The Dominoes in the Food Supply Crisis are Falling

The outbreak of riots over fuel and fertilizer prices in Peru is only a small taste of what is to come. In some prior articles […]

The European Union Decides to Sanction Itself

This morning, the news broke bright and early that the European Union had decided to launch a secondary wave of sanctions on Russia for the […]

Germany Says They Can not Impose Sanctions on Russian Gas; Update at 21:00 UTC – EU Will NOT Impose Sanctions Either

04.04.22 21:00 UTC UPDATE: From the Irish Times: No sanctions on Russian gas planned at the moment, EU says Wow. After all the bravado this […]

The German Grocers Followed Through with Massive Price Increases

In the wee hours of this morning Zero Hedge posted up the following story: German Retailers To Increase Food Prices By 20-50% On Monday Some […]

Saudi Aramco Raises Oil Prices to Record Levels

Good thing those guys are our “ally” and they listen to Senile Joe, right gang? From Reuters: Saudi Arabia raises May Arab Light crude prices […]

That didn’t take long: Less than 48 hours after the Gas was Shut Off, Latvia Agrees to pay in Rubles

The first article from early Sunday morning from Europe was obvious: Baltic nations first in Europe to cut Russian oil imports, but concerns remain From […]

Russia – Ukraine War: An Avoidable Conflict?

For the regular readers of these pages, this is not the daily update of the war in Ukraine. Instead, this is a query into the […]

04.03.22 Russia-Ukraine War: Odessa Under Attack

16:00 UTC UPDATE: More attacks in the center of Ukraine tonight with news of another attack on Mykolaiv: Apparently the German government is trying to […]

04.02.22 Russia Cuts off Gas Shipments to Germany

This story is presented with one caveat as the only news source is the UK Express at this time: ‘Hostile environment!’ Germany left scrambling as […]

04.01.22 Russia-Ukraine War: The Fog of Fog

When this war started over a month ago, many of the bloggers, writers, and “experts” were under the impression that the Russian military had restructured […]

More Proof America is Doomed in Two Tweets

Sometimes, I just review Twitter for breaking news, weird takes, or fun stuff like the Trump information provided by the neo-socialists at Business Insider. Then […]

Two Charts Says the US Economy is Doomed

And I don’t mean just 2008 doomer radio doomed like I used to broadcast via shortwave radio. I think this time we are doomed like […]

03.29.22 21:00 UTC Russia-Ukraine War Update: No Rubles, No Gas and No Ceasefire

The story yesterday about Ukrainian forces executing captured Russian soldiers was bad enough, but if the reports originating from pro-Russian media are true, it is […]

The Undeclared War on Gold and Oil

One might just ask a very logical question: Who and how does one declare war on inanimate objects? If it means the end of Western […]

Ignore This Economic Marker at Your Own Risk

This is what is known as a major macroeconomic data point which will have major repercussions by end of 2022: With the 3’s, 5’s, 7’s, […]