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Is this the Calm Before the Storm of 2016?
Twenty sixteen has continued as a pivotal point in human history. Many social commentators have been documenting the exponential rise in awareness and action that has been occurring across our planet, as well as the long-held concerns about the rising issues and risks that we now face as a natural collective called humanity. All of this has been accelerating as we move through the early part of the year.
To summarize the issues, 2016 has begun with:
- the highest stock volatility we’ve seen for quite some time which is of course a reflection of the underlying fragility and deflationary momentum of the global economy;
- further floods of people, both genuine refugees and radical extremists, washing over Europe and causing a divide between EU citizens, particularly because of the rising crime and violence in the region associated with this influx;
- the illegal wars of the Middle East (ME) escalate, and then at least deescalate on the surface, due to the cease-fire between the US, Russia and other geopolitical players;
- the secret trade agreements such as the TPP and TTIP gaining further momentum (which are more accurately described as ‘corporate/elite power and resource consolidation agreements’);
- the US presidential race resembling a surreal act of theater; and
- a period of relative calm regarding terrorist plots and false flag terrorism, causing many of us to be vigilantly watchful for the next inevitable event.
The Global Economy
Many of us would have watched the wild swings in the stock market over the last several months and understood that this is what a crash looks like, exactly like that of 2000 and 2008. Yet it appears that the market manipulators, such as the Plunge Protection Teams (PPTs), are in overdrive trying to keep it from spiraling out of control. They’ve been quite successful so far too, which indicates that the banksters are not yet ready to once again transfer themselves more wealth and power like they did in 2008, by letting the system implode.
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