After watching the latest of what some have called a coup attempt in Russia it brought one word to mind, America. The coup attempt in Russia turned out to be a bit of a nothing burger. It was telegraphed even with videos on telegraph/telegram from 1000 km away from Moscow. Reading about Evgeny Prigozhin who was leading the rebellion. He certainly could have lived a different type of life before deciding to put on a uniform. (His wiki has been updated to include some information about the rebellion)
Yevgeny Prigozhin
born 1 June 1961 is a Russian oligarch[4] and mercenary chief, and was a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until he launched an alleged coup in June 2023.[5] Prigozhin is sometimes called "Putin's chef", as he owns restaurants and catering companies that provide services for the Kremlin.[6] Once a convict in the Soviet Union,[7] Prigozhin now controls a network of influential companies, including the Russian state-backed mercenary company Wagner Group and three companies....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin
How does America come into this? Regime change has been one of America's special sauces in foreign policy for a number of years. Not that America had anything to do with this except maybe for the full-blown proxy war in Ukraine ( Ukraine had a coup in 2014 ). America is there or there about again but not anymore I think it is the end of an era.
20 May 2022 - Goodbye, American soft power: McDonald’s exiting Russia after 32 years is the end of an era
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/20/mcdonalds-exiting-russia-after-32-years-is-the-end-of-an-era.html
What does a Big Mac have to do with anything, Plenty! The price of a Big Mac around the world is an informal way to measure the purchasing power of that country. It is called the Big Mac Index.
Big Mac Index - Wiki
The Big Mac Index is a price index published since 1986 by The Economist as an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies and providing a test of the extent to which market exchange rates result in goods costing the same in different countries. It "seeks to make exchange-rate theory a bit more digestible."[1] The index compares the relative price worldwide to purchase the Big Mac, a hamburger sold at McDonald's restaurants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index
It is just a coincidence that Russia did this a month earlier?
8 April 2022 - Russia Pegs Ruble to Gold, What Does that Mean For the World Order?
It's no secret that the Kremlin has been a proponent of a gold-backed ruble. Now it appears they're set to make it happen—but how? The central bank in Russia has fixed the value of the ruble to gold. This action follows the unwelcome interventions by the U.S., the U.K., and Europe. Their imposed sanctions lead to the ruble’s value plummeting thereby crushing the Russian economy.
Russia’s central bank announced in March that it will pay a fixed price of 5,000 rubles ($52) per gram of gold from March 28 to June 30. This move has created a link between gold and the ruble. The fixed price of gold is reminiscent of the US's monetary actions between 1879 and 1914 when the dollar was pegged to gold.
Analysts believe that Russia is trying to strengthen the ruble after the currency went into free fall following Western-imposed economic sanctions in response to invading Ukraine.
https://bullionexchanges.com/blog/russia-pegs-ruble-to-gold-what-does-that-mean-to-the-world-order
The writing is on the wall is a reference to a story from the bible.
Belshazzar's feast - Wiki
Belshazzar's feast, or the story of the writing on the wall (chapter 5 in the Book of Daniel), tells how Belshazzar holds a great feast and drinks from the vessels that had been looted in the destruction of the First Temple. A hand appears and writes on the wall. The terrified Belshazzar calls for his wise men, but they are unable to read the writing. The queen advises him to send for Daniel, renowned for his wisdom.
Daniel reminds Belshazzar that his father Nebuchadnezzar, when he became arrogant, was thrown down until he learned that God has sovereignty over the kingdom of men.
Belshazzar had likewise blasphemed God, and so God sent this hand. Daniel then reads the message and interprets it: God has numbered Belshazzar's days, he has been weighed and found wanting, and his kingdom will be given to the Medes and the Persians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belshazzar%27s_feast
While Russia might play Russian Roulette. America plays Casino Royal.
In God We Trust, Bull Shit We Believe In A Reasonable Rate Of Return Fire Power.
The first Casino Royal film was in 1967 a spy parody. This is Casino Royal from 2006.
Casino Royale (2006) Scene: 'Le Chiffre'
Found Wanting and Sea to Shining Sea is a line out of the lyrics America The Beautiful.
America the Beautiful - Wiki
Notable performances
Elvis Presley performed it many times in concerts starting in 1976.
Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs (1961).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful
Sea to shining sea to me is San Fransisco to New York. I have done zombie alerts for both of those cities. I have also mentioned Bing Crosby and his album 101 Gang Songs with the alert for New York City here.
http://tinfoilwho.com/community/postid/386/
Found wanting, you don't need me to tell what has been happening in the US. When the pool of shops gets smaller and smaller. The city dies. it's a dead pool.
24 JUN 2023 - AT&T, Westfield Mall, Nordstrom lead San Francisco downtown exodus
Numerous retailers have expressed intentions of leaving locations in the downtown area in San Francisco
This week, 2024 presidential contender Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited San Francisco and noted the city's problems in a public video.
"We saw people defecating on the street. We saw people using heroin, we saw people smoking crack cocaine," DeSantis said. "The city is not vibrant anymore. It’s really collapsed because of leftist policies, and these policies have caused people to flee this area. They don’t prosecute criminals like they do in most parts of the country, and the wreckage is really sad to see."
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/att-westfield-mall-nordstrom-lead-san-francisco-downtown-exodus
San Francisco - Wiki
The city proper is the fourth most populous in California, with 808,437 residents as of 2022,[15] and covers a land area of 46.9 square miles (121 square kilometers),[22] at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco
San Francisco is the second most densely populated large U.S. city After New York. I think it is all linked to a type of Yellowstone Volcano. When It blows. it will blow.
27 Jan 2023 - The 13 Food Shortages To Expect In 2023
https://www.thedailymeal.com/1166891/the-13-food-shortages-to-expect-in-2023/