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• utopian

  When the Mayans envisioned the world coming to an end in 2012 — at least in the Hollywood telling — they didn’t count junk bonds among the perils that would lead to worldwide disaster.

  Maybe they should have, because 2012 also is the beginning of a three-year period in which more than $700 billion in risky, high-yield corporate debt begins to come due, an extraordinary surge that some analysts fear could overload the debt markets.

  With huge bills about to hit corporations and the federal government around the same time, the worry is that some companies will have trouble getting new loans, spurring defaults and a wave of bankruptcies.

  The United States government alone will need to borrow nearly $2 trillion in 2012, to bridge the projected budget deficit for that year and to refinance existing debt.

  

  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/1…

  Mar 16, 10, 7:38 p.m. – Permalink

• ernexbcn

  FFS

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 7:39 p.m. – Permalink

• airey

  a repost of the image but if anyone hasn't seen this you gotta.
  

  

  • just read this and ignore the confusing bonds thing. it's too scary and i don't quite understand it.– airey1/2

    it's a bit like samwell's 'what what' is that respect.– airey2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 7:41 p.m. – Permalink

• ismith

  Couldn't they have done it in a, I dunno, less annoying-internet-infographicy way?

  • out of the question
    – mydo

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 7:44 p.m. – Permalink

• airey

  are you talking about the graphs? cause they kinda existed before the net and they're kinda useful.

  • yeah but when they were in books they had editors... now there are tons and they suck.– ismith1/3

    I would much rather just have read it in paragraph form... but whatever– ismith2/3

    people on teh interwebs need pictures.– lambsy3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 7:44 p.m. – Permalink

• ismith

  This is why I enjoy the simple life on the outskirts of civilization... too bad Big Sur will probably be the first place to drop into the ocean during the apocalypse. I guess I can settle for my cabin-to-be in South Carolina...

  • just stock tinned goods and water. ya'll be fine.– airey1/8

    ;)– ismith2/8

    pfffft– ismith3/8

    btw did you know humans can outrun deer in a forest?– ismith4/8

    it takes a little technique but it's quit practical to hunt deer on foot with just a knife if need be.– ismith5/8

    FUN FACT– ismith6/8

    of course that's only if you can't survive on plant life alone– ismith7/8

    it's easier with a semi-auto rifle and landmines.– airey8/8

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 7:46 p.m. – Permalink

• SoulFly

  can I have other infographics in order to make a better decision to believe it or not, thanx.

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 8:28 p.m. – Permalink

• JackRyan

  

  • if a douchebag lives in a log-cabin in the forest does he still deserve to die horribly?– airey

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 8:33 p.m. – Permalink

• JackRyan

  

  • how are your ribs– ismith1/3

    and i don't mean the bbq kind, I mean the kind that smashed the fuck out of your metal water bottle :P– ismith2/3

    i hate fuckin' cocksuckin' hunters– kiusa3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 8:33 p.m. – Permalink

• persona_non_grata

  So, about this running faster than dear - is that only because we can catch them off at passes and out think them during the run?

  I have a strange feeling this may come in handy for me

  

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  Dog-earMar 17, 10, 2:45 a.m. – Permalink

• persona_non_grata

  Most mammals can sprint faster than humans — having four legs gives them the advantage. But when it comes to long distances, humans can outrun almost any animal. Because we cool by sweating rather than panting, we can stay cool at speeds and distances that would overheat other animals. On a hot day, the two scientists wrote, a human could even outrun a horse in a 26.2-mile marathon.

  • Right, because humans all over can run 26.2 miles at one go.– kult1/3

    In real life, the average human huffs it about 2 miles in and collapses of exhaustion.– kult2/3

    At this point, the horse is 15 miles away and fucking some other horse.– kult3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 17, 10, 3:14 a.m. – Permalink

• Peter

  I thoroughly believe Mayans predicted a $700 billion in risky, high-yield corporate debt in America, 2012, and the shattering waves and volcanoes it will no doubt ignite.

  • they just struggled over the exact wording.– airey

  

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  Dog-earMar 17, 10, 3:20 a.m. – Permalink

• whereRI

  

  • in the future shopping trolleys will be worth gold. and gold will be worth not a lot. it's soft and heavy.– airey1/3

    im stocking up on them– whereRI2/3

    ahahahha good one Airey– GeorgesII3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 17, 10, 3:35 a.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  what about a golden shopping trolley?

  • king of the tramps™– airey

  

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  Dog-earMar 17, 10, 4:23 a.m. – Permalink

• OBBTKN

  There are some plastic ones, you can burn to get warm in the long cold winters

  

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  Dog-earMar 17, 10, 5:30 a.m. – Permalink

• Sandder

  ...except 2012 was a miscalculation and nothing is going to happen for at least another 200 years. How's that for a timeline!

  • or at all. how's that for a fact.– airey

  

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  Dog-earMar 17, 10, 5:45 a.m. – Permalink