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Yoda: One Shipping Company Collapses – Butterfly Effect on the World….

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yoda with light saber“Tremendous Ripple Effects” – Retailers Demand Bailout After Hanjin Collapse Paralyzes Trade

When we first reported about the imminent paralysis of an unknown number of global supply chains and a potential shock in worldwide trade as a result of the historic bankruptcy of Hanjing Shipping, one of the world's largest container shipping companies which handles 8% of Trans-Pacific trade volume for the US market, we concluded that “the global implications from the bankruptcy are unknown: if, as expected, the company's ships remain “frozen” and inaccessible for weeks if not months, the impact on global supply chains will be devastating, potentially resulting in a cascading waterfall effect, whose impact on global economies could be severe as a result of the worldwide logistics chaos.

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Jon Rappoport: Understanding Zika & Inner Cities

Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence
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‘Safe’ Zika pesticide nukes millions of bees

Millions of bees have just died in South Carolina, because Dorchester County officials decided to attack Zika mosquitoes from the air, from planes, with a pesticide called Naled. The Washington Post reports, in an article headlined: “‘Like it’s been nuked’: Millions of bees dead after South Carolina sprays for Zika mosquitoes.”

Message to Colin Kaepernick: the real disaster of inner cities

Mr. Kaepernick: As you keep sitting down or kneeling during the National Anthem, you keep focusing on police brutality. Many people now see incidents of this brutality as THE face of what is ruining life in the inner cities of America. They’re wrong. When people buy the wrong problem, they’ll never find the right solution. Police brutality is not what is ruining life in the inner cities of America. I offer you a different perspective, in an article I wrote recently: “The gift that keeps on giving: inner cities, violence, poverty, gangs, drugs, BLM, shaming, guilt, Globalism”

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Mongoose: Doug Casey on Why the U.S. Global RoboCop Is Going to Self-Destruct

Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
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Doug Casey on Why the U.S. Global RoboCop Is Going to Self-Destruct

What set Western Civilization—and America, in particular—apart was the elevation of persuasion over force… That’s why we became the wealthiest society in history. But our bloated military, and all of our foreign adventures, are going to bankrupt us while making millions of enemies who want revenge.

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Berto Jongman: US National Debt =$20 Trillion (Not Counting Gold Debt to China and Indonesia)

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US National Debt Reaches Record High, But No One Knows How to Handle it

The national debt of the United States has surpassed $19.5 trillion. According to the US Treasury, the debt will reach $20 trillion by the end of Barack Obama’s term.

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Parag Khanna: USA Losing the New Arms Race

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Parag Khanna

The New Arms Race

Connectivity and Competition

Whereas the United States sees China through the lens of defense, Europe’s view of China is shaped by its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies. Of the 25 top EPC companies in the world, 23 are European and Asian (Bechtel and Fluor are the only American firms that make the list).

There is no doubt that China’s infrastructure-driven grand strategy is crafted to last at least two generations, riding out any changes of government in host countries along the way. The United States, too, needs a strategy not just for the next administration but for the rest of this century. Even though the country is geographically detached from Eurasia, three factors ensure that it will remain a deeply essential superpower for connectivity for at least two decades: Energy, money, and technology.

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