2012 World Events Predictions

[Guest Manny]

Earth will continue to warm up, with record high temperatures this winter, and a hot, dry summer in 2012. Crops will fail, food prices will continue to rise.

This climate change is necessary for our reptilian overlords, who require a warmer environment to accommodate the coming invasion. The first ships will appear just before December 21, 2012, coming from the direction of planet Venus.

I love making predictions. They're so... psychic.

[prairiechickin]

Sharkman, for once I strongly disagree with you. I think China will implode.

I heard a radio documentary on the CBC a few months ago that focused on the social costs of the new Chinese economy. Tens of millions of surplus farm laboreres have been forced to move to the cities leaving their children behind to be raised by the grandparents since the government doesn't want the added expense of building real infrastructure to accomodate this rural to urban migration. The husband/wife teams live in cramped segregated dormatories and work insane hours just to make enough to send back to the grandparents so they and the kids won't starve. I had to ask myself, how long can the Chinese keep that up before those workers have had enough?

[Michael Hardner]

I heard a radio documentary on the CBC a few months ago that focused on the social costs of the new Chinese economy. Tens of millions of surplus farm laboreres have been forced to move to the cities leaving their children behind to be raised by the grandparents since the government doesn't want the added expense of building real infrastructure to accomodate this rural to urban migration. The husband/wife teams live in cramped segregated dormatories and work insane hours just to make enough to send back to the grandparents so they and the kids won't starve. I had to ask myself, how long can the Chinese keep that up before those workers have had enough?

You're characterizing this as them being "forced" to move to the cities, but my understanding is that they're clamouring to move there for higher wages.

[prairiechickin]

You're characterizing this as them being "forced" to move to the cities, but my understanding is that they're clamouring to move there for higher wages.

I can't cite any exact statistics, but I got the impression from the documentary that it was your classic industrial revolution rural to urban migration. Mechanization reduces the need for labor, so people are left with the choice of starving on the farm or moving to the city in search of work. "Higher" might be a relative thing - it seemed they were only making enough to send home so everybody could eat. Seems to me they could only afford to go home once a year, so that's telling.

[Michael Hardner]

I can't cite any exact statistics, but I got the impression from the documentary that it was your classic industrial revolution rural to urban migration. Mechanization reduces the need for labor, so people are left with the choice of starving on the farm or moving to the city in search of work. "Higher" might be a relative thing - it seemed they were only making enough to send home so everybody could eat. Seems to me they could only afford to go home once a year, so that's telling.

This is true: the peasants are subsistence farmers - which I believe is the situation we're dealing with. In the English industrial revolution, for example, the peasants lost their way of life so they had to go to the cities. My impression is that's not the same case here.

The difference is that industrialization in this example is providing them an economic benefit, with the adjustment costs that you have pointed out.

The alternative would be for the Chinese government to pay subsistence farmers to stay put, it seems to me.

[GostHacked]

Thats freekin whacked buddy????

How many times have you bein to China?

Let me guess-ZERO!

But somehow and someway your an expert in the Chinese economy.

Thought this was an American Woman post for a moment.

Actually you know what,if you could predict the future then why don't you go guess the numbers for 6/49 or lotto max!Or maybe thats too easy for you!Maybe you don't like money!Maybe your powers of prediction don't work when it comes to money or practicality.Or maybe your full of it?

WWWTT

You need to pay attention. China has been having economic problems for the last two years or so. One reason is because they bought up some of the USA's debt.

[prairiechickin]

You need to pay attention. China has been having economic problems for the last two years or so. One reason is because they bought up some of the USA's debt.

This is all part of America's grand plan, saddle the Chinese with a mountain of bad securities, then flush the toilet.

[GostHacked]

This is all part of America's grand plan, saddle the Chinese with a mountain of bad securities, then flush the toilet.

It's not America's grand plan. It's elitist elements within many governments around the world working towards the same goal. Whatever that goal is, it won't be good for the general population.

[Studdy]

Funding of anti-corruption projects in Russia...

Financial support of anti-corruption projects in Russia is equal to budget of some small countries, but the effectiveness of such spending is still a concern.

One of the most popular and known anti-corruption project in Russia is RosPil created by Russian oppositionist Navalny. For the last months the project show no signs of activity while continue to receive financial support in full. Foundations that form 95% of project’s budget became anxious about what’s going on there. The investigation showed that Mr. Navalny personally had hand in misappropriation of these funds and uses its biggest part for his own needs. Recently Mr. Navalny spent $120 thousands for a new car, $700 thousands to buy realty beyond Russia, $375 thousands for improvement of ‘his’ property.

I can’t imagine how Mr. Navalny fights corruption in Russia if he personally involved in plundering. This example gives something to think about not only about Mr. Navalny but the rest of Russian ‘justice fighters’.