ccbkd, interesting article alright, sounds convincing. But the source, The Trumpet is a religiously focused American publisher, looking for signs of the 2nd coming, and other prophetic end of days kinda stuff:
"The Trumpet seeks to show how current events are fulfilling the biblically prophesied description of the prevailing state of affairs just before the Second Coming of This post will be deleted if not edited immediately Christ"
Hardly an independent or unbiased source. America has great form when it comes to this kind of thing. The Puritans were always looking for signs and portents of God's will in the world.
Having said that, if what they say is true, the Aussie house partee is going to come to a very painful end with Mammon taking a right bashing.
Didn't the Mayans predict 2012 as the end of world as well ? There is serious competition in the prophetic disaster stakes, with the Greens now muscling in too.