Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

SVB and the Only Choice We Have

How the SVB bailout confirms the dedication of the elites to self interest only.

Hoisted from Comments: Rosneft Refinery in Schwedt Continues to Be a Microcosm of Europe’s Sanctions-Induced Energy Mess

A case study in sanctions blowback: how the Rosneft refinery, an important provider of diesel and jet fuel, looks like a stranded asset.

Why China Is Unlikely to Invade Taiwan

Questioning why the US has gone into belligerence over its belief that China will occupy Taiwan.

Satyajit Das: SVB Collapse and Bank Turmoil – Latest Chapter in the Unwinding

Peeling back more layers of the SVB implosion and its broader implications.

US Officials Make Non-Bailout Bailout of Silicon Valley and Signature Bank and Continue Class Warfare

An over-zealous Fed pushed a few banks, including the big and super connected Silicon Valley Bank, over the edge. A bailout was a given.

Silicon Valley Bank Fails, With Deposits of Many Venture-Backed Companies Frozen. How Bad Will the Fallout Be?

How severe might the contagion from the Silicon Valley Bank failure be? And who will suffer most: tech land or other banks?

A Feminist Demand on International Women’s Day: Fire Victoria Nuland

If feminists support this Bush-era neocon simply because she is a woman, Victoria Nuland might just burn down the world in a nuclear fire.

The Financial Times’ Martin Wolf Worries About Europe’s Future but Oddly Not the US’

Martin Wolf’s musings about what lies in store for Europe has a huge blind spot as far as the US is concerned.

“How Stupid Do They Think We Are?” Nord Stream Pipelines Bombing Edition

Shameless Nord Stream spin.

Wall Street Journal: “US Is Not Yet Ready for Great Power Conflict” Yet Still Plots Against China

The US seems obsessed with China, yet effectively admits it is behind and unlikely to catch up. And it too quickly dismisses Russia.

America’s Chips War With China: Another Sanctions Backfire Coming?

Biden Administration officials are pleased as punch with their targeting of China’s supposed Achilles heel: dependence on US designed chips.

What If the World Cannot Save the World from Climate Change?

How climate change reveals a crisis of international governance.

Why Biden Snubbed China’s Ukraine Peace Plan

The US doth protest too much over China’s napkin doodle peace principles. Why the defensiveness?

At the Brink of War in the Pacific? The Nightmare of Great Power Rivalry Over Taiwan

In pressing the Taiwan hot button, is the US misreading China’s capabilities and networks just as it has Russia’s?

Ukraine, Russia, China, and Dealing With Crazy People

What passes for leadership in the West is becoming more agitated, particulalry over Ukraine.