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. The crisis of energy and money in a post peak oil world. Ruppert best known as an investigative journalist and peak oil awareness advocate is dead. Jack martin gives a onetake walkthrough of michael c. With chris mulkey, karen landry, travis slade reinders, linnea quigley. Ruppert, a former police officer, predicted the wall street. I had just gone through a kind of gateway, and he was like morpheus in the matrix, welcoming me in. Former lapd narcotics officer, author, journalist and activist michael c. How can a good man protect and provide for his family in a hostile world without becoming a monster himself.
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. In 2014 he was found dead with a gunshot to the head. Ruppert is dead, according to condolences posted on his facebook page the conspiracy theorist and activist is best. He moved to venezuela, in rushed effort to seek political asylum from the chavez government. Oh, and the ciadia family background probably didnt help. Mike ruppert was one of the first to point out the gross anomalies and obtuse leaps of logic in the bushcheney explanations for the 911 attacks.
The man the cia wants you to forget collective evolution. Michael ruppert collapse of industrial civilization. Ruppert left two suicide notes behind one that was addressed to jack which i published here, and another addressed to mikes partner jessy re. From the wilderness forward, what really happened to. Watch michael ruppert discuss the zero point of systemic collapse.
Michael ruppert, extended interview transition voice. The child of american intelligence agents and himself an lapd vet and outspoken critic of current global. According to people are being urged please do not spread speculation. This information and the note i published, were provided to me by wesley t. The 63 yearold copturnedwriter and firebrand gained fame by. Publicity from the film was great he went on a countrywide promotional tour but compensation had fizzled out. The 63yearold copturnedwriter and firebrand gained fame by starring in collapse, a 2009 documentary in which he predicts societys destruction. While details are sketchy, word around internet forums. The body of work mike left behind is brilliant and immense. A merican movie director chris smith affects an errol morris pose with collapse, the problem being that unlike morriss fascinating, multilayered interviewees, smiths subject michael ruppert never registers as much more than an eloquent but largely untrustworthy quack. 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. I just started crying a couple days ago when i seen abbys tribute to michael and after reading this i literally started balling my eyes out. Something snapped in ruppert sometime later in that decade, after the book. It was very well planned by mike who gave us few clues but elaborate instructions for how to proceed without him.
Ruppert came into my life like a sentinel from a different reality. Since his suicide a deep emotional response has been activated inside of me. Ruppert and that part of his legacy will forever live on with a momentum all its own, but there was a final message from mike that needs to be shared and there is also a final lesson from mike that needs to be learned. Its just one guy explaining why human civilization. Following the release of collapse, michaels personal life underwent something of a collapse itself and he paid off all his debts, left behind all his friends, and moved with his dog rags to colorado, planning to commit suicide. The following is my extended interview with michael ruppert which took place for about 2 hours in late december via skype. Twentyfive points addressing the siamese twins of energy and money is a book addressing what an american president should be doing and saying about energy issues free from ideological, political, or other mental restraints. Ruppert probably wasnt antiimperialist enough for their tastes, at least not in a leftist way.
Also check out our michael ruppert section for more videos and commentary. When news hit the headlines of a suicide of michael ruppert a renowned whistleblower, journalist, commentator, author, he was found dead of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Shortages, along with resulting price increases, threaten industrialized civilization, the. Towards the end of his life he became increasingly concerned about the instability of modern society. In an authoritative book, ruppert even accused vice president dick cheney as the chief executor of the 911 attacks. Ruppert was the subject of the 2009 documentary film collapse, which was based on his book a presidential energy policy and received the new york times critics pick. Michael ruppert is an independent journalist who has made a minor career out of telling people news that most folks do not want to know. By the second sunday of april this year 2014, michael c. This has been confirmed by close friend and property ownerlandlord jack martin. Ruppert is dead from an apparent selfinflicted gunshot wound. On april, 2014, ruppert was found dead in napa county at home just outside of the calistoga, ca city limits. Nationally known author michael ruppert died sunday of an apparent selfinflicted gunshot wound in calistoga where he had lived for a few months on a friends property. The 63yearold copturnedwriter and firebrand gained fame by starring in collapse, a 2009 documentary in which he predicts.
Ruppert on rts breaking the set with abby martin one of the last known videos of michael is from just a couple of months ago and is called, apocalypse, man. The decline of the american empire at the end of the age of oil, and confronting collapse. Pdf confronting collapse download full pdf book download. By the second sunday of april this year, michael c. Ruppert on worlds end part 1 and it is well worth watching. Michael ruppert did indeed end his life, last month on april.
Although adapted from rupperts book confronting collapse. In an authoritative book, ruppert even accused vice president dick cheney as the chief executor of the. It is a simple and stark analysis of the worlds current energy. Ruppert later became a critical observer of us deep politics, writing books and compiling a webbased newsletter, from the wilderness. A documentary on michael ruppert, a police officer turned independent reporter who predicted the current financial crisis in his selfpublished newsletter, from the wilderness. Ruppert, a former lapd narcotics officer turned investigative journalist, details.
The crisis of energy and money in a post peak oil world, and the founder of the online. Rip whistleblower michael ruppert who committed suicide. Michael ruppert, a 63yearold former narcotics investigator with the lapd, shot himself after his radio show on sunday, according to a friend. Collapse, directed by chris smith, is an american documentary film. It is still maintained by his close friend wesley miller.
The sad, strange story of michael ruppert the daily grail. 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. Michael rupperts last book, first starring film role and ascendancy to the national stage in 2009. A documentary on michael ruppert, a police officer turned independent reporter. Now ruppert is warning of a new meltdown, one rooted in oil, economics, and covert u. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Michael craig ruppert february 3, april, was an american writer and ruppert is the author of crossing the rubicon. A few years ago i stumbled upon the hbo documentary collapse. The crisis of energy and money in a post peak oil world, smith wisely begins with the events which made ruppert notorious his allegations that the c. It has been confirmed by the napa county sheriffs office that investigative journalist and book author michael c. That ended up inspiring the eyeopening documentary collapse, which is a worthwhile. The normal worries of a struggling small town farmer are blown away when the world is suddenly overrun by undead monsters.
Visit collapsenet for more of michael rupperts preparedness advice, and also check out the free resources available at the top 50 preparedness and survival blogs. A couple of years ago i was the only person in duluths zinema theater watching michael ruppert s powerful featurelength documentary film collapse. The crisis of energy and money in a post peak oil world ruppert, michael c. Michael ruppert was fully conscious that 911 was aided and abetted by insiders in our government on. The decline of the american empire at the end of the age of oil, published in september crossing. Utterly clueless on michael ruppert i found myself powerless to turn away. A couple of years ago i was the only person in duluths zinema theater watching michael rupperts powerful featurelength documentary film collapse. Starred in the incredible eyeopening 2009 documentary collapse on the immediate limits of a world economy based on oil. Sunday night following mikes lifeboat hour radio show, he was found dead of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Ruppert, lapd detective turned author and activist. The world is running short of energyespecially cheap, easytofind oil. Investigative journalist michael ruppert above was shot dead on april 2014.
As the world continues to careen and collapse around us more people will discover the relevancy of michael c. 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, a. He was the subject of the 2009 documentary film collapse, which was based on his book a presidential energy policy and received the new york times critics pick. Void of the slightest inkling of who or what he was, caught off guard and unprepared for his persona and unusual choice of film style i let his hypnotic perspective shackle my full attention. I knew about micheal ruppert but he was never on the top of my list to pay attention to for whatever reason. Ruppert became a published author and gained more notoriety for his controversial book confronting collapse. The text below is almost entirely complete, with just a few omissions for space, and a few additions for clarity. 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. At the time, the zinema was still early in its history and very few people even showed up to watch the afternoon video versions of democracynow. Ruppert reportedly died of a single selfinflicted gunshot wound to the head. The 63yearold copturnedwriter and firebrand gained fame by starring. His family background was characterized by close proximity to the intelligence and military milieu.