Is it possible that the world is approaching end times?

I frequently write that the world economy is, in physics terms, a dissipative structure that is powered by energy. It can grow for a time, but eventually it reaches limits of many kinds. Ultimately, it can be expected to stop growing and collapse.

It seems to me that the world economy is showing signs that it has reached a turning point. Economic growth stopped in 2020 and is having trouble restarting in 2021. Fossil fuel energy of all types (oil, coal and natural gas) is in short supply, relative to the world’s huge population. Ultimately, this inadequate energy supply can be expected to pull the world economy toward collapse.

The world economy doesn’t behave the way most people would expect. Standard modeling approaches miss the point that economies require adequate supplies of energy products of the right kinds, provided at the right times of day and year, if they are to keep from collapsing. Shortages are not necessarily marked by high prices; prices that are too low for producers will bring down the energy supply quickly. A collapse may occur due to inadequate demand; in fact, such a scenario is described in Revelation 18.

As strange as it may seem, we may be approaching what some of us would think of as end times, if our economy collapses for lack of cheap-to-produce energy supplies. In this post, I will try to explain what is happening.


[1] In some ways, the self-organizing economy is like a child’s building toy that, with the use of human energy, can be built up to higher and higher levels.

Figure 1. Thought map by Gail Tverberg.

The economy is gradually built up by the addition of new customers, new businesses and new products. Governments play a role as well, adding new infrastructure, laws and taxes. Adequate wages for employees are important because, to a significant extent, employees are also consumers of goods and services made by the economy.

Adequate energy supplies of the right types are terribly important because every process used by the economy requires energy, even if the only energy used is electricity to light a light bulb or operate a computer. Heating and cooling require energy, as does transportation.

Human energy is an important part of the economy, as well. Humans eat food to provide them with energy. An individual human’s own energy output is relatively tiny; it is about equal to the output of a 100-watt light bulb. With the use of supplemental energy of various kinds, humans can do many tasks that would not be possible otherwise, such as cooking food, creating metals from ores, heating homes, and building cars and trucks.

The economy cannot “go backwards” because, if a product is no longer needed, it will no longer be produced. The economy represented by Figure 1 is in some sense hollow inside. For example, once people started using automobiles, buggy whips were no longer made. If cities went back to using horses as their main means of transport, we would need manure removal services. These, too, would be missing.

[2] Another way of thinking about the world economy is that it is somewhat like a rocket that needs fuel. It also has waste outputs. Both of these limit the growth of the world economy.

Figure 2. Chart by Gail Tverberg.

The economy uses a wide array of inputs. At the same time, it produces a whole host of undesirable outputs. Inputs need to be inexpensive to produce, or citizens will not be able to afford the goods and services made by the system. The waste outputs cannot become too significant, or they can lead the economy to fail. In fact, with the world’s growing population, we seem to be reaching many limits with respect to both inputs and undesirable outputs, simultaneously.

[3] Strangely enough, the major energy limit that the world economy is hitting seems to be “energy prices that do not rise high enough for producers.”

This energy limit is exactly the opposite of what most people are looking for. They assume that “demand” will always rise. In fact, the cost of production of energy products keeps rising because the easy to produce energy products are produced first. It is the market prices that energy products can be sold for that do not rise adequately.

When we trace the problem back, we discover that the problem with prices arises from the equivalence between producers of goods and services and consumers of goods and services indicated on Figure 1. In order to have enough “demand” to keep energy prices high enough for providers, it turns out that even the very low wage people in the world economy need to be able to afford necessities such as food, water, clothing, basic housing and transportation. In fact, if the cost of extracting fossil fuels rises too quickly because of depletion, or if the cost of getting renewable electricity into a form in which it is useful for society rises too much, there may be a situation when even a price based on full demand from all consumers is too low for energy producers.

Let’s define “return on human labor” as what a person without advanced training can earn by selling his physical labor as unskilled labor. Rather than dollar or euro terms, wages need to be thought of in terms of the physical goods and services that these wages can purchase. If supplemental energy per capita is rising rapidly, the return on human labor tends to rise. This happens because with higher energy consumption, humans can have more tools and technology requiring energy at their command. For example, the period between 1950 and 1970 was a time when energy consumption was rising rapidly. It was also a time of rising standards of living, even for workers without advanced training.

Figure 3. World per capita energy consumption, with the 1950-1980 period of rapid growth highlighted. World Energy Consumption by Source, based on Vaclav Smil’s estimates from Energy Transitions: History, Requirements and Prospects (Appendix) together with BP Statistical Data for 1965 and subsequent years, divided by population estimates by Angus Maddison.

The world economy can be expected to run into a major problem once supplemental energy consumption per capita starts falling because then human labor is necessarily less leveraged by fewer machines, such as trucks and airplanes. In total, fewer goods and services can be produced.

If energy supply is inadequate, businesses often find it advantageous to substitute computers or other machines for some work previously done by low paid workers. While these machines use a little energy in their operation, they do not need food, housing or transportation the way human workers do. With fewer actual workers, demand for finished goods and services tends to fall, pushing commodity prices, including those for fossil fuels, down. This further adds to the low-price problem.

It is the lack of jobs that pay well that tends to hold down commodity prices below the prices producers require. Ultimately, it is the lack of sufficient jobs that pay well that tends to bring the whole economy down. Most researchers have missed this important point.

[4] In the period leading up to collapse, wages fail to rise with the cost of required services. This leads to increasingly unhappy workers. Healthcare costs and college costs are especially problematic, because their costs have been rising faster than costs in general.

Figure 4. Illustrates the issue that seems to be occurring:

Figure 4. Chart from Washington Post based on a Cost-of-Thriving analysis by Oren Cass.

When energy consumption per capita is growing rapidly, the economy adds items that were not previously considered necessary. Instead of a basic education for all being sufficient, advanced education (often paid for by the student) becomes necessary for many jobs. Healthcare costs keep rising rapidly, making it more difficult to make wages cover all necessary expenses (Figure 4).

We can see additional evidence that workers have been tending to get poorer in recent years by looking at the trend in the number of light vehicles purchased. With rising population, a person would expect the number of automobiles sold to increase, year after year, if citizens found their incomes as adequate as in the past. Instead, we see a pattern of falling automobile sales, practically everywhere, starting well before 2020. For example, peak light vehicle sales in China occurred in 2017.

Figure 5. Auto sales by country based on data of VDA.de.

[5] An increase in debt can temporarily be used to hide both inadequate inexpensive-to-produce energy supply and inadequate wages of workers, but we seem to be reaching limits using this approach to hide energy problems.

The last time the world had relatively stable low oil prices was in the years prior to 1973. As noted previously, low energy prices tend to make finished goods, such as homes and cars, inexpensive to buy and operate. Thus, they tend to be affordable.

Figure 6. Inflation-adjusted oil prices based on data of BP’s 2021 Statistical Review of World Energy.

The big issue if oil and other prices rise very high is that the selling prices of goods and services tend to rise too high to be affordable to consumers. The workaround that was developed to fix this unaffordability problem was to change the economy to use more debt. To be affordable, interest rates had to fall lower and lower. Peak interest rates occurred in 1981; they have been trending downward since then.

Figure 7. 10-Year US Treasury and 3-Month Treasury yields, through November 2021. Chart by St. Louis Federal Reserve (FRED).

If debt at ever-lower interest rates is available, assets such as homes, farmland, factories and shares of stock become more affordable, allowing prices of these assets to rise. Owners of these assets feel wealthier. In fact, they may borrow more money against the inflated price of these assets and use this money to buy more goods and services made with commodities, thus helping to raise commodity prices. The lower interest rates make the purchase of automobiles more affordable as well, helping to raise the price of commodities used to make and operate automobiles.

There is a limit on how low these interest rates can go, however, especially if inflation is a problem. Current interest rates seem to be down near where they were during the Great Depression of the 1930s. This suggests that the economy is truly doing very poorly.

Today, Brent oil prices are about $69 per barrel. This price is not high enough for producers to want to prepare more fields for drilling. As far as I can see, the price needs to be up in the range of $120 per barrel, and stay there for many years, for oil producers to consider putting major effort into developing more fields. Natural gas and coal have similar low-price problems.

While governments cannot seem to be able to fix the low-price problem for fossil fuels, they can find ways to pay their citizens money for doing nothing, or next to nothing. These payments will add to a government’s debt, but they don’t really produce more goods and services. What these payments tend to produce is inflation in the prices of goods and services that are available.

Over time, we can expect the lack of growth in energy supply to lead to an increasing number of broken supply lines. Without long-term high-price guarantees, producers will not be willing to increase production. Without adequate fuel supply, an increasing number of products will disappear from the shelves of stores. A smaller number of people will have jobs, especially jobs that pay well. The economy can be expected to head in the direction of collapse.

We can think of debt as a promise of future goods and services, made with future energy production. If energy supplies are rising rapidly and can be expected to continue to rise rapidly in the future, this promise can be expected to hold. Of course, if energy supplies start falling, all bets are off. Supply lines are likely to break. We consider money and other securities issued by governments to be a “store of value,” but, if there is little to buy (for example, all international flights are cancelled and automobiles of the desired type are permanently out of stock), its ability to act as a store of value will start to disappear. If the economy collapses completely, neither stocks nor bonds will have value.

[6] Nothing happens for a single reason in a self-organizing economy. Lack of energy affects every part of the economy, from jobs to finished output, almost simultaneously.

In a self-organizing economy, everything is interconnected. Inadequate energy per capita leads to low selling prices for commodities of all kinds. Inadequate energy per capita also leads to low wages for workers, low benefits provided by governments, and uprisings to protest these low wages and benefits. These uprisings began in 2019 or even earlier.

The unhappiness of workers leads to the election of increasingly radical politicians, in the hope that something can be done to fix the problems. There are basically not enough goods and services to go around, but no one wants to admit that this could be a problem.

[7] Citizens cannot imagine a declining and eventually collapsing economy. Businesses, governments and individual citizens all demand “happily ever after futures.”

Figure 8. Chart by Gail Tverberg. Amounts through 2020 based on an analysis of historical energy consumption using the same sources as those used in Figure 3.

If there is a history of growth, nearly everyone is happier if forecasts pretend that economic growth can continue forever. Newspapers want such stories, because this is what their advertisers, such as automakers, want. Automobiles need to be usable for a long period in the future. Universities want favorable forecasts because they want their students to believe that their degrees will have great future value. Politicians want a story of growth forever, because this is what voters want and expect. They have come to believe that governments can save them from all problems; there is no longer any need for religion.

As energy supplies get scarce, the rich tend to become richer and the poor tend to become poorer. François Roddier explains that this is because of the physics of the situation. Wealthy individuals and corporations discover that they have a rapidly growing ability to influence the narrative provided by Mainstream Media. If influential citizens and groups want citizens to hear a “happily ever after ending” to our current problems, they can make certain that this is the predominant narrative of Mainstream Media. It is only people who are willing to hear sources outside of the mainstream who can learn what is really happening.

The fact that the world economy would run into energy limits about now has been known for a very long time. For example, US Navy Rear Admiral Hyman Rickover talks about the close connection between energy and the economy in this 1957 speech. He points out that the world is likely to run short of fossil fuel by 2050. Later modeling documented in the 1972 book The Limits to Growth indicated that the world economy was likely to collapse in a similar timeframe. The modeling done in that analysis considered rising population relative to total resources, without looking at energy resources separately.

[8] It is easy to create models that predict growth will continue forever, even if the physics of the situation says this is not possible.

Economists provide their work to politicians. They certainly cannot provide forecasts of a coming calamity such as economic collapse. They also are unaware of the physics of the situation, even though many researchers have been writing about the issue from a physics point of view since at least the mid-1980s.

Economists have chosen instead to make models that assume no limits are ahead. They seem to assume that all problems will be fixed by innovation, substitution and the pricing mechanism. They produce forecasts suggesting that the economy can grow endlessly in the future. Based on these forecasts, they provide input to models that reach the conclusion that amazingly large amounts of fossil fuels will be extracted in the future. Based on these nonsensical models, our problem is not the near-term limits that we are reaching; instead, our chief problem is climate change. Its impacts occur mostly in the future.

A corollary to this belief system is that it is we humans who are in charge and not the laws of physics. We can expect governments to protect us. We don’t need any outside help from a literal Higher Power who created the laws of physics. We need to listen to what the authorities on earth tell us. In fact, in troubled times, governments need more authority over their citizens. The many concerns regarding COVID-19 make it easy for governments to increase their control over citizens. We are told that it is only by following the mandates of governments that we will get through this strange time.

With nearly everyone on board with the idea that somehow the story of near-term collapse must be avoided at all costs, every part of the economy bases its actions on the narrative that the world economy is voluntarily moving away from fossil fuels. In this narrative, renewables will save us; electric vehicles are the way of the future; the world economy can continue to grow, but in a new way.

In fact, we are colliding with resource limits, right now. This seems to be what produced the bizarre situation experienced in 2020.

[9] As 2020 began, many sectors of the world economy were squeezed simultaneously. With limited energy resources, large parts of the economy needed to be cut back. The self-organizing economy acted in a very strange way. Shutdowns supposedly aimed at stopping COVID-19 from spreading acted very much like energy rationing, without mentioning the world’s energy problem.

Figure 9. World per capita energy supply by type of fuel, based on BP 2021 Statistical Review of World Energy data.

Several years before 2020, it should have been clear that the world economy was doing very poorly based on the continued need for very low interest rates (Figure 7) and Quantitative Easing. China, in particular, was doing poorly, as indicated by its low sales of automobiles (Figure 5). Of course, China doesn’t broadcast its problems to the rest of the world, so few people were aware of this issue.

China had been able to boost the world’s per capita supply of inexpensive-to-produce energy by ramping up its coal production after it joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. (Note the world ramp-up in coal, starting after 2001, on Figure 9.) Unfortunately, because of depletion, China’s coal production since 2013 has been close to flat. Furthermore, China had had a big recycling business, but discontinued it effective January 1, 2018. Discontinuation of this program was necessary because oil prices had fallen in 2014 and had never recovered to their former level. With low oil prices, most recycling in China made no sense economically. The loss of jobs from recycling and cutbacks in coal operations no doubt contributed to the declining sale of vehicles in China.

In the years before 2020, another big issue was that the wages of many workers were not keeping up with the rising cost of living. Figure 4 illustrates this issue for the US. The problem was especially acute for lower wage workers. During this period, the prices of many commodities were too low for producers. This led to layoffs and low wages for workers.

In early 2020, the world became aware of a new coronavirus that had been identified in China. The response to this new illness was very strange, compared to how previous pandemics had been handled. The response looked a great deal like intentionally scaring people (especially older people) into staying at home. If this were done, much less oil could be used. Natural gas and coal consumption could be reduced, as well.

This story is perhaps not so strange if we look at it in context. On January 8, 2020, I wrote that we should be expecting recession and low oil prices in 2020. I included this oil price chart.

Figure 10. Inflation adjusted weekly average Brent oil price, based on EIA oil spot prices and US CPI-urban inflation.

On January 29, I wrote, It is easy to overreact to a coronavirus. In this article, I pointed out that the economy already seemed to be headed in the direction of recession. Shutdowns would only make the problem worse.

Politicians choosing to shut down their economies in early 2020 were likely not aware that the real underlying problem within their economy was inadequate availability of inexpensive-to-produce energy. They were aware that China had decided to shut down part of its economy, so perhaps there might be some usefulness to such an action. Local leaders outside of China knew that their own factories were underutilized. If their own factories could be shut down temporarily, perhaps they could operate at closer to capacity, once they reopened.

Furthermore, a shutdown would give an excuse to keep workers protesting low wages inside. After the shutdown, there would be an excuse to raise the debt level, perhaps keeping the financial part of the economy going for a while longer. So, a shutdown would have many benefits, apart from any potential benefit from (sort of) containing the virus.

It became apparent as time went on that the vaccine story for COVID-19 was playing multiple roles, as well. The healthcare industry was becoming very large in the US. In fact, the size of the healthcare industry was beginning to interfere with the economy as a whole (Figure 4). Furthermore, manufacturers of medicines and vaccines were having problems with diminishing returns because the big, important drug finds had been discovered years ago. It was becoming difficult to profitably fund all of the research needed for new drugs.

Behind the scenes, the vaccine industry had been working for years on creating new viruses and preparing vaccines for these same viruses. The theory was that the same approaches that delivered vaccines might be helpful in treating diseases of various kinds. Vaccines might also be helpful in responding to bioweapon attacks. If drug manufacturers could market a blockbuster vaccine, the manufacturers, as well as the individuals holding the vaccine patents, could become rich.

The US was not alone in the research with respect to viruses and vaccines for these viruses. Many major countries, including Canada, France, Italy, Australia and China had funded this research, partly through their budgets for health research and partly through military budgets. There was virtually no chance that anyone would figure out the source of any problematic virus because so many major countries had had a part in funding this research. If citizens could be convinced that the virus was extremely dangerous and mandate the use of vaccines, the vaccine industry could greatly profit from vaccine sales. The vaccine could be created and marketed quickly because all of the research (but not enough testing) had been performed earlier.

A great deal of planning had been done before the pandemic appeared, based to a significant extent upon what outcome vaccine makers would prefer. Johns Hopkins University completed a SPARS Pandemic Scenario in October 2017, rehearsing responses to a pandemic. A training exercise called Event 201 was held on October 18, 2019, for the purpose of training high level government officials and news writers what their responses should be.

The sponsors of Event 201 were “The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.” The latter two organizations are representatives of the very wealthy individuals and very large corporations. The primary interest of these organizations is enriching those who are already wealthy. The World Economic Forum is known for proclaiming, “You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy.”

As time went on, it became very clear that the true nature of the COVID-19 epidemic was being hidden from citizens. It was, and is, not a terribly dangerous illness if it is treated properly with any number of inexpensive medications including aspirin, ivermectin, antihistamine and steroids. In fact, the severity of the disease could also be lessened by taking vitamin D in advance. There really was not a great deal of point to the vaccines, except to enrich the vaccine manufacturers and those who would benefit from the sale of the vaccines, including Anthony Fauci and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

It also became clear that the vaccines don’t really do what a person might expect a vaccine to do. They do tend to stop severe illness, but taking vitamin D in advance would provide pretty much the same benefit. They don’t stop COVID-19 from circulating because vaccinated people can still catch COVID-19. The vaccines seem to have any number of side effects, including raising the risk of heart attacks.

The historical period most similar to the current period, in terms of shortage of energy supply, is that between World War I and World War II. At that time, the Jews were persecuted. Now, there is an attempt to divide the world into Vaccinated and Unvaccinated, with the Unvaccinated persecuted. When the economy cannot produce enough goods and services for all members of the economy, the economy seems to divide into almost warring parts.

We are basically trying to deal with an energy scenario that looks a lot like Figure 8, and the self-organizing economy comes up with very strange solutions. If people can convince themselves that it is OK to ostracize the unvaccinated, then maybe the move down the collapse will go more smoothly. For example, the military can be cut back in size by dismissing the unvaccinated, without admitting that with current resources, there is a need to reduce the size of the military.

Europe is the part of the world where the push for vaccinations is now highest. It is also in terrible shape with respect to energy supply. By ostracizing the unvaccinated, European countries can attempt to cut back their economies to the size that their energy supply will support, without admitting the real problem.

[10] The world economy is increasingly acting like economies that have collapsed in the past. In fact, there seems to be a connection with some of the strange statements from the book of Revelation.

We are living in a world now in which even if there are temporary price spikes, there is little chance that fossil fuel providers will ramp up their production. In order to ramp up supplies, they would need to start several years in advance, preparing new fields. Oil, coal and gas prices have stayed so low, for so long, that there is no belief that prices can rise to a high enough level and stay there, as the fuels are extracted. Thus, the fossil fuel will stay in the ground.

At the same time, it is becoming increasingly clear that renewables cannot be depended upon. In fact, low generation of electricity by wind turbines is part of the reason Europe is having to import the large quantity of natural gas and coal supplies it now requires. There is concern that rolling blackouts may be necessary during the winter in Europe, if not this year, sometime in the next few years.

It is becoming increasingly clear that the future energy scenario will look something like Figure 8, causing world population to fall dramatically within the next thirty years. This is the kind of situation most of us would associate with collapse. I think of it as being equivalent to end times, since our modern civilization will be disappearing. It is possible that there will be a remnant of people left, but they will be living a much simpler life, without fossil fuels or modern renewables.

There are several parts to what is happening that remind me of Old Testament writings in general, and of the book of Revelation (from the New Testament), in particular.

First, the willingness of the ultra-rich to look out for themselves and keep what look like perfectly good, cheap cures for COVID-19 from the world population seems to be precisely the kind of despicable behavior that Old Testament prophets despised. For example, in Amos 5:21-24, Amos tells the Jews that God despises their prior behavior. In verse 24 (NIV), he says, “But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!”

As I noted in the introduction, Revelation 18 talks about lack of demand being an issue in the collapse of Babylon, and presumably in any future collapse that occurs. Revelation 18:11-13 reads:

11 The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore— 12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;13 cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.

The need for vaccine passports in some countries reminds a person of Revelation 13:17, “they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.” In fact, people in Sweden are getting microchip implants after its latest COVID passport mandate.

Some people believe that Revelation 12 describes the Antichrist; that is, the polar opposite of Christ. Before the world comes to an end, Revelation 12 seems to predict a great fight against this Antichrist, which Christ wins. I could imagine Anthony Fauci being the Antichrist.

We are not used to living in a world where very little that is published by the Mainstream Media makes sense. But when we live in a time where no one wants to hear what is true, the system changes in a bizarre way, so that a great deal that is published is false.

It is disturbing to think that we may be living near the end of the world economy, but there is an upside to this situation. We have had the opportunity to live at a time with more conveniences than any other civilization. We can appreciate the many conveniences we have.

We also have the opportunity to decide how we want to live the rest of our lives. We have been led for many years down the path of believing that economic growth will last forever; all we need to do is have faith in the government and our educational institutions. If we figure out that this really isn’t the path to follow, we can change course now. If we want to choose a more spiritual approach, this is a choice we can still make.

About Gail Tverberg

My name is Gail Tverberg. I am an actuary interested in finite world issues - oil depletion, natural gas depletion, water shortages, and climate change. Oil limits look very different from what most expect, with high prices leading to recession, and low prices leading to financial problems for oil producers and for oil exporting countries. We are really dealing with a physics problem that affects many parts of the economy at once, including wages and the financial system. I try to look at the overall problem.
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6,123 Responses to Is it possible that the world is approaching end times?

  1. Michael Le Merchant says:

    REGISTERED NURSE SUFFERS PERICARDITIS FROM PFIZER SHOT PUT IN HOSPITAL SECTION FOR VACCINE INJURED
    https://www.bitchute.com/video/01i4MTvvVxfR/

  2. Michael Le Merchant says:
    • Fast Eddy says:

      Casey was excited to get her first d* of P***.
      She has been in a wheelchair since.

      hahahahaha… I betcha she posted a vaxxie!

  3. https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=244442

    “It turns out the claims that “you must get jabbed”, especially if you were previously infected, were a damned lie”

    Summarizes Karl Denninger’s – analysis of Israel data set
    Compares rates of mortality depending on various scenarios of unvax, vaccinated before or after infection and subsequent reinfection

  4. MonkeyBusiness says:

    Elon Musk agrees with Gail, but for entirely different reasons: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/elon-musk-civilization-going-crumble

    Elon is simply reminding us that we live inside The Matrix. Remember that scene when Neo wakes up to find himself surrounded by millions of human beings plugged into the system? Since every human being can only supply a very small amount of electrical energy, in order to maintain Elon’s electric powered imaginary world you really need billions and billions of human beings. Once the human population starts to dwindle down though, you won’t even need a red pill to realize something is wrong.

  5. Michael Le Merchant says:

    Android users….hold your home button and tell google assistant to “sing me a song”

  6. Michael Le Merchant says:

    13 weeks away

    IMF, 10 countries simulate major cyberattack on global financial system

    “Israel on Thursday led a 10-country simulation of a major cyberattack on the global financial system in an attempt to increase co-operation that could help to minimize any potential damage to financial markets and banks.”

    “The simulated “war game”, as Israel’s Finance Ministry called it and planned over the past year, evolved over 10 days, with sensitive data emerging on the Dark Web. The simulation also used fake news reports that in the scenario caused chaos in global markets and a run on banks.”

    “The simulation – likely caused by what officials called “sophisticated” players – featured several types of attacks that impacted global foreign exchange and bond markets, liquidity, integrity of data and transactions between importers and exporters.”

    “Participants in the initiative, called “Collective Strength”, included treasury officials from Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Thailand, as well as representatives from the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and Bank of International Settlements.”
    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/international-business/article-imf-10-countries-simulate-major-cyberattack-on-global-financial-system/?cmpid=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

    • Let’s hope this simulation doesn’t happen in in real life.

    • cassandraclub says:

      The usual suspects:
      “included treasury officials from Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Thailand, as well as representatives from the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and Bank of International Settlements.”

  7. Michael Le Merchant says:
  8. Michael Le Merchant says:

    NY Judge Sides Against Scientist Father, Rules 11-Year-Old Daughter Must Get Vaxxed

    Dollinger says he’s “somewhat perplexed that an accomplished scientist and professor would oppose a child vaccine authorized by the CDC and universally encouraged by state and local physicians and other health officials.” The judge also said that the risks from the vaccine are lower than the risks to the young girl were she to contract Covid-19.

    “This court is unwilling to kick this can down the road,” wrote Dollinger. “It could be years before any researchers have exacting accounts of either the short or long term consequences of the administration of this vaccine on 11-year-old girls with this child’s physiological makeup.”
    https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/ny-judge-forcing-mans-11-year-old-daughter-get-vax-messy-divorce-ruling

  9. Michael Le Merchant says:

    Fourth booster will fix this

    Seven “triple-vaccinated” Germans become infected with Omicron in South Africa. 6 of the 7 had the Pfizer/BioNTech “booster” dose.

    https://www-tagesspiegel-de.translate.goog/wissen/erste-berichtete-booster-durchbrueche-mit-omikron-sieben-junge-deutsche-infizieren-sich-in-suedafrika-trotz-dritt-impfung/27879838.html?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US

    • Thanks Michael

      More Bossche warning against continuing vaccination in the face of Omicron

      “As Omicron is extremely infectious, it ishighly likely that we’ll soon start to witness spectacular waves of infection (mostly exempt from severe disease) all over the world. However, these waves will be followed by a strong decline in viral infectious pressure. This would be the very last moment for halting all mass vaccination programs in order to enable the overall population to further diminish viral infectivity while implementing a widespread antiviral chemoprophylaxis program to further prevent transmission of this highly infectious variant.”

  10. Fast Eddy says:

    Meanwhile, colleges and universities are now requiring Covid vaccine boosters

    The insanity in higher education continues.

    Bowdoin College and Syracuse University are just two of the institutions of higher education now telling students to get boosted or get lost. Here’s Bowdoin’s email from yesterday [all-caps in original]: “effective January 21, 2022, Bowdoin is requiring all students, faculty, and staff to receive a COVID-19 booster shot within thirty (30) days of becoming eligible.”

    Keep in mind:

    1: The risk of severe disease or death from Covid to healthy college-age adults is too low to measure accurately. The data from Europe suggests that a healthy 18 year-old has a risk of death lower than 1 in 1 million.

    2: The risk of dangerous heart inflammation is NOT too low to measure. A new study from Hong Kong found that for 1 out of 2,300 12-17 year-old boys who received both Pfizer doses suffered acute myocarditis or pericarditis.

    https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/meanwhile-colleges-and-universities/comments

    Why norm?

  11. Fast Eddy says:

    Oracle (world’s #2 software company, 132,000 employees) will not mandate Covid vaccinations

    https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/oracle-worlds-2-software-company

    Hold. The. Line

    • Again, that’s a sign there is either growing non compliance (on the edges) or the whole project is being slowly rejected – abandoned. If the latter applies – most likely the goals (severity) and timing (initial) just lapsed as 85+ % in each country were meant to be under wraps by early 2021 already..

    • Azure Kingfisher says:

      Word on the internets is that the following employers also “paused” their injection mandates for employees:

      General Electric
      The City of Phoenix, AZ
      3M
      Verizon
      Oklahoma State University
      University of Kansas
      Ohio Health

      More will follow.

    • I wouldn’t expect a whole lot more to happen in the US without the courts giving Biden’s actions to date the go ahead. Maybe some activity in the “Blue States,” but not much activity elsewhere.

    • geno mir says:

      Oracle is major (sometimes sole) provider of specialized pharmacovigilance and clinical software. All the specific safety and clinical databases we are using to run and monitor clinical trials, patient pools, tratments, adverse events etc. are Oracle’s products. We don’t buy the software we only buy access to the apps (accounts) and some kind of restricted write/read access so that we can optimize/taylor the systems to a specific project.
      Oracle is basically the only controller of the TOTAL clincal, laboratory, pharmaceutical and private data for all the pharma and biotech companies out there.
      I am putting my anual salary ( per official statistic I am payed more than the President of the country) that Oracle boss team is making one very well informed decision regarding vaccine mandates.

  12. Fast Eddy says:

    • Jane says:

      Well, an interesting and worthwhile film. Unfortunately it completely dropped teh ball at the end.

      I expected some thoughtful analysis of the circumstances int he 1920s and early 1930s that drove the Germans into the arms of the Nazi Party.

      But instead there was a total cop-out.
      Because they were evil? Because there is fascism in all of us?
      What a waste of otherwise promising material.

    • The world certainly has a long history of war to look back on. When the victors write the history, they lose site of how awful it washer the people involved.

  13. Fast Eddy says:

    This is the first self-inflicted genocide in human history. Yes, the people at Masada and Jonestown killed themselves rather than surrender to a more powerful adversary. But those were much smaller groups (under 1,000 people each).

    There are elements of cult-like behavior now, but the people who are gleefully participating in their own demise do not see themselves as gripped by ideological fervor. Yes, the accused in the Moscow Show Trials participated in their own scripted confessions but that involved less than 100 people and it was likely part of a deal to spare their families from execution. What makes this genocide unique and unprecedented is the eager participation of the victims themselves.

    https://tobyrogers.substack.com/p/the-geographies-of-the-pharma-genocide

    hahaha… norm is killing himself hahahahaa

    • https://c19early.com/

      important link from above – centralized site that summarizes/ranks effectiveness of all the various treatments/therapeutics as a collection of meta-studies and gives info on number of subjects tested and relative cost of treatment

      • geno mir says:

        Posted it earlier under Mike’s post where he was asking to show him effectiveness of early treatments, no surprise I didn’t get reponse from him.
        Very good resource though

        • Fast Eddy says:

          mike is famous for that …

          And then there is norm – norm – why inject healthy kids?

          anna is in the asylum
          anna is in the asylum
          cuz Fast Eddy drove
          her round the bend
          hahahahahahahaha

  14. Fast Eddy says:

    GE, 3M, and Verizon have also stopped forcing vaccinations…

    And, oh yeah, HCA, the largest hospital chain in America. So that’s over a half-million employees set free right there.

    https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/ge-3m-and-verizon-have-also-stopped

    This is why Holding the Line … is important… a lot of these threats are empty … and they know they will fail.. but that’s not the point …

    The feeble minded get caught up in the moment … and injected

  15. Fast Eddy says:

    Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Wednesday that people might need a fourth Covid-19 shot sooner than expected after preliminary research shows the new omicron variant can undermine protective antibodies generated by the vaccine the company developed with BioNTech.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/08/omicron-pfizer-ceo-says-we-may-need-fourth-covid-vaccine-doses-sooner-than-expected.html

    norm claps his hands … you know how when a r e tar ded child claps when you give it a red Smartie? Picture that except a gnarly old goat… norm would you like Fast to make an appointment for you?

    Surely they must be prepping the abattoir to get the infants… shall Fast make one for your bouncing baby grand daughter???? 241… saves time.

    Why inject the grand daughter norm? Do you have any issues with that?? if not then lets get it done

    • Rodster says:

      So let me get this straight. They give you a so-called vaccine that doesn’t work. The so-called vaccine wrecks your immune system and they now say you need moar. It sounds like Pfizer has created vaccine junkies.

      • CTG says:

        Roadster.. the “wreck your immune system” is not mentioned by any MSM, thus it is “not true”. I have yet to hear a single person who took the jab telling me that immune system is compromised by vaccines. They told me that if you suffering from some medical events after the jab, then the vaccines are working.

      • Fast Eddy says:

        Or they are attempting to create human Marek’s….

  16. Michael Le Merchant says:

    The geographies of the Pharma genocide

    I’ve been searching for the perfect metaphor or analogy to describe what’s going on. But then I realized that while there are some similarities to prior historical periods, in many ways what’s happening now is unprecedented. So the task before us is to identify the features of this genocide, how it works, and how it’s similar to or different from the past — so that we can look for points of leverage to overthrow the system.
    https://tobyrogers.substack.com/p/the-geographies-of-the-pharma-genocide

  17. Michael Le Merchant says:

    America’s deadly year: Philadelphia now has more murders than NYC and LA and a DOZEN major US cities smash annual homicide records (and they are ALL Democrat)

    Philadelphia has shattered its 30-year-old record for annual murders, surpassing the much larger cities of New York and Los Angeles as a dozen major cities post all-time records for homicides — all of them with Democratic mayors.

    As of December 6, Philadelphia had recorded 521 homicides for the year, surpassing New York’s 443 and Los Angeles at 352.

    This is despite the fact that with a population of 1.5 million, the City of Brotherly Love is less than half the size of Los Angeles and one-fifth of New York.

    Though Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, which leads the nation with 739 murders this year, remain below their murder records set in the 1990s, at least a dozen large mid-tier cities across the country have already broken their annual records.

    The grim trend follows national calls to defund police departments, and in some cities, reforms to bail rules that critics claim let dangerous offenders loose pending trial.

    Robert Boyce, a retired chief of detectives for the New York Police Department, blamed the nationwide murder surge on a sharp decline in arrests and pre-trial detention.

    ‘Nobody’s getting arrested anymore,’ Boyce told ABC News. ‘People are getting picked up for gun possession and they’re just let out over and over again.’
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10289355/Americas-deadly-year-Philadelphia-murders-NYC-LA.html

    • Fast Eddy says:

      The centre is fracturing now… As we can see — extermination is necessary when the oil stops

      • Yet, the US seems as the only major IC country where the plan is not applied thoroughly and fully, as per different state policies and often lax enforcement say vs. EU or the 5five-eyes gang..

        So, the plan is working only selectively, now with the threat it could be not adhered to in even more regions..

        What will be the reaction now, regroup and push it again.
        Or drop it, pause (few yrs), and start something else, e.g. hyping up climate change or asteroid fall imminent, .. ??

  18. Michael Le Merchant says:

    Resuming student loan payments may put economic recovery at risk, senators say

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are warning the Biden administration that restarting student loan payments in February could drag down the economic recovery.

    The senators also repeated their call on President Joe Biden to cancel the debt.
    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/09/resuming-student-loan-payments-may-put-economic-recovery-at-risk.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=Main&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1639075124

  19. Michael Le Merchant says:

    Omicron may require fourth vaccine dose sooner than expected, Pfizer says

    The new omicron variant could increase the likelihood that people will need a fourth coronavirus vaccine dose earlier than expected, executives at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said Wednesday. Boosters are likely to help control the variant, according to the company, which said early lab experiments suggest that the standard two-dose regimen still provides some protection against severe illness from the variant.

    Albert Bourla, Pfizer’s chief executive, had projected that a fourth dose might be needed 12 months after a third shot. But he said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that the timeline might need to be moved up. One of the company’s top scientists recently said a fourth shot — possibly one targeting omicron — is likely to be necessary.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/09/covid-omicron-variant-live-updates/

  20. Yoshua says:

    Mr Pool likes

    ‘So It Begins’
    Evergrande defaults

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGLPAUFUcAINo6f?format=jpg&name=large

  21. Baffled Biden at photoshoot – ‘Where am I?’
    Dec 9, 2021 RT

    It seems everyone’s favorite US president still hasn’t mastered the art of optics. Bumbling around during a photo op in Missouri, Biden appeared to ask his blind companion ‘Where am I?’ before standing there muttering to himself. Not a great look for someone who’s supposed* to be in charge of a country. Of course, Biden’s many, many critics on social media have wheeled out the old ‘blind leading the blind’ joke, among the more serious concerns about the man with his finger on the nuclear button**. Remember guys – no refunds.

    __
    * mocking deep state
    ** warning deep state not to rise stakes

    // this appeared just today on official .ru state msm -> this seems to me as significant (unprecedented) step change in antagonistic posturing..

    • Rodster says:

      Not to worry because he doesn’t real access to the Nuke button. The Deep State has that. His Nuke button in his suitcase looks a lot like this one.

      https://www.gograph.com/clipart/dumb-smiley-face-vector-gg64146888.html

      • That’s what I copied / wrote – as the RT in openly mocking tone is messaging directly to the real powers behind the admin.. the so-called permanent state, or deep state, .. Especially in the context, the US supposedly asked 5x times for that summit not the other way around, as claims pro-ru alt media theSaker..

        But again, I can’t hardly recall from the cold war days or after that so openly disrespectful trolling.. that’s a concern (as neocons could go unhinged beyond crazy) or not at all, but it’s evidently new development..

    • More warning from Bossche

      If you can get through it – explains his reasoning for why differences in case rates and apparent effectiveness between vaccinated/unvaccinated for young (high apparent vaccine effectiveness) and older age groups (lower vaccine effectiveness) as seen in data from the UK reports & commonly posted bar graphs by eppygius (sp) on substack

      Issues warning that potentially additional vaccines & variant cycles may heighten risk for vaccinated children and early adopters of vaccines who either have underdeveloped innate immune systems or whose innate immune system was not exposed to coronavirus(es) prior to vaccination

      My understanding, when vaccinate he says you lose ability of innate immunity to adapt and stuck with what you got (which for older folks may be significant b cell immunity from prior exposure)(this locking in of innate immunity is what i think has been characterized as suppression of innate – further adaption is suppressed.) Thus as variants evolve vaccinated may be less able to mount frontline innate defense – if variant gets past front line defense and variant S spike is sufficiently different from abs-S from vaccine (and presumably no abs-N (neocapsid non-spike antibody from natural exposure)??) then going to mount less effective systemic defense.

      By vaccinating kids locks in their undeveloped innate immunity. Revaccinating/boosting general population with modified vaccine for omicron restarts cycle encouraging more variants and thus putting vaccinated children at heightened risk due to innate insufficiency.

      • I would wonder whether all of the other vaccines being given early on might also be locking in immune responses. Admittedly, they won’t have the problem of varying in a way that makes them worse, but they can’t really be helping the child’s immunity long term, unless it is precisely the diseases that the child is being vaccinated against.

        These others aren’t mRNA spike vaccines against a coronavirus. That probably makes a big difference.

    • Fast Eddy says:

      We are being told Omicron is mild and may even be a blessing….

      Therefore is it not likely Omicron is the opposite?

      • I think what he is saying is that Omicron can be the driver of a tidal wave if we continue stupid enuf to develop and administer more vaccines targeting omicron (drop a nuke into the Omicron fault off the coast and you trigger a Tsunami)

        If we continue madness of vaccination into pandemic the vaccinated children and early vaccine adopters (w/o any real virus exposure or prior infection ) with weak or maladapted innate immunity will be very vulnerable targets of the next variant wave

  22. Michael Le Merchant says:

    Another Catastrophic 30Y Auction Triggers The Alarm Ahead Of Tomorrow’s Nosebleeding CPI Print
    https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/another-catastrophic-30y-auction-triggers-alarm-ahead-tomorrows-nosebleeding-cpi-print

    • Rodster says:

      Many currency and financial experts warned that the money printing would go parabolic just to keep the system from collapsing.

      • ~printing into the system as fictitious collateral yes, but it will be sanitized not to spread wildly as spendable hot cash into the hands of the unwashed / consumers..

        ZH has been predicting hyperinflation “tomorrow” from their inception..

      • Fast Eddy says:

        The average price of a house in Auckland increased by $113,000 … in the last quarter.

        Well on our way to wheelbarrows of cash to buy bread hahahahahaha

        • Inflation did spike, but the Auckland case is an exaggerated outlier. That’s all geographical as well sector differentiated.
          Houses, carz, food, e-junk toyz, .. that all increased in very diff rates and timing.

          Wake us up when the Turkish, Iranian or Lebanese type of proper inflation finally strikes the ~core as well..

    • The author is predicting, ” the market will get what it wants, namely another QE.”

      I can believe this.

  23. HerbHere says:

    Alright people, who here thinks Jacinda Ardern was made privy to the real backstory that lack of cheap to produce Energy is the real reason for the Pandemic shutdown orders? She did attend Claus Schwab’s “School for Young World Leaders” after all.

    Or, is she just naively believing the narrative herself? And doing what she’s told?

    • If the Canadian leak was correct (it sort of was directional not precisely time-wise being delayed) this level of national gov circle gets only limited hangout narrative in terms of resource battle vs the “evil countries / global antagonist” + perhaps some climate garbage arguments .. that’s enough for their job.

      Obviously, as in any structured shadowy cohort working parallel to govs there will be inner closer set of super minions briefed even in more detail (and again not fully), but it’s very doubtful this correlates to visible political actors much. But surprisingly, some nominally lower aides, could be of such sort, e.g. some of the people now baby sitting Brandon etc., essentially perma spooks flowing through many diverse dept. over their career.

      With humans it’s all the same, read up on historical books (WWII and earlier).. about revolver door background actors in grand historical events.

      • JMS says:

        What conclusion can we draw from the fact that Boris Johnson became a father a few days ago? That on the need-to-know basis he is at the lowest rungs? Or that on the contrary he knows, or believe he knows, something wonderful (for him) that we are missing? I would bet on the first hypothesis, but I am not sure.

        • I don’t follow UK much, but he was a msm starlet writer before, right? With supposedly even higher salary back then.

          So, one could imagine, he was briefed as new PM on some useless stuff about submarines and jets, and what sabotages are planned on the various battle fields shortly, and that’s about it..

          In summary, still lowly, disposable player.

          Nevertheless he was part of a wider team pulling Brexit, which was a significant event catalyzing various other global processes.

      • Tim Groves says:

        Politicians only need to know on a need-to-know basis.

        • “you must clear everything you are going to say before you say it – otherwise you are responsible for not knowing that you are telling a lie”

          very funny – Tim you have quite the talent for thoughtful & insightful posts that also bring a smile!

  24. jj says:

    Biden shows very sound judgment in saying no USA troops to the Ukraine regardless of what happens there just sanctions. He is far from a good leader IMO but I believe in giving credit where credit is due. The Iskanders and artillery alone will turn the donbass into a very bad place AKA cannon fodder to be occupying for our troops if it goes hot and there is much much more. Let us pray for resolution and peace for all inhabitants of the entire Ukraine. It sucks to be a dog toy with a pit bull at each end.

  25. JMS says:

    In Portugal, authorities released their recommendation for vaccination of children between 5 and 11 years old yesterday, but refuse to release the technical opinion on which this recommendation is based. LOL. How strange and suspicious is this?

    “The technical opinion on the vaccination of children from five to 11 years of age requested by the Directorate-General of Health is confidential and cannot be disclosed, even after the decision has been made.”

    https://observador.pt/2021/12/08/covid-19-parecer-de-especialistas-sobre-vacinacao-de-criancas-e-confidencial-e-nao-pode-ser-divulgado/

    • jj says:

      Once again this is contrary to informed consent. Both parts of it. If there is no informed consent it is medical experimentation. I wish there was a more polite way to put it. Designating humans as nothing more than habitats for pet virus species and experimental genetic actors is not a polite business. These are clear and substantial human rights violations.

      • Ed says:

        There are no human rights until the humans start firing back. The live stock will take whatever they are ordered to.

        • jj says:

          I consider people who are choosing not to have this injection to be considerate informed people. We are the minority. As frustrating as the facts are about how unsafe and ineffective the injections are this remains a personal decision. What works to allow understanding of our choice not to accept the injection is that others feel us as kind compassionate educated and informed people. The single greatest threat to people not feeling us and understanding us would be a individual acting out in a manner that would allow characterization of us as anything but compassionate caring informed humans gravely concerned about the incredible violation of human rights that is occurring.

          When considering the thing we understand as conflict it is best to decide what is a favorable outcome. IMO it is best to totally abandon any ideas about “winning” and “losing”. Often those two ideas work against us expressing what our true intentions are.

          There are agendas and world events at play that quite probably mean that we may have little choice about our fates. I mention this because it is a factor in peoples behavior right now. I think it extremely unwise to act out just because one is uncomfortable with the reality of the situation. To do so would demonstrate the worst characteristics of humanity not the best.

          In our favor is humor. In our favor is creativity. In our favor is the facts.

          Nothing is over. What will be will be. Nothing is decided yet. The dice roll the way the dice roll. Perhaps there may be a little help with divine intervention. Perhaps not. Regardless we shall see.

          The fact remains that this is a personal decision. Yes there is incredible misinformation at the hands of the authorities who seem to have gone mad. Yes coercion is being introduced in the form of unjustly terminating individuals employment who choose not to accept this thing- this injection. We can no more assert our will over others decision to accept this injection than we can accept others force their will upon us.

          IMO one of the most unwise of human characteristics is the “we have got to do something”. There are many many many instance where people turned terrible situations into disasters because “they had to do something”. In most cases its about them not the situation. They are uncomfortable so “they had to do something”. Gas on a fire.

          Its not over yet. Cool your jets. Im sorry about your father I truly am. Calm hearts and heads prevail. Agitated heads and hearts are easily manipulated to disadvantage. We are not perfect. Abide in calmness to the degree you are able. Humans are capable of incredible things when calm and relaxed. Agitated and manipulated into disadvantageous paths-not so much. Claim your birthright. Not in terms of things, of ownership. Your birthright is your essence. It can not be stolen only given. And what is it? That is our ultimate gift – our freedom to investigate that with creativity.

    • Fast Eddy says:

      I think norm knows … but he’s been sworn to secrecy.

      norm … we won’t tell anyone if you tell us why they are vaxxing the healthy kids

  26. Michael Le Merchant says:

    Governments all around the world are practising genocide

    The people behind what’s happening are evil beyond our comprehension. They want to take the earth’s population back to 500 million – a figure last seen in 1650. And the lunacy seems to be spreading. More and more celebrities are speaking out in favour of the jab. If you wouldn’t let a celebrity remove your appendix you shouldn’t listen to their views on a medication which they almost certainly don’t understand. The official view about the omicron variant is `panic first, think later’.

    The EU President, a woman called Von der Leyen, who campaigns about global warming but reportedly took a plane to travel 30 miles, wants the jabs to be compulsory throughout Europe. A WHO official said the same thing. In Germany, Angela Merkel’s husband accused the wise and unjabbed of laziness. Doubtless the unjabbed in Germany are, like the unjabbed everywhere else, paying for this massive and dangerous waste of money. I described in my book on vaccination that mandatory vaccination was tried in the 19th century and quickly abandoned. Incidentally, that book, published in 2011 was banned and suppressed everywhere. Lefty, woke activists who oppose freedom in all its forms are still constantly calling for the book to be banned because free speech and the truth terrify them.
    https://tapnewswire.com/2021/12/governments-all-around-the-world-are-practising-genocide/

    • This seems to be a blog article by Vernon Coleman. Many of us would know him as “the old man in the chair” of some past videos.

      The language seems awfully strong to me.

      • Fast Eddy says:

        If he says 500M then it’s illogical – that cant happen. It’s extinction we are looking at

    • Sam says:

      Why go to the difficulty of putting a vaccine to depopulate . Wouldn’t it be easier to just put it in the water?

      • Ed says:

        and or the food

      • gpdawson2016 says:

        Is anyone thinking this thru!? Blockchain!? Once the roll out is complete and you have your digital id there will be a vaccine produced that is specifically for YOU. It will have a barcode on it that matches your barcode.

        Put it in the water….ha! So 16th Century.

      • While macabre dance – It’s a nuanced operation to work through: depop and control/selection and also attempted pivot to some specific technologies all together..

        • JMS says:

          It does indeed seem to be too tall an order even to the most powerful and astute strategists: 1) depop in stages (over ~10 years) through ~slow poisoning, 2) push the survivors (taking care to leave most of them infertile) into an electronic prison,
          3) while preventing all the system (financially, economically, politically and socially) from imploding along the way. Jeez!

          But since planners and strategists are by nature optimistic and optimism is a brain fog machine, it is perfectly legitimate for us to doubt their accuracy in forecasting, and therefore in planning and executing.

      • Fast Eddy says:

        Cuz the MOREONS would realize what was happening and stop. And the billions who are not dead are faced with a collapse of BAU – and they unhinge and rape murder and eat each other

        You need something like Marek’s – a virus that is highly contagious and that kills all it infects.

        You also need the fear because fearful people do not rip faces — they want nothing to do with other people because the others may be infected — you definitely do not eat the other people when the food runs out.

        You lock yourself in .. and you starve… because starving is better than the virus. And there won’t be any food anyway – so why go out of your house?

    • Geno cide is often the only solution

      • Fast Eddy says:

        When faced with no energy and 8B starving people… yes… you exterminate.

        • Ed says:

          exterminate is a nasty word we prefer “right size”

          • Tim Groves says:

            Vaxtermination, vaxecution, vaxectomy, vaxcquiescence…

            The vax against the virus is the excuse to install a control system forces everyone to comply with whatever comes down the pipe. It’s the thin end of a wedge that will function as a boot stamping on a human face – forever.

            We aren’t even being told what’s in the current crop of mRNA injectables. There are substances in there that are secret. The people producing the the stuff in the factories don’t even know all the ingredients. conceivably there could be almost anything in there as long as it doesn’t make people drop down dead shortly after getting an injection—which has happened on many occasions by the way.

            Going back to January 2021:

  27. Michael Le Merchant says:

    Whilst you’ve been distracted by the UK Govs. Christmas Party, PHS released a report confirming the Fully Vaccinated account for 9 in every 10 Covid-19 Deaths over the past 4 months
    https://dailyexpose.uk/2021/12/09/distracted-by-christmas-party-data-shows-9-in-10-covid-deaths-vaccinated/

    • Very clearly written article asking good questions with only a couple of very easy to understand graphs well presented supporting the proposition that UK vaccinated are more at risk than the unvaccinated and the situation is getting progressively worse!

      FE you might want to sent to GP and DAMN & ask to explain! lol

    • This analysis is based on what looks like a fairly complete analysis of COVID cases in Scotland. It gives information of outcomes during pregnancy and many other things. It takes time to read and analyze it all. I am not convinced that the Gee Whiz graph in the link is very helpful.

      https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/10741/21-12-08-covid19-winter_publication_report.pdf

      The report seems to indicate that the overall death rate of the vaccinated is lower than that of the unvaccinated. This would be expected if the group that is unvaccinated disproportionately represents a couple of categories of people:

      (1) People who are uneducated or don’t speak the language well. They have high mortality rates to begin with.
      (2) People who have medical conditions that make it likely that having the vaccination will make the condition worse. These people likely have an above average likelihood of death, with or without the vaccine.

      The thing I would be interested in is, “How is the overall death rate, ex COVID, trending?”

  28. Michael Le Merchant says:

    South Korea Prompts Nationwide Parent Outrage with Child Vaccination Mandate

    South Korea’s federal government announced on December 3 it would expand an existing coronavirus “vaccine pass” system to include anyone above the age of 12, beginning in February. The edict requires school-age children and teenagers “to present a certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 [Chinese coronavirus] or a negative test result to be allowed into restaurants, cafes and other multi-use facilities frequented by students,” according to Yonhap.

    The South Korean news agency noted on December 6 that many students and parents have “voiced fury” at the impending vaccine requirement since it was revealed on December 3. Those opposed to the order have denounced it via multiple online petitions as “discrimination against those not vaccinated” and “effective coercion for adolescents to get vaccinated.”
    https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/12/06/south-korea-prompts-nationwide-parent-outrage-child-vaccination-mandate/

    • Fast Eddy says:

      norrrrmmmmmm…. why are they doing this???

      And are you starting to feel the water warming — sweating a little??? How’s the little baby girl doing.. soon she’ll be speaking her first words ‘grandad norm is a MOREON because he let me get injected’ hahahahaahahaha

      In all serious norm … do you want her to be jabbed with this toxic stuff? Your delusion runs into reality when that happens – doesn’t it… you can no longer remain silent when asked

      Why are they Injecting Healthy Children?????

      • JMS says:

        Why should they care about the health and lives of children who are not their own? Especially if they believe they’re killing two birds with one jab: cleansing the planet of billions of useless eaters, and strenghten their own power. In their view, it’s a win-win situation.

        • Tim Groves says:

          Mr. DNA is concerned. And therefore, He will order Norman to be concerned about Norman’s DNA. A quarter of each grandchild’s DNA and an eighth of each great-grandchild’s DNA is pure unadulterated Norman Paget DNA. This DNA must be preserved at all costs by Norman.

          The DNA package container known as Norman Paget is commanded to lay down his own crinkly carcass if required in order to protect all bonafide descendent package containers of Norman Paget DNA from damage or destruction. These instructions are encoded in Norman’s DNA on page 294,567 of the 13th chromosome if I recall correctly. He is powerless to resist them.

          • Fast Eddy says:

            When anna comes out of the asylum norm will pick her up and ask her to check out his DNA package

        • Fast Eddy says:

          norm won’t but that

  29. Sam says:

    Yes but what happens when you can’t use the cov$ excuse? You are going to have to create something else. I’m just trying to figure out what that something else is going to be…. Place your bets!!! Myguess is a depression caused by cov$ …

  30. Sam says:

    Yes it’s funny scientist talk about evolutionary genes.. the risk taking gene, the sheeple gene. I have the don’t trust the bullshi& gene…

    I think the more comfortable people are the less they will consider things. That’s why I. The states people are clueless. They all drive huge pickup trucks to get their groceries 😆. It’s probably one of the easiest countries to program. When I am here I am very I interested in what they are being programmed by watching advertising. Lots of drug ads , lots of retirement ads, and lots of truck and suv ads.

  31. Michael Le Merchant says:

    ‘Untimely and Useless’? Israeli Tweeps Question Need for Fourth Covid Jab Amid Omicron Spread

    Reports have also suggested that the IDF is making relevant preparations and is determined to vaccinate its soldiers as soon as there is another spike in the number of coronavirus patients.

    Growing Dissatisfaction

    The news of a possible fourth shot is already stirring a lively discussion on social media platforms, where users struggle to accept the possibility of yet another jab.
    “They are turning our citizens into drug addicts,” wrote one Twitter user.

    Another one added: “Seriously… these are the same old tricks of the Health Ministry. You cannot longer deceive us. They start with a small lie and say the jab is for immuno-suppressed people only. This is how they prepare Israel for a fourth jab”.

    Now, many Israelis believe their government is planning to pull the same trick once more.
    “What makes them think that a fourth vaccine will work if a booster has failed? Nobody believes them anymore,” complained a Twitter user.

    “Almost one million and a half chose not to get the third shot, and now they are talking about a fourth shot… there is no way I will do that,” promised another.

    “How many vaccine doses did Israel undertake to try on its citizens in that secret contract with Pfizer?” questioned one tweep.

    “They are irresponsible zombies,” said another one, referring to the government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. “Bourla is already talking about a fourth jab and only says that we will need to get vaccinated every year. He secured his financial future. Has anyone dreamt of vaccinating themselves from all the variants of the flu? What’s the big difference?…”
    https://sputniknews.com/20211208/untimely-and-useless-israeli-tweeps-question-need-for-fourth-covid-jab-amid-omicron-spread-1091341066.html

    • Ed says:

      Bill Gates now says it will be annual covid shot and annual flu shots when things get good in some years. Good for his profits as an owner of pharma. Why the hell we care what Bill Gates thinks???? I have never gotten a flu shot and never will like wise never a covid shot.

    • Fast Eddy says:

      hahahaha… just wait till it’s jab 5… should be only a few months away

  32. Michael Le Merchant says:

    Vaxxas – Mark of the Beast – ID2020
    https://www.vaxxas.com/technology-platform/

    Construction underway on nation-first needle-free vaccine facility

    Vaxxas Chief Operations and Development Officer Angus Forster said Vaxxas’ high density micro-array patch (HD-MAP) technology can deposit a vaccine through the surface of the skin in just a few seconds.

    “Our world-leading technology uses a small patch with a surface of thousands of micro-projections, just a quarter of a millimetre long, which are coated with a vaccine,” Mr Forster said.

    “Our clinical research shows that this elicits a more efficient and effective immune response than traditional syringes due to the abundance of immune cells immediately below the surface of the skin.”

    “There’s also the opportunity to make the transportation of vaccines to rural and remote communities much easier as the vaccine patch can be stored at temperatures as high as 40ºC.”

    “Our first project for the patch will be on delivering an influenza vaccine, but Vaxxas will also investigate opportunities to improve the performance of other vaccines, including for COVID-19, to support future pandemic preparedness and response.”
    https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/94027

    • Replenish says:

      Vaxxas’ Micro-array patch sounds similar to the MIT Quantum dot tatoo for childhood vaccination. Of course, this was all ahut sown as conspiracy in early April 2020, lol.

      SPIRO SKOURAS:FACT CHECKING THE FACT CHECKERS-BILL GATES-ID2020 & VACCINE MICROCHIPS
      https://www.bitchute.com/video/qqvEZZ0KsSX7/

    • This might actually be a good thing

      Cant remember his name, but the guy who believe Vit A is actually a toxin, in his discussion of Vaccine injuries makes the observation that injection IM is a very unnatural process compared to how we build natural immunity in response to an infection.

      His thesis is that epithelial tissues as primary barrier to infections should be focused on. With healthy epithelium (skin, intestinal lining, respiratory tract linings) innate immunity defeats infections before they start – unhealthy or broken epithelium allows infection with infections agents bypassing the frontline innate immune response and results in cell death at interior tissues near the surface – This is when the adaptive immune response kicks in based on signals from the infected cells – Point is these first signals of infection are most likely adjacent to the skin and are relatively benign allowing for measured and appropriate response from the immune system.

      Direct injection/”infection” of deeper tissues (muscle, bloodstream, organs) as an initial site of activation of the immune system, by his thesis, demands an overwhelming immune response because initial infection at such sites indicates a critical or accelerating infection that demands all out war. In his theory this can result in overstimulation of immune response and development of auto-immune conditions post-infection due to interaction with adjuvant and contaminant/cellular fragment proteins that may be in the local of simulated “infection”/injection that would not be there if it were a natural infection process.

      • I didn’t see anything on their website indicating that this device administers micro/quantum dots or tattoos for ID – If it does, then that is NOT something I see as a good thing. They did show sponsorship from Gates foundation so more research required in this regard.

        In general believe we give far too many vaccines to far too many people. As with all products economies of scale matter – at appropriate low levels of vaccines may not be economically viable

        Kinda moot anyhow – if/when collapse upon us dont think going be much energy devoted to any vaccination irrespective of high/low tech nature; maybe will be lucky to implement Jenner’s bucket of pus and scratch the skin tech

        • Michael Le Merchant says:

          The article below was updated on October 10, 2020. Vaxxas responded to a reader to confirm that their system is capable of using dye and as done so in “model systems.” However, in a forwarded email, the CEO of Vaxxas David Hoey’s stated they did not include dye in this test. Vaxxas refused multiple attempts by LCA staff to confirm this statement directly.

          Your tax dollars are helping test a vaccine injection system that can include dye resulting in a tattoo under a person’s skin. While not visible to the naked eye, this proof of vaccine can be seen by holding a modified cellphone over the injection site to scan if the person has received the vaccine in question or not.

          This technology is being rebranded as a “high density micro-array patch” or HD-MAP in an effort to hide that this type of micro needle system already was launched four months ago under the name “quantum dot tattoos” and includes “tags” that can be made visible on each person that receives this vaccine delivery system.

          But what Vaxxas is not saying in their press release (and what they are hoping you will not remember) is that this type of injection method already was developed by Assistant Professor Dr. Kevin McHugh of Rice University (which was also paid for by the Gates’ foundation) to have a scannable dye included.

          If a COVID-19 (or any) vaccine becomes mandatory, those who have received it using this delivery system with dye would have to undergo a scan of the part of their body that got the vaccine and dye injection in order to gain entrance to school, work, the grocery store, pharmacy, etc.
          https://lcaction.org/detail/20201006vaccine-tattoo-resurfaces

      • Thierry says:

        I would be interested to know who is the guy you talk about. His thesis confirms exactly what I have learnt from a friend of mine. According to him you can cure yourself by rubbing your arm with your own split if you have any symptom of an infection. I can tell that it works. This looks too easy to be true, but this is. Of course no lab will ever make profit from it.

    • Replenish says:

      “Keeping track of vaccinations remains a major challenge in the developing world, and even in many developed countries, paperwork gets lost, and parents forget whether their child is up to date. Now a group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers has developed a novel way to address this problem: embedding the record directly into the skin.”

      “Microneedles are embedded in a Band-Aid-like device that is placed on the skin; a skilled nurse or technician is not required. Vaccines delivered with microneedles also may not need to be refrigerated, reducing both the cost and difficulty of delivery, Langer and Jaklenec say.”

      https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/invisible-ink-could-reveal-whether-kids-have-been-vaccinated/

    • Lidia17 says:

      How does this jibe with the mRNA in lipid nanoparticles that needs to be kept at sub-zero temps?

      • Michael Le Merchant says:

        Easy to apply

        What makes them more effective?

        Vaccines are normally injected into our muscles, but muscle tissue doesn’t contain very many immune cells needed to react to the drug, explained Muller.

        In addition, the tiny spikes cause localized skin death, which alerts the body to a problem and triggers a greater immune response.

        For the scientist, the logistical advantages couldn’t be clearer.

        First, when dry-coated on a patch, the vaccine is stable for at least 30 days at 25 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit) and one week at 40C (104F), compared to a few hours at room temperature for the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.

        This offers a major advantage particularly for developing countries.

        Second, “it’s very simple to use,” said Muller. “You don’t necessarily need highly trained medical professionals to deliver it.”
        https://www.wionews.com/world/covid-needle-free-vaccine-patches-coming-soon-say-researchers-and-makers-425233

      • Tim Groves says:

        As a related fact:

        This is a multidose vial that contains 10 doses of 0.5 mL each or a maximum of 20 doses of 0.25 mL each. One dose (0.5 mL) contains 100 micrograms of messenger RNA (mRNA) (embedded in SM-102 lipid nanoparticles). One dose (0.25 mL) contains 50 micrograms of messenger RNA (mRNA) (embedded in SM-102 lipid nanoparticles)

        Vaxxas’ Micro-array patch doesn’t look like it has the potential to inject anywhere near 0.5 mL of anything into an arm or an ass. So it doesn’t seem compatible with the mRNA jabs.

        • Perhaps a smaller dose is used in the patch applications. The smaller dose might have less chance to migrate all over the body, as well. If it is overused (beyond the very elderly and obese), it could have a lot of the problems of today’s application, but it seems like it might reduce the chance of some kinds of side effects.

  33. Sven Røgeberg says:

    Gail, you should read this! https://www.saurugg.net/2021/blog/vernetzung-und-komplexitaet/europe-on-the-road-to-a-major-disaster?doing_wp_cron=1639064937.3138480186462402343750&cn-reloaded=1
    Europe on the road to a major disaster
    When physics and the laws of nature are disregarded, a rude awakening looms

    • This report is very good. You would think that people would be aware of the problems they are making for themselves, but they don’t understand the many technical details (or even the simplest points that they should be aware of).

      One thing this author doesn’t mention is that the giving solar and wind first priority is creating a major pricing problem for nuclear especially, but also fossil fuels. This is a major reason the nuclear power plants are shutting down.

      Europe looks like it is headed for near-term disaster with respect to its electricity supply. Maybe it will make it through this winter, but it is hard to see how it will make it through the next five years. Adding electric cars to the grid will make things worse, not better.

    • Tim Groves says:

      Quite seriously, I think there will be plenty of generating capacity available to meet the demand in Europe once the injection campaign has killed off two-thirds of the population.

      This sounds crazy, I know, but it makes a weird kind of sense on you understand that the controllers are very serious about reducing energy use and very serious about jabbing everybody.

      Nobody should dismiss this policy just because you personally might not have genocidal or democidal tendencies. Our rulers have proved many a time that they have no scruple about sending thousands or millions of people to an early grave.

      This is also potentially implied in Gail’s work, which has shown that World War One coincided with peak coal in the UK and World War Two coincided with peak coal in Germany.

  34. Michael Le Merchant says:

    Two Babies In Brazil Hospitalized After Getting Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

    A nurse in Sao Paolo has mistakenly vaccinated a two-month-old girl and a four-month-old boy with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine instead of the combined diphtheria, pertussis and hepatitis vaccines. After that, the babies had a fever, vomiting and pain and were both hospitalized.

    The nurse who performed the vaccination has been fired and an investigation is underway.
    https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/two-babies-in-brazil-hospitalized-after-getting-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine/

  35. Michael Le Merchant says:

    Has The EIA Massively Overestimated The Potential Of U.S. Shale?

    A new report from Earth Scientist David Hughes seriously undermines rosy long-term forecasts made by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) for U.S. oil and natural gas from shale deposits

    Of the 13 major plays he evaluated, Hughes rates the EIA’s production forecast for five as “moderately optimistic,” five as “highly optimistic,” and three as “extremely optimistic.”
    Saturation of sweet spots in key shale plays may lead to an irreversible production decline
    https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Has-The-EIA-Massively-Overestimated-The-Potential-Of-US-Shale.html

    • There are a couple of related items that are interesting.

      The link you give is to Kurt Cobb’s fairly short write up of the report. This is it again:
      https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Has-The-EIA-Massively-Overestimated-The-Potential-Of-US-Shale.html

      This is a link to a somewhat longer write-up, with a little more detail that Kurt Cobb’s report:

      https://www.desmog.com/2021/12/08/david-hughes-shale-optimistic-fracking-forecasts-eia/

      This is a link to the site where a person can download a free summary or pay $20 for the whole report. A person needs to sign a detailed disclaimer and agreement not to sue for even the free report.

      https://www.postcarbon.org/publications/shale-reality-check-2021/

      Shale Reality Check 2021 – David Hughes

      Some quotes from the Executive Summary:

      The EIA’s reference case forecast projects that 69% of U.S. oil production and 77% of U.S. gas production will come from shale plays over the 2020–2050 period.

      Although there is no doubt that the U.S. can produce substantial amounts of shale gas and tight oil over the short- and medium-term, overly optimistic forecasts are a disservice to planning a viable long-term energy strategy. The “shale revolution” has sparked calls for “American energy dominance”4—despite the fact that the U.S. is projected to be a net oil importer through 2050, even given EIA forecasts. The fact that the supply from tight oil and shale gas is likely to be much less and of higher cost than estimated by the EIA, coupled with the brittle nature of global supply chains, casts doubt on the wisdom of expanding exports.

      The “shale revolution” has provided a reprieve from what just 15 years ago was thought to be a terminal decline in U.S. oil and gas production. This reprieve, however, is likely temporary, and the U.S. would be well advised to plan for much-reduced shale oil and gas production in the long term based on play fundamentals, even without considering the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. New U.S. policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 by 50-52% from 2005 levels will very likely further constrain U.S. tight oil and shale gas production.

      • the long term—or maybe the short term, danger here might not derive from the inevitable shortage of oil per se–but the denial that there is a supply problem.

        this is the reason i keep banging on about conspiracies—and getting called all sort of names as a result.

        i can 100% guarantee that as oil shortage bites in real terms, whether by price, quantity or both, conspirathons will kick off with a vengeance–much more dangerous than the trivialities of hoaxes and plots we’ve seen up to now.

        without oil, people really are going to start dying–or killing each other….because food supplies are going to falter and stop.

        the reason you have cheap food (energy) on your plate is because cheap oil puts it there.–same applies to heat, clothing, housing, medication, security and so on.

        someone will have to be ‘blamed’ for the problem–as with all conspiracies.

        a ‘cabal’ is hoarding oil.—then when we lower orders are all dead–they can start pleasuring themselves around the world–because we aren’t here to use it. A bonkers notion–yet we see it put forward again and again. Words on OFW are a microcosm of the wider world.—- people actually believe such stuff.

        No calm explanations as to why it can’t work will placate those determined to believe it. I’ve tried.

        • and to add to and confirm my above reply, this is copied from elsewhere on ofw:

          >>>>>>Governments all around the world are practising genocide

          The people behind what’s happening are evil beyond our comprehension. They want to take the earth’s population back to 500 million – a figure last seen in 1650. And the lunacy seems to be spreading. <<<<<<

          A single comment like this can be dismissed as nuts—but when hysteria of millions sets in–you can't

          • Jeremy says:

            Norman, would you be open to discussing what appears to be excessive injuries and deaths stemming from the vaccinations, if the conspiratorial claims were not made? I am asking this sincerely, with no intent of later raging madly if we do not agree. I would enjoy kind, civil discourse, notwithstanding being on the brink of the end of the world as we know it.

            • certainly

            • Fast Eddy says:

              Why inject healthy kids?

            • but, Jeremy
              there would have to be some explanation of/reference to, the numerous reports we read on the internet, and the actuality i see around me.

              if there were millions of mass deaths and maimings of children and or adults, over the past year or so, as is stated time and time again on here and on other internet soiurces, there would, i think, be evidence of it here, around me, and as such reported in the local press, local news, tv and so on.

              there are none to speak of–a sore arm, maybe feeling unwell for a few hours–something like that’–they seem to be oddities, not usual.

              but the words used on here are ‘millions’—i think someone would have noticed, in real time., by now.
              Hysterical youtubers arouse my suspicions. Checking out a few confirms those suspicions.

              friends and family have, now, used numerous clinics, on numerous occassions. in different parts of the uk. i havent heard of a single maiming, or death. Same with contacts abroad. they have not been harmed–they know no one who has.

              though i don’t doubt there have been serious reactions–that just common sense.

              there are adverse reactions to any form of vaccination—this has always been the case, all medical intervention carries risk, no matter how trivial or seriously intrusive.
              There are bound to be ‘deaths’ following vaxxing—obviously.
              People just die as a natural way of things in any event.

              I’m well past my sellby date. Nothing..

              as to the vax program itself, governments were faced with the prospect of a repeat of 1920–when 50om died–do nothing and that would result in 200m deaths. that was the thinking.
              Imagine the rants if that had happened!
              eddy would have exploded.–messy.

              no govt could countenance that.
              reactions might have been misplaced–wrong,–knee jerk even, but there was no ‘extinction plot’.

              unfortnutely hysteria kicked in–and we got Bill Gates injecting everyone with iron filings so they could be tracked by his 5g masts. Folks offer that with absolute certainty.–folks have a need to believe such stuff.

              Faced with such tosh–I dismissed any discussion at all, especially when faced with cut n paste loonies bent on meaningless word-blizzards as a substitute for intellectual exchange.

              My grandchildren are NOT being stalked by Dr Mengele trainees. Trust me.

              To accept or even discuss such nonsense–would mean taking on board the ‘beyond belief’ assumption, that a ‘cabal of elite’ intend to use covid to wipe out most of humankind so that the earths resources will be ‘extended’ so that ‘they’ (whoever ‘they’ are,) will have them for themselves, and can use the world as a rich mans playground.

              Wild and wacky–or what? But it has all been seriously put forward as ‘truth’ on OFW.

              And I am castigated for offering no more than laughter–what else could there be?

              Covid has been a zoonotic response to our mass intrusions into animal territories. (as have numerous other diseases) It is I think a defence mechanism against us. But that is just my own opinion..
              It may well cut us down to size if that is so.

              WE think of intellect in human terms. There may be different forms we are unaware of.

              It has certainly shut down our polluting enterprises hasn’t it?
              and disrupted our habits of infinite consumption.

              forgive this long diatribe.

              it is written to clarify my own thinking as much as anyone else’s.–contradiction of it is welcome.

            • Fast Eddy says:

              Boring…

              Explain to us why children are being injected

            • Tim Groves says:

              Excellent response, Norman.

              I don’t agree with a word of it, but you’ve argued the case against dangerous jabs with style and aplomb.

              I’m not quite sure why, but you remind me just a little bit of those old academy-award-winning English ladies who had tea with Mussolini and then defended him to everybody within earshot with endorsements such as, “at least he made the trains run on time.”

            • we each interpret the words of others differently Tim

              no one can change that–you must read into my words what you will.

              Some folks seem to understand what I’m getting at–i annoy a few–please a few-i daresay most are indifferent—standing ovations (in RL) are not unknown.–neither is a barrage of rotten tomatoes.

              donkeys around here avoid me—they like to keep their hind legs

            • Fast Eddy says:

              What’s your position on injecting healthy children?

            • Tim Groves says:

              To clarify, by “against dangerous jabs”, I meant “against the idea of jabs being dangerous.”

          • Fast Eddy says:

            Why are they vaccinating healthy children?

            • DB says:

              Norman, let’s just substitute finite energy supply for COVID in your argument. I don’t believe we are running into energy limits because the mainstream media doesn’t report on it, and I don’t see any evidence of limits around me. I just see people using as much energy as they can, seemingly without a care and expecting the energy supply to expand as necessary. This talk of energy limits thus must be a conspiracy theory.

              Clearly this is absurd for energy limits. Why isn’t it also absurd for COVID?

              And why don’t you answer Fast Eddy’s question about injecting kids? You seem to find hundreds of opportunities to comment about the emptiness of his comments (aren’t such complaints empty comments, too?). Why not engage substantively?

            • Fast Eddy says:

              As Tim has pointed out … norm cannot answer this without tearing down the delusional world in which he surrounds himself.

              In other words… norm is a joke and a fool … a one trick pony who babbles on about the importance of cheap energy … beyond that he is pretty much useless.

              And Gail does the energy thing so much better so all norm is doing is regurgitating .. he’s no different than a grade 9 student plagiarizing an essay that he found on the internet … submitting it and expecting a gold star …

              WVK exposes norm to the entire OFW audience as a fool… a fake.. a fraud .. a blowhard…

              So thank you for not answering norm … we are making progress.

              I would note that dunc anna and mike also won’t take the question …. any other pro-vaxxers out there care to weigh in? Or not.

        • Sam says:

          Norm you are correct. I. The end we are monkeys and act as such. The catch for me is how much time is left. Do I pace myself or do I sprint to the end . Are we 10 years away? I see prices climbing short term but then crashing long term.

          • back in 05 i thought we had 10 years, i was wrong

            but later i put more serious thought into it and pitch economic collapse at the mid 2020s, that does seem more accurate now–but i could be wrong again

            but since 05 a lot of collapse has taken place

            maybe it just hasn’t caught up with us yet

            after all–will still have the means to get on OFW

        • Fast Eddy says:

          We beg of you norm… enlighten us …

          Why are they injecting health children

        • Lidia17 says:

          Not to derail your exchange with Jeremy, which I am eager to follow, but consider that just because people are engaged in conspiracies doesn’t mean that the conspiracies necessarily have to “work” in the end.

          Just because TPTB will not ultimately be able to control every factor doesn’t mean they mayn’t try to do so.

          And anyway, *you* don’t have to believe in the future Internet of Bodies or whatever else it is—what matters is that *they* believe it (or enough of them do). A sleepwalker convinced his wife is an intruder can kill her just as dead as if she really were one.

          ===
          And then, I find it extraordinary that people are perfectly accustomed to low-grade thugs killing innocents for a few dollars.. but can’t conceive of higher-grade thugs killing rather larger numbers of people in order to obtain billions and trillions of dollars and a much greater degree of power. I wonder why that is?

          • i” try to make this point again–though why i do it i don’t know—ultimate masochism—saving humankind—today’s amusement-you choose.

            $trillions ‘exist’ only because ‘we’ exist.

            get rid of ‘us’, and those trillions cannot exist.

            i’ll make it really simple by taking it to extremes:

            youre one of the last 1000 people left in the world.–youre part of this ‘cabal’ that got rid of the unwashed masses so that ‘you’ and your cabalistic mates can have and enjoy everything.

            so far so good.

            you find a vehicle with some petrol in it –(lucky you) and trip off down to fort knox

            nobody there of course, so you go inside

            all that gold stacked up, you divvy it up between you—each of you is now a trillionaire. (according to last weeks gold oz price.)

            whoopee.

            you take your share away–determined to live life to the hilt. You get home.

            Then find you’ve got nothing to spend it on.

            dayum— the penny drops—money has no value until it is exchanged for energy, and vice versa.

            Got it???

            billionaires are billionaires only because we poor people make it so. Right now—you might see yourself as a chinese property billionaire—er no–not unless your tower blocks are filled with poor people you’re not.–you just own blocks of concrete..

            Bill Gates has an IQ of 170 i believe—almost as clever as me then. —I’m pretty sure he’s figured out the above, just like me, and isn’t plotting to rid the world of its excess people.

            In any event, world will do that, without any ‘plotting’ by us. Trust me on that.

        • Hideaway says:

          Your posts are very much appreciated Norman, like an oasis of reason among the desert of useless con.spiracy theorists that want to discuss anything but the real problems.

          I only bother looking into the comments every few days now as the noise ratio has become too high. I’m surprised Gail allows it. Going back 10 years there was polite discussion of the relevant issues.

          Picking a date of when things start to fall to pieces has been fraught with error for years, but personally I’m grateful for the extra years of BAU.

          It really is like being on the Titanic after hitting the iceberg. There doesn’t seem to be a problem as we slowly sink at first. The economy is unsinkable according to some as the con.spiracy band plays away merrily, trying to avert all attention from the rising water in the lower decks of countries with huge problems.

          Us first class Westerners are in the upper decks, just listening to the distraction of the band playing. I’m sure your correct that when the water laps at the feet of the band a different victim will be chosen from who are left on the dance floor.

          • Fast Eddy says:

            Oh… norm’s mate — surprised that anyone would admit that …

            So maybe you can answer for norm

            Why inject healthy young people?

          • hideaway

            thank you–i just present ‘what is’–i dont repeat nonsense, or try not to.

            but you mustn’t say things to upset eddy—you know how touchy he is on the subject of self righteousness. Eddy will now back up his garbage truck and empty it on your front lawn. And write rude words on your wall—he likes rude words on walls—they don’t utilise the skills necessary for joined up writing.

            I agree on the 10 years ago point.

            Problems started around 2015/16 or so when ‘social media’ kicked off. Everyone suddenly possessed the means to exchange every loony notion imaginable–so they did.

            before then, as you say, it was exchange of reasoned thinking. Even eddy could think for himself.

            • Tim Groves says:

              If that’s your attitude to social media, why do you go on it? What makes you think you’re immune to the rot?

              I blame TV for the decline, so I don’t watch it. I blame rap music, so I don’t listen to it. I blame vaccines, so I don’t get jabbed. I blame junk food and mind-altering drugs, so I don’t indulge in them.

              I can’t quite understand why you are blaming social media for social ills while continuing to be a regular user of it?

              A question crosses my mind and I wave at it as it passes: Who is the more foolish? The person one labels as a fool or the person who continues to exchange insults with one he thinks is a fool?

            • i think my insults are fairly low key, and they are always reactive, not proactive I think. I can’t feel insulted by a mosquito that lands on me. It knows no better–i brush it off.

              —i don’t write on the skoolyard wall or indulge in sexual innuendo when i run out of things to say–(that never happens anyway)

              I look on some of the threads on here as a kind of online road rage.

              I drive, because i choose to—but i do not vent anger at other road users, no matter how idiotic their behaviour.
              Some road users seem to be in a permanent state of anger at others. I am not—ever. Most are like me, a few are not. It does not make me want to stop driving.

              a few thousand get killed on the roads each year–i take care not to be one of them–or cause one of them–but i dont stay off the roads.

              You may or may not see the similarity to goings on in OFW. To me they correlate exactly.–the screaming at anyone who ‘gets in the way’—ie contradicts–has a different direction to follow—is stupid—cant drive properly–doesn’t treat ME with the respect I deserve–am entitled to
              Do you not realise who I am??????.

              Sounds familiar???? Sounds pathetic????
              I treat it as such

              You must treat it as you choose–not my problem

            • Fast Eddy says:

              Why inject healthy kids?

            • Fast Eddy says:

              norm fancies himself an independent thinker … but he’s not had an original thought in his entire life…

              he rides Mother Gai’s coat tails on energy just parroting what he reads on OFW….

              And for everything else… he is told what to think by corporate media sources

              hahahahaha…

              hey norm – why don’t you buy some restraints to hold the kids down when the injectors come? maybe you can pull a Fauci and cut their vocal cords so they cannot beg grandpa to stop this … please grandpa we don’t want to die….

            • Fast Eddy says:

              WVK? WVK? WVK?????

    • https://www.oilystuffblog.com/news-stuff

      Shellman posted re this report also – always fun to read his take

      He also has or had a post estimated about a 6 year life left for the Permian – he has alread written off all of the other shale regions – US is in a horrible position with regard to actual reasonablt recoverable reserves

      Perhaps either China or Globalist see a CEP-lite primarily aimed at US & Europe and that would/could significantly reduce energy demand & per capita such that the resulting World Average Energy/Capita ratio could continue to increase

      Other than food and probably some refining capacity – how much does the rest of the world really need the US?…and does Europe serve any purpose at all from the perspective of the rest of the world? As long as there is enough energy and support staff in US to keep mass producing grains & Smithfield pork & Tyson Chicken & Dried Milk for export to the rest of the world – they just need to crash the dollar and reduce our population without US releasing our Nukes.

  36. Michael Le Merchant says:

    Jacinda Ardern Dismisses Those Rising Up Against Vaccine Mandates
    https://rumble.com/vqe49y-jacinda-ardern-dismisses-those-rising-up-against-vaccine-mandates.html

  37. Michael Le Merchant says:

    ‘Plan B’ Restrictions May Cost £4 Billion Per Month

    But new analysis by the IEA has revealed that these measures would have a damning impact on the British economy, at a time when the financial recovery from previous lockdowns is already pulling at taxpayers’ pockets.

    The think tank has predicted that the restrictions could add fresh costs of £4 billion every month.

    Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the IEA, said: “Even without a full national lockdown, the additional Covid restrictions apparently being considered in Whitehall could easily knock two percent off GDP – costing the UK economy £4 billion a month – and force the taxpayer to stump up billions more to prevent a new wave of bankruptcies and job losses.”
    https://dailysceptic.org/2021/12/08/plan-b-restrictions-may-cost-4-billion-per-month/

    • Think of it this way, “‘Plan B’ Restrictions May Save £4 Billion Per Month in Energy Related Expenditures.” Maybe it is not quite this much, but there will be a huge cutback in what the economy can afford to buy. Adding more governmental debt will tend to push the pound down and make imported goods more expensive.

      Maybe the economy can go along in this restricted form for a little while longer. It would be better than everyone starving.

  38. Michael Le Merchant says:

    Professor Neil Ferguson warns a full lockdown might be needed to stop Omicron overwhelming NHS as he says super-variant may have been seeded at COP26 summit in Glasgow
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10287271/Neil-Ferguson-warns-lockdown-needed-stop-Omicron-overwhelming-NHS.html

    • Sounds like a good story to tell to citizens. It may help keep the economy from collapsing for a while longer, if more debt can be substituted for actual goods and services.

      If the super-variant was seeded at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, it is sort of ironic. The only way carbon emissions can be reduced is by closing down economies. If leaders use the super-variant as an excuse for closing down their economies, it will reduce world CO2 emissions better than practically anything else they can do.

      • hillcountry says:

        “COP26 Zoom Call sir”

        “Thanks, just plug it into my ventilator-tube”

        • Lidia17 says:

          OMG! That reminds me: I had a couple of older guests at my house a few days ago. The husband has hearing aids, and all of a sudden he started saying. “excuse me,” and something about a phone.

          Turns out their home phone rings in his hearing aid, and he can pick up calls through it! Which then made me wonder whether the hearing aid was transmitting our in-person conversations to the Borg…

    • Fast Eddy says:

      Hahahahahaha… but but they got the jab cuz they be free

  39. Michael Le Merchant says:

    Covid: Hardcore vaccine refuseniks could need deradicalising like terrorists, says expert

    A “deradicalisation” programme like those given to former terrorists or cult members might be the only way to dissuade some hardcore antivaxxers from their beliefs, according to one psychology expert.

    Around six million eligible people in the UK have not received a single jab a year on from the first Covid vaccination being given in the UK.

    Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, chair in cognitive psychology at the University of Bristol, was keen to stress that many of those are likely to be “marginalised” people who are “very difficult to reach for anything”, and for whom access is likely to be the biggest issue rather than psychological or ideological factors.
    https://www.gbnews.uk/news/covid-hardcore-vaccine-refuseniks-could-need-deradicalising-like-terrorists-says-expert/175040

    • Tim Groves says:

      This is the same guy who together with that Australian cartoonist came up with the bogus survey result that “97% of climate scientists believe humans are causing globbly woobly.” He’s working for the Man. It’s no surprise to see him active again now.

  40. Sam says:

    I must still be on probation 🙄takes a while to get my comments through

  41. Sam says:

    Covi$ was successful at slowing down the economies of the world so that people don’t see the energy problem. When I tell people that the real problem in 08 was not enough cheap energy they look at me with blank stares and then tell me it was the housing crisis. It is a much more palatable story to tell…..someone screwed up and now we fix the system we can keep moving. Rather than we don’t have enough cheap energy… That is a much scarier story.

    They can’t open back completely or people will discover that we don’t have enough energy at this time. I am thinking that they will cause a Great Depression… nothing gets people to toe the line more than not knowing where your next meal is coming from. If the economy opened up today there would be shortages of energy to everything…

    • Jarle says:

      I wonder if people in the west will be so fond of so called crime series when misc stuff really start hitting machines with blades …

    • Yes, opening up “completely” again seems out of the question now (&forever).
      Although the triage is and will be more pronounced and confined inside the 2.5-3rd world near term (food first), yet many supply chain issues and consequently disruptions to old consumer paradigms are about to bubble up sooner or later everywhere.

      The first+ worlders are going to be stripped of jet travel, carz, food choice, and also various facets of personal – body(ly) freedoms.

      How much extra time this could provide for the extremely altered make believe BAU to keep on soldiering on?, few months, years, decades.. the jury is out.

    • Student says:

      Sam, it is exactly the same situation I face, except for a tiny number of people to whom I’ve explained this, though the years (I think 3 friends of mine have really accepted the idea).
      It is something deliberately and appropriately hidden by those who are in power, so how can a person (maybe also graduated or well educated) believe me (or lose time to read those whom I suggest to read about), instead of believing what one has always learnt through the years?.

      • In the past civilizations had a great run specifically on limited need to know basis. The clergy and govs did not share much with the peasants in terms of articulating policies just mandated work, scheduled..

        • previuos civilisations performed the ‘work function’ until the means to perform that work function was no longer available, then it ceased.

          you can prefix any ‘civilisation’ you like with that, they pretty much all come under the same umbrella of limitation.

          ‘need to know’ has nothing to with it.

          Churches con the main body of people that only they ‘know’ about life and what god desires people to do

          states (ie ruling classes’) enforce their rule by brute force if people do not ‘conform’

          one threatens bad things in the afterlife—the other threatens bad things in this life—either way–you’re screwed

          both can only exist if supporting energy levels are sufficient for their current purposes.

          Famine, war pestilence and death can wipe out ‘rulers and destroy nations instantly, and churches along with them

        • Kowalainen says:

          The problem with a “priesthood” is the fallibility. They’re just as full of themselves as everybody else.

          Knowing something as a matter of fact is weaker than reasoning toward the same undeniable reality. Acting on the knowledge/inference is next level Logos. Which for me means to turn the cranks and chuck in the oats.

          Join the club?

          🌄🚴‍♂️💨💨💨

          🤣👍👍

  42. Jarle says:

    > The need for vaccine passports in some countries reminds a person of Revelation 13:17, “they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.”

    https://ibb.co/Fm5fj20

  43. Student says:

    Biontech CEO has just declared that Omicron vaccine will be three doses.
    So, if you sum 2 doses plus booster of the previous one and these new 3 doses, we arrived at 6 doses.

    https://twitter.com/fratotolo2/status/1468666362046423042?s=20

    • Rodster says:

      That’s a pretty profitable business model I would say, with zero liability. The Covid scam will gift Big Pharma a nice trillion dollar a year business pretty quick.

    • Jarle says:

      … and then comes a new variant.

      God help us … or can he? Remember, God created man in his own image …

      • Rodster says:

        Of course there will be a new variant and many more to follow. Big Pharma will be just like the MIC where they’ll have to justify their budget. The MIC is always looking out to create another boogeyman to justify their one trillion dollar a year defense budget.

        Imagine the money Bill Gates and Tony Fauci will rake in from these everlasting injections. They won’t stop until the people wake up and say NO more. Unfortunately there are way too many Dunce’s and Mike’s in the world who believe what the authorities spoon feed them.

      • Jarle says:

        “… and then comes a new variant.”

        Sorry, “then the greedy bastards invent a new variant”.

        • Karl W Hubbard says:

          No no no. You’ve got it all wrong. All the variants have already been sequenced and catalogued, starting with failed patent applications for spike protein sequences back around in 2000. It’s only a matter of selecting which one they will release next based on a retrospective meta analysis of which previous sequences were effective, and which sequences to avoid releasing. The problem is, I don’t really know if I need to delete my “/s” for sarcasm suffix on this comment.

      • We can learn from the writings in the Bible and probably from the religious documents of other religions. But this doesn’t mean that everything in them is literally true.

        In a self-organizing system, I would think that humans create their own image of God, based on what they deem to be good characteristics of humans. They set down in writing ways of interacting with other people that seemed to work, at the time the “laws” were developed. They also document, to a small extent, how historical economies grew and eventually collapsed. They include references to the fact that prayer (or perhaps meditation) seems to be helpful. A lot of strange coincidences seem to take place that work out better than most people would have anticipated.

        Perhaps what makes religions helpful is the fact that people who follow religions have a kind of organization for their lives that is lacking for many people without religion. Of course, following a religion to some extent requires energy (attend services, provide offering, refrain from cheating others, suitable clothing, transportation to church). The added organization requires energy, which young people today often are short on because of low paying jobs that are often of short duration.

        • Karl W Hubbard says:

          Religion may be a sort of social cohesive, like music. One might think that music couldn’t possibly have any survival/fitness advantage, as it takes time to write songs and dances- time that could be used for gathering food or building shelter or making weapons and training to use them.

          The reality may be that music encourages people to stay together which in of itself has survival value.

          • I think you are right about religion being a social cohesive. If nothing else, it historically has been a way that young people could meet other young people of a similar background (but not closely related) and perhaps get married.

            There is also music and shared views of what is important.

    • Fast Eddy says:

      Omicron emerged on Nov 29… and there is already a new vaccine?

      hahahahahahahahaha… praise the lord — another miracle!!

  44. CTG says:

    Thanks for your comments on my two long writeup. It took only a short while to do it as my brain was flowing with ideas. There is a difference between “ignorance” and “wilful ignorance”. What I mentioned was true ignorance where the person was illiterate. So, he has to trust those who are beside him.

    Energy abundance create a situation where people are complacent. Complacency arises due to absence of large-scale life-threatening crisis. After a short period of complacency, normalcy bias kicks in, trust in leaders become high. When people are presented with something bad, cognitive dissonance strikes. Over a period time, brain capability degrades.

    Education – some countries like Thailand still have no priority on English even though it is required. Perhaps it is used as a means to control the population. Students failed exams, thus, they were made easier. More mediocre or lousy students enter colleges/universities, producing lousy graduates who in turn becomes the lecturer. This lousy lecturer or instruction rises and hires only those who are worse off then him. So, in just 2-3 generations, you have a bunch of useless people at the academics. Just look around. I would not say that it is being dumbed down on purpose by the government, but it is a process that is automatic and does not require intervention.

    For those who are so optimistic about the future, I am not sure which part of it will be good. As of today, think about it, is today better than 1, 2 or 5 years ago? I am sure it is not the case. The dumbing down will continue because we still have access to cheap energy. It will never stop.

    Talking to friends and people surrounding you, they are wearing masks if when they are just walking around. I tell them that masks do not work since there are so many holes. Even the educated ones, engineers and professionals, they know that it does not work but they will say “just put it on, wearing it is better than not wearing it”. Standard replies all the time. Predictable. Tell me that I am not in a simulation…

    • All is Dust says:

      Hi CTG,

      First of all, great set of posts.

      Secondly, on the point of ignorance there is a chap called Mark Passio who has a lecture on Natural Law. He lists two terms:

      Ignorance: To be able to know something, but to ignore it.

      Nescience: To not be able to know something, as it is currently unknowable (likely due to circumstance).

      So, in essence, people can be blamed for the former but not the latter.

    • Jarle says:

      > As of today, think about it, is today better than 1, 2 or 5 years ago?

      No.

      > Tell me that I am not in a simulation…

      Sorry, not sure any more …

  45. Fast Eddy says:

    Shine the Light Free Speech and Poetry Project

    Shine the light is a street art and poetry project based on freedom of speech and arts. An open space to speak or sing one’s truth in public.
    Calling all artists, poets, singers musicians and conscious community members to come gather and share.
    Bring instruments, blankets, cushions, warm clothes, your voice, your friends, your love and picnic food to share
    OPEN CONVERSATION
    NO DISCRIMINATION
    Date: 11 December
    Day: Sunday
    Time: 5:33pm
    Place: Earnlsaw Waterfront Park (Grass where the market is held)
    Come – see you there!
    Invite your friends ❤

    Hahahaha… tambourine time!

    I’ll have to do my part at some point … I’ll sponsor a former special forces NZer to do a seminar on how to ambush CovIDIOTS…

  46. Fast Eddy says:

    Mortality during explosive epidemic

    Death rate doubles if the sick get no care

    https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/mortality-during-explosive-epidemic

    • Fast Eddy says:

      And the anti vaxxers are organizing Santa for the unvaxxed kids… there’s a picnic on Saturday … I’ll have to dust off my tambourine and join in koombaya…

      I’ve seen horrors… horrors that you’ve seen. But you have no right to call me a murderer. You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that… but you have no right to judge me. It’s impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror…

      Horror has a face… and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies! I remember when I was with Special Forces… seems a thousand centuries ago. We went into a camp to inoculate some children.

      We left the camp after we had inoculated the children for polio, and this old man came running after us and he was crying. He couldn’t see. We went back there, and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember… I… I… I cried, I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out; I didn’t know what I wanted to do!

      I guess we’re not quite to the point of committing to hack off arms yet… maybe after the picnic?

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