Sleeper Story of the Year 2021

Wall Street Introduces Water Futures

For the first time, Wall Street traders are now able to trade in the future value of water, the way they have with other agricultural and mineral commodities. Thirsty for profits, it appears that at least they have realized where real value (and risks) lie because we can’t drink oil, gold, or bitcoins – a point that is being made abundantly clear as Water riots continue spilling onto the streets of Iran as authorities are doing whatever they can to drown out the protestors thirst for whatever is fueling their “Death to Khomeini!” chants.

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An Evergrander Existential Threat for China

Although the Cold War between China and the US continued to escalate with relations hovering on the brink of absolute zero,  the real story was actually a massive meltdown that is leading to internal upheaval for Communist China as capitalism continues to eat it from the inside out on an Evergrande(r) scale. Stay tuned.