I made a slideshow telling the story of the summer to come. Images are often better
than words for communication messages. Also, I love Johnny Cash. One picture leads to
the next. Hope you like it. Get out while you still can.
Max Keiser of "The Keiser Report" on Russia Today conducts an excellent interview
of Michael Ruppert. Great discussion about how BP's oil disaster is tied to peak oil.
The easy to get oil has all been taken, now we must use riskier, more complex and
more expensive means to get our hands on the sludge. Where once it shot out of the
ground in Texas, we now must drill a mile under the ocean...the blowout is just a side effect.
part 1
part 2
A report in the New York Times said previously unknown reserves of lithium,
iron, gold, niobium, cobalt and other minerals could transform the impoverished
country into one of the world's most lucrative mining centres.
Russian author Dmitry Orlov compares the collapse of the USSR with
the coming collapse of the USA. Orlov talks about best practices
during a time of collapse, identifying the most important priorities;
food, shelter, transportation, and security.
Chris Hedges talks about his book "Empire of Illusion:
The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle."
The book discusses how mass media uses spectacle and
"pseduo-events" to distract us, so that we don't realize
the abuses of the corporate state we live in.
Alex talks about BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico,
and forecasts the worst case scenarios of the spill.
He also talks about Goldman Sachs and its latest fraudulent scheme.