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Post by Morgo on Feb 8, 2019 19:30:50 GMT 10
I guess Zombies could fall under bioterrorism, or a result of mutation from Nuclear Armageddon or nanoweapons perhaps.
If we do have an Apocalypse, I hope its Zombies. None of the others sound like much fun. (although I'd probably bet on over population getting us (if we can't get off Earth) or atleast over population being a cause for war leading to our end)
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Post by Tim Horton on Feb 9, 2019 6:46:57 GMT 10
My dollar in the betting pool will be this. War spreading from the Ukraine area or Pakistan area down through Africa. Or up from Africa to these other areas. Famine, disease as well as out right war will take care of those continents. The unhealthy people fleeing those areas will overwhelm and finish off the other continents. Most of these people aiming for North America.
My 5 cents of opinion.
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Post by jonasparker on Feb 9, 2019 7:01:00 GMT 10
Tomorrow night about 8:27PM?
I read the date and time on the internet, so it's got to be true!
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Post by spinifex on Feb 10, 2019 18:49:24 GMT 10
Airborne Prion bio-weapons are unleashed. No vaccines, no treatments, no resistance, no hiding. People in the luxury bunkers die of old age in them because Prion contamination in the environment can last for hundreds of years. Interestingly, being afflicted by a Prion disease does pretty much turn a person into a zombie. An Ice Nine event would also be a pretty cool apocalypse option. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-nine
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Post by Pion on Feb 11, 2019 9:38:12 GMT 10
That was today's new lesson! Thanks Spin, interesting...
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Post by Joey on Feb 11, 2019 15:48:48 GMT 10
Hear is my list of "near future" possible causes of apocalypse
1. global economy shutdown 2. UN gears up it's one world government policy and creates a "world police/army" which when sent to different countries causes massive civil war as the local populace fight off the invading armies 3. Global war for food/water more then likely started by China in their lust for farmland and potable water 4. Nuclear event (be it missile launch or rogue factions with dirty bombs) 5. man made super diseases (designer virus/prion/etc with high infection and mortality rates and only the creators and their close group would have the anti virus)
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Post by 4leggedmutt on May 2, 2019 12:43:02 GMT 10
financial bust when global debt finally ensnares all, from mortgage holders, to personal debt holders, etc, in Aust'a,read re our personal credit card debt nationally is over $50B...yet, total population of aussies stands at circa 25M. USA is in an even deeper hole.
UN is definitely gathering more power to itself via Universal Declarations and Treaties, with sovereign nations. The UN Morphed from the League of Nations, it will certainly morph into its next growth stage, with more and more overall power, unelected officials, overseeing carnage.
After European nations swapped their own sovereign currencies for the Euro, we have seen how each of those sovereign nations are now held to standards set by their overloads based in Brussels. There is already talk of a EU army to come into being.
Russia has been encircled by NATO, further than NATO had agreed to come to the geographical borders of Russia.
China has steadily increased their leasing of a number of major sea ports around the globe, even the port in Darwin has been leased to China. To what detriment will this cause us and our allies in a major conflict with China and its allies, which include N/Korea and Russia.
Global war...already we have cyber wars, currency wars, trade wars, sanctions on other nations, hot wars in M/East, tensions regarding the Sprately Islands, Pakistan and India are butting heads often enough - with India not far behind China in size of population, could be a long protracted head butting experience going forward for Pakistan and India.
Cyprus saw a bank run, as did Greece not that long ago...Port of Piraeus in Greece is now also leased by the Chinese, as are some other seaports in USA....and on it goes.
MAD - mutually assured destruction. The pawns/pieces/missiles are already set in place for such an event. The technology now available for military nucleaur powered subs to deliver missiles from way off shore will leave little room for reaction from the other side.
man made biological and chemical disasters. Yes, patents held by USA's CDC will show enough to scare most reasonable people. The ongoing Ebola issue, for many years now in the Congo, is still in its refining stages, once 'they' get it right, it may delay the infected person's death more than it is now, to allow for more infection to be spread, further and thus be more devastating. As it is, the infected now are dying fast, before they can travel far enough to spread it as far as 'they' may prefer. Even those caregivers, in their full protective suits, were somehow still infected, fatally. If not via droplet infection, then how did the bio germ infiltrate through the breathing appartus and protective overall body suits. Very strange.
the use of nerve agents was recently highlighted in UK...with Russia / spies getting the blame via media outlets. The public may never ever hear the truth of the matter.
If there is an outbreak, have water and a way to safely filter a reserve cache, anything outside may be subjected to fallout in the atmosphere. Food and a battery radio and rechargeable batteries to keep info coming in. Quarantine will be a practical way to avoid being part of the sick. However, have to insure a safe way to have new comers, family members etc who only arrive after an event - to be housed in a separate dwelling, a caravan or large tent, with their own separate kitchen/bath/living room supplies...40 days may seem a long time for a quarantine period, however, unless one knows just what one is dealing with, will not know the specific number of days to remain in Quarantine. 40 days is the outer limit that I know I could do...let some in too early, and before one knows it, infection may become rampant again. For all we know some people may be carriers, show no symptoms and the bio-germ could also set itself to an active and then inactive/dormant state. Prudence will be needed in such times.
For those who have read parts of the bible, seems a 1/3rd will fall by the sword, another 1/3rd by famine and last 1/3rd by the pestilence. That is a huge number, given we are at circa 7B globally. No matter what, avoiding unsanitary areas of towns/populations, having access to clean food and water, adequate shelter and a means of procuring more, and a way to protect you and yours, with good mobility and flexibility in one's future plans, will stand us in good stead, whether we have a global crash/war or not. As it will prevent the sharp ups and downs that the financial depressions, and stock market crashes that happen, will affect the wider community.
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Post by SA Hunter on May 2, 2019 19:17:51 GMT 10
...and the economy in Finland is about to go belly up, as is Spain, Portugal, Italy, and who knows who else!
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Post by spinifex on May 2, 2019 19:57:34 GMT 10
Probably us? I'm waiting to see what the RBA, Gov and commercial banks throw at housing to keep it pumped.
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Post by norseman on May 3, 2019 7:29:20 GMT 10
financial bust when global debt finally ensnares all, from mortgage holders, to personal debt holders, etc, in Aust'a,read re our personal credit card debt nationally is over $50B...yet, total population of aussies stands at circa 25M. USA is in an even deeper hole. UN is definitely gathering more power to itself via Universal Declarations and Treaties, with sovereign nations. The UN Morphed from the League of Nations, it will certainly morph into its next growth stage, with more and more overall power, unelected officials, overseeing carnage. After European nations swapped their own sovereign currencies for the Euro, we have seen how each of those sovereign nations are now held to standards set by their overloads based in Brussels. There is already talk of a EU army to come into being. Russia has been encircled by NATO, further than NATO had agreed to come to the geographical borders of Russia. China has steadily increased their leasing of a number of major sea ports around the globe, even the port in Darwin has been leased to China. To what detriment will this cause us and our allies in a major conflict with China and its allies, which include N/Korea and Russia. Global war...already we have cyber wars, currency wars, trade wars, sanctions on other nations, hot wars in M/East, tensions regarding the Sprately Islands, Pakistan and India are butting heads often enough - with India not far behind China in size of population, could be a long protracted head butting experience going forward for Pakistan and India. Cyprus saw a bank run, as did Greece not that long ago...Port of Piraeus in Greece is now also leased by the Chinese, as are some other seaports in USA....and on it goes. MAD - mutually assured destruction. The pawns/pieces/missiles are already set in place for such an event. The technology now available for military nucleaur powered subs to deliver missiles from way off shore will leave little room for reaction from the other side. man made biological and chemical disasters. Yes, patents held by USA's CDC will show enough to scare most reasonable people. The ongoing Ebola issue, for many years now in the Congo, is still in its refining stages, once 'they' get it right, it may delay the infected person's death more than it is now, to allow for more infection to be spread, further and thus be more devastating. As it is, the infected now are dying fast, before they can travel far enough to spread it as far as 'they' may prefer. Even those caregivers, in their full protective suits, were somehow still infected, fatally. If not via droplet infection, then how did the bio germ infiltrate through the breathing appartus and protective overall body suits. Very strange. the use of nerve agents was recently highlighted in UK...with Russia / spies getting the blame via media outlets. The public may never ever hear the truth of the matter. If there is an outbreak, have water and a way to safely filter a reserve cache, anything outside may be subjected to fallout in the atmosphere. Food and a battery radio and rechargeable batteries to keep info coming in. Quarantine will be a practical way to avoid being part of the sick. However, have to insure a safe way to have new comers, family members etc who only arrive after an event - to be housed in a separate dwelling, a caravan or large tent, with their own separate kitchen/bath/living room supplies...40 days may seem a long time for a quarantine period, however, unless one knows just what one is dealing with, will not know the specific number of days to remain in Quarantine. 40 days is the outer limit that I know I could do...let some in too early, and before one knows it, infection may become rampant again. For all we know some people may be carriers, show no symptoms and the bio-germ could also set itself to an active and then inactive/dormant state. Prudence will be needed in such times. For those who have read parts of the bible, seems a 1/3rd will fall by the sword, another 1/3rd by famine and last 1/3rd by the pestilence. That is a huge number, given we are at circa 7B globally. No matter what, avoiding unsanitary areas of towns/populations, having access to clean food and water, adequate shelter and a means of procuring more, and a way to protect you and yours, with good mobility and flexibility in one's future plans, will stand us in good stead, whether we have a global crash/war or not. As it will prevent the sharp ups and downs that the financial depressions, and stock market crashes that happen, will affect the wider community. So is there any bad news?
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Post by SA Hunter on May 3, 2019 10:05:02 GMT 10
Mate has a bank account in the UK - interest rate is 0%.
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Post by spinifex on May 4, 2019 14:38:50 GMT 10
And then there would still be fees?
Makes you wonder why you'd keep ANY money in a bank.
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Post by spatial on May 4, 2019 15:17:01 GMT 10
2029.
The asteroid’s official name is 99942 Apophis. It is a 1,110-foot-wide asteroid named after the Egyptian god of chaos. It will fly as close to the Earth as some of the orbiting spacecraft panicking scientists. 99942 Apophis will come within 19,000 miles of Earth on April 13, a decade from now, but scientists at the Planetary Defense Conference are already preparing for the encounter, Newsweek reported. They plan to discuss the asteroid’s effects on Earth’s gravity, potential research opportunities and even how to deflect an incoming asteroid in a theoretical scenario. www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-03/nasa-prepares-god-chaos-asteroid-arrive
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Post by SA Hunter on May 6, 2019 12:51:46 GMT 10
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Post by spatial on May 6, 2019 17:28:13 GMT 10
Trump trade wars back on with a vengeance, stock markets troubled. Chinese down 5.6% today, Lots of bad financial news coming out.
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Post by spatial on May 9, 2019 21:31:40 GMT 10
No ending sight for the Trump trade wars. US Bond yield curve inverted all the way up to the 10y bond. All it needs is 0.01% to go negative to the 10y. The last 7 recessions have always been preceded by negative bond yield. www.gurufocus.com/yield_curve.php
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Post by frostbite on May 10, 2019 4:15:44 GMT 10
Anyone noticed that all the major players are buying weapons like there's no tomorrow?
China is building aircraft carriers, lasers, hypersonic missiles and stealth fighters. Russia is building hypersonic missiles and nuclear capable drone subs. The US is building laser missile defence systems, drone fighter aircraft and patrol boats and hypersonic missiles.
The big 3 are butting heads over money and territory whilst arming up. India is playing catchup and wants to join the big league.
All it needs is someone to strike a match.
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Post by norseman on May 10, 2019 9:10:31 GMT 10
Anyone noticed that all the major players are buying weapons like there's no tomorrow? China is building aircraft carriers, lasers, hypersonic missiles and stealth fighters. Russia is building hypersonic missiles and nuclear capable drone subs. The US is building laser missile defence systems, drone fighter aircraft and patrol boats and hypersonic missiles. The big 3 are butting heads over money and territory whilst arming up. India is playing catchup and wants to join the big league. All it needs is someone to strike a match. I think any person with half a brain can see a Global re-boot is inevitable and I go so far as to say probably needed in the hope that after the dust settles something "better" can be created from the mess. Politicians all over the Globe are absolutely clueless with 99.09% of them being nothing more than first class oxygen thieves! Buckle up for the ride folks!
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Post by SA Hunter on May 10, 2019 9:25:42 GMT 10
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