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So, the year still has full four months to go, but already the number of quite groundbreaking (in some cases, like the tsunami, literally) events seems quite staggering.

Some of the events are also not over yet, so consider the possibility of the state of affairs deteriorating (for those involved - the NotW scandal deteriorating to include the Murdoch family or the tories is not necessary a bad thing, mind you. ;)). 

The Arab uprisings. Mongers getting married is a close second.

How the Tea Baggers not only destroy America, but manage to crater most of the world with them.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 09, 2011, 07:06:08 AM
How the Tea Baggers not only destroy America, but manage to crater most of the world with them.

Btw, can we carpet-bomb US cities now? I mean, when Germans elected people who brought a global disaster in 1930s, we carpet-bombed the living shit out of them, even if it meant bombing people who didn't necessarily vote for the nutcases. I think the same reasoning should apply here.

London riots is more of the same. World news scandal is big, but it's still just another newspaper scandal.

The imploding American economy and the Norwegian terrorist attack is certainly up there for the pure psychological impact.

Hard to name just one.

Other: The sovereign debt crisis in Europe. I expect much worse to come in the second half of the year.

Quote from: Zanza on August 09, 2011, 07:17:10 AM
Other: The sovereign debt crisis in Europe. I expect much worse to come in the second half of the year.

Yeah, why is this huge thing hidden under "other"?

QuoteThe Somalian famine

:lol:

Quote from: The Brain on August 09, 2011, 07:24:33 AM

Quote from: Zanza on August 09, 2011, 07:17:10 AM
Other: The sovereign debt crisis in Europe. I expect much worse to come in the second half of the year.

Yeah, why is this huge thing hidden under "other"?

My bad. I sorta conflated it with the American debt ceiling thing, but yeah, the crisis has this leg as well.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 09, 2011, 07:25:09 AM

QuoteThe Somalian famine

:lol:

No kidding. The Somalis really have bad luck this summer. Apparently, 2000 people die there each day, but noone gives a flying fuck because there is so much happening elsewhere.

Tsunami.
The Arab uprisings are already being forgotten whilst Fukushima still keeps popping up on the international news.

Japanese thing.

Quote from: Martinus on August 09, 2011, 07:09:18 AM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 09, 2011, 07:06:08 AM
How the Tea Baggers not only destroy America, but manage to crater most of the world with them.

Btw, can we carpet-bomb US cities now? I mean, when Germans elected people who brought a global disaster in 1930s, we carpet-bombed the living shit out of them, even if it meant bombing people who didn't necessarily vote for the nutcases. I think the same reasoning should apply here.

Is this a serious question?  :blink:

Quote from: Martinus on August 09, 2011, 07:27:01 AM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 09, 2011, 07:25:09 AM

QuoteThe Somalian famine

:lol:

No kidding. The Somalis really have bad luck this summer. Apparently, 2000 people die there each day, but noone gives a flying fuck because there is so much happening elsewhere.

Nobody would give a fuck even if nothing else was happening.  The Somalis have either been starving or on the verge of starving for twenty years.

Quote from: DGuller on August 09, 2011, 07:43:10 AM

Quote from: Martinus on August 09, 2011, 07:09:18 AM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 09, 2011, 07:06:08 AM
How the Tea Baggers not only destroy America, but manage to crater most of the world with them.

Btw, can we carpet-bomb US cities now? I mean, when Germans elected people who brought a global disaster in 1930s, we carpet-bombed the living shit out of them, even if it meant bombing people who didn't necessarily vote for the nutcases. I think the same reasoning should apply here.

Is this a serious question?  :blink:

If it isn't, it should be.  :mad:

 :lol: :nelson: (https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smnnews.com%2FWP%2Fwp-content%2F1christ-middle-finger-300x298.jpg&hash=66bfabc183c0fe0af6ae6cd85af3255f4f2ffd6e)

soak in it as Bachmann dips her nuts on your collective faces.

Quote from: DGuller on August 09, 2011, 07:43:10 AM
Is this a serious question?  :blink:

Is Martinus a serious poster?

Quote from: Slargos on August 09, 2011, 07:44:40 AM

If it isn't, it should be.  :mad:

Come and try it.  I doubt you Euros even have planes capable of carpet bombing anymore.

Quote from: Razgovory on August 09, 2011, 07:52:03 AM

Quote from: Slargos on August 09, 2011, 07:44:40 AM

If it isn't, it should be.  :mad:

Come and try it.  I doubt you Euros even have planes capable of carpet bombing anymore.

Well, seeing how your military equipment will soon be repositioned by the Chinese creditors, it may be a walk in the park. :P

Quote from: Martinus on August 09, 2011, 07:09:18 AM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 09, 2011, 07:06:08 AM
How the Tea Baggers not only destroy America, but manage to crater most of the world with them.

Btw, can we carpet-bomb US cities now? I mean, when Germans elected people who brought a global disaster in 1930s, we carpet-bombed the living shit out of them, even if it meant bombing people who didn't necessarily vote for the nutcases. I think the same reasoning should apply here.

valid question but YOU, as in your people, did not bomb them. You were overrun like a slow cat on the country road, and then helped round up the minorities.

Quote from: Martinus on August 09, 2011, 07:58:04 AM

Quote from: Razgovory on August 09, 2011, 07:52:03 AM

Quote from: Slargos on August 09, 2011, 07:44:40 AM

If it isn't, it should be.  :mad:

Come and try it.  I doubt you Euros even have planes capable of carpet bombing anymore.

Well, seeing how your military equipment will soon be repositioned by the Chinese creditors, it may be a walk in the park. :P

Bombing them with their own weapons would be a delightful exercise. I just got hard thinking about it.  :D

Quote from: Martinus on August 09, 2011, 07:58:04 AM

Quote from: Razgovory on August 09, 2011, 07:52:03 AM

Quote from: Slargos on August 09, 2011, 07:44:40 AM
If it isn't, it should be.  :mad:

Come and try it.  I doubt you Euros even have planes capable of carpet bombing anymore.

Well, seeing how your military equipment will soon be repositioned by the Chinese creditors, it may be a walk in the park. :P

You know full well it doesn't work like that, and that there's no combination of states in all the world that could threaten the US militarily.

Quote from: Slargos on August 09, 2011, 08:00:21 AM


Bombing them with their own weapons would be a delightful exercise. I just got hard thinking about it.  :D

If you guys are going to start sucking Chinese cock, you better get started.  There is a whole bunch of them, and it'll take you while.

So far the Arab thing.  The Syrians are still shooting people last I checked.  Civil war still in Libya.

Quote from: Martinus on August 09, 2011, 07:58:04 AM


Well, seeing how your military equipment will soon be repositioned by the Chinese creditors, it may be a walk in the park. :P

I guess nobody will be able to protect you from Russia then.  To bad.

Quote from: Valmy on August 09, 2011, 08:07:37 AM
So far the Arab thing.  The Syrians are still shooting people last I checked.  Civil war still in Libya.

I don't think history will really remember it.  I mean, what's so important about old dictators being replaced by new dictators?

Quote from: Neil on August 09, 2011, 08:12:31 AM
I don't think history will really remember it.  I mean, what's so important about old dictators being replaced by new dictators?

Better than they are going to remember the manufactured debt ceiling circus or one Norwegian gone wild.

Quote from: Neil on August 09, 2011, 08:12:31 AM
I don't think history will really remember it.  I mean, what's so important about old dictators being replaced by new dictators?

The shah getting replaced by the ayatollah was fairly significant.

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 09, 2011, 08:19:32 AM

Quote from: Neil on August 09, 2011, 08:12:31 AM
I don't think history will really remember it.  I mean, what's so important about old dictators being replaced by new dictators?

The shah getting replaced by the ayatollah was fairly significant.

Yeah, why is this huge thing hidden under "other"?

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 09, 2011, 08:19:32 AM

Quote from: Neil on August 09, 2011, 08:12:31 AM
I don't think history will really remember it.  I mean, what's so important about old dictators being replaced by new dictators?

The shah getting replaced by the ayatollah was fairly significant.

Yeah, because Iran went from being a friend to an enemy.  These countries remain as they always were:  Enemies cowed by US might.

Quote from: Neil on August 09, 2011, 08:25:11 AM
cowed

:mmm:

Quote from: Valmy on August 09, 2011, 08:14:15 AM

Quote from: Neil on August 09, 2011, 08:12:31 AM
I don't think history will really remember it.  I mean, what's so important about old dictators being replaced by new dictators?

Better than they are going to remember the manufactured debt ceiling circus or one Norwegian gone wild.

I think the Japanese thing will be remembered.  Nuclear accidents are fairly rare and it's likely to have long lasting effects on nuclear policy in numerous countries.  Germany is phasing out all of their nuclear plants.  God, I hope we don't do something that stupid.

Quote from: Razgovory on August 09, 2011, 09:12:49 AM
I think the Japanese thing will be remembered.  Nuclear accidents are fairly rare and it's likely to have long lasting effects on nuclear policy in numerous countries.  Germany is phasing out all of their nuclear plants.  God, I hope we don't do something that stupid.

I think the Germans were planning to do that anyway...but you might be right on the Japanese nucular incident.

I picked the Arab revolts. Not that it will necessarily turn out the best for those nations, or the rest of the world, as some may wind up with hard line Islamic regimes similar to Iran. But for the changes, good or bad, which will be quite significant no matter how it all goes down.

The Best Is Yet To Come (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmf1AYgYj6I)

Quote from: Razgovory on August 09, 2011, 09:12:49 AM
I think the Japanese thing will be remembered. 

That's how I voted

QuoteNuclear accidents are fairly rare and it's likely to have long lasting effects on nuclear policy in numerous countries.  Germany is phasing out all of their nuclear plants.  God, I hope we don't do something that stupid.

Our current energy czar (forget his name) did not seem to succomb to that panic, thankfully.  The one quote I remember from him was a reassurance that nuclear energy is safe, though he did use it as an opportunity to take a swipe at coal energy.

I have no problem with either coal or nuclear power.  They both have drawbacks, but what doesn't?  If we find something better, then by all means, phase them out.  It seems unlikely that something will better will come along in the near future though.

Quote from: Razgovory on August 09, 2011, 12:30:28 PM
I have no problem with either coal or nuclear power.  They both have drawbacks, but what doesn't?  If we find something better, then by all means, phase them out.  It seems unlikely that something will better will come along in the near future though.

I guess it depends on your definition of "better"

Obviously if we had unlimited money we could power the country without using any Coal or Nuclear.

The Arab uprising.  I feel it's one of those events when history just turns a little and everything's different.  Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive.

Having said that this has been an extraordinary year and I don't think it's done yet - I remember reading that after the Arab revolts the BBC had spent a lot of their news budget and they suddenly had to send loads of teams to Japan and so on.

2011 - 10 years after 9/11 - will be remembered as the year of the Great Decline - that is when the Hegemon has begun its slow fall.




G.

Quote from: Grallon on August 09, 2011, 01:54:53 PM
2011 - 10 years after 9/11 - will be remembered as the year of the Great Decline - that is when the Hegemon has begun its slow fall.




G.

Yes-- the Hegemon that never quite was :contract:

Quote from: Grallon on August 09, 2011, 01:54:53 PM
2011 - 10 years after 9/11 - will be remembered as the year of the Great Decline - that is when the Hegemon has begun its slow fall.




G.

OK, mon.

Quote from: Grallon on August 09, 2011, 01:54:53 PM
2011 - 10 years after 9/11 - will be remembered as the year of the Great Decline - that is when the Hegemon has begun its slow fall.




G.

I think Greece began its decline sometime before 2011.

Quote from: Grallon on August 09, 2011, 01:54:53 PM
2011 - 10 years after 9/11 - will be remembered as the year of the Great Decline - that is when the Hegemon has begun its slow fall.




G.

If you're referring to America, that date is a bit late.

Quote from: Grallon on August 09, 2011, 01:54:53 PM
2011 - 10 years after 9/11 - will be remembered as the year of the Great Decline - that is when the Hegemon has begun its slow fall.

Heh.  Starting to balance our budget is the beginning of our fall?  Sounds good I hope we decline every year.

Quote from: Valmy on August 09, 2011, 02:35:15 PM


Heh.  Starting to balance our budget is the beginning of our fall?  Sounds good I hope we decline every year.

Talk to me again when you guys have started *raising taxes* - because that's the only way you'll be able to begin 'balancing your budget'.  So far all I see/hear about is more Voodoo Economics incantations.  Besides, balancing the budget won't help if your system continue being broken and riddled with clientelism.




G.

Quote from: Grallon on August 09, 2011, 08:34:09 PM

Quote from: Valmy on August 09, 2011, 02:35:15 PM


Heh.  Starting to balance our budget is the beginning of our fall?  Sounds good I hope we decline every year.

Talk to me again when you guys have started *raising taxes* - because that's the only way you'll be able to begin 'balancing your budget'.  So far all I see/hear about is more Voodoo Economics incantations.  Besides, balancing the budget won't help if your system continue being broken and riddled with clientelism.




G.

Talk about Projecting!  This coming from a guy who is living in the most corrupt province of Canada.

almost voted famine due to the cheeky smiley. good work :thumbsup: but went with Tsunami.

The eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera that will happen later in the year.

The sighting of the Great Dragon Ryumyo on December 24th.

Quote from: 11B4V on August 10, 2011, 02:30:48 AM
The eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera that will happen later in the year.

+1

Quote from: 11B4V on August 10, 2011, 02:30:48 AM
The eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera that will happen later in the year.

OK Jor-El.