What happens when a collapse is prevented from happening?

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

Published in Economy, Financial, Battle 1, Battleships, Collateral Damage, Contagion, Deadlier Attacks, Global Financial Crisis, Global Investors, Government Bureaucrats, Guerilla War, Hearts And Minds, Innocent Americans, Long Term Capital, Long Term Capital Management, Market Collapse, Martin D Weiss, Sea War, Stable State, System Collapse, System Feedback, Unstable State

In the article below we learn what happens when a system is prevented from collapsing. When the U.S. financial system is prevented from collapsing in 1997, we got the tech market collapse of 2000-2002. When the Fed did everything to mitigate the collapse of the tech market, then we got the housing bust of 2007-2009. [...]

The Fall of Mexico – The Atlantic (December 2009)

Posted by Matt in November 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Mexico, 000 People, Border Towns, Carnage, Chance Remark, Collateral Damage, Coup, Drug Cartels, Drugs Mexico, Martial Law, Mexican Revolution, Mirrors, Opposition, Southern Border, War On Drugs

In the almost three years since President Felipe Calderón launched a war on drug cartels, border towns in Mexico have turned into halls of mirrors where no one knows who is on which side or what chance remark could get you murdered. Some 14,000 people have been killed in that time—the worst carnage since the [...]

Russian Organized Crime

Posted by Matt in November 14th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Crime, Russia, Bus Explosion, Business In Russia, Cargo Theft, Civilized Societies, Collateral Damage, Crime Syndicates, Criminal Organizations, Famous Mobsters, Former Soviet Union, Intricate Network, Iron Grip, Oligarchs, Protection Money, Riding The Bus, Russian Mafia, Russian Mob, Russian Organized Crime, Russian Society, Target, Togliatti Russia, Use Of Explosives

When the dust settled following a bus explosion in Togliatti, Russia, on Oct. 31, few explanations emerged as to who was responsible for the attack, which killed eight people and injured at least 50. Although terrorism is a possibility, two leading theories place the blame on Russian organized crime.
One such theory suggests that a person [...]