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Episode #17 of The Wake-Up Call: Foaming the Runway

When a plane is coming into an airport and it’s lost its ability to drop or lower its landing gear, emergency teams will foam the runway so that the plane lands and skids into a big pile of foam. That way, if any fires erupt, it’s already pre-foamed and maybe keeps the fire hazard down. So when you’re expecting something bad to happen, you foam the runway.

Episode #17 of The Wake-Up Call: Foaming the Runway

PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

Investing When Nothing Matters and Anything Goes

by Chris Martenson

We’ve entered a New Normal for US equity markets where fundamentals no longer seem to matter. Nor the reality of a a global disruption in energy and raw and intermediate products such as sulfur, aluminum, urea, helium, and ammonia.

Investing When Nothing Matters and Anything Goes

by Chris Martenson

Iran Threatens Red Sea as Bessent Slams China for Protecting Itself, Russia Offers Energy Lifeline

by Ivor

Today’s Digest covers China tensions, Iran Red Sea threats, Russia warnings, German drone deals, lubricant shortages, IMF Treasury risks, Pentagon auto-munitions talks, Russian energy pledges, Australian refinery fire, EU grid woes, and FISA renewal.

Iran Threatens Red Sea as Bessent Slams China for Protecting Itself, Russia Offers Energy Lifeline

by Ivor

Italy Suspends Israel Defense Pact, Virginia Joins Unconstitutional Pact to Bypass Electoral College

by Ivor

Today’s Digest covers Italy-Israel defense pact suspension, Virginia vote/gun bills, US Hormuz blockade, Ukraine robots, Iran crypto, SEC trading rules, Anthropic AI, robot training, Japan AI bias, and unvaccinated blood.

Italy Suspends Israel Defense Pact, Virginia Joins Unconstitutional Pact to Bypass Electoral College

by Ivor

Episode #16 of The Wake-Up Call: The Abstractionists vs. The Realists

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by Chris Martenson

I’m struck by how control has shifted from physical slavery to a more subtle system of debt, where people trade decades of work to repay money created with just a few clicks. With debt growing exponentially and real-world limits tightening, this system looks increasingly unsustainable. And a veiled power struggle is underway over what replaces it.

Episode #16 of The Wake-Up Call: The Abstractionists vs. The Realists

PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

Warning: US Petroleum Inventories Are Being Raided

by Chris Martenson

The US is a net IMPORTER of crude oil. Yet Trump has promised to sell the world as much as it wants. Eventually the world will wake up to the truth. This content gets you there first.

Warning: US Petroleum Inventories Are Being Raided

by Chris Martenson

The US is a net IMPORTER of crude oil. Yet Trump has promised to sell the world as much as it wants. Eventually the world will wake up to the truth. This content gets you there first.

The Iran Blockade Begins, Robot Dogs Patrol Atlanta, and California Targets Investigative Journalism

by Ivor

Today’s Digest covers UK fuel thefts amid US-Iran crisis, nuclear talks, Hormuz blockade, YouTube pro-Iran channel ban, Atlanta robot dogs, California “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” grad underemployment, and HK stablecoin licenses.

The Iran Blockade Begins, Robot Dogs Patrol Atlanta, and California Targets Investigative Journalism

by Ivor

The Fat Pipe: “Weekend Trump”, The Oil and Supply Troubles Are Just Beginning, “”Markets,”” Nothing but Trouble, AI Stealing Jobs, and Ireland Erupts

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by Chris Martenson

Whether or not Trump’s latest gyration of threats will bring Iran to its knees (unlikely, IMO) the fact remains; the oil/LNG and other commodity shocks will be with us for a very long time.

The Fat Pipe: “Weekend Trump”, The Oil and Supply Troubles Are Just Beginning, “”Markets,”” Nothing but Trouble, AI Stealing Jobs, and Ireland Erupts

PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

Whether or not Trump’s latest gyration of threats will bring Iran to its knees (unlikely, IMO) the fact remains; the oil/LNG and other commodity shocks will be with us for a very long time.

US Blockades Iran, Orbán’s Party Crushed in Major Upset, Irish Protests Move Towards Full Shutdown

by Ivor

Today’s Digest covers Trump’s Iran port blockade and oil spike, Erdoğan’s Israel threat, Hungarian Fidesz election loss, Ireland’s fuel relief amid protests, pro-Iran AI “slopaganda” videos, and Finnish gender study on psychiatric risks.