Saturday, January 5, 2019

Women working destroys marriage

The social science backs up common sense and observation concerning 
the terrible social policy of encouraging women to work outside the 
home rather than marry and raise children. 
 
http://voxday.blogspot.com/2019/01/women-working-destroys-marriage.html

WI Budget Blog Comment

And why should they? 
 
Taxpayers subsidize low wage workers with State mandated welfare for them. 
 
The Republicans are the biggest profiteers from this scam – Cheap 
labor – financed via taxpayer subsidizes. Those taxes are impressed 
upon the poorest of the poor via consumption taxes – vs. income taxes. 
 
As income tax rates for the rich continue to decline – consumption 
taxes for the poor must be increased! 
 
Minimum Wage? 
 
How about considering Maximum Income – in a fiat money based economy? 
 
It is time to RAISE taxes on high income earners! PERIOD! 
 
The rich get rich – while the poorer get poorer! 
 
http://www.wisconsinbudgetproject.org/nineteen-states-raised-their-minimum-wages-this-week-wisconsin-wasnt-one-of-them#comment-10213

Friday, January 4, 2019

Four for Fridays!

Good morning everyone how are doing? We are doing good this morning and I am just glad that I do not have to go out into the cold weather. Here are your questions.

1) Have you taken down your Christmas decorations?

2) Did you get to visit everyone that you wanted to see for the Holidays?

3) Did you stay up into the New Year?

4) Where you with friends or family to bring in the New Year?

Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

"10 years after Becker's arrest, Journal Times to release podcast; trailer avail"

From The Journal Times.com:

Special report



  • Racine Mayor Gary Becker is shown in a Kenosha County Jail booking photo.

    "RACINE — It might be hard for some people to believe it has been 10 years since then-Racine Mayor Gary Becker was arrested on disturbing sex charges.

    "For a city the size of Racine, when a key municipal official is arrested it tends to bring chaos and many questions in the wake of the incident. Will the mayor be removed from office? If so, how? Who will fill the role as interim mayor? What will happen to current city projects? When will there be a new election to fill the position if the person arrested steps down or is forced from office?

    "Today, The Journal Times is releasing a promotional audio trailer of an original podcast called 'The City,' which relives what that time was like in Racine. 'The City' is scheduled to be released in its entirety later in January. It will tell the behind-the-scenes story of a tense time in Racine’s history and how the city moved past it."

    Read more and listen to trailer: https://journaltimes.com/news/local/years-after-becker-s-arrest-journal-times-to-release-podcast/article_a303e84c-1a2b-52f5-921a-cc0b13f42753.html

    Dear Madame Zoltar

    Hello, my nuts and bolts!  Happy New Year!  How are you?  Another year older begins to take a toll after awhile.  I'm too old to go out partying on New Year's Eve.  This year Señor Zanza and I shared a quiet evening on New Year's Eve.  Junior went out and I'm sure he got drunk and high and whatever.  He's at the perfect age for it.

    Well, the injury-prone Aaron "Ow" Rodgers left the last game early with a concussion.  They took him to the hospital, but brought him back to the dressing room right after the game, which the Packers lost by another embarrassing margin.  "Big changes" next year.  Best change would be to get rid of Ow Rodgers at all costs.  If we can't dump him, make him a passing coach or something.  Meanwhile, let's find a real quarterback for the Packers, not just another pretty face.

    My wish for the new year is a house cleaning at Racine's corrupt and lousy courts.  As if that could ever happen . . .  No one cares unless they get sucked into the criminal justice system.  They are less than 0.1% of us.  No one cares, and the "public servants" do as they wish.  A prime example is the sealing of the Weidner case.  What the hell happened there?  Another backfire from our courts,

    In fact, those dishing out time should be serving it.  Dirty, dirty piggies.

    In national news, Trump declared himself invisible and stuck his tongue out at the Democrats.  He insulted someone in China.  He shut down the government over his Wall.  His staff come and go quickly.  No one sticks by him because he's crazy.  Dangerously crazy.  Bit, what else is new?

    Nutjobs and idiots have often served as president.  So Trump fits in, kinda.  If nothing else, he'll bribe his way in.

    Junior cracked up his car again.  It must be, like, the 100th time.  What he does to Señor Zanza's insurance I can't imagine.  A million dollars a month premium?  I'm surprised he's still driving at all.  Sooner or later all those accidents will lead to the suspension of his license.  We'll see if Señor Zanza is willing then to take Junior wherever he wants to go, whenever he wants to.  I think Junior better fix up his bicycle (he cracked that up, too).

    At least the weather hasn't been too horrible.  We have a couple more months of winter left , though, so who knows?

    Thanks for reading my blog today.  I love my readers.

     madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com

    There are all sorts of winter activities available, though I don't know what they are.  I stay active with work and housework.
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    Tuesday, January 1, 2019

    Foxconn Debt Trap?

    Dear City of Racine Alderpersons, 
     
    What product is Foxconn going to manufacture at it's bright and shiny 
    MTP plant? Does anybody know? It's not a Gen 10 LCD TV. Likely not a 
    Gen 6 LCD TV. Why - Foxconn can't even tell City of Racine Water 
    Manager Keith Haas what it intends to build there. 
     
    But Foxconn, a foreign Corporation,  is now entrenched in MTP - and 
    has special rights. 
     
    Let's see what is happening today, in Africa: 
     
    TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – China may be preparing to seize some major 
    assets in the African nation of Kenya, as a result of debt-trap 
    diplomacy. 
     
    African media reports that Kenya may soon be forced to relinquish 
    control of its largest and most lucrative port in Mombasa to Chinese 
    control. 
     
    Other assets related to the inland shipment of goods from the port, 
    including the Inland Container Depot in Nairobi, and the Standard 
    Gauge Railway (SGR), may also be compromised in the event of a Chinese 
    port takeover. 
     
    Kenya has reportedly taken extremely large loans from the Communist 
    government for the development of some major highways, and especially 
    for the SGR, which forms a crucial transport link to and from Nairobi 
    for the import and export of goods through Mombasa. 
     
    In November, Moody’s noted that Kenya is at high risk of losing 
    strategic assets because of debts owed to Beijing. 
     
    After a subsequent report from the country's Auditor General, local 
    media began to express concern that Chinese lenders may be angling to 
    seize assets, since it does not appear the Kenyan government will be 
    capable to repaying the loans. 
     
    Now, one month later, ahead of the New Year, it’s been reported that 
    the Chinese may be preparing to take over the Mombasa Port 
    infrastructure soon. 
     
    The African Stand also seems to suggest that the SGR, which is 
    operated by the Chinese, may have been designed to be a “loss-making 
    venture.” 
     
    With a reported loss of KES 10 billion (US$98 million) in its first 
    year of operation, it would be nearly impossible to repay the loans 
    taken for its construction in the time requested. Kenya reportedly 
    accepted loans of KES 500 billion (US$4.9 billion) for the SGR’s 
    construction. 
     
    https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3605624 
     
    And: 
     
    The Kenyan government risks losing the lucrative Mombasa port to China 
    should the country fail to repay huge loans advanced by Chinese 
    lenders. 
     
    In November, African Stand reported on how Kenya is at high risk of 
    Losing strategic assets over huge Chinese debt and just after some few 
    month the Chinese are about to take action. [1] 
     
    The loans have been granted for the development of the Standard Gauge 
    Railway (SGR). 
     
    Also at stake is the Inland Container Depot in Nairobi, which receives 
    and dispatches freight hauled on the new cargo trains from the sea 
    port. 
     
    Implications of a takeover would be grave, including the thousands of 
    port workers who would be forced to work under the Chinese lenders. 
     
    Management changes would immediately follow the port seizure since the 
    Chinese would naturally want to secure their interests. 
     
    Further, revenues from the port would be directly sent to China for 
    the servicing of an estimated Sh500 billion lent for the construction 
    of the two sections of the SGR. 
     
    http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article5859 
     
    How China Got Sri Lanka to Cough Up a Port 
     
    HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka — Every time Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda 
    Rajapaksa, turned to his Chinese allies for loans and assistance with 
    an ambitious port project, the answer was yes. 
     
    Yes, though feasibility studies said the port wouldn’t work. Yes, 
    though other frequent lenders like India had refused. Yes, though Sri 
    Lanka’s debt was ballooning rapidly under Mr. Rajapaksa. 
     
    Over years of construction and renegotiation with China Harbor 
    Engineering Company, one of Beijing’s largest state-owned enterprises, 
    the Hambantota Port Development Project distinguished itself mostly by 
    failing, as predicted. With tens of thousands of ships passing by 
    along one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, the port drew only 34 
    ships in 2012. 
     
    And then the port became China’s. 
     
    Mr. Rajapaksa was voted out of office in 2015, but Sri Lanka’s new 
    government struggled to make payments on the debt he had taken on. 
    Under heavy pressure and after months of negotiations with the 
    Chinese, the government handed over the port and 15,000 acres of land 
    around it for 99 years in December. 
     
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/world/asia/china-sri-lanka-port.html 
     
    Is it possible that  Foxconn scammed Governor Scott Walker, 
    Representative Robin Vos, Racine County Executive Jonathon Delagrave, 
    City of Racine Mayor Cory Mason, and MTP President David DeGroot? 
     
    Racine County residents will be forced to continue to pay for Foxconn 
    even if the alleged 13,000 jobs paying $53,000 each don't appear. 
     
    What then? 
     
    Bankruptcy? 
     
    And who will, in Bankruptcy - have first rights? 
     
    Still desperately waiting on those 13,000 jobs paying $53,000 each. 
     
    Sincerely, 
     
    Tim & Cindy

    Dear Village Board,

    What product is Foxconn going to manufacture at it's bright and shiny 
    MTP plant? Does anybody know? It's not a Gen 10 LCD TV. Likely not a 
    Gen 6 LCD TV. Why - Foxconn can't even tell City of Racine Water 
    Manager Keith Haas what it intends to build there. 
     
    But Foxconn, a foreign Corporation,  is now entrenched in MTP - and 
    has special rights. 
     
    Let's see what is happening today, in Africa: 
     
    TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – China may be preparing to seize some major 
    assets in the African nation of Kenya, as a result of debt-trap 
    diplomacy. 
     
    African media reports that Kenya may soon be forced to relinquish 
    control of its largest and most lucrative port in Mombasa to Chinese 
    control. 
     
    Other assets related to the inland shipment of goods from the port, 
    including the Inland Container Depot in Nairobi, and the Standard 
    Gauge Railway (SGR), may also be compromised in the event of a Chinese 
    port takeover. 
     
    Kenya has reportedly taken extremely large loans from the Communist 
    government for the development of some major highways, and especially 
    for the SGR, which forms a crucial transport link to and from Nairobi 
    for the import and export of goods through Mombasa. 
     
    In November, Moody’s noted that Kenya is at high risk of losing 
    strategic assets because of debts owed to Beijing. 
     
    After a subsequent report from the country's Auditor General, local 
    media began to express concern that Chinese lenders may be angling to 
    seize assets, since it does not appear the Kenyan government will be 
    capable to repaying the loans. 
     
    Now, one month later, ahead of the New Year, it’s been reported that 
    the Chinese may be preparing to take over the Mombasa Port 
    infrastructure soon. 
     
    The African Stand also seems to suggest that the SGR, which is 
    operated by the Chinese, may have been designed to be a “loss-making 
    venture.” 
     
    With a reported loss of KES 10 billion (US$98 million) in its first 
    year of operation, it would be nearly impossible to repay the loans 
    taken for its construction in the time requested. Kenya reportedly 
    accepted loans of KES 500 billion (US$4.9 billion) for the SGR’s 
    construction. 
     
    https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3605624 
     
    And: 
     
    The Kenyan government risks losing the lucrative Mombasa port to China 
    should the country fail to repay huge loans advanced by Chinese 
    lenders. 
     
    In November, African Stand reported on how Kenya is at high risk of 
    Losing strategic assets over huge Chinese debt and just after some few 
    month the Chinese are about to take action. [1] 
     
    The loans have been granted for the development of the Standard Gauge 
    Railway (SGR). 
     
    Also at stake is the Inland Container Depot in Nairobi, which receives 
    and dispatches freight hauled on the new cargo trains from the sea 
    port. 
     
    Implications of a takeover would be grave, including the thousands of 
    port workers who would be forced to work under the Chinese lenders. 
     
    Management changes would immediately follow the port seizure since the 
    Chinese would naturally want to secure their interests. 
     
    Further, revenues from the port would be directly sent to China for 
    the servicing of an estimated Sh500 billion lent for the construction 
    of the two sections of the SGR. 
     
    http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article5859 
     
    How China Got Sri Lanka to Cough Up a Port 
     
    HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka — Every time Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda 
    Rajapaksa, turned to his Chinese allies for loans and assistance with 
    an ambitious port project, the answer was yes. 
     
    Yes, though feasibility studies said the port wouldn’t work. Yes, 
    though other frequent lenders like India had refused. Yes, though Sri 
    Lanka’s debt was ballooning rapidly under Mr. Rajapaksa. 
     
    Over years of construction and renegotiation with China Harbor 
    Engineering Company, one of Beijing’s largest state-owned enterprises, 
    the Hambantota Port Development Project distinguished itself mostly by 
    failing, as predicted. With tens of thousands of ships passing by 
    along one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, the port drew only 34 
    ships in 2012. 
     
    And then the port became China’s. 
     
    Mr. Rajapaksa was voted out of office in 2015, but Sri Lanka’s new 
    government struggled to make payments on the debt he had taken on. 
    Under heavy pressure and after months of negotiations with the 
    Chinese, the government handed over the port and 15,000 acres of land 
    around it for 99 years in December.
     
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/world/asia/china-sri-lanka-port.html 
     
    Is it possible that  Foxconn scammed Governor Scott Walker, 
    Representative Robin Vos, Racine County Executive Jonathon Delagrave, 
    City of Racine Mayor Cory Mason, and MTP President David DeGroot? 
     
    Racine County residents will be forced to continue to pay for Foxconn 
    even if the alleged 13,000 jobs paying $53,000 each don't appear. 
     
    What then? 
     
    Bankruptcy? 
     
    And who will, in Bankruptcy - have first rights? 
     
    Just wondering.... 
     
    Sincerely, 
     
    Tim & Cindy 

    Monday, December 31, 2018

    A timely story

    RACINE COUNTY — Judgments of just when the Great Recession began and 
    when it pulled out of sight vary. But there’s no doubt it had gained a 
    full head of steam in Racine County by this date 10 years ago. 
     
    For many people, the recession was a time of loss and financial, 
    mental and emotional strain. 
     
    From 2008 to well into 2010, the economy was a landscape of dominoes, 
    each one that tipped knocking over others in a massive, seemingly 
    unstoppable chain reaction that left almost no part of the economy 
    untouched. 
     
    Throughout that time, businesses here, like everywhere else in the 
    country, were forced into making agonizing choices. Many of those 
    decisions were savage in their impact, yanking people’s jobs out from 
    under their feet at the worst possible time for them to go seeking 
    other employment. 
     
    About midway through that chaotic time, in 2009, the City of Racine’s 
    jobless rate hit 17 percent, dropped a bit, then chugged back up to 17 
    percent before improving a bit that fall. Countywide, at the peak, 
    about one in every nine people was unemployed and looking for work. 
     
    During those Great Recession years, the economy dominated local news 
    with a torrent of job layoffs, business closings, constricted business 
    spending and deflated investments. Some businesses shrank to withered 
    versions of their former selves, their services unwanted and unneeded 
    when most others were slashing spending in attempts to keep their 
    books in balance. 
     
    Read more at: 
     
    https://journaltimes.com/business/local/ten-years-later-a-look-back-at-the-great-recession/article_5ad44db6-9a4d-5900-8b33-490063f341fb.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-siderail-latest

    Sunday, December 30, 2018

    The Wall Street Crash

    "This BBC documentary from 2009 takes a fresh view of the 'Crash of 1929' and the subsequent global Depression, comparing aspects of that event with the most recent turbulence in 2008."

    Video of the Punch

    He must have hit him really hard. 
     
    Claims he punched him to stop him from fleeing - He must have known he 
    was good and drunk and just wanted to hide until that wore off. It 
    will be interesting to see the claimed BAC. They can extrapolate 
    backwards in time - he had two hours to burn some juice up. 
     
    Gotta wonder too - if the guy will get charged for punching him. 
     
    We'll see if the fix is in.... 


    Promoting Economic Growth In City of Racine

    Dear Alderpersons, 
     
    Since City of Racine Prides Itself by Responding to the Needs of Our 
    Citizens by Enhancing the Quality of Life and Promoting Economic 
    Growth - per the City of Racine website - see attached, City of Racine 
    Logo. 
     
    I am asking that City of Racine reduce my property tax burden and fund 
    more City services by properly re-assessing the Lakefront property 
    owned by Mayor Cory Mason and Municipal Judge Rebecca Mason. Their 
    Lakefront property shouldn't be assessed at a distressed value of only 
    $440,000 - it should be closer to $1,000,000 - that is - One Million 
    Dollars. Lakefront property is a rare and valuable commodity. 
     
    Since when has a Racine Lakefront property declined in assessed value 
    by nearly 50% - from 2013 to 2019? It hasn't. 
     
    Clearly - the 'fix" was in. 
     
    See the Post: https://arrestrecordsofracinewipublicofficials.wordpress.com/2018/08/19/lifestyles-of-racines-rich-famous-politically-connected/ 
     
    Sincerely, 
     
    Tim & Cindy 
     
     

    *WOW*

    A report from Reason reveals not a single New Jersey resident has 
    surrendered their “high capacity” magazines to state police since the 
    implementation of the magazine ban. 
     
    Breitbart News reported that New Jersey’s “high capacity” magazine ban 
    took effect December 11, 2018, making the mere possession of such a 
    magazine a fourth degree felony. 
     
    At first, the New Jersey State Police refused to rule out door-to-door 
    enforcement of the ban, then made clear that they had no plans to go 
    house-to-house. 
     
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/28/report-nj-residents-not-surrendering-high-capacity-magazines-state-police/

    Who's the Boss in Racine?

    Dear City of Racine Alderpersons, 
     
    Gotta LOL at this one.... 
     
    A city police officer stopped Mayor John Dickert for speeding Dec. 12, 
    2009 in the 1200 block of North Main Street. Dickert was going 40 mph 
    in a 30 mph zone at about 10 a.m. on a Saturday. He did not receive a 
    ticket. There is no police report on the stop. 
     
    Video of the traffic stop, obtained with a records request to the 
    police department, shows a brief, cordial encounter between Officer 
    Bob Bojcic and Dickert near Jane Elementary School. Bojcic was 
    conducting a speed wave near the school after the department received 
    complaints about traffic. 
     
    Here’a transcript of the video: 
     
        Prior to exiting squad car: 
     
        Officer Bojcic: 1200 block of North Main (indecipherable) 
     
        Talking to Dickert: 
     
        Dickert: Hello, boss. 
        Officer: (indecipherable) You’re the boss, aren’t you? 
        Dickert: (laughs) Not always 
        Officer: Not always? 
        Dickert: What’s going on? 
        Officer: Not much. We had a Speed Wave back here 40 in 30 
        Dickert: Oh (indecipherable) Sorry … I was going to a radio show 
    down in Kenosha 
        Officer: Yeah. Because of the school over there and the crossing 
    guard always has fits over there so we come out here to do a speed 
    wave out here to try and slow the traffic down it’s like a race track 
    out here, you know? 
        Dickert: It’s actually a good idea. 
        Officer: Keep it down. 
        Dickert: You got it. 
     
    Sgt. Martin Pavilonis, spokesman for the Racine Police Department who 
    had watched the video, said proper procedures were handled during the 
    stop. 
     
    It’s up to the officer’s discretion on whether a driver gets a ticket, 
    Pavilonis said. He said it was not unusual for a stop to take about 3 
    minutes when the officer does not issue a ticket. 
     
    There is no set policy on an officer’s actions when they pull over an 
    elected official like the mayor, Pavilonis said. If a police officer 
    stops another police officer there is a policy to follow, he said, but 
    that doesn’t apply to the mayor. 
     
    As for the mayor’s conduct, Pavilonis said he acted appropriately. “I 
    don’t think he asserted his rank as mayor,” he said. “I don’t think 
    that’s the case at all.” 
     
    Meanwhile.... Not one person around can find a crime Sgt. Stulo may 
    have committed when he was allegedly involved in a hit and run, 
    injuring an elderly woman! 
     
    Where is the Bearded Lady? 
     
    The lack of accountability - and complicity is so in the face - that 
    most can see it. 
     
    See more at: https://arrestrecordsofracinewipublicofficials.wordpress.com/2018/12/30/whos-the-boss-in-racine-mayor-cory-mason-an-oldie-but-goodie/ 
     
    *FREE SANDY* 
     
    Mayor Cory Mason - HELLO - this is your wake up call.... 
     
    We have an un-elected, that is appointed Chief of Police and his 
    Officers – overseen by an un-elected, that is appointed Police & Fire 
    Commission, whose appointments are yours, and yours alone to make – 
    Mayor Cory Mason. And now one of those appointed members of the Police 
    & Fire Commission – Attorney Patrick Cafferty, is representing Racine 
    Police Department Officers who are having legal issues because they 
    are alleged to have been involved with potential criminal activity. 
    While the only charges filed, in the Stulo case – have been minor 
    traffic tickets. *WOW* 
     
    Sincerely, 
     
    Tim & Cindy
     
     

    An oldie but a goodie

    An oldie but a goodie from Racine Post: 
    http://racinepost.blogspot.com/2010/06/video-mayor-dickert-stopped-for.html 
     
    A city police officer stopped Mayor John Dickert for speeding Dec. 12, 
    2009 in the 1200 block of North Main Street. Dickert was going 40 mph 
    in a 30 mph zone at about 10 a.m. on a Saturday. He did not receive a 
    ticket. There is no police report on the stop. 
     
    Video of the traffic stop, obtained with a records request to the 
    police department, shows a brief, cordial encounter between Officer 
    Bob Bojcic and Dickert near Jane Elementary School. Bojcic was 
    conducting a speed wave near the school after the department received 
    complaints about traffic. 
     
    Here’a transcript of the video: 
     
        Prior to exiting squad car: 
     
     
        Officer Bojcic: 1200 block of North Main (indecipherable) 
     
        Talking to Dickert: 
     
     
        Dickert: Hello, boss. 
        Officer: (indecipherable) You’re the boss, aren’t you? 
        Dickert: (laughs) Not always 
        Officer: Not always? 
        Dickert: What’s going on? 
        Officer: Not much. We had a Speed Wave back here 40 in 30 
        Dickert: Oh (indecipherable) Sorry … I was going to a radio show 
    down in Kenosha 
        Officer: Yeah. Because of the school over there and the crossing 
    guard always has fits over there so we come out here to do a speed 
    wave out here to try and slow the traffic down it’s like a race track 
    out here, you know? 
        Dickert: It’s actually a good idea. 
        Officer: Keep it down. 
        Dickert: You got it. 
     
    Sgt. Martin Pavilonis, spokesman for the Racine Police Department who 
    had watched the video, said proper procedures were handled during the 
    stop. 
     
    It’s up to the officer’s discretion on whether a driver gets a ticket, 
    Pavilonis said. He said it was not unusual for a stop to take about 3 
    minutes when the officer does not issue a ticket. 
     
    There is no set policy on an officer’s actions when they pull over an 
    elected official like the mayor, Pavilonis said. If a police officer 
    stops another police officer there is a policy to follow, he said, but 
    that doesn’t apply to the mayor. 
     https://arrestrecordsofracinewipublicofficials.wordpress.com/2018/12/30/whos-the-boss-in-racine-mayor-cory-mason-an-oldie-but-goodie/ 
     
     

    Eric Marcus

    Anyone remember former Alderman Eric Marcus - who went against the 
    Establishment? 
     
    I do. 
     
     

    Climate Stabilization

    This paper examines and compares two dramatically divergent approaches 
    to climate stabilization developed by analysts and activists on the 
    left. The first, which the author Robert Pollin advocates, is called 
    the "Green New Deal." The second has been termed 'degrowth' by its 
    proponents. The Green New Deal approach is focused, on a global scale, 
    on advancing investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy at 
    a rate of about 1.5 – 2 percent of global GDP per year, so that clean 
    energy can supplant the existing dominant fossil fuel energy 
    infrastructure. Through this approach, economies can continue to grow 
    but economic growth becomes absolutely decoupled from fossil fuel 
    consumption and the resulting generation of CO2 emissions. The 
    prospects are realistic for driving down CO2 emissions by 40 percent 
    within 20 years and eliminating them altogether within 40 years within 
    the Green New Deal framework. The Green New Deal also produces 
    expanding job opportunities through the building of a global clean 
    energy infrastructure. By contrast, the degrowth approach relies 
    primarily on contractions of economic activity—measured by GDP—as the 
    means to cut fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. But as Pollin 
    points out and the degrowth model by leading proponent Peter Victor 
    confirms, in this approach, considered on its own, CO2 emissions will 
    only fall to the extent that GDP itself declines. Thus, in Victor's 
    degrowth scenario for Canada, CO2 emissions fall by about 80 percent 
    within 30 years, but average per capita income also falls by roughly 
    the same amount. An 80 percent contraction in per capita income would 
    represent an unprecedented economic depression, which in turn would 
    likely engender a wide range of severe social and political responses. 
    Contrary to degrowth proponents, Pollin argues that some categories of 
    economic activity must now grow massively—those associated with the 
    production and distribution of clean energy. Concurrently, the global 
    fossil fuel industry needs to contract massively—i.e. to 'de-grow' 
    steadily and dramatically until it has almost completely shut down 
    within the next 40 – 50 years 
     
    https://www.peri.umass.edu/publication/item/1101-degrowth-vs-a-green-new-deal

    No doubt, the Collapse is upon u

    "The report underscored that cheap energy flows are the lifeblood of 
    economic growth: and that as we shift into an era of declining 
    resource quality, we are likely to continue seeing slow, weak if not 
    declining economic growth. 
     
    This is happening at a global scale. EROI is already beginning to 
    approach levels seen in the nineteenth century — demonstrating how 
    constrained global economic growth might be due to declining net 
    energy returns to society". 
     
    The shift to non-fossil fuels - the abundance of the Sun's stored 
    energy - will diminish - costs increase - and it will mean death - for 
    Billions. William Catton summed it up in one word - "Overshoot". 
     
    "The crisis of Brexit and the eruption of the riots in France are 
    symptoms of a great unfolding civilizational transition, in which an 
    old reductionist paradigm of materialist self-maximation is dying. 
    Citizens and policymakers, activists and business leaders, need to 
    wake up to what is actually happening to have the conversations that 
    can kick-start meaningful approaches to systemic transformation. 
     
    This is not a far-flung crisis that is going to happen years in the 
    future. This is now. This is happening and it is affecting you, your 
    children, and those you love the most. And it will affect their 
    children, and their children. 
     
    This is your legacy. This is your choice. This is your chance to 
    engage with and become an agent of a new paradigm, one that speaks for 
    all humans, all species, and the Earth itself. Maybe we don’t know 
    exactly what the emerging paradigms will look like. But we know that 
    it’s time to ask ourselves: where do we stand? With the old, or with 
    the new?" 
     
    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-28/brexit-stage-one-europes-slow-burn-energy-collapse 
     
    666 
     
    https://youtu.be/r_Ra5LUh6ng