Two Book-Related Synchronicities

So on Sunday night I awaken early in the A.M. and I don’t feel like going back to sleep. So I turn on the radio and randomly select a book from the shelf that’s within arm’s reach of my bed. It’s "God’s Dust," an Asian travelogue. I read the chapter on Taiwan, and about all the anti-Red propaganda and war preparations there. Next, I read the first chapter of "Nature’s End: The Consequences of the Twentieth Century," a novel of a totally polluted future Earth and how mankind confronts it. It’s co-written by famous “alien abductee” Whitley Streiber. The first chapter is about the main characters’ visit to Denver, Col., and how the air is black from smog and how you’ll croak without a gas mask. So I eventually go back to sleep and get up and go to work. I check the news on the Internets. Two of the first items I see on Yahooo! News are “Denver choking on near record smog levels“ and “Taiwan stages live military drills to deter China.” WTF???