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So Long, Farewell – The Collapse of the American Empire?
Yesterday I posted Dr. Ron Paul Reveals #1 Step to Prepare for America’s Next Big Crisis.
Today I am posting a very different interview by an award-winning American journalist, complete with alternate, non-partisan view of the US Empire and US economy. However, you may notice that the views and problems identified by both are strikingly similar.
What does it tell us? Simply that the problems of the US are visible by a naked eye, no matter what political views you hold otherwise.
The views in the video below aren’t necessarily the ones I agree with, but there are some sane and valid ideas expressed. There are certain more straight views of Trump and current American economic policies than any I’ve seen recently emerge from the US pundits. Take a listen at around 6 min mark, see what he says about manipulated US unemployment figures. I can fully sign up under this statement. There’s more I can tell you about how unemployment and other numbers are manipulated and where the supposed economic growth comes from.
Give you a hint: a big part of current American unemployment number of under 4% is due to new and growing military contracts, as the US escalates dangerous global hybrid and sanctions wars and drags the world into a new arms race. Another part of the artificially inflated employment numbers is due to temporary employment supported by government contracts. I’ll talk about these manipulations in a separate piece of mine.
I know how much many people want to believe in a fairytale, magically produced by Trump. The reality will be different. What will it be, in fact? –We’ll talk soon.
I do not necessarily endorse some of the views expressed, and then there are others with which I do agree, but there is a lot of food for thought, especially in view of my various predictions, which are manifesting or will manifest in the foreseeable future.
Chris Hedges calls Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders ‘symptoms of decay.’ I would argue that the conversation in the video below is a symptom of same.
Take a listen, share your thoughts in comments:
One preliminary conclusion I want to make: The confusion reigns supreme in the US, and it’ll continue being so as we continue on the road to the monumental changes produced by the Great Earth Shift.
The real global future is being made somewhere else, and I’ll tell you later where that is…
Stay tuned: my big announcements coming!
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LRL4: Predictions Coming True; Mind Control in Ukraine
In the past week we released 3 new episodes of Lada Ray Live. Below you will find a super-interesting new episode that was initially recorded on September 1, 2014, but due to other articles and episodes has only been published today. It works together with LRL3: Sold-out EU Politicians vs TRUTH and LadaRayLive 2. Explosion Coming! Moldova/Transnistria – Eurasian Union vs EU.
There are lots more issues to tackle and things to say. But it takes a lot of time and effort to put these together, so I’ll be taking a bit of a break. I have several new articles and many various LRL topics in the pipeline, so I’ll see everyone again soon!
LadaRayLive4: Lada Ray Ukraine Predictions Coming True; Mind Control in Ukraine; Putin, Gorbachev, Poroshenko
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Also discussed: Putin, Lukashenko, Poroshenko and Obama’s telling body language; how Gorbachev signed away USSR; the mysterious fainting spells and robotic behavior in Ukraine. Breaking news: new peace talks and demands of broad autonomy by Donbass/Novorossia (Lugansk and Donetsk Republics). The suppression of the Russian language and culture and the US/EU interference that created violence and instability next to the Russian borders.
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Russia’s NEW Ambitious Anti-Dollar Move: $150 bln Investment in Baikal-Amur Railroad
Everyone in the world knows the famous Trans-Siberian Railroad (Trans-Sib), built in the 19th century and connecting Europe through the expanse of Siberia, along the southern shore of Lake Baikal, to the Pacific Ocean and China.
Old rails along the shore of the pristine Lake Baikal
Old railroad tunnel, Baikal
Beautiful Baikal
But few abroad know about another, equally famous in Russia, railroad called the simple abbreviation, BAM. BAM means Baikal-Amur Railway, or in Russian: Байкало-Амурская магистраль.
It is also called Baikal–Amur Mainline. “The Baikal–Amur Mainline is a 1,520 mm broad gauge railway line in Russia. Traversing Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, the 4,324 km long BAM runs about 610 to 770 km north of and parallel to the Trans-Siberian railway.” Wikipedia
Map of BAM and Trans-Siberian Railroad. BAM is in green and orange. Trans-Sib is in red.
The construction of BAM began 40 years ago today, July 8. It was dubbed the ‘construction of the century.’ Many young enthusiastic people moved to Siberia to build this railroad. The excitement was tremendous, reminiscent of the earlier Soviet industrialization years. The young people formed many of the so-called ‘stroy otriad,’ which means a ‘construction band’ as in ‘a band of brothers and sisters,’ and would go together to the cold Siberia. After they had completed the construction, they would often stay there, start a family and man the railroad they had helped build.
I remember some pretty awesome songs that were written especially for BAM. Here is one of them. It is called Яростный стройотряд, 1979 – The Roaring Construction Band. This video contains some authentic photos from that period. Performed by the legendary Alexander Gradsky and well-worth listening to! Gradsky has one of the best voices you would ever hear – I promise; and the song is cool, too. I’ve translated a couple of verses:
I’m the fresh wind, the soaring flame,
And it’s our time, my friends.
I wish us luck on our quest
To save ourselves from the indifference.
The joyful tune of the guitars,
A roaring construction band,
As if a fire in the steppes,
The campfires of songs ablaze.
Have a listen:
In the 19th century, the Russian Empire had plans to build the railroad covering the northern part of Lake Baikal and Eastern Siberia and running parallel to the Trans-Siberian. This was a super-ambitious project as such railroad would go through the wild permafrost lands that no man had ever traversed. The project never materialized.
Only in the second part of the 20th century USSR dared it again. On July 8, 1974 the very first rail was set into Siberian permafrost, and BAM was born. Baikal-Amur Railroad went parallel to the Trans-Siberian, but much further north, by the northern shore of Lake Baikal and further into the Far East, towards the Amur River.
BAM was finished before 1991. At that point, USSR collapsed and the new rulers decided BAM was a waste of time and money. The ambitious project was criticized and maligned. BAM was neglected and its enthusiastic, but aging population was forgotten.
However, the times have changed. On July 8, 2014 Russia has celebrated the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the famous construction by starting a new, even more ambitious, line of the BAM railroad.
Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia will spend over $150 bln in order to add another 7,000 kilometers of rails to BAM by 2030. This will complete the railway coverage of the entire Far East. The money for the new mega-project comes out of the Russian reserve fund (specifically, the Russian Commonwealth Fund), which until recently Russia invested in the US Treasuries.
This effectively signals 3 very important things:
1. Russia’s ambitions are back – this is the signal that the country expects growth and robust development.
2. Russia is confirming its Asia pivot – as I’ve been predicting since February 2014. BAM connects Trans-Siberian and Baikal with the Far East/Pacific Ocean and various points in Asia and Siberia. This includes the resource-rich points of the north, as well as potential hard-to-reach tourist destinations.
3. Russia re-affirms that it will stop the silly practice of financing US dollar (which is a form of economic slavery) and will instead use its hard-earned reserves to finance projects inside the country. Finally – it’s about time!
This is a massive shift, and yet another confirmation that the US dollar is approaching its point of no return!
Below is Putin’s Skype with BAM engineers and railroad workers for the 40-year anniversary of BAM. He congratulates them with the anniversary and talks about the $150 bln investment at 13:10. Towards the end, the new leg of BAM is symbolically initiated:
What BAM looks like today – report from the BAM capital, Tinda starts at 0:30 (includes some historic footage from 1970s). Map of BAM starts at 1:34:
Another map of BAM and Trans-Siberian Railroad here.
More awesome pics of Sacred Lake Baikal: THE EARTH SHIFTER Mystical Setting: Lake Baikal, Siberia
Speaking of Siberia and Baikal, check out
Excerpt 4: Siberian Shaman Tengis
from THE EARTH SHIFTER
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