Can NATO and the Pentagon Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp from the Ukraine War?
A piece about NATO’s recent noises re Ukraine sadly reveals how supposedly non-captured, well-meaning activists have lost the plot.
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Ukraine: When Will It Reach the End of Its Propaganda Line?
Is Ukraine’s spin getting threadbare?
Read more...The Currency Swaps Time Bomb in Global Finance – Rob Johnson
Currency swap exposures have gotten to be uncomfortably large……
Read more...War Of The Worlds Begins In Your Neighborhood “Because — German Chancellor Merkel Has Just Declared — Russia Was Never Pacified”
It can’t be said often enough how much damage Merkel did by using Minsk as a clever ploy to hurt Russia and worse now admitting to it.
Read more...Hoisted from Comments: Rosneft Refinery in Schwedt as a Microcosm of Europe’s Sanctions-Induced Energy Mess
A Rosneft refinery in Germany illustrates how difficult it is to get back to anything resembling status quo ante under sanctions.
Read more...The Ukraine Crisis Is a Classic “Security Dilemma”
Some well-meaning but going-nowhere peace ideas for Ukraine.
Read more...Why Climate Science Shouldn’t Forget to Factor in Brain Health
Scientists need to learn more about climate change’s negative impact on the nervous system in order to mitigate it.
Read more...Russia Sitrep of Sorts
Yet again reading the Russia/Ukraine tea leaves.
Read more...Wind, Snow, Brutal Cold: Arctic Front Barrels Eastward from Plains
Life-threatening cold, with wind chills and white-out conditions, will sweep through many areas.
Read more...The Weather Nightmare Before Christmas
A sprawling cold wave and blizzard will bring some of the nation’s most dangerous and disruptive pre-holiday weather in recent decades.
Read more...Bloomberg Describes Europe’s Severe and Sustained Energy Crisis Due to Loss of Russian Gas
Bloomberg is countering the prevaiing cheery narrative that Europe can muddle through its ongoing energy crunch.
Read more...Drought in the United States: A Primer and Review of 2022 (with some Action Items)
Enough background information so that you, readers, can interpret the news on drought — especially in the Southwest — and apply your critical thinking skills
Read more...Michael Hudson Discusses the Future of Europe and Global Restructuring
Michael Hudson describes how the war with Russia is changing the economic and political order, and not to the advantage of Europe and the US.
Read more...Arctic Report Card 2022: The Arctic Is Getting Rainier and Seasons Are Shifting, with Broad Disturbances for People, Ecosystems and Wildlife
An update on the impact of global warming in the Arctic.
Read more...Hungary Asks the War Questions and Probes Merkel’s Minsk Deception
On Merkel’s and Germany’s posture toward the war in Ukraine and Russia generally.
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