Mike Adams
Natural News
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Ask around and you’ll hear this over and over again:
People are concerned about what might be coming. They’re concerned about a
global financial collapse, an ecological crisis and potential disruptions in
the food supply. The radical weather patterns now being witnessed across the
world are further indication that something’s wrong with the world we thought
we knew.
But what’s really going to happen between now and
2012? Is there any way to take an educated guess about which challenges are
most likely to appear?
That’s what I’ve done here in this collection of
thirty-five predictions for 2010 – 2012. Although I can’t actually see the
future in some sort of crystal ball, I do have a successful track record of
predicting many large-scale events years before they happen. As published here
on NaturalNews, my predictions for 2009 clocked in at 79% accuracy (http://www.naturalnews.com/027964_p…). I’m on the record
calling the 2007 housing crash a full two years before it took place (http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000…), and those who have
been following these writings for several years know that I openly warned
people about the dot-com crash two years before it happened as well.
So here’s what I see coming in 2010 – 2012. This is
based on “educated guesses” about where current trends may lead us. This is not
some sort of psychic prediction exercise; it’s based entirely on observation
and forward thinking.
By the way, if these predictions seem too
pessimistic, be sure to read the bottom of this article which talks about the
upside of what will happen after these next few years. Ultimately,
there is good news ahead…
The world depends on Rare Earth Metals (REMs) to
manufacture everything from electric motors to solar panels and computer parts.
Expect a global shortage to hit hard over the next three years. (http://www.naturalnews.com/028028_r…)
There will be one or more serious disruptions in the
food supply that will wake up Americans to the possibility that their food may
not be as secure or plentiful as they had imagined. While this could take the
form of a crop disease that spreads across corn or wheat farms, it’s more
likely to involve radical weather patterns that destroy crops and limit food
supply.
A deadly superbug will escape the hospital and get
into the “wild” — meaning it starts to infect everyday people, perhaps being
transmitted through gyms or schools. A review of what led to the escape will
point to abuse of antibiotics and failure of hospital staff to wash their
hands.
New evidence will emerge linking vaccines to
neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. This evidence may point to
the chemical adjuvants used in vaccines which cause an inflammatory response in
the body. The vaccine industry, of course, will deny any such link, but
evidence will mount that points to the link.
At some point over the next three years, the U.S.
power grid will suffer a catastrophic regional failure that puts tens of
millions of people in the dark. The power grid is a fragile system just waiting
to be brought down by cascading failures. It will be repaired relatively
quickly (perhaps in 72 hours), but its failure will leave many people on edge
and cause a rush of business at preparedness retailers.
There will be a huge failure in one or more key
communications satellites, causing widespread disruptions in telecomm services,
including those serving emergency and law enforcement organizations. Likely
causes: Space debris, solar flares or deliberate targeting by land-to-space
rockets. (China may even begin to shoot down U.S. satellites if a military
confrontation breaks out, see below…)
Somewhere in North America, the contamination of
crops with genetically modified DNA or seeds will flare into a crop crisis (and
perhaps even crop failures). Tensions between affected farmers and seed
corporations like Monsanto will escalate, and new public attention will be
drawn to the problem of GM crops. (As a side note, new evidence will also
emerge linking GM foods to internal organ damage in laboratory animals…)
The Colony Collapse Disorder now striking honeybee
populations will not only get worse in honeybees; it will also spread to other
species including amphibians. Bird watchers will record an alarming decline in
bird populations throughout North America, and scientists will note a
disturbing trend in the loss of species diversity in many areas.
Expect to see more flood, more earthquakes, more
droughts, more heat waves and more cold spells as the world’s weather patterns
show increasing destabilization. Droughts will come to areas that typically see
plenty of water, and too much water will appear in areas that are normally more
arid. Many humans will be displaced and property damage will rise into the tens
of billions of dollars. (Note, I wrote this prediction in early January, well
before the recent snow storms hammered the East Coast. But there will still be
many more radical weather events…)
The need for cheap, non-fossil power will drive more
countries to embrace nuclear power as the “clean” energy source of the near
future. Expect to see more nuclear power plants approved for construction.
(Actually completing the construction can take a decade or more, however.)
I only give this a 25% chance before the end of 2012,
but it seems possible that low-yield tactical nuclear weapons could be used in
a conflict in the Middle East, most likely involving Israel targeting Iran. One
dangerous possibility is that conventional “bunker buster” bombs could be used
to bomb Iranian nuclear processing facilities, releasing a cloud of radioactive
dust that blankets the region, causing countless civilian casualties. In terms
of nuclear threats, another important possibility that I predict could unfold
is the theft of nuclear weapons from Pakistan by more radical forces who then
use their stolen nuke weapons to threaten and destabilize the entire region.
There will be at least one new superfood from South
America that breaks into western markets in much the same way that Acai did a
few years back. It will be an herb or fruit that virtually no one in North
America has heard of yet, but which has been known in the Amazon (or
surrounding areas) for thousands of years. NaturalNews may, in fact, be
involved in announcing this…
The timeline may be a little short on this prediction
— I actually have more confidence of this appearing by 2016. The prediction is
that a portable vitamin D sensor device will be invented. It will allow people
to have their blood levels of vitamin D tested within two minutes, with either
a tiny blood draw (such as with diabetic blood glucose testers) or, even
better, a laser or infra-red detection technology that’s non-invasive. The
widespread use of such devices could revolutionize health by pinpointing people
who are deficient in vitamin D. A deficiency, as you probably know, causes
cancer, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, depression, osteoporosis and many
other diseases. There is a good chance that the invention of such a device
could be blocked by the FDA as a way to prevent this lifesaving technology from
going into widespread use in the USA. Why would the FDA block this? Because if
people corrected their vitamin D levels, they wouldn’t buy as many
pharmaceuticals and the cancer industry would all but implode.
The U.S. loses credibility in the financial world.
This leads to rampant price inflation combined with currency deflation of the
U.S. dollar. The U.S. government, with its debt climbing ever higher, will find
itself virtually unable to sell more debt. It will then resort to printing more
money to pay its own debt, which is roughly the same as using cash advances on
your credit card to pay your minimum monthly debt payment on that same card.
The end result will be the complete financial bankruptcy of the U.S. government
well before 2025.
This may take a few more years beyond 2012, but by
2016, I predict a 50% chance that the U.S. will very nearly engage in military
conflict with China over natural resources. The most likely candidate? Oil, of
course, but natural gas or rare earth metals could also be part of this conflict.
China will emerge victorious in the negotiations because it will secretly
threaten to sell off U.S. debt and crash the U.S. debt ratings (see above)
unless the U.S. gives in to its demands over natural resources.
This is a no-brainer, actually. It’s only a matter of
time before Big Pharma gets caught yet again committing a felony, bribing
researchers, faking clinical trial data or burying studies that it doesn’t want
the public to see. Expect to see another Vioxx-scale scandal unearthed,
possibly from a Big Pharma whistleblower.
This is already underway, actually, but it will
accelerate in the next three years as China uses this new method of electronic
warfare to steal corporate secrets and disrupt western society. Particularly
vulnerable are DNS root servers. If they are brought down, the entire internet
will effectively grind to a halt.
Cancer caused by medical imaging technology is one of
the “dirty little secrets” of western medicine. Expect to see more research
linking medical imaging to health problems. The medical imaging industry, as
usual, will try anything to suppress the evidence (this includes the
mammography industry, which is already engaged in medical violence against
women via medically unjustified mammography).
Desperate to convince the people to accept more
police state oppression, certain dark forces within the U.S. government will
stage another large-scale false flag “terror” attack most likely involving a
dirty bomb or biological weapon. Following the attack, government authorities
will issue new calls for surveillance and movement tracking of the entire
population. RFID implants will play a significant role as well cell phone
tracking. Propaganda television ads will show implants are being harmless and
put in place to “protect your family against terrorism.” But the real purpose
will be to establish a database of the movements and locations of U.S. citizens
that can be data mined to discover patterns of meetings among two or more
people. If you meet with the “wrong” people, you will then be added to a list
of those to be watched. Those who refuse to be tagged or tracked will be denied
air travel and other forms of free travel.
The world won’t come to an end on December 21, 2012,
but certain elements of current human civilization may certainly be coming to a
close around that time. The global money system, in particular, is headed for a
total collapse. Many elements of the environment are at a breaking point (such
as the chemical pollution of the oceans). The chemical burden on the citizens
of the world is reaching a critical mass they may culminate in a population
collapse. I don’t put any special significance on the date of December 21, but
I do believe many things are headed toward collapse (and rebirth) over the next
several years.
After ignoring the problem for decades, the EPA will
finally be pressured into taking on the regulation of pharmaceuticals in the
water supply. Big Pharma will fight this relentlessly, of course, because it
makes more money by distributing more drugs that end up in the water supply. So
don’t expect any real action to limit Big Pharma’s drug trade. Mostly, we’ll
just get talk (but no action) from the EPA.
A major scandal involving the criminal drugging of nursing
home residents will unfold in the western world. It will be discovered that
staff are intentionally drugging residents into a mental stupor in order to
make them “easier to handle.” Several deaths among nursing home patients will
occur, with one of them being mysterious enough to set off the investigation.
Between now and 2012, the psych industry will
“discover” yet more disorders that will be promoted as vehicles for selling
more dangerous mind-altering drugs to children. These new disorder will
actually be normal behaviors that are “undesirable” by parents or teachers. For
example, temper tantrums may be classified as a disorder requiring
pharmaceutical treatment. “Talking back disorder” will be given some
scientific-sounding name (to make it seem legitimate, of course) and will be
treated with drugs that harm brain function. There’s no end to the disease
mongering of Big Pharma. Expect to see more disorders targeting younger
children, expectant mothers and senior citizens. This is all part of Big
Pharma’s effort to expand its customer base.
Scary possibility: Adults who refuse to follow
government orders for RFID tracking or other Big Brother plans may be labeled
with a new disorder called “Adult Authority Defiance Disorder” (AADD) and be
arrested and medicated against their will to “treat” their brain malfunction.
The only way to avoid being labeled AADD is to go along with whatever you’re
told by the government.
The vaccine industry has been itching for new
diseases to promote over the last few years. Big Pharma has realized that
vaccines are the future of big profits because their sale doesn’t require
anyone to actually be sick. This is a way of selling drugs to healthy
people, and this has been a long-term goal of Big Pharma for at least
two decades. Between now and 2012, expect to see more vaccines marketed for
various concocted infectious diseases (much like H1N1) as well as vaccines
targeting behavior! For example, you might see vaccines pushed that claim to
stop smoking, or alcoholism, or even over-eating. A “diet vaccine” would be the
ultimate goal of Big Pharma: Take a shot and lose weight without even trying!
The war against raw milk will result in farmers being
treated like drug dealers by overzealous (and misguided) health “authorities”
who engage in armed “raw milk raids.” Homeopathy, anti-cancer therapies, herbs
and supplements will all continue to be viciously attacked by the FDA and FTC,
and these attacks will escalate as the FDA enters a new era of police state
tyranny against the American People who are only seeking healing.
As economic, environmental and infrastructure
failures occur, they will displace more people from their jobs and homes,
leading to a sharp increase in crime nearly everywhere around the world. We
already saw this after Hurricane Katrina, where hundreds of thousands of
jobless refugees caused a huge crime wave through neighboring cities like
Houston, TX. Expect to see significant increases in crime in all major world
cities.
The worse the economy becomes, the fewer police
officers can be afforded by municipalities. This translates into increases in
street crime: Muggings, robberies, hold-ups, etc. We’re already seeing this
happen: Here’s a news story from a 73-year-old man who robbed three Tampa banks
to pay his mortgage: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/fe…
Notably, he was only robbing the banks for $600 each
because that’s all he needed to pay the mortgage. Don’t you find it interesting
that it’s illegal for people to rob banks, but it’s perfectly legal for
banks to rob the People! (Bailout money…)
There will be a significant new attempt by one or
more governments to destroy freedom on the internet. This will take the form of
“hate speech” laws, identity laws (so no one can post anything on the ‘net
anonymously), or the outlawing of internet text on certain topics (such as
making it illegal to post information on natural remedies). This will be put in
place by desperate governments who realize they are losing their propaganda
wars thanks to the freedoms of the internet.
You can also expect to see more cooperation between
Google (and YouTube) and the NSA, FBI or CIA. Governments will maintain secret
information taps into all the major search engines, email service providers and
content websites. Google, Facebook, Yahoo, YouTube and many other sites will
function as back-door surveillance platforms for the U.S. government.
China is driving a super-heated economy to the brink
of a bust. Everything looks great during the boom, but this boom will come to
an end before January, 2013.
China is a mass consumer of natural resources and
construction materials like concrete and steel. When its economic bubble
bursts, it will send shockwaves through the economies of all the major first-world
countries who supply many of the materials and technologies that are currently
underlying China’s fast-paced growth. Most importantly, China’s economic bust
will cause a sharp drop in the country’s ability to purchase more U.S. debt.
China’s central banks may even decide to start selling U.S. debt
notes. This act could set off a chain reaction of global sales that would tear
open a huge hole in the metaphorical Titanic of America’s counterfeit economic
prosperity.
Ecuador currently uses the U.S. dollar as its primary
currency. The dollar is also openly accepted in countries like Panama. But
within the next three years, the U.S. dollar will lose its dominance in South
America. I predict that Ecuador will be well on its way towards ditching the
dollar and embracing either its own new currency or adopting a new South
American currency by January, 2013.
All the South American elected officials already
realize that the endless creation of new money by the Federal Reserve is
causing a devaluation of the U.S. dollar — effectively resulting in a transfer
of wealth from those nations that use the dollar to the USA. This is seen on
the street as an inflationary event that raises street prices of common goods
(like food and fuel) in developing countries, making presidents increasingly
unpopular among their citizens. The only way to defend against this erosion of
wealth is to drop the U.S. dollar as a currency and switch to your own national
or regional currency.
Speaking of currency, although the collapse of the
U.S. dollar may take several years beyond 2012, once it happens, you can expect
to see a flood of local currencies hitting the streets in towns and cities
across the USA. States like California or Texas, for example, may quickly set
up their own “state reserve banks” that replace the Federal Reserve. They will
then issue state notes (”Texas Bucks”) that serve as currency, replacing the
dollar.
There will then be exchange rates between the
currencies of various states — I’ll give you 1.25 California Bucks for 1 Texas
Buck… etc. Fortunes will be made and lost as currency traders bet on the fluctuations
between state currency valuations.
The TSA swears that your “naked” body picture is
deleted in mere seconds after it’s taken. But I predict that a famous U.S.
celebrity will have their body scanner picture taken, saved and swapped all
over the internet. The public outcry will cause the TSA to temporarily suspend
body scanning operations, but after the protests fade away, they’ll reinstate
the procedure. “Sheeple” air travelers will go right along with it, believing
that a little more security is worth sacrificing any amount of freedom.
By 2012, numerous brain tumors will be documented in
people in their 20’s who were heavy users of cell phones through their
childhood and teen years. It takes time for these tumors to develop, of course,
which is why they haven’t shown up in large numbers yet. Today’s 30+ adults
never used cell phones as children, but the current generation of adults in
their 20’s grew up with their heads being subjected to these intense
electromagnetic radiation fields on a regular basis.
In order to deflect blame from vaccines, the medical
industry will falsify whatever research is necessary to blame autism on
something else: Probably a combination of genetics and exposure to certain
chemicals. This new “research” will be published in a “prestigious” medical
journal (which caters to the interests of Big Pharma, of course).
(The text of this prediction has been removed, as I
don’t want to be blamed for giving terrorists any specific ideas. In no way do
I wish for any terrorist attacks on anyone. But I should note that terrorists
are pretty clever and they have ways to come up with their own ideas.)
The next five years will see infertility rates
continue to rise as sperm counts drop and DNA mutations (caused by pharmaceuticals
and other chemicals) keep rising. This is the beginning of the genopocalypse,
as I call it: The genetic degradation of the mainstream human population.
I predict that over the next 3-5 years, tiny “personal
recorders” that can record 24 hours of audio and video while being covertly
worn by people will go mainstream. This will have huge implications for police
work (expect to see police caught in the abuse of innocent citizens), business
meetings (expect to see video clips from private corporation meetings ending up
on the ‘net thanks to whistleblowers), government and many other areas.
A key court case will eventually emerge that
challenges the legality of the personal recordings, and in the end, they will
be allowed as evidence. New laws passed by Congress in the year 2015 will limit
the use of personal recorders in public schools, government buildings and other
“sensitive” areas. These devices, by the way, will likely take the form of
finger rings (for audio recorders), necklaces, bracelets or eyeglasses. Some
specialty technology recorders may even be placed inside false eyes.
The year 2010 and beyond will be the “counter
surveillance era” where citizens are watching the authorities. YouTube will play
a huge role in this, but sooner or later it will begin censoring and blocking
videos that threaten the credibility of the government.
For those who have never really seen the way the
world works, some of these predictions may seem outlandish. If you want to know
the way the U.S. government really operates, read books by John Perkins:
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
The Secret History of the American Empire
… and more at