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6 Warning Signs That Civil Unrest Is Imminent
This week has been “interesting” in South America. Interesting, indeed, but as in the ancient Chinese curse style.
For those of us in this side of the hemisphere, having been able to witness first-hand, in the front line, how the very same plot that made us get the heck out of our country, is unleashing a vendetta against the countries that have received us Venezuelans.
I know geopolitical issues are not the intention of this blog, but please, allow me to continue. It will be necessary to establish a context of the circumstances. This vendetta I mentioned, has the exact same features that Fidel Castro once sent to Miami, from Mariel, in Cuba (a pilot test?). President Moreno has accused directly to Maduro of sending hidden terrorists, camouflaged between the refugees. For those readers interested that maybe are going to buy the book Daisy and I are writing, you will find a direct relationship between travels of communist leaders to South America, and civilian turmoil generated within a suspiciously short time frame after their “visit”. This is not the only indicator of troubles, indeed. If we remember, in 1988 the Venezuelan president Carlos Andres Perez invited Fidel to his ceremony of possession. Some people who were there informed that a significant part of the companions of Fidel for that ceremony did not come back to Cuba. They stayed in Venezuela.
This said, it is not hard to suppose what kind of influence these “visitors” had in the 1989 coup d’etat. The incredible violence unleashed in the cities was something totally unexpected, and rarely seen in a country such as Venezuela. For more details, you will read about it in the book, with some testimonies of friends and acquaintances, and some anecdotic data. I was like 15 at the time and remember everything as it was yesterday.
The objective, finally, of this article is getting to the reader accustomed to this idea: civilian turmoil presents so suddenly that maybe the only option you will have is to bug in.
Alex Jones brought a bullhorn and tank to the Dallas, Texas Trump rally. Watch as angry leftists violate Alex Jones’ First Amendment right to free-speech.
A couple of weeks ago, everything was so quiet in Ecuador that it was even boring. Don’t believe me? Watch the news. A few days ago, a violent mob kicked out the police out of their way and invaded the National Assembly (something very similar, indeed to what happened in Venezuela).
A very volatile situation is brewing in all of South America.
Countries that had been relatively peaceful are now (thanks to the hidden terrorists sent by the Maduro regime) a powder barrel. The timing could not be worst for me and my reduced family group. An old illness has come back and I´m struggling to recover at least partially before things get worst. Fortunately, we are in a popular neighborhood where there are lots of Venezuelans, and the people renting me have no complains because I´ve been quite a good tenant: no noises, paying on time (thanks to my extreme frugality and the generosity of a few readers, I have to acknowledge). They are a senior couple and hardly would allow me to get hurt by an angry mob or someone of my family. However, I´m ready to defend myself and mines.
OK, here´s the thing. Maybe you can have some indications in the nearby days about how bad things can get, all of a sudden. You won´t even notice it until you´re in the middle. If you don´t believe me just ask to Ecuadorians. They were caught in the middle of a geopolitical storm stirred from abroad. Looting, empty shelves as a result, and half of the country blocked because of the mobs. Tear gas, and shootings. Three young men thrown from a bridge by other angry enemies. Things like this happen when people are exposed, and unaware.
I want to tell you something. I’m not in my better moment these days. But every time I need to go outside for some reason, I do it with the firm, strong idea in my mind, of defending myself and my family (and the means to do it). Being partially impeded, defense will have to be lightning quick and disabling. No mercy and I am sorry about this, but it’s true. It’s the survivor’s mind setup clicking in since I saw the chain of events. Facing the law afterward? Sure, as much as the taken down predators face it too. There is footage of an angry mob (identified with leftist guerrilla colors by the way) beating with batons innocent people inside a building. Same as Germany in the 30s. Jeez.
If for some reason in the future these few paragraphs save your life or someone’s you love, I will feel rewarded.
Although our exposition to xenophobic behavior has been minimal, I´m pretty aware how bad things can get under the current social climate. Therefore, signals definitely can´t be ignored. Every society of the world, unfortunately, seems to have the potential for civilian turmoil, and the possibility of the appearance of more or less organized gangs of marauders NEVER can be dismissed. (I´m sorry Canada, never been there but maybe even you have some percentage of this happening somewhere in the future).
Here are 6 signs that civilian unrest is impending or already occurring.
The first sign, of course, is bad looks when you walk on the street. Small groups of people (especially young men) staring at you? Don´t show fear, but leave the place fast, and find a safe spot. A shop, a restaurant, someplace with guards, preferably. If you´re classified as a “vulnerable” inhabitant (a migrant, ethnical minority, etc.) you know what I´m talking about. Don´t expose yourself and become gray. No one will open an investigation until much time afterwards an attack under these circumstances. And what we want to avoid is an attack.
The second sign, perhaps this is more subtle, when you see people that normally would be polite or indifferent, as a minimum, starts to look at you in sort of aggressive manner. It´s surprising the number of women from a certain age up that have insulted and been racist with Venezuelans in some countries. (Well maybe surprising for some single people…not as much for me already anyway LOL)
The third sign, of course, is people disappearing off the streets. I think one of my worst nightmares would be to be walking with my kid in middle downtown, and suddenly to find ourselves roaming in deserted streets because there is an aggressive gang coming and you can´t see it. One of my friends was caught in the middle of the coup d’etat to Rafael Correa a few years ago in Ecuador, and when he finally could arrive at the hostel he supposed to have booked in, the lady running the place kick his suitcase by the stairs, closed the door and never opened. Go figure. A Venezuelan never would have treated someone like that, and I am proud to say this.
The fourth sign is (obviously) Law Enforcement Officials (LEOs) presence in massive amounts in the streets. Any kind of uniform is a strong indication of expected turmoil. Find cover.
The fifth sign in modern times would be (because in the demonstrations the uniforms used it massively to identify potential groups as a target) drones flying close to some blockage or LEOs control point. And I know this because people who took part in the demonstrations informed me. Everything was peaceful, and after they saw the drones, minutes later all hells broke lose.
The sixth sign, and the last one, is when you start seeing people wearing a single color. All in black, or all in white, or all sharing a bandana, or some symbol that indicates they are part of a group.
Be prepared to defend yourself and your loved ones.
This said, the logical protection measures have to be taken: carry a baton, disguised as a cane. This will work better if one can simulate a limp or something. That´s my first choice. The second one (depending on the laws of the area) would be a concealed knife. A small brown paper brown with a loaf of bread, a peach or apple and some cheese could be useful to explain why we are carrying this, just in case. This would be in my briefcase. I walk decently dressed, but not too much that I call the attention. For some reason I think that someone in a cheap jacket could be attacked by a racist mob faster than someone dressed up with a suit (maybe think one can be a lawyer?).
Any other blunt weapon that can be concealed should work. Be creative. Nunchukus (for those that have practiced martial arts like me) can be easily concealed under loose gym pants, for instance.
But the best protection is exposing yourself as little as possible. This is what I like the most of home-based jobs. An old friend complained about crime rate being so high…but he was a young man in his low 30s and loved partying all night long as a male cat….That saddlebag comes with the horse when you buy it, fellow!
288 Comments on "6 Warning Signs That Civil Unrest Is Imminent"
Cloggie on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 1:47 pm
For the first time Brexit-agreement through the Commons, in principle:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7601743/Boris-Johnson-WINS-massive-vote-Brexit-Bill.html
“MPs torpedo Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan: Commons votes down PM’s bid to fast-track deal and hit ‘do or die’ October 31 date – despite threats to pull the Bill and force an election”
Yet the October 31 timepsth has been wrecked. Remainers will try to make the agreement softer.
Cloggie on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 2:33 pm
“China overtakes US in rankings of world’s richest people”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/oct/21/china-overtakes-us-in-rankings-of-worlds-richest-people
Davy on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 3:14 pm
Cloggo, more like a statistical even group. I would also mention many of the wealthy Chinamen are trying to get out of China with their loot.
Theedrich on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 3:56 pm
Like Dems+RINOs, the NSA, CIA & FBI are maggots. Their corruption puts Russia and China in the shade. Their main aim is to destroy the White race while they suck all of its wealth away in the name of their own “values.” Congress pours untold sums of taxpayer money into anti-White snake pits such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, never mind the bribe factories behind the military-industrial and other campaign-donating sewers.
This massive DeepState is promoted and assisted by the “mainstream” media, whose only raison d’être is the extinction of the only race which has risen above the jungle. The fact that the consequences of their criminality will be their own destruction is of no interest to them, since they are willfully blind. They excuse their viciousness by claiming to be for the poor and suffering non-whites, who are all goody-goodies oppressed by White supremacists. And they seek extermination of Whites through racial miscegenation with the sludge, whose importation from outhouseland they demand.
It is no wonder that millions of Whites are now drugging themselves into oblivion and death with domestic and imported narcotics. They are told that they are inherently evil and worthless, far below even the Negro. And, of course, the Jew is the ultimate sufferer and savior, who must be obeyed at all costs.
In such a poisoned and bloated culture, there is no reason to continue living. And certainly, there is no reason to join, help or trust the government of the United States or any of its henchmen any longer. The only solution is to let it decay and implode on its own.
Cloggie on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 4:40 pm
Today an important hurdle has been taken in getting the West overthrown USSR-1991 style, in that Brexit has finally agreed upon, in principle:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7602183/Donald-Tusk-says-recommend-Brexit-EXTENSION-EU.html
The split between continental Europa and Britain is now almost a fact. Little stands in the way to get an EU-army established after that, as well as drop the sanctions against Russia. And next wait for implosion predicted by Theedrich and myself.
Sissyfuss on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 4:53 pm
Has anyone been getting a ” Database Error” message for the last 2 days? And is that a warning that civil unrest is imminent?
Cloggie on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 5:09 pm
“Has anyone been getting a ” Database Error” message for the last 2 days? And is that a warning that civil unrest is imminent?“
Everybody has.
It means that for the moment the civil unrest is confined to the database.
Sissyfuss on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 5:12 pm
Civil unrest is both imminent and guaranteed. The natives are restless world wide as Limits to Growth makes them poorer and GW/CC makes them more uncomfortable. With overpopulation destroying the working’s of any form of government other than Fascism, humanitys future is as bleak as a honeybee.
Davy on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 5:17 pm
“EU-army established”
LOL, that is way back on the back burner cloggo, where have you been?
Cloggie on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 5:31 pm
Did the US army return safe from Syria, I hope?
Davy on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 5:57 pm
Good riddance cloggo, US forces should never have been in Syria. BTW, the US forces are still in the south and east or have you not cared to notice. I imagine this is a compromise and needed for a counterweight to Iran. I know, you get your news from MSM and they are talking about the US leaving and dumping the Kurds.
“US TROOPS REMAIN IN SYRIA TO PROTECT OIL FIELDS FROM ‘TERRORISTS’, WAR REPORT”
https://tinyurl.com/yxwnrcfo southfront
makati1 on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 6:20 pm
Sissyfuss, I got it and wondered if the SHTF in the US, but other sites were fine.
As for the “Six signs”, they are only common sense, but that is a rare commodity in Amerika today. Just look at what is happening there for proof. An insane asylum run by the least able.
I AM THE MOB on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 7:05 pm
America’s economic stranglehold on the world is fading away as well, and who knows what the EU will do without their master.
makati1 on Tue, 22nd Oct 2019 7:31 pm
MOB, I suspect the EU will dissolve and the individual countries will go back to their old ways of fighting each other. There isn’t a solvent country in the bunch. Third World Europe in 10 years would be my guess.
Cloggie on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 12:10 am
“US forces should never have been in Syria.“
The Great Satan tried to overthrow Assad in order to add Syria to its empire and again failed miserably at the cost of hundreds of thousands killed. The first law of Pat Buchanan has been proven right yet again: “Americans are lousy imperialists”. Thank God the empire is dead in the water. You can’t run an empire with third worlders.
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 12:20 am
‘US forces’ is oxymoronic cloggo. I was tryin to make a funny.
Figgers you didn’t get it.
LOL!
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 12:29 am
“There is no reason to join, help or trust the government of the United States or any of its henchmen any longer. The only solution is to let it decay and implode on its own.”
Another grate post by Thee. Hope you don’t mind if i copy and paste it on my own blog that Im concentrating real hard at.
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 12:43 am
“US TROOPS REMAIN IN SYRIA TO PROTECT OIL FIELDS FROM ‘TERRORISTS’, WAR REPORT”
Your either with US, or your with the “TERRORISTS”.
There. I said it. That makes it the gawd aweful truth.
Cloggie on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 12:47 am
“America’s economic stranglehold on the world is fading away as well, and who knows what the EU will do without their master.”
Probably going to be the master again of that drugged gang in the West, like was the case between 1492-1776. We helped you become independent from the British but in hindsight that wasn’t such a good idea. You only ran straight into the loving arms of the kikes, who used you to set up a world empire, at the cost of the Mother-civilization. But that empire is over and others will jump in the power vacuum now that you have become a third world country. The desperate white Americans will attempt to escape during the impending CW2 and of course we are going to help them escape, with a broad Natzi grin on our disgusting faces, because there is nothing more we like than war in order to fight boredom. We have much more talent for that than you.
Mobster likes to think we need a bunch of bushrangers from the prairie to give us guidance.ROFL
Europe, that’s Paris, Rembrandt, Mozart.
America, that’s Milwaukee, Warhol, Johnny Cash.
The first thing we are going to do is rewrite the history of the 20th century, at the cost of the UK and US, like I already have done here unopposed and upgrade Germany, the core strength of the white race.
The 2nd thing that is going to happen, now that the UK has become our geopolitical opponent again, is a struggle where the UK will attempt to take the EU apart and the EU will attempt to brake up the UK. The cards for the EU are not bad, since the Anglo-American hinterland is fading away, as mobster correctly has diagnosed, and without the US to fall back upon, it is going to be a lost battle for our splendid isolationalists. When the full implications of Brexit will become apparent, expect the Scots to scexit and run straight back again into the loving arms of Brussels.
The third thing that is going to happen is a confrontation between Eurasia and Anglosphere, basically an exercise in dividing the global Anglo loot between China and PBM. All we Europeans need to say to desperate white beleaguered Americans: “hey there Yankee, wanna live white lives? Of course you do! Every shabby negro or muzzie wants to live in white lands, so why not white Americans?”
End result:
Australia will be gobbled up by China.
Heartland and Quebec go to Europe.
Anglo-Canada goes to post-Brexit England.
Questions?
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 12:56 am
“The desperate white Americans will attempt to escape during the impending CW2”
Did i mention Im goin to Italy cloggo?
I think I might of.
Cloggie on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 2:14 am
With the Americans out of the way, Russia and Turkey sat together in Sotchi to arrange a new order in Syria:
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/wladimir-putin-und-recep-tayyip-erdogan-besiegeln-syriens-schicksal-a-1292822.html
– Turkey accepts the rule of Assad over an undivided Syria, where Erdogan had jumped on the 2011 US-led bandwagon to get Assad toppled.
– Russia accepts a buffer-zone in Syria and Iraq of 500 km long en 30 km deep, that is going to be Kurdish-militants-free.
– That zone is going to be patrolled by both Turkey and Russia. Turks can only penetrate 10 km deep.
– Russia is now the new overlord in Syria. The US do no longer play any role of significance.
– Assad is now free to reoccupy entire North-East Syria, minus the buffer zone.
Cloggie on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 2:51 am
New Silk Road latest. Kenya slowly but surely “integrated” in rising Chinese global empire.
https://www.rt.com/business/471540-china-kenya-railway-construction/
China doing what Europeans did in the 19th and 20th century (until the US and USSR showed up):
https://tinyurl.com/yyohldre
Wow JuanP ID theft on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 4:32 am
According to the lunatics mind more ID theft the better. I wonder how the night crew likes JuanPee effort? Not much extremism last night. Thanks juanpee
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Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 4:45 am
A look into the binary mind of the cloggo:
“– Turkey accepts the rule of Assad over an undivided Syria, where Erdogan had jumped on the 2011 US-led bandwagon to get Assad toppled.”
Erdogan will see Assad gone if the opportunity arises. Trueky will continue to meddle in Syria just not overtly.
“– Russia accepts a buffer-zone in Syria and Iraq of 500 km long en 30 km deep, that is going to be Kurdish-militants-free.”
So that is the Russians in and the US out? 30KM?
“– Russia is now the new overlord in Syria. The US do no longer play any role of significance.”
Except the US is sitting on the oil and Russia has the expense of patrolling and babysitting Syria, Turkey and thousands of upset extremist of all colors. Sound like an overlord to me. LOL
“– Assad is now free to reoccupy entire North-East Syria, minus the buffer zone.”
IOW, at least for the time being “the North”
“How Much Oil Is At Stake In Syria?”
https://tinyurl.com/y49ko5g7 zero hedge
“Though it’s as yet uncertain whether the Pentagon is actually going to execute the plan, Trump is mulling keeping a small US troop contingency in Syria in order to “secure the oil”. The president said at a cabinet meeting Monday: “I always said if you’re going in, keep the oil,” the WSJ reported. “We’ll work something out with the Kurds so that they have some money, so that they have some cash flow. Maybe we’ll get one of our big oil companies to go in and do it properly.”
“Total reserves are estimated at 2.5 Billion barrels and at least 75% of these reserves are in the fields surrounding Deir Al Zor. Current revenue from oil sales goes to the [US-backed] SDF, currently estimated at $10 million a month. These revenues are expected to rise should U.S. help in modernizing current fields. SDF can then sell the oil to Damascus and/or Kurdistan in Iraq which will in turn sell to Turkey. Turkey’s current oil consumption is about 1 million barrels a day. Syria’s reserves are 2.5 billion barrels and daily production can be quickly increased to approximately 300K barrels a day. The SDF can therefore look to supply at least one-fifth of Turkey’s needs via Iraq.”
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 4:53 am
“New Silk Road latest. Kenya slowly but surely “integrated” in rising Chinese global empire.”
Yea, cloggo, into a debt trap. Do you have any data on how productive the port and rail line are in Kenya? Last I looked it was a dud. Of course with your minimal finance background and your hyper anti-American agenda fantasy we can understand this over look.
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 5:48 am
“The UK Reaches A Remarkable Renewable Milestone”
https://tinyurl.com/yxwwulg2 oil price
“The UK has just ended its first quarter ever in which electricity generation from renewables outpaced fossil fuel-fired power generation – a landmark achievement for the country that started the Industrial Revolution with coal… In the UK, as much as 40 percent of electricity generation in Q3 came from renewables—including wind, biomass, and solar—while fossil fuels accounted for 39 percent of generation, an analysis of the UK’s Q3 electricity generation from Carbon Brief showed this week. Most of the remaining generation came from nuclear power, which generated 19 percent of UK’s electricity in that quarter.”
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 5:48 am
“China Just Injected The Most Liquidity Since January… And It’s Not Enough”
https://tinyurl.com/y5j8sdcx zero hedge
“In other words, despite hopes (and in some cases, prayers) that the PBOC will finally ease aggressively to stimulate Chinese, and global growth and capital markets, China’s credit impulse is set for another sharp drop… now that it has become very clear that at least until the 2020 US election, China refuses to aggressively ease, boosting the global and US economy in the process, even if it means its own economy is set to suffer more. The good news: at least Xi Jinping can blame ‘trade war’ for the upcoming lowest Chinese GDP print on record, even if by now everyone knows that trade war is China’s least worry.”
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 5:49 am
This article is referenced not to bash socialism but to show it is not the magic Warren and Sanders say it is. Basically it is likely all will see less with some “more” wealth transferred to target groups the candidates champion.
“California Has Tried Warrenomics, It’s Been A Disaster…”
https://tinyurl.com/y2jqwv52 daniel j Mitchell
“California is suffering a slow but steady decline. Bad economic policy has made the Golden State less attractive for entrepreneurs, investors, and business owners. Punitive tax laws deserve much of the blame, particularly the 2012 decision to impose a top tax rate of 13.3 percent… For those not familiar with economic jargon, “elasticity” is simply a term to describe how sensitive taxpayers are when there are changes in tax policy. A high measure of elasticity means a large “deadweight loss” since taxpayers are choosing to earn and/or report less income. And that’s what the two scholars discovered. Some high-income taxpayers responded to the big tax increase by moving… By the way, guess what happens when taxpayers move, or when they decide to earn less income?
The obvious answer is that politicians don’t collect as much revenue. Which is exactly what the study discovered… We can call this the revenge of the Laffer Curve. By the way, it’s quite likely that there has been a resurgence of both the “extensive” and “intensive” responses to California’s punitive tax regime because the 2017 tax reform restricted the deductibility of state and local taxes. This means that the federal government – for all intents and purposes – is no longer subsidizing California’s backwards fiscal system.”
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:06 am
Oops, sorry y’all. I had a widdle fart in the wind again.
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:23 am
Speaking of binary.
Oops, sorry y’all. Wrong links again. And now I think of it, cherry picking and copying and pasting every article at zero iq hedge that suites my narrow minded agenda isn’t referencing anything. It’s just cherry picking and copying and pasting every article at zero iq hedge that suites my narrow minded agenda.
A monkey could do that.
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/uk-reaches-remarkable-renewable-milestone
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-just-injected-most-2-day-liquidity-january-and-its-not-enough
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/california-has-tried-warrenomics-its-been-disaster
Cloggie on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:37 am
“Do you have any data on how productive the port and rail line are in Kenya? Last I looked it was a dud.”
Do you have any data? Let us look over your shoulder to the “dud”.
I think you are making it up, as talking things down is your second nature. You are one two-legged, walking collapse.
The railway line is now a fact. Rest assured that the Africans and Chinese will know other means to pay for the line other than with money. Like raw materials.
Cloggie on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:42 am
The official report is out by the authorities regarding Boeing 737-Max. Boeing is entirely to blame for the 2 crashes. Reason for the crashes was the MCAS control system and sensor. Pilots were not to blame.
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/indonesien-bericht-macht-boeing-fuer-737-max-absturz-verantwortlich-a-1292908.html
Internal signals from Boeing technicians about the sorry state of the flying properties were ignored.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/10/737-max-produces-more-bad-news-for-boeing.html#more
JuanP ID theft on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:43 am
More efforts from stupid:
Davy said Speaking of binary. Oops, sorry y’all. Wrong links…
Davy said Oops, sorry y’all. I had a widdle fart in the wind…
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:47 am
“The Four A’s Of American Policy Failure In Syria”
https://tinyurl.com/y3jsplvm zero hedge
“How events in Afghanistan, Astana, Adana, and Ankara all led to the victory of Russian diplomacy over U.S. force…”
“The ceasefire agreement brokered by Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday accomplishes very little outside of putting window dressing on a foregone conclusion. Simply put, the Turks will be able to achieve their objectives of clearing a safe zone of Kurdish forces south of the Turkish border, albeit under a U.S. sanctioned agreement. In return, the U.S. agrees not to impose economic sanctions on Turkey.”
“So basically it doesn’t change anything that’s already been set into motion by the Turkish invasion of northern Syria. But it does signal the end of the American experiment in Syrian regime change, with the United States supplanted by Russia as the shot caller in Middle Eastern affairs.“
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:47 am
“Do you have any data? Let us look over your shoulder to the “dud”.”
I asked you first. I don’t have time to look up the article but I do have it saved somewhere. I posted it to PO dot com. This article shows the required return is not being made. I have also seen where the rail line ends in the middle of nowhere. In this time of economic recession we can expect more stranded no productive projects by the Chinese which is just malinvestment probably even in good times.
This is a JuanP posting on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:48 am
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:47 am
“The Four A’s Of American Policy Failure In Syria”
Cloggie on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:50 am
Brexit: Germany and France open for a short extension of article 50, think a few days. For a longer extension something substantial must happen like an election, that could break the deadlock.
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/brexit-deutschland-und-frankreich-stellen-kurzen-aufschub-in-aussicht-a-1292865.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7604625/EU-leaders-split-Brexit-delay-Germany-France-short-extension.html
“EU mulls Britain’s fate: Bloc’s leaders are split over Brexit delay as Germany and France back a short extension to help Boris Johnson get a deal over line – but Ireland lines up with Donald Tusk to say it should run until January 31”
Cloggie on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:52 am
“I don’t have time to look up the article”
Whoohahaha. You spend your entire life on this board. Sure you have time.
“I asked you first.”
That’s a stupid remark. YOU made the “dud” claim, YOU provide the data to back them up.
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:56 am
“Whoohahaha. You spend your entire life on this board. Sure you have time.”
I am here much less than you for sure. You are here at least 20/7 and for the most part 365. BTW, shoe the evidence I am here my entire life, liar.
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:57 am
“That’s a stupid remark. YOU made the “dud” claim, YOU provide the data to back them up.”
prove me wrong bozo
REAL Green on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:58 am
REAL Green says technology is not the solution but it is part of the solution. In addition, REAL Green says we are path dependent in a carbon trap. REAL Green believes the starting point is behavior and behavior’s starting point is localism in a situation of managed decline to mirror the gradient of change of the civilization we live in and the planet we live on. Without behavior changes technology will one day be stranded because many applications will not have a future in a world of decline. This will mean salvage will become increasingly important. REAL Green makes comment on the macro narrative with visible trends but action springs from the local. REAL Green is fundamentally an individual and small group add on to your local and higher power.
The top cannot change except around the margins and the reason for this is productive activity of globalism cannot be maintained or replicated “clean” by new tech nor degrowth strategies. Both strategies as fixes are in reality failures. These are embraced because proponents say they will succeed offering hope of more of the same everyone has been habituated to. REAL Green then offers some theoretical advice for a two-tier system that is a pathway to localism while still retaining the productive elements of the economics of globalism. In some ways this might not be so theoretical if the degree of change is left manageable and not causing a crisis to growth.
REAL Green says society should make it possible for people who are willing to go back to the land in low carbon strategies that embrace simplicity and spartan material living but realizing greater social and spiritual satisfaction. These strategies would be a hybridization of the old ways more connected to a closed permaculture loop of the hydrologic, carbon, and nitrogen cycles combined with animal power and husbandry. This is then situated in local communities with all people having basic skills and all having some specialties. The economics of this is made possible by remaining local. The leadership would protect these gardens of change out of self-preservation because these would be the seeds of change of a lower foot print future. Globalism and the monocultures of industrial agriculture would remain but with the understanding these destructive systems must be transitioned from at lease to the degree that survival of the system can be maintained. The reality is nature will end them so society should beat the rush.
REAL Green says this whole process has to embrace decline with failure mentality to reach its best conclusions. Yet, REAL Green realizes that the top cannot accept failure so the best that can be done is a policy to promote localism as a welfare project and a way for segments of the population to be weened off high demand footprints with a resulting self-sufficiency outcome. These people would embrace seasonality, intermittency, and low carbon capture. This ideally means traditional agriculture of the 19th century along with gathering of solar energy from wind and solar. The technical side would embrace intermittency to keep these systems simple and low cost. They would seek to sell back to the grid excesses as needed with these groups being able to go brown or dark because of intermittency strategies. These seeds of change would need to be protected and provided consumables in the ways of supplies, tools, and knowledge for education.
These REAL Green settlements would depart consumerism and the digital culture significantly but not totally. REAL Green wisdom would determine what can be used and not used. The protection would be from economic exploitation, security, and health. These groups then would provide two resources with one being net self-sufficiency and the other goods and services. These groups would then help lower carbon emissions and lower the worst effects of industrial pollution. Instead of huge subsidies for the rich through technological solutions that tend to just increase consumption this would pour resources into strategies that actually take people out of the consumption process with a net return in the form of food and fuel.
REAL Green takes the position that the top is path dependent in a carbon trap so it is not going to change much if at all. The best that can be done from a REAL Green point of view is develop as much local green efforts as possible in this situation of path dependency and a carbon trap. BTW the REAL in REAL Green means “Get Real” which means be realistic and honest. This does not mean TRUE Green which is the closet a modern can get to ecological harmony. Most cannot attain this TRUE level of Green. REAL Green is also opposed to FAKE Green which most modern Greens are. This includes Ecomodernist and Degrowthers. The reason these groups are FAKE Green is they do not embrace failure and the resulting impulse to life boats and hospices that adaptation and mitigation represent.
REAL Green on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:59 am
“Which new energy storage technologies might outcompete lithium-ion in the 2020’s?”
https://tinyurl.com/y4mobrp4 renewable energy world
“Three main types of non-lithium technologies are showing the most promise: Thermal storage — that is, water heating (heaters) or cooling (often into ice) Flow batteries — usually involving vanadium, but sometimes zinc or iron chemistries Long duration batteries — off-the-wall ideas like molten salts or underground fluid compression. Does we really need anything beyond lithium-ion? On one hand, the answer is no. Lithium-ion’s energy density and safety continue to improve, while its costs continue to decline, roughly 85% since 2010. Moreover, as the electric vehicle market grows, it brings more lithium-ion manufacturing online to further lower costs and improve performance. Unfortunately, we have no idea where the EV market will land: Bloomberg sees EVs as 55% of all new car sales globally in 2040, while OPEC and oil majors think the number is around 10%. On the other hand, lithium alone won’t cut it. With analysts projecting that solar and wind plants are likely to receive 73% of all new power capacity investment globally between now and 2050, we need to span days, weeks, or months with stored power, not just minutes and hours. Case in point: From 2017 to 2018, Wood Mackenzie shows that energy storage in the US grew by 44% in terms of MW but 77% in terms of MWh. The market is already demanding longer discharge durations. As their analyst Mitalee Gupta puts it: “Four years ago, we weren’t even talking about 4-hour duration.” But now we’re talking about 4+ hours of discharge duration.”
Cloggie on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 6:59 am
Why the empire needs to be destroyed from the ground up:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7603783/Newlywed-couples-HORRIFIC-injuries-gang-12-thugs-ambushed-them.html
“Newlywed couple’s HORRIFIC injuries after gang of 12 thugs ambushed them with machetes and an AXE in ‘revenge attack following row with yob'”
The empire requires us that monkeys like these are being let loose on us and to be seen as our equals, otherwise name-calling follows (R-word).
As per usual the DailyMail does NOT allow to comment this article. Too much censoring work.
REAL Green on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 7:00 am
“Climate havoc wipes out coastal kelp as S.F. Bay’s native fish species die off”
https://tinyurl.com/y42ntndr faster than expected
“SNIP: A climate-related catastrophe off the California coast has resulted in the death of 90% of the kelp from San Francisco to Oregon as an explosion of ravenous urchins devours everything in sight. And it’s happening at the same time native fish in San Francisco Bay are dying out, two studies released Monday documented. The studies, by government, university and scientific institute researchers, offer a disturbing look at an underwater ecosystem suffering more than anyone previously suspected — along the coast, in San Francisco Bay and in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. “It’s very serious,” said Laura Rogers-Bennett, a Fish and Wildlife senior environmental scientist and a research associate with UC Davis’ Bodega Marine Laboratory who was lead author of the kelp study. “This is a huge environmental disaster underwater.”
REAL Green on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 7:11 am
Is narcissistic behaviour.
Davy on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 7:13 am
Good Morning People,
I’m a logical genius. Read and see why,
I am Davy.
I am a Turd.
Therefore, I am a DavyTurd Blossom.
See what I mean?
makati1 on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 7:17 am
And then there is the US printing press turning out $60,000,000,000.00 plus, per month, of funny money to keep the brain dead US economy from crashing and burning before Trump is reelected.
China will not bail the US out when that happens, like it did in 2007/2008. It will stand back and watch Amerika burn. All it needs to replace the US market is for each Chinese consumer to spend 8 yuan per day more on consumption. No problem. Average per capita income there is about 240 yuan per day. Not to mention its exports to many more countries than in 2008. China does not need the US. The US needs China to supply many of it’s daily necessities.
Do the math if you don’t believe me.
2018 Chinese exports to the US = $540B divided by ~1,400,000,000 Chinese = ~$400/yr or about $1.10 day/per capita (~8 yuan) Easy!
Not to mention the need to pay $1,500,000,000.00 PER DAY interest on the US National Debt. The US crash is coming. Be patient tax slaves.
JuanP ID theft on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 7:51 am
More stupidity from stupid:
Davy said Good Morning People, I’m a logical genius. R…
REAL Green said Is narcissistic behaviour.
LMFAO on Wed, 23rd Oct 2019 7:53 am
“Do the math if you don’t believe me.”
I am not sure who is the stupideeer, JuanP or makato. They are both partners in fantasy and dirty behavior.