Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Europe Braces for Mobile Network Blackouts
September 29th, 2022Via: Reuters: Once unthinkable, mobile phones could go dark around Europe this winter if power cuts or energy rationing knocks out parts of the mobile networks across the region. … Telecoms industry officials say they fear a severe winter will put Europe’s telecoms infrastructure to the test, forcing companies and governments to try to mitigate […]
Update on Men Fleeing Russia
September 26th, 2022Via: Niki Proshin:
Flesh-Eating Drug ‘Tranq’
September 26th, 2022Via: New York Post: The flesh-eating animal tranquilizer xylazine has been linked to thousands of drug overdoses across the country as it inundates heroin and fentanyl supplies in places such as Philadelphia, Delaware and Michigan, reports say. Known on the street as “tranq,” the sedative is now found in 91% of Philly’s heroin and fentanyl […]
Lights Out, Ovens Off: Europe Preps for Winter Energy Crisis
September 26th, 2022Via: AP: As Europe heads into winter in the throes of an energy crisis, offices are getting chillier. Statues and historic buildings are going dark. Bakers who can’t afford to heat their ovens are talking about giving up, while fruit and vegetable growers face letting greenhouses stand idle. In poorer eastern Europe, people are stocking […]
Billionaire Bunkers: How the World’s Wealthiest Are Paying to Escape Reality
September 25th, 2022Via: New York Post: And while many billionaires have claimed that their interests are in saving the world—sometimes they even get into pissing matches on social media about who is more benevolent — Rushkoff argues that the ultimate goal of the super-rich is to protect themselves. For the wealthy and privileged, writes Rushkoff, the future […]
Finland Shuts Borders With Russia As Military Age Men Flee
September 25th, 2022Via: ZeroHedge: Finland on Friday announced that it is blocking all land border crossings with Russia at a moment thousands of young military age men are seeking to exit the country on fears of being drafted for war and sent to the front lines in Ukraine. The Finnish government said it will “significantly restrict” the […]
World’s Second-Largest Steelmaker Closes European Plant
September 22nd, 2022Via: OilPrice: The world’s second-largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, is the latest industrial company to announce a plant closure in Europe due to soaring gas and energy prices. ArcelorMittal will shut one of its two blast furnaces at its steelworks site in Bremen, Germany, from the end of September until further notice, due to the “exorbitant rise […]
Russian Nukes Can Be Used To Defend Annexed Ukraine Regions, Kremlin Warns
September 22nd, 2022I watch Ken Wheeler (aka Theoria Apophasis) for his photography content and lunatic fringe ideas about energy, but this is worth sharing here: Via: ZeroHedge: Once again Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, has served the role of issuing more severe ‘read between the lines’ warnings and threats fresh off President Vladimir […]
Germany Nationalizes Uniper
September 21st, 2022Via: ZeroHedge: Germany on Wednesday announced a move to nationalize struggling natural gas supplier Uniper SE as it strives to keep the industry functioning in the wake of a global energy crisis, according to Reuters. Uniper is Germany’s largest importer of Russian NatGas and has suffered tremendous losses after Russian energy giant Gazprom slashed Nord […]
Cairo, Illinois
September 18th, 2022Via: Hood Time:
