Falling Oil/Gasoline Prices: Winners and Losers and What You Can Do With The Money You Save At The Pump

In the Asylum Watch post last Sunday, we talked about how the chaos President Obama has inflicted on Syria and Iraq has to do who gets to control the flow of oil and gas from that region and a secret deal between the US and Saudi Arabia. In exchange for US efforts at regime change […]

“Is Anybody Scared Yet?” an essay by Norma Brown

Today’s Guest Saturday post comes to us from Norma Brown of the Ooobie On Everything blog. This essay was originally published there on July 10, 2014. ********* Is Anybody Scared Yet? I feel as if we have all been sucked into some kind of time warp where events are occurring in triple time everywhere. […]

Reserve Currencies Come and Reserve Currencies Go. The Dollar Too Will Go!

Reserve currencies don’t remain reserve currencies forever. This fact is clearly demonstrated by this graph attributed to J. P. Morgan, which, I snagged from the Global Economic Warfare blog. The so-called developed nations agreed in 1971 that the U.S. Dollar would become the primary reserve currency and most world commerce, as a result, […]

“Here we go, take a deep breath…” an essay by Norma Brown

As the situation in Ukraine spins out of control, we have a very timely Guest Saturday post from Norma Brown of the Ooobie on Everything blog. ********** Here we go, take a deep breath… We are at the very precipice, the very eleventh hour before Russia invades eastern Ukraine to stop the mayhem that […]

Will WWIII Be Fought Using “Financial Warfare”? Will The Ukraine Be What Sets It Off?

If there is a next world war, it may not be fought with bullets, missiles and, bombs. It may be fought entirely with financial instruments and may very well bring the world to its knees. There was a coup in the Ukraine a few weeks ago. The constitutionally elected president was forced to flee the […]

“There’ll be a change in the weather” an essay by Norma Brown

Today’s Guest Saturday post by Norma Brown of Ooobie on Everything reflects on the still dangerous geopolitical maneuvering playing out between the US/NATO and Russia on the fiasco taking place in the Ukraine. Her essay was originally published on April 13, 2014. ********** There’ll be a change in the weather I am absorbed with […]

The Chinese Curse: May You Live In Interesting Times

It does seem to this humble observer of the asylum we all have to live in that the world is cursed. These are indeed interesting (frightening) times we are living in. The globalist economy that keeps the world going is nothing more than a house of cards based on fiat money, which depends on […]

The New World “disOrder” Is On The Horizon

America’s world dominance since the break up of the Soviet Union is coming to an end. Pundits will write millions of words debating the “how” and the “why” of America’s fall from grace. To borrow a phrase from our current esteemed leader, America has been punching above its weight class, for many years. Our government […]

Putin Strikeouts Obama __ Will Barry Do Something Stupid?

To no one’s surprise, the people of Crimea voted overwhelmingly yesterday to become part of Russia. In a few days or a few months, it will be a fait accompli and the Crimea will once again be part of Russia. That is Strike 3, Barry! Strike 1 _ Barry’s Russian Reset was a one-sided when for […]

“Will the US/EU/NATO Take Us to War Over Ukraine?” an essay by Norma Brown

Norma Brown brings us more of her perspective on the situation in Ukraine/Crimea She originally published this essay on March 14, 2014. ********** Will the US/EU/NATO Take Us to War Over Ukraine? I watched a presentation on Russian TV by some high-ranking Orthodox Church figure in the ornate robes of that religion talking about war […]