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53% of Chinese Expect War With Japan
September 11, 2014 0

53% of Chinese Expect War With Japan

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53% of Chinese Expect War With Japan Even with battles over energy, disputed islands, and recent militarism by Japan, one might not have expected this polling result: Majority in China Expect War with Japan . China and Japan are heading towards military conflict, according to a majority of Chinese surveyed on ties between the Asian powers in a Sino-Japanese poll. The Genron/China Daily survey found that 53 per cent of Chinese respondents – and 29 per cent of the Japanese polled – expect their nations to go to war.

Russia Ponders Russian Airspace No-Fly Zone for EU Commercial and Passenger Jets
August 5, 2014 0

Russia Ponders Russian Airspace No-Fly Zone for EU Commercial and Passenger Jets

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Moscow May Force European Airlines to Fly Around Russia . Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev threatened on Tuesday to retaliate for the grounding of a subsidiary of national airline Aeroflot because of EU sanctions, with one newspaper reporting that European flights to Asia over Siberia could be banned. Low-cost carrier Dobrolyot, operated by Aeroflot, suspended all flights last week after its airline leasing agreement was cancelled under European Union sanctions because it flies to Crimea, a region Russia annexed from Ukraine in March

Something Scary Comes This Way
May 13, 2014 0

Something Scary Comes This Way

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Tweet Two papers have appeared today which, in the words of Richard Alley, are the equivalent of the guys over in the corner screaming bloody murder.  Both describe the coming, and in their view, inevitable collapse of the West Antarctic ice shelf at some point in the next 200-900 years.  While the exact time of collapse is not predictable, the inevitability is, and 200 years is not so long in the future. Rignot, Mouginot, Morlighem, Seroussi and Scheuch map the observed retreat of these grounding glaciers, and over the past twenty years, and yes, once they let go, there is nothing holding the ice shelf back from lurching into the Southern Ocean.  They conclude Using two decades of ERS-1/2 data, we document a continuous and rapid retreat of the grounding lines of Pine Island, Thwaites, Haynes, Smith and Kohler glaciers, which drain a large sector of West Antarctica on a retrograde, submarine bed, a configuration deemed unstable by ice sheet numerical models (e.g. Favier et al., 2014, Katz and Worster, 2010; Parizek et al., 2012) unless normal and tangential ice shelf buttressing could increase significantly (Gudmundson, 2013), which is unlikely.

Singapore Set for Icelandic-Style Property Bubble Meltdown; Hype or Reality?
January 16, 2014 0

Singapore Set for Icelandic-Style Property Bubble Meltdown; Hype or Reality?

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First, please consider the article Why Singapore’s Economy Is Heading For An Iceland-Style Meltdown . Like Iceland in its heyday, Singapore’s economic stability and vitality – on the surface at least – has made it the envy of the world at a time when most Western economies are languishing with feeble growth, and high rates of unemployment and poverty.

Thailand: Protests Neither a "Class Divide" Nor "Anti-Democratic"
January 14, 2014 0

Thailand: Protests Neither a "Class Divide" Nor "Anti-Democratic"

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Links Thailand: Protests Neither a "Class Divide" Nor "Anti-Democratic" Protesters are fighting against a loud, violent, and well connected minority led by Thaksin Shinawatra and backed by Wall Street.  January 14, 2014  (ATN) – Even at face value, Eric Sommer’s (under the pen name David Marx) op-ed on Russia’s RT is full of factual errors that call into question both his premise and his conclusion.

Thai Crisis: Alternative Thai News Round Up
December 18, 2013 0

Thai Crisis: Alternative Thai News Round Up

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Links Thai Crisis: Alternative Thai News Round Up December 18, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) – With the ongoing counter-color revolution unfolding in Thailand against the Wall Street-backed regime of Thaksin Shinawatra, here are some stories published on Alternative Thai News that weren’t yet posted on Land Destroyer. Thailand: Inside the Mind of a Thaksin Regime Supporter Disturbing 2009 interview with pro-Thaksin demagogue reveals mentality of regime’s supporters – utter ignorance regarding human rights, basic human freedom, and the very concept of democracy they claim to be defending.  December 16, 2013  (Forward by Tony Cartalucci) – The following interview  via Chiang Mai City Life , features pro-Thaksin demagogue Kanyapak (DJ Aom) Maneejak in late 2009, revealing "democracy" as defined by the current regime’s supporters. From demanding participants of a legally sanctioned parade get their approval before proceeding (after violently dispersing a previous parade), to claiming "self-defense" when butchering an old man outside of his own home with knives and guns, to referring to convicted criminal, fugitive, and mass murderer, billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, as the "embodiment of democracy," we are given a roller coaster ride through the twisted minds of Thailand’s electorate which continues to return a dangerous criminal to power, whether or not he is on the ballot, or even in the country.

Deja Vu All Over Again
July 22, 2013 0

Deja Vu All Over Again

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Tweet  A short while ago, Eli was reading Chemical and Engineering News when his eye gazed across a letter from somebunny, never mind who Having recently become a 50-year member of the American Chemical Society, I am embarrassed to see that C&EN has become a propaganda machine attempting to brainwash ACS members. Strong claim, you say?