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One of most intriguing Bible prophecies about the end times has to do with Isaiah 17. The prophecies in Isaiah 17 point to the destruction of Damascus, Syria. The Bible states that the destruction of Damascus will be so great that the city will be nothing but a "ruinous heap" after the fulfillment of the ancient prophecy. This is noteworthy because presently the city is recognized as the world's longest constantly inhabited city. The utter destruction of Damascus will be an event that only God could have predicted, yet he warns in Isaiah 17 that Damascus does have a date with destiny in the prophetic future:
Isa 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Interesting in light of present day happenings, no?
That alliance has been in place for the past 12 years for anyone paying attention to what has been happening.
What are you smoking? I want some -- lol.
One of the cardinal rules of banking states that during a currency crisis good money leaves and there is a rush for specie or hard assets. I will tell you right now that the first victim of the currency war initiated by the Japanese has succumbed. India has a massive banking crisis the biggest in their history and this will begin to affect the Asian Tigers ( Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines) The down turn in those respective economies will affect China and the entire ASEAN group as well as Australia and New Zealand.
This will put further stress upon the Global economy as now there no escape for anyone what so ever. The Japanese Seppuku has disemboweled toxicity over the JPY and the carry trades for them. More system risk in an already bloated tumor mass of US dollars, Euro', Yen's and now Rupees. The third member of the BRICS is now in serious trouble, as once again incompetent Keynesian central bankers have made a bad situation that could have been rectified, worse. This will affect the proposals of the BRICS development bank and I feel that India's malaise was planned to prevent the the very formation of the IMF rival. The reason for that, is the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) heads have decided to implement various capital controls, tariffs and penalties. This did nothing but once again create even higher demand in Gold, create a massive precious metals Black Market and drove good capital and foreign investments right of the country. It seems central bankers are not human as time and time again they fail to understand human nature and underestimate the power of the free market in their hubris and bloated ignorance.
The Indian crisis and the soon spiraling ASEAN and Asian Tigers will cause many of them (their governments) to begin to play bullion bank roles and lease out their Gold in order to build much needed capital that will most likely be paid out as bandages to prop up vital industries for a matter of a few weeks at best. This will create another gold buying rush in South East Asia and will be another factor in driving up gold prices skyward.
Now unto Syria. The latest drumbeats are an imminent strike by Thursday,there are massive fears in the market and oil prices are surging. There have been reports put out by Big Banks like SocGen and Goldman Sachs that oil can bloom to $150 a barrel if the Syrian conflict goes hot with involvement from Russia and China. The news that I have gotten from my sources run inverse to what many are saying. Take this with a grain of salt but the imminent strike on Syria if it goes through tomorrow will be limited with less than 40 targets. From what I have heard is that this administration has leaked on purpose the sites targeted for strike. They have made it a point to tell Bashar that he is not in any danger and that this is a show of force based on the ruse of a chemical weapons discharge that requires an "international" response. In essence America is playing cop and have to slap the wrist of the evildoer. Barry O. will be meeting with Putin next week to broker a deal to include Russia a place at the table. In other words the banksters are NOT yet ready to pull the trigger NOW in August. But come October all bets will be off.
What that simply means is this. Russia will not respond to the limited action against Syria so long as Russian assets are not harmed. Hence Putin also has the targeted sites given to him by Barry . Bashar will move his assets/weapons and this will be a simple show. A show for what? A market reaction test to see how high the fear will build and a needed distraction that will allow more assets to be stolen and more draconian legislation to be passed. Look for the UN small arms treaty, as well as various tests and drills around the country as DHS will be working over time. Again take it for what it's worth, World War 3 does not kick off tomorrow but by October all bets are off. I sense any deal brokered by Barry will be reneged and Putin will feel the sting of the American back stab. At that point it was a pleasure to know some of you and it was an honor serving all of you through the internet and radio. The implosion has started but not yet.
http://www.stevequayle.com/index.php?s=598&d=18
One of the cardinal rules of banking states that during a currency crisis good money leaves and there is a rush for specie or hard assets. I will tell you right now that the first victim of the currency war initiated by the Japanese has succumbed. India has a massive banking crisis the biggest in their history and this will begin to affect the Asian Tigers ( Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines) The down turn in those respective economies will affect China and the entire ASEAN group as well as Australia and New Zealand.
This will put further stress upon the Global economy as now there no escape for anyone what so ever. The Japanese Seppuku has disemboweled toxicity over the JPY and the carry trades for them. More system risk in an already bloated tumor mass of US dollars, Euro', Yen's and now Rupees. The third member of the BRICS is now in serious trouble, as once again incompetent Keynesian central bankers have made a bad situation that could have been rectified, worse. This will affect the proposals of the BRICS development bank and I feel that India's malaise was planned to prevent the the very formation of the IMF rival. The reason for that, is the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) heads have decided to implement various capital controls, tariffs and penalties. This did nothing but once again create even higher demand in Gold, create a massive precious metals Black Market and drove good capital and foreign investments right of the country. It seems central bankers are not human as time and time again they fail to understand human nature and underestimate the power of the free market in their hubris and bloated ignorance.
The Indian crisis and the soon spiraling ASEAN and Asian Tigers will cause many of them (their governments) to begin to play bullion bank roles and lease out their Gold in order to build much needed capital that will most likely be paid out as bandages to prop up vital industries for a matter of a few weeks at best. This will create another gold buying rush in South East Asia and will be another factor in driving up gold prices skyward.
Now unto Syria. The latest drumbeats are an imminent strike by Thursday,there are massive fears in the market and oil prices are surging. There have been reports put out by Big Banks like SocGen and Goldman Sachs that oil can bloom to $150 a barrel if the Syrian conflict goes hot with involvement from Russia and China. The news that I have gotten from my sources run inverse to what many are saying. Take this with a grain of salt but the imminent strike on Syria if it goes through tomorrow will be limited with less than 40 targets. From what I have heard is that this administration has leaked on purpose the sites targeted for strike. They have made it a point to tell Bashar that he is not in any danger and that this is a show of force based on the ruse of a chemical weapons discharge that requires an "international" response. In essence America is playing cop and have to slap the wrist of the evildoer. Barry O. will be meeting with Putin next week to broker a deal to include Russia a place at the table. In other words the banksters are NOT yet ready to pull the trigger NOW in August. But come October all bets will be off.
What that simply means is this. Russia will not respond to the limited action against Syria so long as Russian assets are not harmed. Hence Putin also has the targeted sites given to him by Barry . Bashar will move his assets/weapons and this will be a simple show. A show for what? A market reaction test to see how high the fear will build and a needed distraction that will allow more assets to be stolen and more draconian legislation to be passed. Look for the UN small arms treaty, as well as various tests and drills around the country as DHS will be working over time. Again take it for what it's worth, World War 3 does not kick off tomorrow but by October all bets are off. I sense any deal brokered by Barry will be reneged and Putin will feel the sting of the American back stab. At that point it was a pleasure to know some of you and it was an honor serving all of you through the internet and radio. The implosion has started but not yet.
http://www.stevequayle.com/index.php?s=598&d=18
One of the cardinal rules of banking states that during a currency crisis good money leaves and there is a rush for specie or hard assets. I will tell you right now that the first victim of the currency war initiated by the Japanese has succumbed. India has a massive banking crisis the biggest in their history and this will begin to affect the Asian Tigers ( Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines) The down turn in those respective economies will affect China and the entire ASEAN group as well as Australia and New Zealand.
This will put further stress upon the Global economy as now there no escape for anyone what so ever. The Japanese Seppuku has disemboweled toxicity over the JPY and the carry trades for them. More system risk in an already bloated tumor mass of US dollars, Euro', Yen's and now Rupees. The third member of the BRICS is now in serious trouble, as once again incompetent Keynesian central bankers have made a bad situation that could have been rectified, worse. This will affect the proposals of the BRICS development bank and I feel that India's malaise was planned to prevent the the very formation of the IMF rival. The reason for that, is the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) heads have decided to implement various capital controls, tariffs and penalties. This did nothing but once again create even higher demand in Gold, create a massive precious metals Black Market and drove good capital and foreign investments right of the country. It seems central bankers are not human as time and time again they fail to understand human nature and underestimate the power of the free market in their hubris and bloated ignorance.
The Indian crisis and the soon spiraling ASEAN and Asian Tigers will cause many of them (their governments) to begin to play bullion bank roles and lease out their Gold in order to build much needed capital that will most likely be paid out as bandages to prop up vital industries for a matter of a few weeks at best. This will create another gold buying rush in South East Asia and will be another factor in driving up gold prices skyward.
Now unto Syria. The latest drumbeats are an imminent strike by Thursday,there are massive fears in the market and oil prices are surging. There have been reports put out by Big Banks like SocGen and Goldman Sachs that oil can bloom to $150 a barrel if the Syrian conflict goes hot with involvement from Russia and China. The news that I have gotten from my sources run inverse to what many are saying. Take this with a grain of salt but the imminent strike on Syria if it goes through tomorrow will be limited with less than 40 targets. From what I have heard is that this administration has leaked on purpose the sites targeted for strike. They have made it a point to tell Bashar that he is not in any danger and that this is a show of force based on the ruse of a chemical weapons discharge that requires an "international" response. In essence America is playing cop and have to slap the wrist of the evildoer. Barry O. will be meeting with Putin next week to broker a deal to include Russia a place at the table. In other words the banksters are NOT yet ready to pull the trigger NOW in August. But come October all bets will be off.
What that simply means is this. Russia will not respond to the limited action against Syria so long as Russian assets are not harmed. Hence Putin also has the targeted sites given to him by Barry . Bashar will move his assets/weapons and this will be a simple show. A show for what? A market reaction test to see how high the fear will build and a needed distraction that will allow more assets to be stolen and more draconian legislation to be passed. Look for the UN small arms treaty, as well as various tests and drills around the country as DHS will be working over time. Again take it for what it's worth, World War 3 does not kick off tomorrow but by October all bets are off. I sense any deal brokered by Barry will be reneged and Putin will feel the sting of the American back stab. At that point it was a pleasure to know some of you and it was an honor serving all of you through the internet and radio. The implosion has started but not yet.
http://www.stevequayle.com/index.php?s=598&d=18
You think Jesus was special? Well our venerable "leader" doesn't quite agree. His words betray what he really thinks in his heart:
"I heard Obama quip to someone standing nearby: 'Man, can you believe they have me speaking tomorrow, 50 years to the day of the greatest speech ever given. That's like following Jesus.'"
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/08/28/obama-mlk-jesus-march-commemoration-washington-column/2715871/
Can it get worse and more disgusting? YES IT CAN!
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/08/24/revamped-american-flag-shows-up-in-d-c-today/
You think Jesus was special? Well our venerable "leader" doesn't quite agree. His words betray what he really thinks in his heart:
"I heard Obama quip to someone standing nearby: 'Man, can you believe they have me speaking tomorrow, 50 years to the day of the greatest speech ever given. That's like following Jesus.'"
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/08/28/obama-mlk-jesus-march-commemoration-washington-column/2715871/
Can it get worse and more disgusting? YES IT CAN!
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/08/24/revamped-american-flag-shows-up-in-d-c-today/
You think Jesus was special? Well our venerable "leader" doesn't quite agree. His words betray what he really thinks in his heart:
"I heard Obama quip to someone standing nearby: 'Man, can you believe they have me speaking tomorrow, 50 years to the day of the greatest speech ever given. That's like following Jesus.'"
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/08/28/obama-mlk-jesus-march-commemoration-washington-column/2715871/
Can it get worse and more disgusting? YES IT CAN!
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/08/24/revamped-american-flag-shows-up-in-d-c-today/
Yep. With the economic issues, syria, an entitled society, race relations at all-time low due to admin pushing, and hatred for policing the world, anything could happen.
They believe their "neighbors" will band together and help each other. They believe most people are "good." Hungry people are mostly pure evil.
Can you imagine the moaning and disbelief when things actually break down for these died in the wool liberals who actually believe their gov't cares about them?
How about food? When the shelves are empty, where do you go? Apart from a total collapse, gold may hit $5,000 long before $560.
Seems gold is moving up and markets down. You do realize that TRUE voodoo economics -- that is, printing money from a monopoly machine in the trillions for many years with NOTHING to back it up -- will eventually fail, and chaos will ensue? If ANYTHING returns to have a perceived VALUE, it most probably will be gold and silver.
You seem to be one of the sheeple who actually believe that these evil, FED-loving gov'ts can pull the magic rabbit out of the hat indefinitely. Nothing lasts forever, my friend.
Tip -- don't spend all your money on stocks and activities the PTB say you should. Spend a bit on things you might not be able to get if the worst scenario you can imagine, and laugh at others about, were actually to occur.
Nothing this gov't does anymore makes sense to a rational mind, so even the unthinkable must be contemplated. Power-crazed, evil men might do anything.
"Folks, this has all the makings of the start of a World War."
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/the-game-changer-syria-will-strike-israel-should-u-s-attack_08262013
"In short we have been set up by our own iniquity for total destruction."
http://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2013/08/beyond-a-fiery-gate-lies-our-destiny-2453072.html
"Folks, this has all the makings of the start of a World War."
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/the-game-changer-syria-will-strike-israel-should-u-s-attack_08262013
"In short we have been set up by our own iniquity for total destruction."
http://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2013/08/beyond-a-fiery-gate-lies-our-destiny-2453072.html
Or . . . . "Folks, this has all the makings of the start of a World War."
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/the-game-changer-syria-will-strike-israel-should-u-s-attack_08262013
"In short we have been set up by our own iniquity for total destruction."
http://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2013/08/beyond-a-fiery-gate-lies-our-destiny-2453072.html
Seriously, you could have just as easily said this, and the TRUTH is still the SAME:
Seriously, I posted it on the wrong board. If I started posting all the dem idiocies committed by CongressTwits here it might cause people to abandon their absolute faith in the Mighty Democrat Party & simply desert all the political fine discussion groups. That would break every moderator's flinty lil' 'ol heart...which would be a sin.
I've nevah sinned in that way...and I'm not about to start now.
Besides...we need the Mighty Democrat Party to maintain the two party fiction that's worked so well for 200+ years. Too much exposure of certain dem foibles just isn't a good idea...know what I mean?
I know what you mean, and anyone who thinks there even IS a 2-party system anymore is delusional.
Want to go even further down the rabbit hole?
http://thecommonsenseshow.com/2013/08/24/what-time-is-the-invasion/
Oh, come on. Put it back! I had so many counters to that one as well -- lol.
Seriously?? Once again, I am amazed how two intelligent people can disagree so completely on issues!
At this juncture, neither I,, nor any other conscientious Americans, seek to disenfranchise gays; we are simply opposed to their lobby’s far-left entrenchment and their attempts to redefine morality, marriage and their Orwellian desire for universal “imposed legitimacy.” What’s going on now is nothing more than boilerplate far left intimidation and mass-scale brainwashing.
This has nothing whatsoever to do with the belief that homosexuality is icky. It has nothing to do with homosexuality being unbiblical. Activist gays and those who support them politically are the ones with whom traditionally-grounded people take exception. If a gay person supports the gay political agenda, they’re no different than anyone else who supports furthering progressive ideology that has already proven itself to be detrimental to our nation and our society.
http://www.wnd.com/2009/07/103409/
It should not be surprising that LGBTs have more wealth in general than non-LGBT Americans. For one thing, LGBT’s are strongly over-represented in elite academia. While LGBT’s are generally found to be roughly 4% of the general population, they are over ten percent at many elite universities . . .
Neither are these the only advantages gays enjoy. As Ruse goes on to write, “They are lauded in the media and in the popular culture [and] their cause is championed by what Fr. Neuhaus called the ‘prestige media.’
AND YET, LGBTs do suffer certain forms of social opposition and disadvantage. They may lose their jobs because heterosexual colleagues are uncomfortable around them. They struggle with a whole set of issues around medical care, retirement and partner benefits that heterosexuals do not. And far, far too many gays have suffered verbal abuse, and sometimes even physical abuse, from non-LGBT’s, including non-LGBT Christians.
In other words, the question of whether a particular group suffers unjust forms of social opposition is not a simple question. And for all my gay and lesbian friend and readers who are agreeing with me right now — “Yes, absolutely right, you can be doing fine in some ways and yet suffering attacks at the same time!” — I want to ask: Why should it be any different when it comes to evangelical Christians?
Evangelical Christians are frequently mocked for crying out that they are “persecuted” (although I almost never see that term used) when they are denigrated in popular media or when the culture turns holidays sacred to them into areligious consumeristic feeding frenzies. In fact, a couple hours ago, Rachel Held Evans extended her usual mockery to the notion, this time in relation to Louie Giglio’s invitation and then exclusion from the inauguration ceremony. She points to how “we live in a country in which the majority of its citizens are Christians” and then she torches the straw man: “Not getting your way in every area of civic life,” she writes, “is not persecution.”
Granted, but who claimed that it is? And what does “Christians” have to do with it? The majority of Americans are not evangelical (which is what’s really under discussion here), and evangelicals are treated unjustly in many spheres of civic life. While evangelicals have political power due to their sheer voting numbers, and while the worst (and therefore most-quoted) evangelical commentators can be terribly ungracious in their use of the power of the megaphone, it’s nevertheless true that evangelicals are frequently mocked in popular culture, frequently given a raw deal in academia and elite media, and evangelicals who hold to traditional views of sexual ethics are — as the Louie Giglio affair shows — increasingly shoved to the side of the public square.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/philosophicalfragments/2013/01/11/help-were-gay-and-were-being-oppressed/
You know that song, "It's a man's world?" Well, in today's liberal, "progressive," moral-LESS world, "It's a MINORITIES' world!" And if you are ILLEGAL or Muslim, it's REALLY your world! Just ask Barry!
Even worse -- soon, the word "minority" will no longer mean what it is supposed to mean. In fact, it will mean the opposite!
EVEN WORSE WORSE -- the DC and bankster crowd are doing all in their power to open the floodgates to any kind of immigration, with the purpose of taxing the systems to bring about a quicker collapse, IMO.
Read the list of facts, and ask yourself, "Is there any doubt that at some point, China will insist the Petrodollar changes to the PetroYuan, and then it's game over for the US?"
#1 When you total up all imports and exports of goods, China is now the number one trading nation on the entire planet.
#2 During 2012, we sold about 110 billion dollars worth of stuff to the Chinese, but they sold about 425 billion dollars worth of stuff to us. That was the largest trade deficit that one nation has had with another nation in the history of the world.
#3 Overall, the U.S. has run a trade deficit with China over the past decade that comes to more than 2.3 trillion dollars.
#4 China now has the largest new car market in the entire world.
#5 China has more foreign currency reserves than anyone else on the planet.
#6 China is the number one gold producer in the world.
#7 China is also the number one gold importer in the world.
#8 The uniforms for the U.S. Olympic team were made in China.
#9 85 percent of all artificial Christmas trees are made in China.
#10 The new World Trade Center tower is going to include glass that has been imported from China.
#11 The new Martin Luther King memorial on the National Mall was made in China.
#12 One of the reasons it is so hard to export stuff to China is because of their tariffs. According to the New York Times, a Jeep Grand Cherokee that costs $27,490 in the United States costs about $85,000 in China thanks to all the tariffs.
#13 The Chinese economy has grown 7 times faster than the U.S. economy has over the past decade.
#14 The United States has lost a staggering 32 percent of its manufacturing jobs since the year 2000.
#15 The United States has lost an average of 50,000 manufacturing jobs per month since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.
#16 Overall, the United States has lost a total of more than 56,000 manufacturing facilities since 2001.
#17 According to the Economic Policy Institute, America is losing half a million jobs to China every single year.
#18 China now produces more than twice as many automobiles as the United States does.
#19 Since the auto industry bailout, approximately 70 percent of all GM vehicles have been built outside the United States.
#20 After being bailed out by U.S. taxpayers, General Motors is currently involved in 11 joint ventures with companies owned by the Chinese government. The price for entering into many of these “joint ventures” was a transfer of “state of the art technology” from General Motors to the communist Chinese.
#21 Back in 1998, the United States had 25 percent of the world’s high-tech export market and China had just 10 percent. Ten years later, the United States had less than 15 percent and China’s share had soared to 20 percent.
#22 The United States has lost more than a quarter of all of its high-tech manufacturing jobs over the past ten years.
#23 China’s number one export to the U.S. is computer equipment, but the number one U.S. export to China is “scrap and trash”.
#24 The U.S. trade deficit with China is now more than 30 times larger than it was back in 1990.
#25 China now consumes more energy than the United States does.
#26 China is now the leading manufacturer of goods in the entire world.
#27 China uses more cement than the rest of the world combined.
#28 China is now the number one producer of wind and solar power on the entire globe.
#29 There are more pigs in China than in the next 43 pork producing nations combined.
#30 Today, China produces nearly twice as much beer as the United States does.
#31 Right now, China is producing more than three times as much coal as the United States does.
#33 China now produces 11 times as much steel as the United States does.
#34 China produces more than 90 percent of the global supply of rare earth elements.
#35 China is now the number one supplier of components that are critical to the operation of U.S. defense systems.
#36 A recent investigation by the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services found more than one million counterfeit Chinese parts in the Department of Defense supply chain.
#37 15 years ago, China was 14th in the world in published scientific research articles. But now, China is expected to pass the United States and become number one very shortly.
#38 China now awards more doctoral degrees in engineering each year than the United States does.
#39 The average household debt load in the United States is 136% of average household income. In China, the average household debt load is 17% of average household income.
#40 The Chinese have begun to buy up huge amounts of U.S. real estate. In fact, Chinese citizens purchased one out of every ten homes that were sold in the state of California in 2011.
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/the-secret-document-that-proves-china-considers-the-united-states-to-be-a-mortal-enemy_082013
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-20/guest-post-coming-collapse-petrodollar-system
Read the list of facts, and ask yourself, "Is there any doubt that at some point, China will insist the Petrodollar changes to the PetroYuan, and then it's game over for the US?"
#1 When you total up all imports and exports of goods, China is now the number one trading nation on the entire planet.
#2 During 2012, we sold about 110 billion dollars worth of stuff to the Chinese, but they sold about 425 billion dollars worth of stuff to us. That was the largest trade deficit that one nation has had with another nation in the history of the world.
#3 Overall, the U.S. has run a trade deficit with China over the past decade that comes to more than 2.3 trillion dollars.
#4 China now has the largest new car market in the entire world.
#5 China has more foreign currency reserves than anyone else on the planet.
#6 China is the number one gold producer in the world.
#7 China is also the number one gold importer in the world.
#8 The uniforms for the U.S. Olympic team were made in China.
#9 85 percent of all artificial Christmas trees are made in China.
#10 The new World Trade Center tower is going to include glass that has been imported from China.
#11 The new Martin Luther King memorial on the National Mall was made in China.
#12 One of the reasons it is so hard to export stuff to China is because of their tariffs. According to the New York Times, a Jeep Grand Cherokee that costs $27,490 in the United States costs about $85,000 in China thanks to all the tariffs.
#13 The Chinese economy has grown 7 times faster than the U.S. economy has over the past decade.
#14 The United States has lost a staggering 32 percent of its manufacturing jobs since the year 2000.
#15 The United States has lost an average of 50,000 manufacturing jobs per month since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.
#16 Overall, the United States has lost a total of more than 56,000 manufacturing facilities since 2001.
#17 According to the Economic Policy Institute, America is losing half a million jobs to China every single year.
#18 China now produces more than twice as many automobiles as the United States does.
#19 Since the auto industry bailout, approximately 70 percent of all GM vehicles have been built outside the United States.
#20 After being bailed out by U.S. taxpayers, General Motors is currently involved in 11 joint ventures with companies owned by the Chinese government. The price for entering into many of these “joint ventures” was a transfer of “state of the art technology” from General Motors to the communist Chinese.
#21 Back in 1998, the United States had 25 percent of the world’s high-tech export market and China had just 10 percent. Ten years later, the United States had less than 15 percent and China’s share had soared to 20 percent.
#22 The United States has lost more than a quarter of all of its high-tech manufacturing jobs over the past ten years.
#23 China’s number one export to the U.S. is computer equipment, but the number one U.S. export to China is “scrap and trash”.
#24 The U.S. trade deficit with China is now more than 30 times larger than it was back in 1990.
#25 China now consumes more energy than the United States does.
#26 China is now the leading manufacturer of goods in the entire world.
#27 China uses more cement than the rest of the world combined.
#28 China is now the number one producer of wind and solar power on the entire globe.
#29 There are more pigs in China than in the next 43 pork producing nations combined.
#30 Today, China produces nearly twice as much beer as the United States does.
#31 Right now, China is producing more than three times as much coal as the United States does.
#33 China now produces 11 times as much steel as the United States does.
#34 China produces more than 90 percent of the global supply of rare earth elements.
#35 China is now the number one supplier of components that are critical to the operation of U.S. defense systems.
#36 A recent investigation by the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services found more than one million counterfeit Chinese parts in the Department of Defense supply chain.
#37 15 years ago, China was 14th in the world in published scientific research articles. But now, China is expected to pass the United States and become number one very shortly.
#38 China now awards more doctoral degrees in engineering each year than the United States does.
#39 The average household debt load in the United States is 136% of average household income. In China, the average household debt load is 17% of average household income.
#40 The Chinese have begun to buy up huge amounts of U.S. real estate. In fact, Chinese citizens purchased one out of every ten homes that were sold in the state of California in 2011.
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/the-secret-document-that-proves-china-considers-the-united-states-to-be-a-mortal-enemy_082013
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-20/guest-post-coming-collapse-petrodollar-system
Read the list of facts, and ask yourself, "Is there any doubt that at some point, China will insist the Petrodollar changes to the PetroYuan, and then it's game over for the US?"
#1 When you total up all imports and exports of goods, China is now the number one trading nation on the entire planet.
#2 During 2012, we sold about 110 billion dollars worth of stuff to the Chinese, but they sold about 425 billion dollars worth of stuff to us. That was the largest trade deficit that one nation has had with another nation in the history of the world.
#3 Overall, the U.S. has run a trade deficit with China over the past decade that comes to more than 2.3 trillion dollars.
#4 China now has the largest new car market in the entire world.
#5 China has more foreign currency reserves than anyone else on the planet.
#6 China is the number one gold producer in the world.
#7 China is also the number one gold importer in the world.
#8 The uniforms for the U.S. Olympic team were made in China.
#9 85 percent of all artificial Christmas trees are made in China.
#10 The new World Trade Center tower is going to include glass that has been imported from China.
#11 The new Martin Luther King memorial on the National Mall was made in China.
#12 One of the reasons it is so hard to export stuff to China is because of their tariffs. According to the New York Times, a Jeep Grand Cherokee that costs $27,490 in the United States costs about $85,000 in China thanks to all the tariffs.
#13 The Chinese economy has grown 7 times faster than the U.S. economy has over the past decade.
#14 The United States has lost a staggering 32 percent of its manufacturing jobs since the year 2000.
#15 The United States has lost an average of 50,000 manufacturing jobs per month since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.
#16 Overall, the United States has lost a total of more than 56,000 manufacturing facilities since 2001.
#17 According to the Economic Policy Institute, America is losing half a million jobs to China every single year.
#18 China now produces more than twice as many automobiles as the United States does.
#19 Since the auto industry bailout, approximately 70 percent of all GM vehicles have been built outside the United States.
#20 After being bailed out by U.S. taxpayers, General Motors is currently involved in 11 joint ventures with companies owned by the Chinese government. The price for entering into many of these “joint ventures” was a transfer of “state of the art technology” from General Motors to the communist Chinese.
#21 Back in 1998, the United States had 25 percent of the world’s high-tech export market and China had just 10 percent. Ten years later, the United States had less than 15 percent and China’s share had soared to 20 percent.
#22 The United States has lost more than a quarter of all of its high-tech manufacturing jobs over the past ten years.
#23 China’s number one export to the U.S. is computer equipment, but the number one U.S. export to China is “scrap and trash”.
#24 The U.S. trade deficit with China is now more than 30 times larger than it was back in 1990.
#25 China now consumes more energy than the United States does.
#26 China is now the leading manufacturer of goods in the entire world.
#27 China uses more cement than the rest of the world combined.
#28 China is now the number one producer of wind and solar power on the entire globe.
#29 There are more pigs in China than in the next 43 pork producing nations combined.
#30 Today, China produces nearly twice as much beer as the United States does.
#31 Right now, China is producing more than three times as much coal as the United States does.
#33 China now produces 11 times as much steel as the United States does.
#34 China produces more than 90 percent of the global supply of rare earth elements.
#35 China is now the number one supplier of components that are critical to the operation of U.S. defense systems.
#36 A recent investigation by the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services found more than one million counterfeit Chinese parts in the Department of Defense supply chain.
#37 15 years ago, China was 14th in the world in published scientific research articles. But now, China is expected to pass the United States and become number one very shortly.
#38 China now awards more doctoral degrees in engineering each year than the United States does.
#39 The average household debt load in the United States is 136% of average household income. In China, the average household debt load is 17% of average household income.
#40 The Chinese have begun to buy up huge amounts of U.S. real estate. In fact, Chinese citizens purchased one out of every ten homes that were sold in the state of California in 2011.
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/the-secret-document-that-proves-china-considers-the-united-states-to-be-a-mortal-enemy_082013
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-20/guest-post-coming-collapse-petrodollar-system
Could be, and that's a scary thought for the younger generations just beginning to live. Those under 50 or so have NO CLUE! Actually, those under 70 don't have much of a clue -- lol.
The question was a generic one, not directed to you personally. I was just saying, for all of those of us who see the deterioration of the country around us, this guy's view, on where we actually are, and what is coming soon, is probably even worse than what we envision currently.
Think you are pessimistic? Bet this guy has you beat. Sadly, he may be spot on.
http://johngaltfla.com/wordpress/2013/08/11/state-of-the-united-states-by-a-pissed-off-american/