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http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-military-proposes-challenge-to-china-sea-claims-1431463920 U.S. Military Proposes Challenge to China Sea Claims Moves would send Navy planes, ships near artificial islands built by China in contested waters The U.S. military is considering using aircraft and Navy shi...

US military satellite explodes above Earth http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11444155/US-military-satellite-explodes-above-Earth.html A US military satellite exploded after detecting an unexplained “sudden spike in temperature”, sending dozens of chunks of debris tumbling into different or...

China has ‘amazing submarines,’ larger fleet than U.S., says Navy admiral http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/26/joseph-mulloy-china-has-amazing-submarines-larger-/ A top U.S. Navy admiral told Congress that China has “amazing submarines,” including more nuclear-powered vessels than the Un...

“Occasionally they came to villages, and at each village they encountered a roadblock of fallen trees. Having had centuries of experience with the smallpox virus, the village elders had instituted their own methods for controlling the virus, according to their received wisdom, which was to cut their...

Moscow Expresses ‘Concern’ for Estonia’s Russian Community A Russian diplomat said Estonia, like Ukraine, needed to respect the rights of its Russian speakers A Russian diplomat voiced “concern” over Estonia’s treatment of its Russian-speaking minority on Wednesday, one day after Russia formally an...

The General Impact Of The Decline Of A Civilization From 'A Study Of Our Decline' by P Atkinson (9/2/2011) When a civilization declines it goes into reverse with all the wealth, power and wisdom realised by its rise being discarded at an ever increasing rate until dissolution. The people will disco...

Well, I guess the world is due for another Cambrian explosion. Nuclear weapons are not going to kill everyone. Of course the war will be more horrific then anyone can imagine, but there's not going to be global nuclear winter or global radiation that kills everyone. A Japanese man who lived through...

I sometimes compare crisis wars to sex. Both are part of our DNA, and both are essential for the survival of the human race. You can frame this in moral terms. There's moral sex and immoral sex. There are moral wars and immoral wars. But none of it can be stopped, or the human race would not surviv...

John, Thanks for your hard work and all the updates. While I completely believe in Generational Dynamics and the forecasts you've made, I am still surprised all this with China is actually playing out. The quote you have posted about being trapped in the horror movie theater after the movie is the o...

Will the U.S. defend Japan? Or will there be a few years after it starts in Asia before the U.S. gets involved?

Kick the can theory probably applies.