It comes from a worldclass microbiologist who allowed me to use this quote on condition of anonymity. Didier leplae and joe wongs shimmering music is indebted to that of. Investigative journalist, 911 truth researcher, geopolitical analyst, and environmental advocate, michael ruppert committed suicide this sunday. Video video related to michael ruppert commits suicide. Michael ruppert is a worldrecognized expert who saw todays crisis coming and started warning of it in 2000, creating a map of the players, policies, interconnections, and shadowy and often illegal activities that were making a collapse inevitable. By the second sunday of april this year, michael c. Didier leplae and joe wongs shimmering music is indebted to that of philip. The decline of the american empire at the end of the age of oil, and confronting collapse. In the 1970s, ruppert was a narcotics officer for the lapd. Ruppert probably wasnt antiimperialist enough for their tastes, at least not in a leftist way.
Ruppert the lonely death of a godfather of the conspiracy theory movement. Channeling errol morris interviewcentric style of filmmaking, smith focuses his efforts and his camera on michael ruppert. The indispensable and indefatigable jenna orkin and rice farmer are posting. Remember that his views are also echoed by the likes of schiff, faber, gerald celente, alex jones and many more. The film was directed by chris smith, who previously made the.
Ruppert later became a critical observer of us deep politics, writing books and compiling a web. Though illustrated here and there with snippets of crude animation and archival film, collapse based on mr. Moving forward 2011, collapse 2009 and the end of suburbia. Early on, he comes across as a grounded, intelligent individual. The crisis of energy and money in a post peak oil world, and the founder of the online. It very much appears that michael ruppert did his homework in writing this book, given the facts that he presents to justify the conclusions he makes.
A documentary on the crises in economics, energy, environment and more collapse from the acclaimed director of american movie, this portrait of radical thinker michael ruppert explores his apocalyptic vision of the future, spanning the. Michael craig ruppert february 3, 1951 april, 2014 was an american writer and. Returning to the solution or survival during collapse, his main point is that our region, sonoma county, and particularly. Join facebook to connect with joe ruppert and others you may know. Lets start with what i consider the mostobvious proof that the obama administration is lying. I had that response more than once during the film, particularly in the section when he gives his tips for surviving our societal collapse dont hoard foodhoard seeds. I was among those whose eyes were opened by mcr, not only about 911, but about the virtue of what he called mapmaking as a tool for providing context for world events, such as the western airstrikes smashing syria as i write these words. The pic is credited as being based on rupperts book a presidential energy policy, whose commercial failure contributed to the authors current economic collapse. From the acclaimed director of american movie, this astonishing portrait of radical thinker michael ruppert explores his apocalyptic vision of the future, spanning the crises in economics, energy.
While there, he discovered evidence that the cia was complicit in the illegal drug trade. Collapse 2009 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Sunday night following mikes lifeboat hour radio show, he was found dead of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Ignore low bond yields, the us debt crisis will come suddenly. Based on surface impressions, collapses message sounds not unlike michael moores recent capitalism.
Michael ruppert collapse of industrial civilization. In any case, rupperts theories in collapse can help one understand problems in europe, other issues in the united states, and the bp oil spill. There are moments, many of them, in chris smiths new documentary collapse when michael ruppert says something that causes an immediate, reflexive reaction in my head. Recently ruppert has been concentrating on what he calls mapmaking work and analysis continues at collapsenet. He died on april, 2014 in calistoga, california, usa. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Michael rupperts last book, first starring film role and ascendancy to the. Ruppert, the lapd investigatorturnedinvestigative journalist, ends confronting collapse.
After raising the matter, he was threatened with death, survived three assassination attempts citation needed and in 1996 publicly confronted director of central intelligence john deutch about the matter. This program is dedicated to the memory of michael rupperts girlfriend and life partner jessy re, and to his beloved dog rags. Michael ruppert was born on february 3, 1951 in washington, district of columbia, usa. Oil depletion and the collapse of the american dream 2004. Rupperts book a presidential energy policy is for the most part just a. The decline of the american empire at the end of the age of oil from 1999 until 2006, ruppert edited and published from the wilderness. In todays chronicle of the collapse, i read the eulogy to michael ruppert by his friend, jenna orkin. Yesterday i published a piece about the sunday, april, suicide of radio show host, whistleblower, activist, author and american hero, michael c. A documentary on michael ruppert, a police officer turned independent reporter who predicted the current. Collapse by chris smith chris smith, michael ruppert.
According to miller, the reason michaels death was confirmed by napa county. He recently gave his company to employees and is starting a 3rd book. The us will collapse before moodys gets around to downgrading its debt. Michael ruppert is an investigative journalist and author of two books, crossing the rubicon. The 63yearold copturnedwriter and firebrand gained fame by starring in collapse, a 2009 documentary in which he predicts. It was in 2009 that ruppert achieved the height of his recognition and fame. Mike ruppert has been at the forefront of speaking and writing about the grim reality that the worlds crude oil. Michael ruppert proudly claims that he predicted the global economic slump more than four years ago in his selfpublished from the wilderness, a monthly news publication and web site. Ruppert, a former lapd narcotics officer turned investigative journalist, details the intricate connections between money and energy, including the ways in which oil shortages and price spikes triggered the economic crash that began in september 2008.
A love story, which is a turn off, considering that its rather obvious things are. It was very well planned by mike who gave us few clues but elaborate instructions for how to proceed without him. In collapse, ruppert states things that are clearly true. His only mistake was in putting a definitive time frame on his predictions.
Oh, and the ciadia family background probably didnt help. I felt like a sixth grader trying to read this book. Collapse involves what he has to say, illustrated with news footage and a few charts, the most striking of which is a bellshaped curve. Michael ruppert is doing some great work and i enjoyed collapse. The decline of the american empire at the end of the age of oil and confronting collapse. He moved to venezuela, in rushed effort to seek political asylum from the chavez government. Today i would like to update the readers with some new information i have just received from michaels attorney wesley miller. The 63yearold copturnedwriter and firebrand gained fame by starring. Something snapped in ruppert sometime later in that decade, after the book. Michael ruppert talks peak oil and collapse on ckuw 95. Its density of idea and concept in concert with its expert vocabulary make this one tough to read. Collapse author, michael ruppert on dorner, peak oil and. The crisis of energy and money in a post peak oil world. A documentary, directed by chis smith, on michael ruppert, a police officer turned independent reporter who predicted the current financial crisis in his selfpublished newsletter, from the wilderness.
Peak oil activist, author and documentarian michael ruppert discusses a variety of topics including our dependence on oil, what happens when the oil runs out, the real possibility of collapse, governments role, and the human population bubble. Lack of sales leaves dubai property buyers guessing on prices. Ruppert was working for lapd when he uncovered evidence of the cias drug running. In this disturbing documentary, michael ruppert makes the analogy of our current collapsing civilization to the sinking titanic. Now ruppert is warning of a new meltdown, one rooted in oil, economics, and covert u. There were three types of people on board, he says. The book is part beginners guide to the crises of our time, part policy proposal for the current u.