Russian Decline: Population and Health Woes, and Alcoholism

Posted by Matt in August 19th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Demographics, Russia, 21st Century, Alcoholism, Demographers, Developed Nations, Feet Of Clay, Giant, Health Woes, Population Growth, Population Health, Russia, Russian Population, States Population, Steep Decline, United States

Still, Russia is a giant on feet of clay, demographically speaking. Russia is a country in such steep decline that it is estimated by demographers to decline to 99 million by 2050. Some even predict the figure as low as 77 million. By then the United States, whose population growth continues unparalleled among developed nations, [...]

Only fools want China influencing our [Canadian] future

Posted by Matt in May 31st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Anti-Americanism, China, general, Asian Giants, Canada, Canadians, Capitalism, Cheap Labour, Decades, Dictatorship, Economic Expansion, Fools, Giant, Hewers, India, Mixture, New Democracy, Path, Raw Materials, Strife, Totalitarianism, Unmitigated Disaster, Wood China

Those Canadians who hope to see the new Asian giants rival the U.S. in a few decades as the great global engine and the new big market for Canada simply do not realize that such a change would be an unmitigated disaster for us.
China is a brutal one-party dictatorship, a mixture of totalitarianism and unbridled [...]

Subs vs. carriers — Part 2

Posted by Matt in April 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, Aircraft Carriers, Attack Submarine, Billy Mitchell, Giant, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Submarine, Ostfriesland, Pacific Ocean, Patrick Tyler, Policymakers, Soviet Submarine, submarines, Subs, Top Speed, Uss Enterprise, Vulnerability

Similarly, neither U.S. policymakers nor the American public realize the vulnerability of giant aircraft carriers to torpedo attacks from modern fast submarines was demonstrated in 1968 when a fast Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine matched the USS Enterprise at top speed in the Pacific Ocean. That moment, vividly and thoroughly discussed in Patrick Tyler’s “Running Critical,” [...]

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Russian Decline: Population and Health Woes, and Alcoholism

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