Dear readers,
This is a new content type. I sift through a lot of different news articles and essays in the run of a week. I decided to condense the most pertinent headlines into one straight forward package for your inbox every Monday morning at 05:00 Atlantic. Additional sections to come in following weeks.
Politics
Putin Doesn't Bluff — James G Rickards @ The Daily Reckoning, December 6th 2022
Fascism in the EU — Hans Vogel @ The Burning Platform, December 11th 2022
Newly-Passed ‘Respect for Marriage’ Act May Threaten Religious Liberty: Experts — Jackson Elliot @ The Epoch Times, December 11th 2022.
Economy
FX swap debt a $80 trillion 'blind spot' BIS says — Marc Jones @ Reuters, December 11th 2022
The Bubble Economy's Credit-Asset Death Spiral — Charles Hugh Smith @ Of Two Minds via 321gold.com, December 5th 2022
Inflation is the fourth horseman — Richard Mills @ Ahead of the Herd via 321gold.com, December 8th 2022
Society
Russia Uses Drones to Disrupt Power in Ukraine’s Odesa — Naveen Athrappully @ The Epoch Times, December 11th 2022
What the Tiananmen Protest Can Tell Us About China’s Zero-Covid Unrest — Terril Yue Jones @ Politico, December 6th 2002
How Aligned Is the Atlantic Alliance? — Ted Snider @ antiwar.com via 321gold.com, December 7th 2022.