Russia sanctions may lead to global energy crisis
International energy security should be the top priority now, IEA says
The events in Ukraine could soon lead to a global energy crisis, the head of the Paris-based International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, said at a meeting of energy and climate ministers on Wednesday.
“Given Russia’s role in the global energy system, this humanitarian crisis could be followed by an energy one,” he said, noting that it is now crucial to determine what measures the global community can take to avoid this.
“This situation confirms the need to ensure international energy security.”
G7 rejects Russian demand to pay for gas in rubles
Bloc sees payment switch as breach of current contracts
The Group of Seven major economies have collectively agreed to reject Moscow’s demand to pay for gas imports from Russia in rubles, according to German Energy Minister Robert Habeck.
“All G7 ministers agreed completely that this [would be] a one-sided and clear breach of the existing contracts,”Habeck told journalists on Monday.
The minister added that “payment in rubles is not acceptable” and that the nations will urge the companies affected “not to follow” the demand issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin last week.
Conflict in Ukraine Sparks Massive Problems for One of World's Largest Seafood Exporters
A combination of closed airspace, exorbitant fuel prices, and reduced export capacity amid an ongoing sanctions war have led to severe disruptions on the seafood market. This bodes ill for Norway, for which seafood is a major source of income trailing only oil and gas.
As an unexpected consequence, Russia's special operation in Ukraine and ensuing wave of sanctions and countersanctions have sparked massive problems for Norwegian seafood exports.
As the airspace over Russia is closed to European aircraft, the transport of goods to the lucrative Asian market must take a major detour south. Longer routes to reach delivery points force cargo planes to take on board much more fuel, which, in turn, means that they can carry less.
Most of Mariupol Is Under Control of Russian Military, Chechen Republic Head Kadyrov Says
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Most of Mariupol (the second-largest city of the DPR after Donetsk) is currently under the control of the Russian armed forces, Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov said.
Earlier, the Chechen authorities confirmed that Kadyrov was in Mariupol. The head of Chechnya met with Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) leader Denis Pushilin and discussed plans for further cooperation.
"Russian servicemen have carried out tremendous work to liberate the city, a significant part of the enemy's manpower and armoured vehicles has been destroyed. At the moment, most of the city is under the control of the Russian armed forces", Kadyrov wrote on Telegram.
Over the past few weeks, the Donetsk People's Republic militia, together with Russian troops, have been clearing Mariupol of the remaining forces of Ukrainian radicals, including the Azov nationalist battalion.
Days After Biden Hailed NATO As "More United Than Ever", A Split Emerges Over Talking To Putin
Update(1700ET): Recall that Biden in Brussels just days ago hailing a NATO that's "more united than ever"... as France24 and others reported: "Russian President Vladimir Putin had banked on NATO being split when he launched an invasion of Ukraine last month, but Putin actually sparked the exact opposite, with the alliance now being more united than ever, US President Joe Biden said at a NATO-G7 summit in Brussels on Thursday."
And now on Monday, NATO allies are said to be split on whether they should talk to Putin, which also comes after weeks of France's Emmanuel Macron coming under intense pressure for being among the only Western leaders willing to hold frequent phone calls directly with Putin seeking de-escalation.
WARNING: The Bedrock of the Financial System is Cracking
Do you feel that?
I’m sure on some level you do…
Something isn’t right about this rally in stocks. Something doesn’t add up. In fact, something very bad is brewing in the financial system.
Stocks have erupted higher over the last week, rising 9%.
However, beneath the surface, something truly incredible is happening. In fact, it’s horrifying.
I’m talking about the bond market.
The media likes to focus on the stock market because stocks are “sexy” and grab the public’s attention. However, the reality is that the stock market is one of the smallest asset classes out there. Globally the stock market is about $89 trillion.
We Are In So Much Trouble
What we are witnessing is truly the beginning of the end. In recent months I have focused a lot on the economic implosion that is now taking place, but what we are facing is so much broader than that. Our society is literally falling to pieces all around us, and now World War 3 has begun.
Many regard the war that has erupted on the other side of the globe as just a conflict between Ukraine and Russia, but the truth is that it is really a proxy war between the United States and Russia. And since neither side seems much interested in diplomacy at this point, this proxy war could eventually become a shooting war between the two greatest nuclear powers on the entire planet.
A Manufactured World Crisis
Few people today ask the most important question about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Many people want America to stay out of the fight, but even they don’t ask the vital question. Why does the world face a crisis today? Why has a border dispute between Russia and Ukraine escalated to the point where people fear nuclear war?
The answer is simple. America, under the “leadership” of brain-dead Biden and the forces controlling him, has done this and, by doing so, brought the world to the brink of disaster. As always, the great Dr. Ron Paul gets it right:
“Three weeks into this terrible war, the US is not pursuing talks with Russia. As Antiwar.com recently reported, instead of supporting negotiations between Ukraine and Russia that could lead to a ceasefire and an end to the bloodshed, the US government is actually escalating the situation which can only increase the bloodshed.
American Consumers Are Starting to Hit Their Breaking Point
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Signs are emerging that the resilience of American consumers is rapidly waning, potentially undermining one of the few remaining pillars supporting the bull market in equities. U.S. households have until recently mostly absorbed higher prices on everything from coffee to chicken to clothes, helping companies maintain fat profit margins despite higher input. But that doesn’t mean consumers were happy about paying more for the same goods, which is why the University of Michigan’s sentiment index has steadily deteriorated to the lowest since 2011.
Scary: Blistering of the Tissues Inside the Mouth and Nose Emerges as a Vaccine Side Effect [VIDEO]
"There's an autoimmune response. Your body actually attacks the proteins that hold those membranes together for those tissues."
The CDC Extending the Mask Mandate on Planes Indicates They Want Permanent Masking
Another completely insane policy from a disastrously bad organization
Corporate Media Blames Everything Other Than Vaxxes For Exploding Heart Attack Rates
If you live in the West, you may have noticed in the post-COVID world a veritable deluge of creepy propaganda offering various explanations for surging heart attacks, strokes, and reproductive system damage.
The now-established medical fact is that the COVID-19 gene therapies deceptively marketed as “vaccines” wreak havoc on the cardiovascular system.
Straight from the (conspiracy theory blog??) American Heart Association:
“We conclude that the mRNA vacs dramatically increase inflammation on the endothelium and T cell infiltration of cardiac muscle and may account for the observations of increased thrombosis, cardiomyopathy, and other vascular events following vaccination.”
In response to facts, Twitter labeled the American Heart Association’s evidence-based conclusions “unsafe.”
Australia is eliminating physical currency, expects to become a ‘cashless society’ by 2031
The country could go cashless as early as 2024, according to some estimates.
(LifeSiteNews) – Australia is rapidly abandoning physical currency and predicted to become a “cashless society” within a few years, according to experts.
Since 2019, banks have removed 3,800 ATMs across the country, representing over one-third of Australia’s cash machines, news.com.au reported. The top four Australian banks, meanwhile, have permanently shuttered 459 branches.
Canadian universities begin to roll back COVID vaccine, mask mandates
While most schools are axing mandates, some will enforce them for the remainder of the current semester.
(LifeSiteNews) — A number of post-secondary institutions in Canada announced that they will soon no longer require students and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or wear masks.
After Ontario dropped their vaccine passport and mandatory mask wearing earlier this month, the Ontario institutions of Wilfrid Laurier University, Ryerson University, University of Ottawa, and the University of Guelph have all announced that they will be following in the government’s footsteps and axing their “proof-of-vaccination” requirement and mask mandates on May 1.
Kavanaugh Joins Libs, Setting Stage for Biden to Expel Unvaxed SEALs from Navy
Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the Supreme Court’s majority decision in its vote to allow the Pentagon to consider Navy SEALs’ vaccination status in making deployment decisions.
Although conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch dissented, Kavanaugh joined the majority’s decision to not intervene with the military’s coronavirus vaccine mandate.
Here are more reasons why you should be very concerned about Biden’s push for a digital currency
Whenever the White House says it is working on a plan that would transform a vital part of the U.S. economy, and that the administration is doing so with the “highest urgency,” it should go without saying that the press should pay close attention to what’s going on.
Even more importantly, the press should eagerly and comprehensively inform the public of the potential risks associated with such a proposal. Unfortunately, that’s not happening today, and the effects of the media’s negligence could reverberate for decades to come.
On March 9, the Biden administration released an executive order (EO) instructing a long list of federal agencies to study digital assets and to propose numerous reports about their use and proposals to regulate them.
Teacher Brags She Indoctrinated 20 Out of 32 Students To Be LGBT and They Have ‘Come Out’ to Her
A fourth grade teacher at a public school in Texas has bragged that she has successfully indoctrinated 20 out of 32 children in her class to “come out” to her as LGBT.
According to the teacher, a whole week of teaching dedicated to LGBT issues “wasn’t good enough” because “out of the 32 students that I teach, 20 are LGBTQIA+ and have come out to me.”
The teacher was furious that her fourth graders were told a morning parade was a “Wellness Walk” promoting health and fitness when it could have been a “Pride Parade” celebrating “Queer folx” instead.
American Parents Should Be Angry As A Raging Bull: The Full-Scale Indoctrination Of Our Children Into A 'Bizarro Cult World Gone Mad' Is Being Ramped Up Even Higher
- Insanity Is Men Named 'Women Of The Year' While Supreme Court Nominee Cannot Define 'Woman'
Throughout history there have been effeminate men and masculine-looking women, after all, one cannot help what they are born looking like, but in the world which we are living today, we are seeing the deliberate erasure of womanhood, and male masculinity.
We have men being named "woman of the year," and men being allowed to participate in "women's sports," while there are now "gender clinics" to teach little boys how to "tuck," meaning to tuck their testicles up inside, making them look more like a female in the groin area.
I have lost count how many "genders" strange people now claim there are, and dare mention that if you are born with a vagina you are a woman and if you are born with a penis you are a man....and you get banned from social media, demonetized, and told that is "hateful conduct."
“We will no longer need Humans”- World Economic Forum
Moderately strong M4.0 solar flare erupts from geoeffective Region 2975
A moderately-strong solar flare measuring M4.0 erupted from geoeffective Active Region 2975 at 11:29 UTC on March 28, 2022. The event started at 10:58 UTC and ended at 11:45.
The event was associated with a Type II Radio Emission at 11:23 UTC, with an estimated velocity of 1 259 km/s. Type II emissions occur in association with eruptions on the Sun and typically indicate a coronal mass ejection is associated with a flare event.
Additionally, a Type IV Radio Emission was registered at 11:37 UTC. Type IV emissions occur in association with major eruptions on the Sun and are typically associated with strong coronal mass ejections and solar radiation storms.
Strong tremor and Crater Lake heating at Ruapehu, Aviation Color Code raised to Yellow, New Zealand
A strong volcanic tremor and new heating cycle started at Mt. Ruapehu's Crater Lake two weeks ago. On March 28, 2022, GeoNet raised the Aviation Color Code to Yellow. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at Level 2 since March 21.
Ruapehu’s Crater Lake (Te Wai ā-moe) entered a new heating cycle two weeks ago. This activity was accompanied by strong levels of volcanic tremor (volcanic earthquakes), GNS Duty Volcanologist Geoff Kilgour noted today.1
Over the past week, the lake has heated further to approximately 32 °C (90 °F), up from 31 °C (87.8 °F) last week. The slow heating has been hindered by heavy rainfall at the volcano and influx of cold water into the lake.
The strong tremor reported last week continues, Kilgour added.
DEVELOPING: NASA warns coming solar storm could produce disruptions to navigation and logistics systems
A large solar storm is expected to slam into Earth imminently, which could bring with it incredible views of the northern lights. The storm could however also deliver some disruption to navigation and logistics systems.
NASA has projected that the storm is due to hit imminently. While it could pose a challenge for some, there is also hope that stargazers and photographers might be able to catch a glimpse of the breathtaking natural marvel with their own eyes. Read on for what you need to know about the storm, what causes it, and whether or not it could be dangerous.
Will This Be The Shemitah Cycle That Changes Everything? The First Month Of The Biblical Calendar Begins This Week
I realize that this article isn’t going to be for everyone, but if you have a deep interest in Bible prophecy I believe that you are going to be very interested in what I have to share. God has a calendar that is very different from the calendar that our society uses, and that calendar can be found in the Bible.
All throughout history, important historical events have happened during extremely significant times on God’s calendar, and I believe that there is a very good chance that this upcoming Biblical year will be a critical turning point. The first day of the first month on the modern Jewish calendar begins at sundown on Friday. It is commonly known as “the first of Nisan”, but of course Nisan is a Babylonian name that was adopted by the Jewish people during the Babylonian exile. In the Torah, the first month of the year was always called “Aviv”…
Exodus 13:4 – “On this day, you are going out, in the month of Aviv.”
BREAKING NEWS: Ancient Hebrew ‘Curse Tablet’ Discovered at Joshua’s Altar on Mt. Ebal
A revolutionary artifact with several lines of text ‘centuries older than any known Hebrew inscription from Israel’—and paralleling several scriptures regarding Israel’s entry into Canaan
“And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land wither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.… Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord, the God of Israel in mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded …” (Deuteronomy 11:29; Joshua 8:30-31).
In a press release today, archaeologist Dr. Scott Stripling and his team of archaeologists and epigraphers announced the stunning discovery of a folded lead “curse tablet” following the wet-sifting of excavation fills at the site of “Joshua’s Altar” on Mount Ebal.
Thank you for the news. Can add just one more from a town in Germany: no flower or cooking oils in stores.., shelves empty!
Thank you. You always have an interesting informative substack.
My concern, will Nancy be able to get her 10.00 a pint ice cream still?? 😬
Never. Politicians never feel pain. And it’s time they do.
Politicians must have non government jobs, get stipend when they actually work for us.
Zero perks. Must pay for everything out of their own pockets, majority of problems would disappear if they had to pay what they force us to pay.