The Burning Platform

Guest Post by Sinead Murphy

The UK Metereological Office has just reported that we have enjoyed the hottest May on record.

Meanwhile, those of us who have lived in the UK during May have endured unseasonal cold and rain, and have complained to one another constantly about it.

Welcome to the age of abstraction, when lived experience is irrelevant and theoretical constructions carry the day – when what is deemed right and true is unmoored from what is actually happening here and now.

Over four years ago, Covid lockdowns staged a dramatic confiscation of present reality. The question is, did we ever get it back?

Continue reading “Welcome to the Age of Abstraction”

Guest Post by John Mauldin

You know I’m highly concerned about government debt in the developed world, particularly the US. I’ve said for years a crisis is coming. We’ve blown right past all our chances to avoid it. Now all we can do is imagine what the crisis will look like… and how much it will hurt.

This is necessarily speculative, and even more so because the details matter. It’s not just monetary policy that is “path dependent.” The coming crisis is also path dependent with a million ways to reach the same ugly place. And the actual details of the crisis are also unclear. Each step forward changes the available choices.

Continue reading “The Coming Supercyclical Crisis”

“You can have all the riches and success in the world, but if you don’t have your health, you have nothing.” [Steven Adler]. Spoiler Alert – WHO on the rack.

Protect & Survive

ELECTION SA – Most polls showed support for the ANC at about 45-8%.  The stunning result of 40% is reverberating around the world and was predicted by only one survey in the run-up to the election. The ANC will have to form a coalition with a larger opposition party—or parties—which it won’t be able to push around

The Election is over, and the dust has settled to a degree, but what does it mean for the next five years of this new and very different government?  South Africa stands on the brink of political transformation, the echoes of its colonial past reverberate through the streets.

Last month’s election marked a watershed moment, stirring fears and hopes alike. The ANC, a once-unifying force, now faces unprecedented challenges, as a handful of political leaders navigate a path towards a coalition for the first time since 1994. The nation’s fate hangs in the balance, with the “national question” of what the South African people truly want and need begins to resurface with renewed urgency.

Continue reading “ELECTION SPECIAL – Food Prices – Eskom Win – Mental Issues – Covid Africa – Chessboard – ZiG Zags – DEI – State Oppression – Bond Costs – WHO Tyranny – Felons – Letter from South Africa – [06-15-24]”