I think I might have listened to that on Audible. I'll have to go back and check. Was very doom-porn-ish.
That book really has some strong pilings under it: Joseph Tainter's Collapse of Modern Civilizations, Catton's Overshoot, the Club of Rome's computer models and projections, and more.
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-...-After-Drone-Attack-on-Russian-Oil-Depot.html Fire Continues to Burn After Drone Attack on Russian Oil Depot
Having issues with ChatGPT today. vatniks revenge probably, since they made them to pay for their bots.
US Soldier Jailed for Nearly 4 Years in Russia After Love Story Turns Sour By Reuters June 19, 2024 Gordon Black is escorted in a court in Vladivostok, Russia, on June 19, 2024. (Tatiana Meel/Reuters) VLADIVOSTOK, Russia—A U.S. soldier was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony after being found guilty by a Russian court of stealing $113 from his girlfriend and making threats to kill her, a Reuters witness reported from the courtroom. The judgement brings an end to a tempestuous love story that brought together—and then tore apart—a married U.S. staff sergeant and a Russian woman after an international romance that stretched from South Korea to Russia. Gordon Black, a 34-year-old U.S. staff sergeant, was detained on May 2 in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok after an argument with his girlfriend, Alexandra Vashchuk, whom he had met while in South Korea. Judge Yelena Stepankova of the Pervomaisky District Court of Vladivostok found Mr. Black guilty of stealing 10,000 roubles ($113) from Ms. Vashchuk’s purse and threatening to kill her. “The court found that Black G. K. in the period from 05/01/2024 to 05/02/2024, while in an apartment on Sakhalinskaya Street in Vladivostok, during a quarrel that arose on the basis of personal hostility, threatened to kill the victim,” the court said. He “also committed theft,” the court said. Mr. Black, standing in a glass cage in the court room, was sentenced to three years and nine months in a Russian penal colony and ordered to pay back the 10,000 roubles. He pleaded not guilty to threatening to kill her but admitted he was partially guilty of taking the money, though out of necessity. His defense lawyer will appeal the verdict. Prosecutors said that during an argument at Ms. Vashchuk’s apartment, Mr. Black had grabbed her by the neck and then took the money. Mr. Black argued that Ms. Vashchuk had drunk half a bottle of vodka that day, was aggressive, and had struck him. Prosecutors had asked for a prison sentence of four years and eight months, while the defense asked for Mr. Black to be acquitted of all charges. Ms. Vashchuk did not come to the court on Wednesday. Before they fell out, she had previously referred to Mr. Black on social media as her “husband” and affectionately as “pindos,” a Russian slang word for Americans that roughly translates to “Yankee punk.” Mr. Black in April signed out of the Eighth Army at Camp Humphreys in the Republic of South Korea on a permanent change of station to return to Fort Cavazos in Texas, but instead he flew to China and then to Russia to meet Ms. Vashchuk. The Pentagon has said that he broke army rules by traveling to Russia and China without authorization. Mr. Black has a wife and child in Texas. His wife Megan told Reuters last month that he and Ms. Vashchuk had a tempestuous relationship. Mr. Black’s mother, Melody Jones, told Reuters he had followed his girlfriend to Russia even though they “fought like cats and dogs.” U.S. President Joe Biden says he is doing all he can to bring back the Americans held in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin says contacts over a possible swap involving Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich have taken place but the Kremlin has repeatedly warned Washington that such talks need to take place without media publicity. Mr. Gershkovich will go on trial behind closed doors on charges of espionage next week. He has denied the charges of collecting secrets for the U.S. CIA.
Hegemon orders Europe: bet on war and steal Russia’s money The Swiss “peace” kabuki came and went – and the winner was Vladimir Putin. He didn’t even have to show up. None of the Big Players did. Or in case they sent their emissaries, there was significant refusal to sign the vacuous final declaration – as in BRICS members Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia, UAE and South Africa. Without BRICS, there’s absolutely nothing the collective West – as in The Hegemon and assorted vassals – can do to alter the proxy war chessboard in Ukraine. In his carefully calibrated speech to diplomats and the leadership of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Putin delineated an incredibly restrained and strategic approach to solve the Ukraine problem. In the context of the Hegemon’s escalatory green light – actually in practice for several months now – for Kiev to attack deeper into the Russian Federation, Putin’s offer was extremely generous. That is a direct offer to the Hegemon and the collective West – as the sweaty T-shirt actor in Kiev, apart from illegitimate, is beyond irrelevant. Predictably, NATO – via that epileptic slab of Norwegian wood – already proclaimed its refusal to negotiate, even as some relatively awake members of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s parliament) started discussing the offer, according to Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin. Moscow sees the Verkhovna Rada as the only legitimate entity in Ukraine – and the only one with which would be possible to reach an agreement. Russian UN representative Vasily Nebenzya cut to the chase – diplomatically: if the generous proposal is refused, next time conditions for starting negotiations will be “different”. And “far more unfavorable”, according to Duma Defense Committee head Andrei Kartapolov.
Article #1 of the Russian bush league internet posting patriots.... (Because they're loyal but don't don't possess the required skills to hang with the tech savvy recruits in the boiler-room operations).... ...Sow division using catch phrases that will surely infuriate your IQ equals on the other side of the coin.
An article from strategic-culture.su LOL For those who don’t know what the su country code is on the Internet — it is the code assigned to the USSR. For the most part the remnants of the su domain are now owned by the Russian government and are mostly utilized to spread propaganda.
Here you go again avoiding the content of an article. Pepe Escobar writes for a number of publications, and was a mainstay columnist for Asia Times for decades.
He appears to really enjoy writing for the Kremlin. I am sure he enjoys his pay in rubles. And once again you know your source is complete shiat so you don't provide the url in clear text.