[quote=CA renter][quote=partypup][quote=Arraya]http://www.reuters.com/article/usDollarRpt/idUSLG42629320090616
YEKATERINBURG, June 16 (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday existing reserve currencies, including the dollar, have not performed their function, and a new supranational currency was in the making. “We are likely to witness the creation of a supranational reserve currency … which will be used for international settlements,” Medvedev told a new conference. “Although volumes will be limited.

“The existing currency system is not ideal. There is a range of risks, including inflation risks,” Medvedev said. [/quote]

Here’s something you probably don’t know: the U.S. asked to attend this meeting – and the request was rebuffed. Plans are being made now that don’t include us.[/quote

Can you blame them? I’d be doing the same thing, personally.
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No…don’t really blame them. It is the only sensible thing to do if they want to mitigate (not eliminate, mind you) damage to their own economies. What pains me is that these events are happening in PLAIN VIEW now – and when I relay this to friends and family who have thus far resisted making preparations, the information simply goes in one ear and out the other. Major, epic changes are underway that will change all our lives, and most people in this country are simply clued out. What the hell has happened to people’s survival instincts? Have we all become domesticated cats and dogs?

I wonder if, on the eve of the American Revolution, there were hapless colonists sitting on their porches, watching the Redcoats march by, hearing the gunfire in the distance, watching the wounded being carried through fields, and thinking, “Gee, I wonder if something is up…?