Posted on November 23, 2008 by Scott
This is an update to my blog entry posted 23 October 2008. It seems the U.S. National Intelligence Council agrees with my assessment of the decline in U.S. power and dominance. A new report, entitled “Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World,” may be found on the NIC website. An excerpt from a recent article on this subject in [...]
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Posted on October 23, 2008 by Scott
Got your attention?!?!
As those of you who follow my blog know, I live in Javea, Spain right now. So my perspective on the current liquidity crisis, economic trauma and political drama is very different than if I were still home in Boulder, Colorado watching CNN and CNBC, reading the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and chatting with [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2008 by Scott
It’s a good thing “life is short” because now it is clear I will have much less money with which to live it. I have been following this terrible mess from afar, here in my rented villa in Javea, Spain. I’m staying connected via the internet, but haven’t seen the mainstream media’s coverage in papers [...]
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