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‘The End Of Abundance': Macron Warns Of ‘Great Upheaval' As Europe's Economy Implodes
2022-08-26
[DailyCaller] President Emmanuel Macron warned that the French would face severe food and energy shortages at a cabinet meeting Wednesday as winter approaches and skyrocketing energy prices have crippled Europe’s economy.

Macron told the cabinet that "freedom has a cost," referring to the ongoing war in Ukraine that has inflicted dire consequences on global food and energy prices, Reuters reported. The French government faces a decision to renew electricity and gas price caps that expire at the end of 2022, as winter looms, inflation soars and natural gas from Russia falls to a trickle, raising fears that Russia will shut off gas flows altogether.

Posted by:The Walking Unvaxed

#26  *BOOM*
Posted by: Frank G   2022-08-26 22:51  

#25  Of course the new conscripts will do worse than both the Russian professionals and the first round of Russian conscripts and -stan “voluntolds”, DarthVader, only the survivors of which have survived their experiences in the field.

magpie, Aca Joe only hates you because you are a horrible American, whose country he is personally Reconquisting by having settled in Malibu, CA. He hates me because I am a horrible American whose country he is Reconquisting, Jewish, and can spamcop his posts whenever I find them offensive. This offends his sense of the natural order of the universe, poor man. (Or men, there being a school of thought that he is the face of yet another Russian internet propaganda boiler room, each of whose shifts has a different voice. The alternative being either bipolar disorder or shattered personality disorder.)
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-08-26 22:25  

#24  Any bets the conscripts do worse than the contract Russian soldiers?
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-08-26 21:21  

#23  /\ Sorry, TW. I just find his posts ...annoying. If he is correct then it is important news.
Posted by: magpie   2022-08-26 21:14  

#22  /\Dumber than usual ACA "Bagdad Bob" JOE posting.
The Russians have lost an unnecessary number of men, vehicles and matériel because ...why? So they can have an "August 26 emergency meeting" and decide that 'Now we really, really are serious, No Fooling'?
Posted by: magpie   2022-08-26 21:12  

#21  48 Hour Rule, Aca Joe. If verified, that’s a really big deal — where did you see it?

Seriously, thank you for sharing that with us. When you aren’t being a rude, ignorant ass, you bring a lot to the table.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-08-26 21:09  

#20  BREAKING NEWS!
President Putin arrived at the Kremlin an hour ago for an emergency meeting of the Security Council and made an important statement for the whole country:

In connection with the ongoing supply of weapons to the Kyiv regime, we have made a serious decision. Back on February 24, the West was warned by me that it was coming for interfering in our special operation and helping the Nazi regime. Until now, in Ukraine, only an insignificant part of our military contingent has been pulled together.
August 27 will begin a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. With the full force of the Russian Federation Army.
Posted by: ACA JOE   2022-08-26 19:48  

#19  Grrrta, when The Abundance fell.



No. That is not safe for work, day care, and most bars.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-08-26 18:10  

#18  ^ Greta is definitely in that class of folks who are not going to miss a meal no matter how bad the EU economy gets.
Posted by: Matt   2022-08-26 18:02  

#17  Number 12 is a classic. She could actually be on her way to Jackson Hole.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-08-26 17:51  

#16  Grrrrrta!
Grrt. Grt. Grrrt.
Posted by: The Swedish Left   2022-08-26 17:28  

#15  ^ Strike the comment about the storm -- too soon to say.
Posted by: Matt   2022-08-26 17:16  

#14  #11, 12 -- LOL. Fast work, guys.

By the way, there's a tropical storm possibly headed for the Gulf Coast. Let's see what they do about the offshore rigs in a few days.
Posted by: Matt   2022-08-26 17:13  

#13  Globalism started with us, and will end with us along with any deference to the US Constitution. That was the point of Globalism.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2022-08-26 17:10  

#12  
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-26 17:05  

#11  Quick, somebody ask Greta Thunberg what the solution is.

How Dare You want to travel where mass transit does not go.
How Dare You want to have fresh food on the table brought to you by functional vehicles!
HowDare You want to travel to visit you friends and families outside of you local enclave!
Posted by: Greta Thunberg   2022-08-26 16:57  

#10  The emerging Europe is exactly the type of Europe leftists want the US to be "more like."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-26 16:55  

#9  We should pay attention to what's happening in Europe. This could get very bad in the States.

The US will be fine from a food and energy point of view. Costs will go up and you won't be able to get your dried figs as easily, but we'll be ok other than that. We have uber productive farmland and waterways to travel on along with fracking for our energy needs. Europe doesn't have that. France is the best country in Europe to weather the storm... IF they start leaning on their old colonies in Africa for energy.

This is the breakdown of the old global order set by the Americans that allowed globalization. Now we go back to the Empire days where you tried to keep most of your production and food "in house" in areas you controlled. Most wars were fought over those resources. The US will be in a good position to bribe countries that aren't food secure with their abundance to do what they want. And we'll have a navy to back it up.
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-08-26 16:48  

#8  Quick, somebody ask Greta Thunberg what the solution is.
Posted by: Matt   2022-08-26 16:43  

#7  Could be interesting watching conditions devolve into something more akin to what the exempt from law shithole immigrants are in tune with.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-08-26 16:29  

#6  It is one way to deal with all the urban pigeons, right?
Posted by: magpie   2022-08-26 16:22  

#5  Watch Libya flair up. If I read the chart right, in 2021 some 8.2% of EU's petroleum was from Libya. Strangely, nearly the same amount from USA, Kazakhstan. Russia, largest single supplier, 25%.

Natural gas, 2021, Russia nearly 40%. Algeria, third after Norway's 25%, is 8%

They may have boned themselves play Joe Biden's War Game. This EU devaluing; is that from pretend money printed for defense contractors?

Leftist: we should be more sophisticate, like Europeans.

Europeans: I must risk arrest or worse to sneak into The Black Forest and gather fire food.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-08-26 16:15  

#4  Ref #2: We should pay attention to what's happening in Europe. This could get very bad in the States.

Start pumping oil and gas again and our situation, and possibly that of Europe, will begin to improve almost immediately.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-08-26 15:53  

#3  Yes, but The End of Abundance was and still is a choice.

Sort of a civil war fought with industry, at least at the moment.

Going to have to dust off grand/great-grandparents' memoirs.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-08-26 15:51  

#2  We should pay attention to what's happening in Europe. This could get very bad in the States.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735   2022-08-26 08:52  

#1  We're from the government, we are here to help you.

[Our forefathers spent much of the post WW2 period to insure reliable energy and food. The subsequent generations have spent their time undermining all that work.]
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-08-26 06:18  

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