Mainstream market commentator Robert Kioysaki recommends buying silver coins in this piece: The Profit of Doom [1] A SurvivalBlog reader mentioned that Kiyosaki was one of the few mainstream market mavens to recognize silver as a bargain fairly early on. Meanwhile, a lot of his colleagues with stock and bond tunnel vision are still in denial.
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Lex found this from The Wall Street Journal: Will Thornburg Join Failed Lenders? [2]
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Thanks to Sapa for flagging this: Zimbabwe bans ‘unlawful hoarding’ [3]. The illegal “hoarding” threshold is absurd–the equivalent of just $21 USD!
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Paul D. mentioned a bicycle engine web site [4]. Paul’s comment: “A friend of mine just got one of these engines for his Mountain Bike. He told me that he rode the dirt roads for two hours on just one quart of gasoline. Wow! Talk about a fuel efficient internal combustion engine. I will be ordering mine soon.”