Odds ‘n Sods:

U.K. state memo warns of “anarchy” in the city streets. (Thanks to Florida Guy for the link.)

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Yishai flagged this for us, from The Morning Brief: “This could be the mother of year-ends,” Brian Sack, of Macroeconomic Advisers and a former Federal Reserve chief market analyst, tells Bloomberg, which says the Fed may have to increase the cash it provides to banks and brokers beyond already-record levels to help them balance their books at the end of the year in the wake of six bank failures in the past two months and rising concern about Lehman’s capital levels. Lenders’ borrowing costs may climb further as companies rush for cash to settle trades and buttress their balance sheets at year-end, Bloomberg says. Meanwhile,

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Reader John S. mentioned that Interordnance currently has a couple of bargains for folks that like to stock up on barter items in quantity: HK G3 (HK91) alloy magazines for $1 each if you buy 1,000 or more, and crates of 20 re-arsenalized Mosin Nagant 91/30 bolt action 7.62x54r rifles for $1,100 per crate. John notes: “This might be a good deal for a group that wanted to have extra inexpensive bolt action rifles on hand to pass out to others for defense purposes.” An FFL is required for ordering the rifles. BTW, anyone looking for pre-1899 bolt actions that do not require an FFL should contact The Pre-1899 Specialist (one of our loyal advertisers) or Empire Arms.

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Eric spotted this one from MarketWatch: Foreclosures.com Reports More Than 100,000 Homeowners Lost Homes in August; One Million Foreclosures Expected in 2008

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Thanks to EMBW for the link to a Popular Mechanics article on hidden spaces.