strategypage.com - 11/29/2008
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November 28, 2008: The U.S. National Intelligence Council recently issued a report, directed at national leaders; "Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World". Would you believe, the Executive Summary is about eight pages long? Few senior people have enough patience to wade through that. ...
theatlantic.com - 12/4/2008
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theatlantic.com —
“Be Nice to the Countries That Lend You
Money” Image credit: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg News/Landov A mericans know...
that China has financed much of their nation’s public and private debt. During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama and John McCain ...
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“Be Nice to the Countries That Lend You ...
atimes.com - 12/4/2008
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atimes.com —
China’s six-to-one advantage over the US By Spengler
America outspends China on defense by a margin of...
more than six to one, the Pentagon estimates. [1] In another strategic dimension, though, China already holds a six-to-one advantage over the ...
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Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, ...
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com - 12/3/2008
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jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com —
Those medieval stoners sure got around. A light-haired
Caucasian man with a huge stash of green buds...
over in China.Researchers say they have located the world's oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China. The cache of cannabis is ...
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World's Oldest Weed Dealer, Primo Stash Unearthed in China
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CHINA FACES a sexual crisis….
Instapundit —
CHINA FACES a sexual crisis.
They Pay These Guys For This Stuff?
Daily Pundit —
Leadership: China Faces A Sexual Crises
Unprecedented economic growth, and a global population that has 1.5 billion more people, will put pressure on resources. There’s not enough energy, food, and water to support the rising expectations of the growing middle class in China and India.
Yes, yes, doom and gloom as far as the future eye can see - as long as you assume that the future will be exactly like the past - except for the minor problem that that has never, ever been true.
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