Drunkening article on the economy.

I call this a "drunkening" article because after reading it I had the urge to just go and get very smashed in hopes I'd forget it. A lack of quality beer prevented that, so here we go all the same.

H/T Fresh Bilge

Also, if anyone has a better suggestion than "drunkening" let me know, I'm too much of a grammar nut to just sit on this one.

China's Empire.

The word "imperialist" is bandied about so often that it's lost a lot of its edge. Well, the Daily Mail has a refresher course. Now what China is doing in Africa is evil and not in the "emo" sense which we see all the time regarding Bush.

Read the article and digest that. The evils of the past ended because of firm, moral leadership and not the "nuanced" view of windsurfers and community activists. The decline of the West will unleash these evils on the world again and very few mind. Keep an eye on this and realize that the Media won't report this as it doesn't fit the Narrative.

This is just another front in the low-level conflict raging across earth. And it's not one we can nuance out of.