Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

The G7 Is Still Pushing Its Nutty Russia Oil Price Cap Idea

A new effort to punch Russia in the nose look as likely to backfire as earlier attempts, charitably assuming the scheme gets off the ground.

FBI Now Joins in China Warmongering in Bizarre Speech in London with MI5 About Taiwan, Intellectual Property Theft

The US is really really out to heat things up with China…

The Coming Sanctions-Induced Economic Tsunami?

It does not take much in the way of prognostication skills to anticipate that things can get way way worse on the economic front.

Boris Johnson Death Watch

Boris Johnson agonistes.

Supremes Kayo Climate Change Regulation: West Virginia v. EPA

The Supreme Court last week scuppered the ability of the EPA to implement climate change regulation under the Clean Air Act- absent further action by Congress.

Michael Hudson: A Depression Is Coming

Economist Michael Hudson explains the inflation crisis and warns a “long depression” is coming, due to the new cold war on Russia and China.

Fighting Words – What the Poles Say When They Dare Do Nothing About NATO and the US

How Poland is getting the short end of the stick from the US and NATO. Not that that should be a surprise.

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Two Separate Bayer Glyphosate Appeals in One Week

Three significant glyphosate decisions have been handed down in the last week, two by the U.S. Supreme Court and one by a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

“G7 Aims to Hurt Russia with Price Cap on Oil Exports”

If this harebrained Russia oil price cap scheme gets off the ground, it’s likely to be yet another Western economic own goal.

“Why the Ukraine Crisis Will Make Little Difference to Dollar Supremacy”

Why the depth of the U.S. securities market will extend dollar hegemony beyond what would seem to be its natural sell-by date.

More and More Crypto Crashing and Burning as DeFi (Decentralized Finance) Misbehaves

The great crypto unwind is underway, bringing to light even more bad practices than you likely knew about.

Lithuania’s Step Too Far — Blockade of Kaliningrad Draws No Support from US, UK, EU, NATO, as Russia Prepares “Practical Steps”, “No Diplomacy”

If it doesn’t pull back on its interference with Russian shipments, Lithuania is set to get whacked for messing with Kaliningrad.

Fast and Furious Omicron New Variants Defy Explanation, and Don’t Bode Well for Future Either

More cheery Omicron takes.

Estimating the Short-Term Impact of War on Economic Activity in Ukraine

A rosy-seeming view of how Ukraine’s economy is faring.