The major worldwide events of the past month give me pause for concern.  Throughout my life, there has always been some level of upheaval worldwide.

These include significant weather events, trade disputes, civil unrest and national aspirations (revolutions, border skirmishes, etc). I have been wondering if there was a boiling point when the number of events would become overwhelming.

What’s Up

Here is my list of key events that are currently roiling the planet.  While the impacts are localized primarily to countries and regions the world wide impact is real and increasing.

• Hurricane Dorian – the category five storm has devastated the Bahamas and is rampaging the US east coast from Florida up to the Canadian cost past Newfoundland.
• Chinese/US trade war – the worlds two largest economies continue to become more insular (it’s all about me).
• Brexit –  The European Union is about to have a serious shakeup as is the British economy
• Hong Kong protests – Is the city-state about to experience martial law.
• India annexes Kasmir  – Is a conflict brewing that will involve China and Pakistan?
• Israel and Lebanon exchange missile fire – is the middle east conflict heating up?
• World wide recession – is a large hit to the world economy on the way, the bond rate inversion says it is.

Stay Optimistic and Carry on

It does seem as if the current state of world affairs is highly turbulent.  Clearly there is a lot of unrest and pain being experienced worldwide.

For me, we have been here before but over longer periods of time.  It seems like major issues and events are surging together.   My hope is all will pass without integrating into a powerful whole that creates mass disruption around the globe.

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