Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

The Supreme Court’s Own Goal on Climate Change

Why the Supreme Court ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency looks more like hacker than jurisprudence.

Why Give a Damn About Pelosi? How About the Nuclear Strike We Would Have Made on China Over Formosa?

In 1958, the US considered a nuclear strike against China if China’s planned conquest of Formosa went well.

Endgame Taiwan? US Plans Further China Eyepoking with Planned Military Transit of the Taiwan Strait

China and the US are making threat displays over Taiwan. Lovely.

Inside the Democrats’ Climate Deal with the Devil

The new climate package furthers the US’ most profligate pastimes: drilling oil and driving big cars.

The Dying American Southwest

Will people abandon the American Southwest or fight like hell to keep it?

German Chancellor: Germany Could Keep Nuclear Power Plants Operating After All

A sign of German energy tsuris: Chancellor Scholz suggests reviving nuclear power, in opposition to earlier recommendations by key ministries.

Yanis Varoufakis: Inflation as a Political Power Play Gone Wrong

Looking at inflation through a class warfare lens.

Book Review: A Global History of the Black Death

In “The World the Plague Made,” James Belich argues that the Black Death had a profound impact beyond Europe.

The Future of Global Catastrophic Risk Events from Climate Change

U.N.: Climate change is causing extreme events that can kill > 10 million or lead to > $10 trillion in damages, threatening societal collapse

Xi and Biden Talk Past Each Other in Over 2 Hour Phone Call

The Xi-Biden call confirmed that despite keeping communications lines open, the two superpowers are at an impasse.

The Gang That Can’t Shoot Straight: Western Leaders Bungle Russia Gas Supply, Barmy Oil Price Cap, and Appear Unable Even to Line Up Meetings

The harder you look at Western scheming against Russia (and China) the worse it appears.

Left in the Dark: The Families Struggling to Survive Fuel Poverty

The future many in the UK and Europe will suffer this winter: having to choose between food and fuel.

Biden’s Climate Emergency: Will He Declare It?

Biden has put the idea of using the National Emergency Act to declare a climate emergency in play. What are its odds of happening?

One China Eyepoking Too Far: Biden Signals US Not Backing Down on Pelosi Taiwan Visit as China Promises Military Response

Taiwan is becoming yet another case study in advanced imperial decline. Too bad the world is along for the ride.

Sri Lanka’s Arrest of Aeroflot Plane Was the Straw that Broke President Rajapaksa’s Back

How Sri Lanka tried, and may still be trying, to play Moscow off against Washington.