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End of the World theories
Making the rounds are theories about black holes, an asteroid strike and shifting magnetic poles. Religious figures have cited passages from the Bible, as well as the Quran.
Very Strange Tsunami
Republicans and Democrats are tied at 46% among registered voters in Gallup’s weekly tracking of congressional voting preferences, marking a shift after five consecutive weeks in which the Republicans held the advantage.
Nostradamus, dead prophet or dead loss?
How did the famous 16th century French seer Nostradamus manage to predict Hitler, or 9/11, or the end of the world in December 2012, as many people believe? According to Peter Lemesurier, widely regarded as the English-speaking world’s leading Nostradamus expert, he didn’t.
Off-shore drilling areas opened from Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean
The opening of petroleum drilling areas in the Gulf of Mexico, off the SE Atlantic coast and north of Alaska was announced by President Obama on March 31(at the same time as the plan for higher gas mileage). According to the White House press release.
Global climate change impacts in the United States.
Following up on the scientific studies about the harm from mountaintop removal mining (see below), the Environmental Protection Agency set what it termed “clear benchmarks for preventing significant and irreversible damage to Appalachian watersheds at risk from mining activity.
BP Gulf Oil Gusher is Worst US Oil Spill by Far
The underwater gusher of crude from the BP rig wreckage in the Gulf is the greatest oil spill disaster the U.S. has ever suffered. The flow from the Deepwater Horizon well has been unstoppable for more than a month, but progress was being made at stemming the flow by May 27th.
New Financial world 2012 and the End of Days
We talked several months ago about how our estimate of when the USD really hits the fan came to be around 2012. That was an accident, not intentional. We mentioned then that we found that very intriguing. That is because the USD is so central to our present financial world that, if it fell apart.
Surviving Economic Anarchy
Many financial experts believe our greatest near term risk is that of social anarchy, brought on by an economic collapse, or an attack on our infrastructure.
