Bolivia and Chile battle for Silala water rights

Posted by Matt in December 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Americas, Conflict, 100 Years, Antofagasta Plc, Atacama Desert, Bolivia, Chile, Copper Mines, Copper Mining, Copper Producer, Driest Desert On Earth, Foreign Minister, Mining Industry, Minister David, Neighbor, Odds, Pipeline, Rivalries, Sea Water, Silala River, Trickles, Water Rights, Water Water

Bolivia and Chile have been at odds over access to the Pacific for more than a century. Now, a highland stream that trickles through the driest desert on earth is stirring old rivalries. Resources are worth fighting for in the Atacama desert.
The region may be too bleak, treeless and cold for even the hardiest residents [...]

Institute For Human Continuity: The IHC, Keeping You Safe For ‘2012?

Posted by Matt in August 25th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Disasters, general, 100 Years, 1865, 1913 Intel, American Revolution, Apocalypse, Blog Archive, Bombardment, Continuity, Crisis 1929, Deat, Destruction Of The World, Disaster Strikes, ferguson, General Idea, Global Catastrophe, Global Economic Crisis, Great Depression, Historian, Ihc, Lottery, Lucky Survivors, Mayan Calendar Ends, Mayan End Of The World, Mtv, Nuclear War, Planet Earth, Rogue Planet, Science, Solstice, Time Period, Time Today, Upheaval, Us Government Agency, Winter Solstice, world-war-II

The IHC is a fictitious website for the movie 2012 coming out in November 2009. 1913 Intel is about the real nuclear war coming around the same time. Although, the timing might be a few years off.
I’m joking right? No, this is for real. The time today is like that right before World War I. [...]

China’s One Hundred Years of Ineptitude, by John Lee | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, 100 Years, Blogged, China, Chinese Communist Party, democracy, Flock Browser, Foreign Policy, Ineptitude, Intellectuals, Leadership, One Hundred Years, Party Congress, Policymakers, Premier Wen Jiabao, Sharp Words, Wen Jiabao

Just before the 2007 Chinese Communist Party Congress, Premier Wen Jiabao had sharp words for those agitating for internal political reform. In a much-quoted speech, he told a gathering of policymakers and intellectuals that China would not be ready for democracy for 100 years. Events over the past week suggest Wen was right, that China [...]

The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

Posted by Matt in January 15th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Amazon.Com, general, 100 Year Forecast, 100 Years, Amazon, American Army, Austro Hungarian, Continent, Eastern Hemisphere, George Friedman, Global Financial Markets, Great Britain, Interdependence, Left Communism, Less Than Five Years, Living In London, Nazi Germany, Ottoman Empires, Peace Treaty, Periphery, Prosperous Europe, Soviet Union, Stratfor, Unprecedented Prosperity, World Europe

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By George Friedman at Stratfor.Com
OVERTURE
An Introduction to the American Age
Imagine that you were alive in the summer of 1900, living in London, then the capital of the world. Europe ruled the Eastern Hemisphere. There was hardly a place that, if not ruled directly, was not indirectly controlled from a European capital. Europe was [...]