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UK Government Study Finds: If Nothing Is Done, Expect Civilizations’ Collapse By 2040

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FYI.

From the article:

“We ran the model forward to the year 2040, along a business-as-usual trajectory based on ‘do-nothing’ trends – that is, without any feedback loops that would change the underlying trend. The results show that based on plausible climate trends, and a total failure to change course, the global food supply system would face catastrophic losses, and an unprecedented epidemic of food riots. In this scenario, global society essentially collapses as food production falls permanently short of consumption.”

–  UK Government-backed scientific model flags risk of civilisation’s collapse by 2040 (Medium, June 19, 2015):

by Nafeez Ahmed

New scientific models supported by the British government’s Foreign Office show that if we don’t change course, in less than three decades industrial civilisation will essentially collapse due to catastrophic food shortages, triggered by a combination of climate change, water scarcity, energy crisis, and political instability.

Read moreUK Government Study Finds: If Nothing Is Done, Expect Civilizations’ Collapse By 2040

Greek GDP: The Shocking Reality Vs IMF Forecasts; And Who Is To Blame For The Greek Implosion

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– Greek GDP: The Shocking Reality Vs IMF Forecasts; And Who Is To Blame For The Greek Implosion (ZeroHedge, June 21, 2015):

With a Greek default, shortly followed by a Grexit, a collapse of the “irreversible union” (but… but… “political capital“), and ultimately the end of the latest European monetary union experiment (the latest in a long and illustrious series of prior failures) now seemingly imminent, the blame game has begun. As the NYT noted overnight “the recriminations that would then fly would be so bitter that they would inflict a second round of damage.”

But who is really to blame?

Read moreGreek GDP: The Shocking Reality Vs IMF Forecasts; And Who Is To Blame For The Greek Implosion

Water Wars Crush California Wineries: “Whoever Has The Longest Straw Wins”

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– Water Wars Crush California Wineries: “Whoever Has The Longest Straw Wins” (ZeroHedge, June 21, 2015):

Eerily reminiscent of the determinedly evil oil baron from the movie ‘There Will Be Blood’, Reuters reports the growing tensions amid California’s drought-stricken wineries are boiling over: “There is way too much demand. I blame a lot of vineyards like other people do… It’s a matter of who has the longest straw at the bottom of the bucket.” No one should worry though, because the government is here to help – with a new water management agency…

Between 1990 and 2014, harvested wine grape acreage in the growing region around Paso Robles nearly quintupled to 37,408 acres, as vintners discovered that the area’s rolling hills, rocky soil and mild climate were perfect for coaxing rich, sultry flavors from red wine grapes. But, as Reuters reports, in the last few years, California’s ongoing drought has hit the region hard, reducing grape yields and depleting the vast aquifer that most of the area’s vineyards and rural residents rely on as their sole source of water other than rain.

Read moreWater Wars Crush California Wineries: “Whoever Has The Longest Straw Wins”

Bin Laden’s son asked US for father’s death certificate – WikiLeaks

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– Bin Laden’s son asked US for father’s death certificate – WikiLeaks (RT, June 20, 2015):

WikiLeaks has released a letter revealing how one of Osama bin Laden’s sons had asked Washington for a death certificate after US Navy SEALS said they had taken him out.

The document is one of 70,000 collectively dubbed “The Saudi Cables.” The trove, in its turn, is part of an even bigger collection totaling more than half a million papers tracing back to the Saudi Foreign Ministry and other institutions in the country. Those will be released in the coming weeks, WikiLeaks has said.

According to the cable, the son of Bin Laden, the suspected 9/11 mastermind and Al Qaeda leader, wrote to the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia requesting the certificate on September 9, 2011.

Read moreBin Laden’s son asked US for father’s death certificate – WikiLeaks

Dairy Allergies: Why Do So Many Children Suffer from Them?

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– Dairy Allergies: Why Do So Many Children Suffer from Them? (Natural Society, June 20, 2015):

And what is so different about today’s dairy?

Over the past several decades, children have developed dairy allergies at an ever-increasing rate. These persistent allergies have developed into chronic ear infections, sinus infections, eye infections, and the like. What exactly is so different about today’s dairy products compared to those of yesteryear?

The short answer is that dairy farming itself has changed … in a big way.

Read moreDairy Allergies: Why Do So Many Children Suffer from Them?

The euro does not have a problem… it is the problem

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– The euro does not have a problem… it is the problem (Telegraph, June 20, 2015):

Europe’s leaders must face the truth that the single currency now poses fundamental threat to global financial stability

By Liam Fox MP, Conservative MP for North Somerset and former Defence Secretary

There will be a temptation to gloat over the Greek crisis over the next week and a queue of people waiting to say “I told you so”. Both would be unwise.

Whether Greece exits the eurozone or not (and it is an increasingly absurd charade), there remain a number of uncomfortable truths that the rest of the countries of Europe, whether in the eurozone, the EU or neither will have to confront. The first is that Greece is a failing state, something that will have implications far beyond the merely financial. Long before the financial crisis hits the global economy in 2008-09, Greece was in trouble.

Read moreThe euro does not have a problem… it is the problem

Greece and eurozone leaders in last-ditch scramble to reach deal

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H/t reader M.G.:

“Unless all three creditors agree that Greece can borrow more money to make a payment………nothing will work? Reading this article tells me the entire plan is insane…………..“

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– Greece and eurozone leaders in last-ditch scramble to reach deal (Guardian, June 21, 2015):

Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, is thought to have offered concessions on VAT and pensions in return for some form of eventual debt relief

The Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, and European leaders were attempting to stitch together a last-minute Greek bailout deal on Sunday following a frantic round of phone calls to discuss an outline agreement.

The high-level diplomacy comes as eurozone finance ministers and their government leaders prepare for a key summit in Brussels on Monday that could determine whether or not Greece remains a member of the group.

Read moreGreece and eurozone leaders in last-ditch scramble to reach deal

VIDEO: Unarmed man flags down LAPD seeking help. They shoot him in the head.

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H/t reader squodgy:

“Bad. Sinister. Brutal. Incompetent. Totally stupid.”

The video is extremely graphic.

You can watch it here if you want to feel sick:

– VIDEO: Unarmed man flags down LAPD seeking help. They shoot him in the head. (Blacklisted News, June 20, 2015):

At 6:35PM last night a man with his hand wrapped in a towel flagged down the police, apparently seeking help. The police thought he had a gun under the towel on his extended arm, and ordered him to drop it. At least one officer fired and hit the victim in the head, leaving him in critical condition. He was unarmed.

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Donald Trump Campaign Paid Actors $50 To Cheer On His Announcement

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– Donald Trump Campaign Paid Actors $50 To Cheer On His Announcement (CBS, June 17, 2017):

The Hollywood Reporter says Donald Trump’s campaign paid actors $50 to cheer at his presidential announcement press conference Tuesday.

The casting notice, obtained by the Reporter, asked actors to wear T-shirts and hold signs for a “big announcement.”

The pay was listed as $50 for fewer than three hours of work.

Read moreDonald Trump Campaign Paid Actors $50 To Cheer On His Announcement

Meanwhile, Greece Is Quietly Printing Billions Of Euros

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– Meanwhile, Greece Is Quietly Printing Billions Of Euros (ZeroHedge, June 20, 2015):

Earlier today we showed why Greece is now literally living on borrowed time. The combined €2.9 billion in ELA cap increases ‘generously’ bestowed upon the flailing Greek banking sector by the ECB last week looks to have been barely enough to keep things from “ending very differently” (to quote Kathimerini) at the ATMs on Friday.

But perhaps more importantly from a big picture perspective, Greece may have already breached the upper limit of its borrowing base. JPM calculates Greek banks’ eligible collateral at €121 billion (€38 billion in EFSF bonds €8 billion in government securities, and €75 billion in “credit claims”). With Friday’s ELA increase, the country’s total borrowings (that’s OMO plus ELA) amount to some €125 bilion. Why would the ECB allow this? Because it knows the breach will be promptly limited or reversed on Monday, or there will be a deal.

So, it is literally “deal or no deal” time, because if JPM is correct and eligible collateral was either exhausted two weeks ago or, in the best case scenario, is right at the limit, capital controls will need to be put in place as early as Tuesday at which point the ATMs will officially stop dispensing freshly-minted euros which, incidentally, brings up an important point. As Barclays notes, during the same period over which Greek banks lost nearly €30 billion in deposits, banknotes in circulation jumped by some €13 billion. In short, because Greeks are increasingly prone to stuffing their euros in mattresses, a large proportion of the deposit flight has come in the form of hard currency withdrawals, meaning the Bank of Greece is forced to (literally) print billions in physical banknotes:

Read moreMeanwhile, Greece Is Quietly Printing Billions Of Euros

“The Collateral Has Run Out” – JPM Warns ECB Will Use Greek “Nuclear Option” If No Monday Deal

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– “The Collateral Has Run Out” – JPM Warns ECB Will Use Greek “Nuclear Option” If No Monday Deal (ZeroHedge, June 20, 2015)

“If no agreement is reached on Monday, then the ECB will have little reason to show further flexibility and it will likely freeze its ELA limit on Greek banks. As a result capital controls will become almost inevitable after Monday.”

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‘It’s time to hold physical cash,’ says one of Britain’s most senior fund managers

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H/t reader squodgy:

“Everything these days seems to be “Smoke & Mirrors”, but the reality is that the PTB must somehow detract our attention from the fact their FIAT monetary system which has turned into a debt based monster, incapable of honesty or economic clarity, and must somehow either default or collapse soon.

Kicking the can down the road to delay the inevitable, using QE for as long as it takes, whilst the Alternative Media & Vladimir Putin diffuse the false arguments for war.

However, he is growing weary & frustrated at the continuous poking , and the Banks are becoming edgy.

Should there not be a War by the time the financial bubble of debt explodes, the illegality and futility of the banksters’s acts will be exposed even to Joe BigMac,
That is unacceptable, so, they have estimated the cut off date to coincide with the third blood moon of the Shemitah, or approximately the 23rd September 2015.

Anyone wanting to risk their savings on the same 7 year cycle that included the 9/11 event and the 2008 financial collapse, is a brave man, considering the next step will be confiscation, or, officially “Bail-in”.”

Traders

– ‘It’s time to hold physical cash,’ says one of Britain’s most senior fund managers (Telegraph, June 20, 2015):

It may be time to money under the mattress. High profile fund managers explain how to prepare for a ‘systemic event’

 The manager of one of Britain’s biggest bond funds has urged investors to keep cash under the mattress.

Ian Spreadbury, who invests more than £4bn of investors’ money across a handful of bond funds for Fidelity, including the flagship Moneybuilder Income fund, is concerned that a “systemic event” could rock markets, possibly similar in magnitude to the financial crisis of 2008, which began in Britain with a run on Northern Rock.

Read more‘It’s time to hold physical cash,’ says one of Britain’s most senior fund managers

As Greece stares into the abyss, has Spain escaped from crisis?

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H/t reader M.G.:

“An article on Spain, and it’s so-called recovery. The second paragraph ought to warn everyone………..it is an IMF report. According to this article, Spain is recovering (regardless 50% of working age people under 25 are unemployed….that is the percentage they admit, makes one wonder what the real numbers involve), so is Portugal, Ireland, Iceland, ETC.

Spain is hurting terribly because none of the working people are earning, just treading water at best. When Greece falls, all the lies and holes in the other Euro economies will be exposed for the world……..They list the nations that exited the so-called bailout programs, but none address the growing unemployment in the real economy.

In Spain, 98% of all real estate inquiries are made by those who don’t speak Spanish, foreign greedy guts who want overseas properties cheap………….

At some point, something has to be done about the greedy guts, they have ruined the western economy, and the next hit is about to crush more millions of people…………

This article is worth reading, from the UK Guardian.”

– As Greece stares into the abyss, has Spain escaped from crisis? (Guardian, June 20, 2015)

IMF Humiliates Greece, Repeats It Will Keep Funding Ukraine Even If It Defaults

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– IMF Humiliates Greece, Repeats It Will Keep Funding Ukraine Even If It Defaults (ZeroHedge, June 19, 2015):

One week ago, we were stunned to learn just how low the political organization that is the mostly US-taxpayer funded IMF has stooped when, a day after its negotiators demonstratively stormed out of the Greek negotiations with “creditors”,  Hermes’ ambassador-at-large Christone Lagarde said that the IMF “could lend to Ukraine even if Ukraine determines it cannot service its debt.”

Read moreIMF Humiliates Greece, Repeats It Will Keep Funding Ukraine Even If It Defaults

Disgraced, Demoted Pathological Liar To Collect $10 Million At MSNBC

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To summarize – a man who profers to deliver unbiased personal reporting but instead lied through his teeth to enrich his own ego has been demoted to an audience 90% lower but still gets paid $10 million!!!!

Welcome to the new normal America.

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– Disgraced, Demoted Pathological Liar To Collect $10 Million At MSNBC (ZeroHedge, June 19, 2015):

Brian Williams – the disgraced lying ex-anchor of NBC Nightly News – has been demoted drastically to breaking news on MSNBC. He also took a significant pay cut. But do not feel too bad for the pathological narcissist. As TheWrap reports, the newsman will still earn a stunning $8-10 million. In today’s consequence-less world, it appears it now pays to lie, but do not be disturbed as Williams has allegedly commented that he “identifies as an honest news anchor.”

Read moreDisgraced, Demoted Pathological Liar To Collect $10 Million At MSNBC

US mid-continent seismicity linked to high-rate injection wells

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H/t reader squodgy:

“Could all this hype be the escape route for an industry being devastated by Saud led oil prices?

They conveniently ignore all the damage to properties over the years, or gas from faucets, or poisoned water, so now they are unviable they need an escape plan.”

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– US mid-continent seismicity linked to high-rate injection wells (The Watchers, June 19, 2015):

A dramatic increase in the rate of earthquakes in the central and eastern US since 2009 is associated with fluid injection wells used in oil and gas development, says a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder and the USGS.

The number of earthquakes associated with injection wells has skyrocketed from a handful per year in the 1970s to more than 650 in 2014, according to CU-Boulder doctoral student Matthew Weingarten, who led the new study.

The increase included several damaging quakes in 2011 and 2012 ranging between magnitudes 4.7 and 5.6 in Prague, Oklahoma; Trinidad, Colorado; Timpson, Texas; and Guy, Arkansas.

“This is the first study to look at correlations between injection wells and earthquakes on a broad, nearly national scale,” said Weingarten of CU-Boulder’s geological sciences department. “We saw an enormous increase in earthquakes associated with these high-rate injection wells, especially since 2009, and we think the evidence is convincing that the earthquakes we are seeing near injection sites are induced by oil and gas activity.”

The researchers found that “high-rate” injection wells – those pumping more than 300 000 barrels of wastewater a month into the ground – were much more likely to be associated with earthquakes than lower-rate injection wells. Injections are conducted either for enhanced oil recovery, which involves the pumping of fluid into depleted oil reservoirs to increase oil production, or for the disposal of salty fluids produced by oil and gas activity, said Weingarten.

Read moreUS mid-continent seismicity linked to high-rate injection wells

Greek PM Tsipras Reaches Out To Vladimir Putin For Help In Financial Crisis

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H/t reader M.G.:

“An article on Russian-Greek financial agreements, in the mix and those completed. The gas pipeline is a done deal, but the Greek port is of great value to Russia…..Just look at a globe of the world to see why.

This story is being ignored by US media of course…….paragraph three where the Greek PM says the center of financial gravity has shifted east is far more truthful than acknowledged by western leaders………..

The only story addressing this subject I have found so far, again in the UK Guardian.”

– Greek prime minister reaches out to Vladimir Putin for help in financial crisis (Guardian, June 19, 2015):

Alexis Tsipras in Russia dismisses criticism that he should be in Brussels solving debt standoff: ‘We are ready to go to new seas to reach new safe ports’

Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, has made a broad overture to Russia as he seeks a way out of his country’s debt and currency impasse, telling Vladimir Putin that Greece wants new partners to help it out of the crisis.

In a speech delivered in front of Putin in Russia, Tsipras said Moscow was one of Greece’s most important partners, and dismissed critics who wondered why he was in St Petersburg and not in Brussels trying to secure an urgent deal with European creditors.

Read moreGreek PM Tsipras Reaches Out To Vladimir Putin For Help In Financial Crisis

The Last Rebels: 25 Things We Did as Kids That Would Get Someone Arrested Today

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– The Last Rebels: 25 Things We Did as Kids That Would Get Someone Arrested Today (The Organic Prepper June 16, 2015):

With all of the ridiculous new regulations, coddling, and societal mores that seem to be the norm these days, it’s a miracle those of us over 30 survived our childhoods.

Here’s the problem with all of this babying: it creates a society of weenies.

There won’t be more more rebels because this generation has been frightened into submission and apathy through a deliberately orchestrated culture of fear. No one will have faced adventure and lived to greatly embroider the story.

Read moreThe Last Rebels: 25 Things We Did as Kids That Would Get Someone Arrested Today

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Expects Assad Regime In Syria To Fall ‘At Any Moment’

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H/t reader squodgy:

“If Vlad has Bashir’s corner, and Iran is actively pursuing ISIS in Iraq, with Iraq’s nod, we might see a different outcome, but in the meantime, to the jubilation of the sick israelis………”

– Sisi expects Assad regime in Syria to fall ‘at any moment’ (The Ugly Truth, June 20, 2015):

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– Sisi expects Assad regime in Syria to fall ‘at any moment’ (Jerusalem Post, June 20, 2015):

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expects Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria to fall “at any moment,” according to a report that appeared over the weekend in the Lebanese daily Al-Mustaqbal.

The newspaper said that Sisi made the remarks during a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam that took place earlier this week in Cairo.

Read moreEgyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Expects Assad Regime In Syria To Fall ‘At Any Moment’

Putin reaffirms support for Syria’s Assad, hopes for Iran deal soon

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– Putin reaffirms support for Syria’s Assad, hopes for Iran deal soon (The Ugly Truth, June 19, 2015):

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– Putin reaffirms support for Syria’s Assad, hopes for Iran deal soon (Jerusalem Post/Reuters, June 19, 2015):

Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed Russia’s support for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Friday and said he opposed any use of external force to try to end the Syrian civil war.

Putin showed no sign of wavering in his policy of trying to shield Assad from pressure from the West in a 4 1/2-year-old conflict that has killed more than 200,000 people and displaced millions.

Read morePutin reaffirms support for Syria’s Assad, hopes for Iran deal soon

The Greek debt: what creditors may stand to lose

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H/t reader M.G.:

“Euro nation debt exposures to Greece……Cypress, Estonia, Iceland, Finland….even Ireland’s exposure looks pretty benign. Looking more closely at the list in this article, the true danger begins to emerge……put out by another banking interest, we know it is to look as clean as possible. Four nations look to be in deep trouble.
Germany has bi-lateral debt exposure of 15.2% of Greece’s debt, EFSF exposure of 18.1%
France has bi-lateral exposure of 11.4%, with EFSF exposure of 30.9%
Italy has 10% bi-lateral exposure and 27.2% EFSF exposure.
Spain 6.7% bi-lateral exposure with 18.1 EFSF…..

Check out the article, pay close attention to the charts.
This is a volcano ready to blow its top.”

– The Greek debt: what creditors may stand to lose (Guardian, June 19, 2015)

The IMF “Trained” Greek Journalists In Washington To Spin Stories In Favor Of Troika

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– IMF “trained” Greek journalists in Washington D.C. to spin stories in favor of IMF and European Commission (Red Pill Times, June 18, 2015):

Greece’s former representative to the IMF, Panagiotis Roumeliotis, has testified that Greek journalists attended seminars funded by the IMF and were instructed to present the IMF in a favorable light.

In what can only be described as a shocking testimony, Greece’s former representative to the IMF, Panagiotis Roumeliotis, in front of the special parliamentary committee on the Greek debt, said that several Greek journalists were “trained” in Washington D.C. in order to support the positions of the IMF and the European Commission in Greek media.

Roumeliotis testified that…

“The IMF trained” greek journalists so that “Greek journalists can promote the positions of the IMF and the European Commission in Greek media.”

According to Roumeliotis, the seminars and training classes took place in Washington D.C., as well as various sessions taking place in Greece.

Read moreThe IMF “Trained” Greek Journalists In Washington To Spin Stories In Favor Of Troika