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24
PRN: Vol. 2, Num. 5 | September 24, 2012

The Advancing Wall of Darkness

The shaking of the world system, something I first marked in mid-2006, has been documented here for the past eighteen months. There appears to be no end in sight. By my judgment, the trends continue toward more dysfunction.

When trend lines go vertical--and today's profusion curve is hyper-expo... read more »

Keywords: Bernanke, Debt, Economics, Europe, Eurozone, Federal deficit, Fiscal cliff, Housing, Politics, Recession, Soft-anarchy, Stock Markets, Unemployment

Oct
07
PRN: Vol. 1, Num. 6 | October 7, 2011

Approaching an Event Horizon?

The cover of today's The Economist (Britain's respected 170-year-old news weekly) shows a swirling black hole sucking in the words "Be Afraid." The insinuation is we're nearing an event horizon, the devastating boundary at the mouth of a black hole beyond which nothing can escape, not even light. The past few week... read more »

Keywords: Arab Spring, BRIC, Change, Congress, Economics, Egypt, Gold, Greece, Healthcare, History, Italy, PIIGS, Progress, Putin, Recession, Russia, Shaken, Stock Markets, Timothy Geithner, Unemployment

Sep
05
PRN: Vol. 1, Num. 5 | September 5, 2011

Good Night Irene, Good Riddance August

I step away for a month to finish a book and look what happens. The weirdness keeps piling up. Send in the clowns.

My thesis throughout these newsletters is that the world is behaving strangely. History has morphed and no longer plays by the rules. The math continues its dysfunctional, unpredictable, and almo... read more »

Keywords: Abbas, Arab Spring, Earthquake, Economics, Egypt, Flotilla, Gaddafi, GDP, Gold, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Jobs, NATO, Natural disasters, Recession, Riots, Stock Markets, Turkey, Unemployment