You would have to read dozens of energy industry reports to get the information provided here in this exceptionally well-done news segment.
Sky News economics and data editor Ed Conway presents a fantastic look at how the issue with the Strait of Hormuz has impacted the global distribution of energy, oil, LNG and Kerosene (jet fuel), with particular emphasis on the vulnerabilities of the “modern industrialized western nations.”
Conway never points the finger to the “net zero” carbon goals of Europe, the U.K and Australia. However, he shows the outcome of their dependence on production and refining by other non-participating nations. The timelines clearly show, as the Green Energy policies were pushed the vulnerability inherent within any supply shock begins to get worse. This is a very well-presented data-driven analysis that is worth watching.
The last two-minutes also shred the claims by EU and British leadership, and highlights how Europe and the U.K are now dependent on the United States to meet their energy needs. WATCH:
Three days ago, the Australian government was downplaying reports of a serious shortage of fuel. Today the Australian Prime Minister gives a national address and warns Aussies to conserve fuel, or else things will get sketchy.
In non-pretending terms: it’s Australia – PREPARE FOR THE SKETCHY!
The leaders of Canada, Great Britain and now Australia have delivered national addresses in the past 36-hrs about Iran, the subsequent energy issues and the geopolitical shifts currently underway they cannot control. Keep in mind, the other thing these countries have in common is they are four (count NZ in AU) of the Five-Eyes countries. The remaining eye is the USA, and President Trump is scheduled to deliver his national address tonight at 9:00pm Eastern.
For the folks down under it is worth remembering their COVID-19 experience. When the government starts saying, ‘we hope you will voluntarily consider doing XXX’, the next thing that comes in the ‘conservation’ effort are government mandates, travel restrictions, lockdowns, rations and severe authoritarian control mechanisms. It’s the Australian way.
For this example, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivers “a rare address to the nation” outlining his government’s response to the Middle East conflict and fuel crisis. “The months ahead may not be easy. I want to be up front about that,” Albanese warns. He then continues, “we will deal with these global challenges, the ‘[¹]Australian way’,” which should forewarn every person in Australia that government control mechanisms are being planned immediately. Good luck! WATCH:
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I always found it rather remarkable that the countries who pushed the Build Back Better agenda the hardest; the countries who pushed climate change and complete restructuring of energy policies the most; were the exact same countries who triggered the expansive sanction regime against Russia. (reminder map below)
Two gunmen armed with long rifles and handguns opened fire at a crowd of people celebrating the beginning of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach, Australia. 12 people were killed with approximately a dozen more wounded. The attack went on for well over ten minutes as the terrorist shot randomly into the crowd from a park bridge near the beach.
(NEW YORK TIMES) – At least 11 people were killed by gunmen who targeted a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday, in what the authorities called a terrorist attack. One of the shooters was also killed, the police said.
Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon of the New South Wales Police Force said on Sunday evening that officers had found what they believed to be several improvised explosive devices in a nearby vehicle linked to the suspect who was killed. Bomb disposal units were at the scene, he said. (MORE)
The shooting went on for ten minutes as police were extremely slow to respond. Incredible footage has surfaced of a random civilian running to tackle one of the gunmen and wrestle his rifle away. Alternate video shows the two men for over 10 minutes shooting from the area into the crowd.
Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent appears on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the Asia tour by President Trump and the trade delegation that culminated with a lengthy meeting between President Trump and Chairman Xi Jinping.
By locking down trade agreements with Australia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Japan and South Korea in advance of the meeting with Xi, President Trump had effectively boxed out the maneuvers of Beijing and isolated any contravening strategy.
Chairman Xi was facing a U.S. strategic trade reset with multiple options for replacement of Chinese goods and resources. As a result, the Beijing trade delegation recognized President Trump had effectively neutered the scale of their economic power and influence over the U.S. economy. Instead, the best play for big panda was to shake hands and come to agreeable terms. WATCH:
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Playing into President Trump’s hands was/is the strains currently ongoing within the Chinese domestic economy. Further friction against the USA would have weakened Chairman Xi domestically.
Earlier today, U.S. President Donald Trump held a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the White House.
The media were invited to the first segment of the discussions, and an impromptu press conference took place. WATCH:
Australia represents one of the intelligence operations known as the Five-Eyes network. Unfortunately, as noted during the COVID-19 fiasco, Australia is also the petri dish for global intelligence services to test the limits of government power and control over the citizens in western nations.
After an Australian reporter asked President Trump if he had any concerns with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s administration, including Australian Ambassador Kevin Rudd’s past comments about him, President Trump said “I don’t know anything about him.” Ambassador Rudd replied that the comments were made “before I took this position, Mr. President.”
On Sunday the nationalists in Australia are organizing a series of Australia-First marches confronting the issues of excessive migration, globalism, corporate control of politicians, population change and the destruction of Australian cultural identity.
Obviously, this represents a threat to the authoritarian regime currently controlling Australian govt.
As with the yellow vests in France, the AfD party in Germany, the MAGA movement in the USA, U.K Brexit and the current resurgence of British people against mass migration, these nationalist rallies are a direct threat to the globalist politicians and their corporate benefactors. The Australian government has pledged to crack down on non-compliant dissident voices.
It is worth remembering the worldwide experience with COVID-19 enforcement. Arguably, we can assert the most oppressive western actions to enforce COVID-19 mitigation were conducted by the same national governments’ now being confronted over mass migration.
If you remember 2020, the eastern Europe region currently under extreme EU pressure to comply with anti-Russia policy was the same region with the most brutal COVID-19 compliance enforcement. France, Germany and the EU overall were the originators of the COVID-19 passport.
Similarly, no nation was as openly ridiculous with their heavy-handed COVID-19 and vaccine enforcement than Australia and New Zealand. Quarantine camps, restricted travel, forced vaccinations and lockdowns were not only carried out, but they were also enforced with arrests by very militarized police.
This is the backdrop where Australians will be attempting to organize and protest.
If you find yourself wondering, wait, what, why are we funding Australian universities? You are likely not alone.
Apparently, the U.S. government has been sending $6oo million/yr to universities in Australia to subsidize various college research programs. The Trump administration has told Australia the funding will likely end.
The Australian university system is in a state of panic, telling their government to declare a “state of emergency”.
One particular quote from within the Sky News article below seemingly encapsulates the mindset of the situation in the land down under:
AUSTRALIA […] Last week after it was revealed the universities had been asked to justify their funding, the National Tertiary Education Union called on the government to “guarantee Australian researchers would be protected”.
“The federal government must push back on the Trump administration’s blatant foreign interference in our independent research in the strongest possible terms,” NTEU president Alison Barnes said. (Full Article)
One would think the NTEU would be happy for an enhanced opportunity for “independent research.”
Alas, it appears Mr/Ms Alison Barnes doesn’t quite understand the nature of the word “independent” within the relationship. A little funny.
Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gives an address to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday — his first public remarks since he was released from prison. Assange has been giving testimony to the Parliamentary Assembly, which includes parliamentarians from 46 European countries, on his detention and conviction and their effects on human rights.
As noted by Chase Freedom: “In his first public appearance since gaining his freedom after 14 years of torment, Julian Assange call Mike Pompeo and Bill Barr “Wolves in MAGA hats” and he’s 100% correct.” WATCH:
I doubt there’s a person who regularly reads the Treehouse who doesn’t know our long-standing prediction about the 2024 democrat nomination. Factually, if you go back to the first set of articles written after the 2020 election, you will find it has not changed in almost 4 years.
Biden was installed for a single ‘throw every leftist wish list item at the wall‘ term in office. Biden equaled, one single term where every far-left agenda item would be triggered; with hundreds of millions poured into the donors’ vaults via GND legislation.
With that baseline in mind, we accepted that Biden would not be the left-wing 2024 nominee regardless of how much people stomped their feet and said he would. That scenario was just never going to happen, and still won’t. I never flinched from that non-pretending position.
My own prediction was that someone akin to Gavin Newsom would be joined with someone akin to Susan Rice. I have written about it extensively. Every single person in/around my orbit knows that for me the conversation in the last 48 hours is like discussing water that lacks dryness.
These are the moments when I just sit and watch. There’s really not much for me to say or write, other than to wait, then bring everyone into the room of ramifications that comes after walking down the hallway where reality gets accepted. In the ramification room we start discussing how the multinationals, World Bank, World Trade Organization, NATO, EU, BRICS, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will respond to the non-pretending reality.
Right now, everyone in the USA is discussing the ‘remove Biden’ political landscape domestically. However, in the bigger picture there’s an entire world of really big issues that come along when the USA media start openly admitting the USA president has dementia. There’s a reason why President Trump refused to engage this conversation before. It’s not good for the world.
When you use a bullhorn to announce the zookeeper is sick, people near the big cats start discussing how to unlock the cages. Yes, sure, people like Barack Obama and his tribe will giggle and laugh, but in the biggest of big pictures this loud public conversation is not good for our country or the world. It is good that we all stop pretending; our Lord knows we have hoped the pretending would cease. But don’t forget to think… and watch out for what comes next. Here’s Tucker Carlson:
Tucker Carlson visits Australia this week and speaks to an audience in Canberra. Mr Carlson discusses Julian Assange’s release from prison in London. Tucker also took questions from an adversarial Australian press corps that is just as rabidly leftist as the U.S. media. WATCH:
