The Coming Flood that Will Wreck Paris – Newsweek.com

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

Published in Disasters, 100th Anniversary, 90th Anniversary, Archival Photographs, Centennial, Collective Consciousness, Disaster, Epic, France, Great Flood, Great War, Last Time, Locals, Newsweek, Paris, Public Authorities, Replay, Veteran, Wwi Armistice

The Great Paris Flood of 1910 will happen again—and it’ll be even worse than last time.
The Great Paris Flood of 1910 began a century ago this week, but it never quite subsided. Indeed, as locals ponder surreal archival photographs on display now in Paris to mark that epic disaster, there is something patently eerie about [...]

Afghanistan’s drug war has failed | Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in August 1st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Asia, Afghanistan, Antonio Maria, Christopher Dickey, Drug War, Drugs And Crime, drugwar, Eradication, Executive Director, Frequent Visitor, Locals, Maria Costa, Narcotics, Newsweek, Newsweek International, Nexus, Opium Trade, Pak Envoy, Poppies, Richard Holbrooke, Taliban, War Story, Waste Of Money

After spending years and hundreds of millions of dollars trying to eradicate the fields of poppies that produce opium in Afghanistan, the United States suddenly announced in June that, in the words of special Af-Pak envoy Richard Holbrooke, “eradication is a waste of money.” Instead, NATO and Afghan forces are trying to focus on the [...]

Mexico’s Instability Is a Real Problem

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

Published in Mexico, Assault Rifles, Civil Government, Collapse, Dance Clubs, Defense Planners, Drug Gangs, Drug Violence, Drug War, Extortion, Failed State, Fragmentation Grenades, Kidnappings, Locals, Mexican Vacation, Mexico, Mexico Vacation, Midst, Military Weaponry, Pakistan, Pentagon, Pentagon Study, Police Officers, Policeman, Risk, Rough And Tumble, Security Environment, Study Concludes That, Tijuana, Wholesale, Wsj

Don’t discount the possibility of a failed state next door.
Mexico is now in the midst of a vicious drug war. Police officers are being bribed and, especially near the United States border, gunned down. Kidnappings and extortion are common place. And, most alarming of all, a new Pentagon study concludes that Mexico is at risk [...]

Avian flu in southern China

Posted by Matt in July 3rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Disease, 1 Billion, Avian Flu, Avian Influenza, Booths, Caution, Chickens, Flu, Hk, Hong Kong, Influenza, Locals, Misery, Southern China, Suspicions

The government’s caution arouses suspicions about what it knows
ALMOST as long as it has had people, Hong Kong has had booths selling squawking live chickens. They are treasured by locals who spurn frozen meat, finding it tasteless. But after the latest in a series of outbreaks of avian influenza, the government has offered HK$1 billion [...]

A Burmese Tragedy

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

Published in Asia, Apocalypse, Berlin, Blow, Burma, Burmese Junta, Catastrophe, Cyclone, Disastrous Consequences, Foreign Aid, Locals, Military Regime, Mistrust, myanmar, Nature, Photo Gallery, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, Thilo, Tragedy, Tsunami, Worst Natural Disaster

‘LIKE THE APOCALYPSE’
The worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami has hit Burma, home to a despotic military regime. Despite a storm that locals claimed was “like the apocalypse,” the junta sought to complicate the arrival of any foreign aid out of mistrust of the West. By Jürgen Kremb and Thilo Thielke more…

Interactive Graphic: Cyclone [...]

Global food crisis sparks US survivalist resurgence

Posted by Matt in April 27th, 2008 | 1 comment

Published in general, Australia, Blog, Crisis, food, Food Crisis, Global Food, Hoard, Intelligence Officer, Locals, Movement One, Rawles, Resurgence, Signs, Sparks, Stocking, survivalist, United States

So far the threat of a global food crisis has not affected Australia, but there are worrying signs appearing in the United States where some worried locals are beginning to hoard supplies.
Two bulk US retailers are rationing some sales of imported rice and that’s been enough for some Americans to begin stocking up.
It has also [...]

America’s China Worries – Part III

Posted by Matt in April 26th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, American Presence, beijing, Bush Administration, China Threat, China Worries, Chinese Government, Chinese Immigrants, Chinese Presence, Doorstep, Dramatic Reversal, Global Trade, Locals, Neglect, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Resentment, Rise Of China, Surges, Taiwanese Immigrants, Trade Imbalance, Unprecedented Heights, Violent Protest, Wto China

Growing Chinese presence in the Pacific islands unsettles locals and poses questions for the US
In recent decades, the South Pacific has been a friendly region for the US and its interests, including islands that sit on Asia’s doorstep. But the rise of China and its growing interest in the Pacific islands may be emerging as [...]