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Intelligence report: 4 not-so-rosy scenarios for the world
Stars and Stripes ^ | 3/14/16 | AP

Posted on 03/14/2016 8:02:20 AM PDT by pabianice

As a part of its new report on global trends, the National Intelligence Council developed four not-so-rosy scenarios that could become reality given major stresses the world faces during the next 20 years...

*Competition among major international powers sharpens as skittish governments, seeking to maintain relevance at home and protect interests abroad, push to widen their spheres of influence. This increases the chance of conflict

* Ominous climate forecasts, severe weather and outbreaks of disease sharply divide countries and groups over how to respond.

*Governments have so much trouble coping with economic and political instability that criminal syndicates, extremists, business elites and religious groups — all exploiting evolving technology — assert control over core government functions.

*Slow-to-no economic growth heightens political volatility across the world, causing some countries to turn inward, take on a defensive posture and shore up borders. Nationalist policies flourish, creating a "meaner and more segmented world."

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1 posted on 03/14/2016 8:02:20 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice

See The King James Bible for more Information!


2 posted on 03/14/2016 8:05:27 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (I am "Chump" for Trump,)
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To: pabianice
*Slow-to-no economic growth heightens political volatility across the world, causing some countries to turn inward, take on a defensive posture and shore up borders. Nationalist policies flourish, creating a "meaner and more segmented world."

Well, then I guess the only answer is to open up all boarders. Okay, maybe not all boarders, just the borders of western countries. Is that about right?

Man, these globalists never stop.

3 posted on 03/14/2016 8:08:34 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: pabianice

Option 4 seems the most likely with option 1 being a close second. Option 2 is just poppycock climate alarmism. Option 3, while possible, seems more alarmist than realist.


4 posted on 03/14/2016 8:08:59 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Obadiah

boarders = borders (distracted typing)


5 posted on 03/14/2016 8:09:33 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: pabianice

**...and religious groups.**

Let me fix that: “...and one particular religious group.”

Generally speaking the rest of us tend to leave each


6 posted on 03/14/2016 8:10:04 AM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: rarestia

I believe an Option 5 is the most likely scenario—complete worldwide economic and currency collapse as the central bank Ponzi schemes run out of suckers.

After that—could be good...maybe not.


7 posted on 03/14/2016 8:16:23 AM PDT by cgbg (Epistemology is not a spectator sport.)
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To: pabianice

**...and religious groups.**

Let me fix that: “...and one particular religious group.”

The rest of us tend to leave each other alone.


8 posted on 03/14/2016 8:22:30 AM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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And what happens when the stuff hits more than just one fan simultaneously?
9 posted on 03/14/2016 8:33:54 AM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: pabianice

Let’s see if I can help:

-Stop diverting funds to the phony “man-made global warming” effort.
-Economic growth will flourish when we eliminate stifling regulations and taxes.
-Stop destabilizing middle-east countries
-Hire an administration that embraces America, the Constitution, and God.


10 posted on 03/14/2016 8:35:59 AM PDT by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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Ominous climate forecasts

We'll see if Caliph Baraq actually moves to significant high ground after leaving the WH...

11 posted on 03/14/2016 8:36:02 AM PDT by nascarnation (RIP Scalia. Godspeed)
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“*Governments have so much trouble coping with economic and political instability that criminal syndicates, extremists, business elites and religious groups — all exploiting evolving technology — assert control over core government functions.”

They already have. Their members are called “federal employees”, “state employees” and “public employee unions.”


12 posted on 03/14/2016 8:39:22 AM PDT by ModelBreaker (')
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To: Obadiah
open up all boarders

That could be messy.

13 posted on 03/14/2016 8:44:08 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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Ominous climate forecasts, severe weather

I'll take Global Cooling with Ice Age for $100 Alex

With a follow up with

1) Millions die

2) Bill Ayers happy.

14 posted on 03/14/2016 9:49:55 AM PDT by spokeshave (Somewhere there is a ceiling for Trump.....Yeah, it's called The Oval Office)
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Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!


15 posted on 03/14/2016 9:52:16 AM PDT by dfwgator
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