JC Cole: American Gray Swans – May 2021 # 2 “Only May 2021 Petroleum Events!”

On this Memorial Day weekend let us pay tribute, honor, and mourn those that defended our nation. I suggest we re-read President Eisenhower’s 1961 Farewell Address (link) – (if the link does not work – web search it) “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or …

JC Cole: American Gray Swans – May 2021 # 1 “Warnings about Disaster!”

We as Americans are really terrible about listening to and taking action on “Warnings about Disaster”. Here is an excellent short TED Talk about it (link). (If the link doesn’t work – web search it.) It is done by Sam Feinberg the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Helena, a problem-solving institution that addresses …

JC Cole: US Coast Guard shuts part of lower Mississippi River as bridge cracks

Look at the amount of supply interruption from 1 crack in 1 bridge across the Mississippi. As I have pointed out in the Gray Swans, if/when the New Madrid earthquake goes off it is estimated the majority if not all bridges will be damaged and unusable. The earthquake is overdue. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/coast-guard-shuts-portion-lower-mississippi-river-due-bridge-crack-2021-05-12/

JC Cole: American Gray Swans – March 2021 #2 Oil, NATO, America & Russia

In a recent article of the Gray Swans I listed a series of suspicious events related to energy and a possible on-going sabotage of petroleum choke points (Link). Here is an up-dated list including the growing tensions between NATO and Russia. Below are listed Events since Creepy Sleepy Joe canceled the Keystone pipeline and petroleum …