Vladmir Putin forging ahead with vision of Eurasian empire – Times Online

Posted by Matt in March 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Russia, Ahead, Catastrophe, Collapse, Communist State, Empire Online, Empire Times, Empire Vision, EurasianEmpire, kremlin, New Empire, Soviet Union, Vladimir Putin

The Soviet Union is gradually being rebuilt as Vladimir Putin eyes a return to the Kremlin. The man who declared the collapse of the Communist state to be the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century” appears determined to forge a new empire.
Vladmir Putin forging ahead with vision of Eurasian empire – Times Online

Latvia’s Great Depression | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in February 27th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Economy, Europe, City Government, Collapse, Europe, Foreign Policy, Great Depression, Greece Economy, Latvia, Maintenance Budget, Metrics, Midst, Rainy Winters, Real Reason, Riga, Road Maintenance, Surprise, United States, Wintry Mess

Think Greece is bad? Look north.
Riga has had mild, rainy winters of late, and the snow caught the city by surprise. But the real reason for the wintry mess is that the city government has slashed its road maintenance budget by a third. Although the world is watching Greece, Latvia’s economy is the most imperiled [...]

On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System – Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in February 18th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Financial, AIG, Bear Stearns, Brink, Collapse, Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac, Financial Crisis, Freddie Mac, Global Financial System, Great Depression, Henry M Paulson, Henry M Paulson Jr, Henry Paulson, Lehman Brothers, Mayhem, Modern Memory, Newsweek, Rationale, Tenure, Treasury Secretary

Henry Paulson’s tenure from July 2006 to January 2009 was the most volatile and demanding of any Treasury secretary in modern memory. Under his watch, the government faced the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression. He presided over the bailouts of Bear Stearns, AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, yet allowed Lehman Brothers to [...]

Protect Yourself in the Next Financial Meltdown

Posted by Matt in February 16th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, Available Space, Bubbles, Collapse, Economic System, Feedback Guarantees, Feedback System, Financial Crises, Financial Crisis, Financial Meltdown, Forestry Department, Forests, Housing Bubble, Industry Averages, Long Term Capital, Long Term Capital Management, Massive Fires, Open Soil, Seeds, Sunlight, System Feedback

The seeds of the next financial meltdown have already been planted with rising debt in the Western world and massive spending in China. All of this spending is intended to keep the current economic system from falling apart, but actually it will make things much worse. So what can you do to protect yourself?
First, let [...]

What Is Behind the Collapse of Civilization?

Posted by Matt in February 14th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in general, Bankruptcy, civilization, Civilized Countries, Collapse, Decline, Economic Decay, Falling Birth Rates, Family Security, geopolitics, Global Economics, Human Spirit, Journey, Multitude, Security Matters, Socialism, Sympathy, Terrorism

What if the sympathy for terrorism and the drive toward socialism, the falling birth rates and cultural bankruptcy in civilized countries, the economic decay and decline of the family all had a common cause? What if that common cause lay behind the multitude of ways that we can see civilization collapsing around us? Following that [...]

Aerial Photos of World Trade Center Attack [on 9/11] Are Released – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in February 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, 911, Aerial Photos, Amp, Archive Photos, Attack Photos, Chief Curator, Collapse, Digital Archive, Digital Photos, Dust Clouds, Jan Seidler Ramirez, Nytimes, Photos Of World Trade Center, Photos Of World Trade Center Attack, Seidler, September 11 Memorial, Still Images, Visual Phenomena, Wide Angle, World Trade Center, World Trade Center Attack

The still images are “a phenomenal body of work” that show a new, wide-angle look at the towers’ collapse and the gray dust clouds that shrouded the city afterward, said Jan Seidler Ramirez, the chief curator of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, which is compiling a digital archive of attack coverage. The photos [...]

China sentences quake activist to 5 years’ jail – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in February 8th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, Activist, Admiration, Buildings, Chengdu, China Sentences, Collapse, Corruption, Earthquake, Goodwill, Local Government, Quake, Rescue Effort, Shoddy Construction

“Tan thinks one of the reasons behind this case is that he was leading an investigation into the poorly built schools after the earthquake, which would have embarrassed the local government in Chengdu,” Pu said.
Critics allege that shoddy construction, enabled by corruption, caused several schools to collapse while buildings nearby remained intact – a politically [...]

How to Save the Obama Presidency: Bomb Iran

Posted by Matt in February 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, 2016 Olympics, American Electorate, Barack Obama, Barak Obama, Collapse, counterterrorism, Death And Destruction, Dramatic Gesture, Forays, Ideologue, Intelligence Agencies, Laugh Test, Massive Death, National Intelligence Estimate, Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Weapon, Nuclear Weapons Program, Poor Performance, Public Perception, Salvage

I do not customarily offer advice to a president whose election I opposed, whose goals I fear, and whose policies I work against. But here is an idea for Barack Obama to salvage his tottering administration by taking a step that protects the United States and its allies.
If Obama’s personality, identity, and celebrity captivated a [...]

S.Korea’s Military Capability ‘Inadequate’

Posted by Matt in January 28th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Bruce Bennett, Catastrophic, Chosun Ilbo, Collapse, Daily News, Face, invasion, Korean People, Military Action, Military Capabilities, Military Capability, Modernization, North-Korea, Policy Analyst, Rand Corporation, Regime, South-Korea

This is South Korea’s problem, so why should we care? I certainly wouldn’t lift a finger to help the South Korean people if North Korea invades.
An American academic says South Korea’s military capabilities are inadequate to handle a North Korean invasion or other North Korean military action or regime collapse there. In an article entitled [...]

Davos 2010: Chinese central banker Zhu Min warns of new Asian crisis – Telegraph

Posted by Matt in January 27th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Asia, Financial, Asian Crisis, Asian Financial Crisis, AsianCrisis, Central Banker, Collapse, Currencies, Davos, Emerging Markets, Japanese Yen, Monetary Policy, Mr Zhu, Phenomenon, Telegraph, United States, Yen Carry Trade

This phenomenon called carry trade in the US dollar is a “massive issue today,” said Mr Zhu.
“It’s bigger than the Japanese yen carry trade 12 years ago,” he said.
However, if the United States were to tighten its lax monetary policy, making borrowing more costly, funds could then flow out just [...]