Ripped From The Headlines, January 12, 2023
Chickens Starve In CA, ESG Climate Pimps Make New Play, NYC Stores Look Like Detroit In RoboCop - Read, Share, & Subscribe - SherlocExposes.com
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"Millions of chickens have gone unfed as rail disruptions delay corn shipments to a California poultry farm, according to documents that provide unique details of how one shipper has suffered from poor rail service.
Foster Farms, which processes about 1 million chickens and 12,000 turkeys every day, has said it’s had to pause some operations because of delays from Union Pacific Corp., the second-largest freight railroad in North America.
The supply issues also forced the company to shut down a plant that processes raw corn into animal feed to sell, it said in federal filings. That meant cutting off its dairy farm customers from corn meal and giving priority to its chickens, which start killing each other when they go hungry.
After a flurry of correspondence that offers unfiltered insight into shippers’ problems with rail service, the US Surface Transportations Board ordered Union Pacific on Dec. 30 to deliver more corn-laden trains to Foster Farms."
"Big global banks are eying some of the world’s most fragile countries for a new experiment in financial engineering: debt relief in exchange for environmental protections.
Called 'debt-for-nature swaps,' they present a tempting solution for the rising number of nations in distress, particularly those with ecosystems to protect. A country gets to avoid default and lower its debt burden, as long as it’s willing to earmark some of the savings to salvage a coral reef, preserve a forest or build a wind farm, for example. Global investors get better returns and enhanced green credentials. Wall Street takes a cut.
As much as $2 trillion of developing country debt may be eligible for this kind of restructuring, according to a rough estimate by the Nature Conservancy, a US nonprofit that’s taking a lead role in these deals. Belize inked a $364 million nature swap in 2021; Gabon signaled plans for a $700 million restructuring in October; Ecuador is said to be working on a $800 million transaction, and Sri Lanka is considering a $1 billion deal."
"Shampoo, toothpaste, and razor blades are all items that grocery stores have increasingly started locking behind counters. Soon, that list might include food.
'People have no fear of coming to your store and stealing,' said Nelson Eusebio of the National Supermarket Association.
'Our employees are terrified,' Eusebio continued. 'We have young people that come to work, young cashiers who work part-time, these kids are 16-17 years old. They're traumatized.'
New York City has been host to a spree of "serial shoplifters," men and women who make a regular habit of bursting into stores, stealing as much as they can, and leaving. This has resulted in over 4,000 grocery stores calling for prosecutors to set bail for repeat thieves and to make assaults on retail workers a Class D felony.
'Everything that is cosmetics, shampoo, baby formula is behind the counters. It's going to be more and more of that happening,' Eusebio says. 'We're going to have an environment where everything is behind the counter and the shopping experience is just going to be gone.'"
Thursday Madness, Ripped From The Headlines. Things To Ponder:
“I’m The NEW Rich…”
You know what that means today? This:
Seriously though, thinking about the reason why eggs are hard to come by…
Avian Flu = kills millions of chickens.
Supply Chain Designed To Fail = starves millions of chickens.
The finger-pointing in the situation is sad, but looking at the fact that a railroad was the culprit… and they happen to be in a long-running fight that Congress had to intervene in…
What’s REALLY going on?
“Climate Pimps… Great For The Environment!”
Or so you’re led to believe…
So, the new climate grift is as follows:
a. Position a nation for bankruptcy;
b. IMF comes in and says they need “help” via a loan;
c. Nation has to put up “collateral” (assets) “just in case”;
d. But that debt can be “wiped away” if they “institute a little ESG…”
What. The. Fudruckers.
This is a super scary new way to get control of countries and their natural resources… and force ESG compliance…
Then, there’s the “rest of the story…” From Bloomberg:
“Behind the feel-good headlines, it’s unclear whether these kinds of swaps will deliver the promised benefits. The terms can be murky. Transaction costs are high. Experts question whether the complex and costly deals will achieve long-term financial stability. In December, as negotiators gathered at the United Nations’ COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal, Greenpeace and dozens of other non-profits called for debt-nature swaps to be rejected.
“Debt-for-nature swaps have been popular for the wrong reasons. And the main wrong reason is that they generate the impression that you can kill two birds with one stone, that you can address a debt problem and you can improve nature conservation,” said Jeromin Zettelmeyer, director of Belgian think tank Bruegel and a former sovereign debt expert at the International Monetary Fund.
“The IMF was insisting on a program,” said Mark Espat, a former Belizean politician, now a consultant, who advised the country on its debt-for-nature swap. The IMF acts as a lender of last resort to debt-stricken countries, but its strict conditions make many governments balk. For Belize, that would have meant higher taxes, job losses, and lower spending on social and conservation projects, Espat added.
Yikes.
FYI, just in case you wanted to know what other nation’s resources they’re after, check this out:
“Jar Of Pickles? Sure Thing, Let Me Just Unlock Them…”
That’s America today friends…
Have you noticed all of the stuff they have locked up at the stores?
Now, NYC is basically just going to lock everything up…
The United States is looking more and more like Detroit in the movie Robocop.
What does this mean?
Things going back to normal is next to impossible at this point.
Sometimes, you just have to say it.
In a call recently, we had this conversation.
Having never talked with this person before, they came to the same exact conclusion we did when we posed the question about what will happen with the economy.
This won’t be like before when one sector of the economy tanked…
What happens when nearly all sectors of the economy tank?
Nothing good.
Why should I care?
There’s so much to unpack…
Your wealth…
Your legacy…
Anything you plan to leave for future generations…
Getting the basics to live…
All of these things are teetering on the edge.
You should REALLY care.
What should I do?
Take a moment… right now if you can… to take inventory of what you’re seeing in this newsletter each day.
Have you ever seen a time quite like this?
Ok good, you’re paying attention. That’s the point.
If you’re not paying attention and trapped in the hustle and bustle of a busy world (with a ton of useless stuff, by the way), this stuff will come up on you like a thief in the night.
You need to take the time to prepare as best you can for a time when good supplies, strong communities, and strong connections are the difference between surviving and thriving or being in bad shape.
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