The End of the World as We Know It

This won't be on the 11 o'clock news...


Running thru all the results of that will be a bitch. ™

Distrust and xenophobia have given way to tin cup efforts on the global circuit. The transition from hegemon bully to beggar will take time, quite the adjustment.
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American businesses are up for sale, whereas up to now mainly USGovt officials and legislators have been up for sale.

I haven't brought this up here in awhile:

Do you have your plot of land, donkey, wooden hoe,
and a goodly supply of burlap sackcloth yet?

See the article where this graph originated here.