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In the Year 2025...

Sat, 11/22/2008 - 3:00am — amberglow

2025: the end of US dominance --
the National Intelligence Council global trends review is out, and contrary to 2004's rosy view of 2020-- still dominated by US and with oil to burn--the new forecast sees things very differently. (pdf link to full report at bottom article)

"... the world is entering an increasingly unstable and unpredictable period in which the advance of western-style democracy is no longer assured, and some states are in danger of being "taken over and run by criminal networks". ..."

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on resources--

By amberglow on Sat, 11/22/2008 - 3:06am

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/20... -- "Rich governments and corporations are triggering alarm for the poor as they buy up the rights to millions of hectares of agricultural land in developing countries in an effort to secure their own long-term food supplies. ..."

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where in the hell

By herb the verb on Sat, 11/22/2008 - 3:07pm

did they get that idea?

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seriously--

By amberglow on Sat, 11/22/2008 - 6:27pm

this the third criminal network running things here since the 60s, after all--note they don't talk about punishment tho.

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