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 | Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct |
| Capturing a Cacophony of Voices |
| My 2017 book, Bitumen: The people, performance and passions behind Alberta's oil sands, its book of the year. I'm quite honoured. Here is an intro to the oil sands, based on information from that book.
By Peter McKenzie-Brown
Hudson’s Bay
Company explorer James Knight made a seminal observation in his diary on
June 27, 1715. On an expedition into today’s Alberta, he wrote that he had
learned from Cree “Home Guard” Indigenous people, local trappers and factory
provisioners “abt the Great RTuesday, March 13, 2018 |
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| Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct |
| Barbecues, Booms and Blogs |
| Barbecues, Booms and Blogs
Fifty Years of Public Relations in Calgary
ISBN number: 978-1-55059-363-1
Copy for inside front cover:
Public relations is "the management function which evaluates public attitudes, identifies the policies and procedures of an individual or organization with the public interest, and plans and executes a program of action to earn understanding and acceptance."
Canadian Public Relations Society definition
Title: Barbeques, Booms and BlogsSubSunday, March 4, 2018 |
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 | Michael Ballanger |
| Groundhog Week |
| In the "I hate to say I-told-you-so" category, it looks like the Punxsutawney Phil came out of his den last week, took one look at the state of the global stock markets, and decided to go back to bed for six years. One short week after I posted "Never Underestimate the Replacement Power of Equities Within a (HYPER) Inflationary Spiral," complete with a chart with five smiling faces of those that would be responsible for "Dow 25,800," we have lost a very quick 2,000 Dow points and 105 for the S&PFriday, February 9, 2018 |
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| Michael Ballanger |
| From the Heart: Own Precious Metals |
| One of the things from which I occasionally enjoy a good chuckle is the insecurity displayed by bloggers or newsletter writers who are constantly in need of positive reinforcement derived by reminding readers of their "incredible market calls." It is always readily-predictable because just before they ask you to buy something (like a subscription), they post a link to emphasize their brilliance with phrases like "as you know" or "back in 2017" providing breathtaking introductions to their most rTuesday, February 6, 2018 |
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 | Robert P. Murphy - |
| Does Bitcoin Use Too Much Electricity |
| An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass if half empty. And a Vox writer says if you drink 60 glasses of that stuff in the next hour, it’ll kill you.A case in point is the recent Vox column by Umair Irfan, warning that the Bitcoin network has caused a huge surge in energy consumption. And yet, Irfan’s own article admits that even the largest estimate—which could be double the actual figure—suggests Bitcoin only uses about 0.14 percent of global electricity. It seems soWednesday, January 24, 2018 |
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 | Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| Crypto Mining Stresses Electrical Grid in One Washington State County |
| Mining digital currencies requires so much electrical power that it has stressed the capacity of one Washington county
CNBC reports Cryptocurrency Mining Puts Electrical Grid of Small Washington State County 'to the Test'.
"Our infrastructure is actually being put to the test. We're full," Ron Cridlebaugh, the Port of Douglas County economic development manager, told CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera on Thursday.
Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ripple have skyrocketed in value recently. LasThursday, January 18, 2018 |
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| SRSrocco - SRSRocco Report |
| U.S. Gold Market Switches From A Surplus In 2016 To Deficit In 2017 |
| The U.S. gold market suffered a net deficit this year compared to a small surplus in 2016. This was quite interesting because U.S. physical gold demand will be down considerably this year. In 2016, total U.S. gold demand was 212 metric tons versus an estimated 150 metric tons this year. The majority of the decline in U.S. gold demand is from the physical bar and coin sector that is down 56% in the first three quarters of 2017 compared to the same period last year.So, why will the U.S. gold maSunday, January 7, 2018 |
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 | Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| How To Get Bitcoin In Your Stock Portfolio |
| This report is an ADVERTISEMENT from Oilprice.com
2017 has undoubtedly been the year of bitcoin, breaking $1000 dollars on New Year’s Day before rocketing up to $15000 in early December. That’s a return of 1500 percent!
And as market fascination grows, investors are beginning to understand the real secret behind bitcoin’s success – the blockchain.
Blockchain is transforming markets with bitcoin, but that is only the beginning – it could soon change the world.
To understand how, you must first uWednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| Democrats Want To BAN Gas And Diesel Cars By 2040 To Make California More Like China |
| One California lawmaker is seeking to have the state ban all vehicles powered by fossil fuels by the year 2040. Should the bill succeed in becoming a law, the state of California would not allow residents to register any vehicle that emits carbon dioxide.
According to Bloomberg, California Assemblymember Phil Ting, a Democrat who is chairman of the chamber’s budget committee, said he plans to introduce a bill that, starting in 2040, would allow the state’s motor vehicles department to register Wednesday, December 6, 2017 |
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 | Oilprice.com - oilprice.com |
| Supermajors Square Off For The Top Spot In Oil |
| Brent’s close to $65 a barrel and WTI is climbing closer and closer to $60—and analysts are rushing to make bullish forecasts for the fourth quarter of the year. Big Oil is preparing for an even better three-month period than Q3, when all supermajors beat profit expectations. Two of them stand out: Exxon and Shell.
It’s no secret that Shell has ambitions to overtake Exxon as the world’s number-one oil company in terms of value. It’s actually on track to beat Exxon on cash flow from operations foWednesday, November 8, 2017 |
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 | Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| Lithium Supercycle |
| The truth, in regards to the world’s mineral resources, is that we in the western developed countries are usually not in control of supply.
“The spectre of resource insecurity has come back with a vengeance. The world is undergoing a period of intensified resource stress, driven in part by the scale and speed of demand growth from emerging economies and a decade of tight commodity markets. Poorly designed and short-sighted policies are also making things worse, not better. Whether or not resouTuesday, October 17, 2017 |
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 | Jason Hamlin - Gold Stock Bull |
| Gold, Gold Stocks, and Gold Favorable News |
| Recent News:
Four hurricanes arrived in six weeks. Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Nate have caused hundreds of billions in damage to the US. Repairs and human misery will continue for months or years. Many will never return to Puerto Rico, Houston, and Florida. Where will they go and what will it cost?
Regardless, it means higher deficits, more debt, a weaker dollar and higher gold prices!
Wildfires, literal and figurative:
California wine country is burning out of control as of October 11.
Friday, October 13, 2017 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| Breakthrough: Siberian Volcanoes Triggered Earth’s Great Permian Mass Extinction |
| Known as the “Great Dying,” hardly any species survived the Great Permian Mass Extinction event. And now, scientists have made a scientific breakthrough about what actually triggered this event.
This apocalyptic and ancient incident wiped out more than 95 percent of marine life and 70 percent of land animals. Catastrophic environmental changes also resulted from the mass extinction and scientists now know that Siberian volcanoes set the whole thing into motion.
Scientists at New York University Saturday, October 7, 2017 |
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| Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| Why Lithium, Why Now |
| Our ‘who cares’ attitude towards pollution and habitat destruction are all increasing what were once tolerable pressures towards, and sometimes already beyond, the breaking point in ecosystems all over the world.
Fortunately, people, governments, and corporations are waking up and trying to reduce their carbon footprint.
Our attitude towards environmental issues is changing, we are responding to potentially catastrophic climate change and to global (and all the way down to the miMonday, October 2, 2017 |
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| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| Radical Appeal for More EU Stupidity |
| The rise of far-right and far-left parties across Europe is directly related to calls for “more Europe”.
Yet, French president Emmanuel Macron makes a Radical Appeal for a More Powerful EU.
Bold Actions
Macron seeks “bold” actions. He wants an EU “military intervention force”, a common budget, carbon taxes, national conventions to discuss the future of Europe, trade prosecutors to enforce countries to stick with the rules, and a Franco-German cooperation treaty,
Mercy!
I cannot think of a moreWednesday, September 27, 2017 |
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| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| Ford to Create New Brand of Electric Cars in China, GM Sells $5,000 Electric Car |
| China accounts for forty percent of global electric cars sales. Ford wants to crack that market with Fully Electric Vehicles Sold Under a New Brand, made in China of course.
Ford announced plans on Tuesday to form a new joint venture with Anhui Zotye Automobile Co., a Chinese brand that specializes in all-electric vehicles.
Ford and Zotye are exploring a 50:50 partnership to produce a line of electric vehicles. Ford said the cars would be sold under a new brand, but did not offer additional deTuesday, August 22, 2017 |
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 | Przemyslaw Radomski CFA - SunshineProfits |
| Will the Death of Diesel Ruin Platinum |
| The gloomy future of the diesel vehicles is commonly known. precious metals marketHowever, what does it really mean? And how could the demise of diesel technology impact the ?
The 1970s oil crisis and accelerating inflation made diesel-powered cars popular, especially in Europe where gasoline prices were always higher than in the U.S. The new technology was considered as more efficient and less polluting, as diesel cars produce less carbon dioxide than gasoline cars (thanks to better mileage). HFriday, August 11, 2017 |
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| Sprott Money |
| Cryptocurrencies – The Next Level of Power and Control Developed by The NSA - Rory Hall |
| In November 2013 we learned that bitcoin was built on technology the
NSA had developed. The original source was deleted from an interview
conducted that month and, unfortunately, is now lost to history – it
doesn’t change the facts. Now we learn that information was 100% spot on
correct. The NSA developed blockchain technology and released the
information in a white paper that has been uncovered by Ken Schortgen,
Jr., The Daily Economist. This confirms what has been reported by very
few pThursday, August 10, 2017 |
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| Graham Summer - Gains Pains & Capital |
| Machine Mania in the Marketplace: How Computers Came to Own the World |
| The following article by David Haggith is from The Great Recession Blog:
With 60% of stocks now being traded by bots that fake each other out in order to create buying opportunities, stock exchanges have lost their connection to the reason markets are created in the first place. The exchanges no longer exist as places for people to buy and sell ownership in a corporation. They exist simply as the neural junctions of a conglomerated machine that plays tricks on itself, and your sole goal is no Wednesday, August 2, 2017 |
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