Category Archives: Global Instability

Mother Gaia is wobbling on her axis and the end could happen just any minute now – Don’t panic!

Oil industry needs to hire 600,000 workers

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Fred Stiening

According to Bloomberg, http://bloom.bg/29jlIrI The oil industry is facing a crisis – a large portion of the existing work force in the oil business is hitting retirement age about the same time. While young people have been learning how to … Continue reading →

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Doing the Macarena in Hooters in China on Christmas Day

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Fred Stiening

From the totally random department… https://youtu.be/qb3_Yzr-WVE The guy in this video is a Canadian who speaks fluent Chinese and wanders around trying food in local markets and an occasional restaurant. The people in China are not used to seeing a … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Global Instability | 7 Comments

Hillary Obama does Charlotte

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Fred Stiening

I can’t tell you how thrilled I am. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article87726277.html Picture 11 of 41 is my favorite. Source: Dan Merica @ Twitter Consider for a moment that Democratic Party registration in the City of Charlotte is about 70% black. This crowd … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 election, Hillary Clinton | 14 Comments

Hard to have much sympathy

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Fred Stiening

19 year old University of Wisconsin – Madison (Berkeley East) student decides to visit Rome for July 4th as part of an exchange program. The drinking age in Wisconsin is 21, so he isn’t used to drinking. He goes into … Continue reading →

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The lie of “peak oil”

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Fred Stiening

The financial times of London is reporting the results of a global survey of oil reserves http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7525f1dc-41d6-11e6-9b66-0712b3873ae1.html The report estimates the world’s oil reserves at 2.1 trillion barrels, which is 70 years of production at current levels. In 1979, President … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Supply, Global Instability, US Economic Recovery | 8 Comments

Drowning in Concrete

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Gordon Chang, frequent guest on John Batchelor’s radio show, often mentions the overcapacity of concrete production in China. Take a look at the list of the 20 largest concrete producers http://www.globalcement.com/magazine/articles/741-top-20-global-cement-companies (The 1,400 million tons per year is now at … Continue reading →

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Behold our robot future

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Fred Stiening

This video shows an automated factory that cuts up lambs in New Zealand. It is not for the squeamish If you have an active imagination, it doesn’t take much to imagine a different mammal being chopped up. Soylant green is … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Instability | 6 Comments

Loretta Lynch meets with Bill Clinton to not have sex

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Attorney General Loretta Lynch met with former President Bill Clinton, and husband of Presidential almost nominee Hillary Clinton at the airport in Phoenix, presumably to discuss recipes for fried catfish. http://legalinsurrection.com/2016/06/gross-appearance-of-impropriety-in-ag-lynch-private-meeting-with-bill-clinton/ The Democratic Convention in Philadelphia to coronate Queen Hillary … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 election, American Politics, Collapse of America, Hillary Clinton | 4 Comments

Puerto Rico defaults on GO bonds

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Financial advice radio host Bob Brinker used to say “no state has ever defaulted on General Obligation Bonds – don’t worry!”. That’s technically still true since Puerto Rico is not a state (yet). http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/01/investing/puerto-rico-defaults-general-obligation-bonds/index.html General Obligation Bonds are debt that … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Collapse of America, Global Instability | 6 Comments

Is Don King the new face of the Republican Party?

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Fred Stiening

You may remember him – the boxing promoter with the big head of hair… It’s a fact that if Republicans talked half of black Americans to return home to the party that ended Slavery and Jim Crow, Donald Trump would … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 election, American Politics, Donald Trump | 3 Comments