer

The US is trying to craft JCPOA 2.0 with Iran.

The Resumption Of US Military Activity In Niger Puts France On The Strategic Backfoot

The Niger situation has developed not necessarily to France’s advantage.

The Lehman Disaster and Why It Matters Today

On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers, a giant investment bank, filed for bankruptcy. The shock was profound; world markets melted down.

Cost Of Living Crisis Threatens EU Energy Transition

Worries that EU voters will reject the climate change diet, at least partly due to failure to impose sacrifices on the rich, who are carbon pigs

The Reported Russian-North Korean Military Deal Is All About Geostrategic Balancing

Looking at the logic of the Russian deal with North Korea.

The South China Sea’s Resource Wars

Taiwan is only a part of the ongoing conflict between Chana and America plus its Asian allies.

Has the West Closed All Its Project Ukraine Exits?

Have the US and NATO managed to box themselves in with the Ukraine war?

“Unrealized Losses” on Securities Held by Banks, Oh Dearie, the Whole Schmear: +8%, to $558 Billion

We now have to pay attention to unrealized losses in the banking system.

The Pentagon is the Elephant In the Climate Activist Room

Ignoring the large role of the Pentagon in CO2 emissions is a huge omission in climate change remedies.