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From Naish Piazza’s blog: I Love This Little Girl… and So Will You. OBTW, speaking of Front Sight, don’t miss out on their “Get a Gun” training and gear package offer. This offer will probably end soon, so don’t hesitate any longer!

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Our hard working Economic Editor Cheryl N. sent us an enormous batch of news and commentary. Note, BTW, how many of these highlight the derivatives market: Meltdown Shakes Up Wall Street WorkersWall Street Crisis Could Put Fed Rate Cut Into PlayStocks Tumble Amid New Wall Street LandscapeObama, McCain Blame Economic Woes on Greed, PolicyGreenspan: US In “Once-In-A-Century” Financial CrisisTectonic Shift As Lehmans Fails and Merrill SoldAIG Allowed To Borrow Money From Subsidiaries (Portfolio Plummets)Black Monday: FTSE Plunges 212 Points As Global Markets Tumble After Lehman Collapse/BofE Injects 5 billion pounds into money marketsFrantic Day On Wall Street As Banks FallWilbur Ross: Possibly 1,000 Banks Will Fail In Coming MonthsDangerous “Lehmers”The Rise and Fall of Lehman BrosDoomed Lehmans Now Bros. GrimmDerivatives Market Traded On Sunday To Cut Lehman RisksSilences Say It AllImplications of a 10-Day Refinery OutageStocks Plunge 500 Points; $700 billion in Wealth ErasedAIG Workers On Edge At Once-Safe CompanyIs This The Death Knell Of Derivatives?UK Bank Customers Urged Not To PanicThe Death of Wall Street, Part 1Stocks Get PummeledBush: Markets Are Resilient and Flexible (bwahahahahaha!)Pimco, Vanguard Are Biggest Lehman Bond Fund LosersAIG’s Reported Sales Likely To Draw Many BiddersFed Injects $70 billion in Banking SystemAmericans Should Worry About Bank DepositsLehmans Is Dead: Where’s The Crime Scene Tape?The Other Gulf Surge TideDeleveraging Not Deflation Resulting in Commodities Temporary Violent CorrectionLehman’s Bankruptcy: The Ultimate Wall Street Derivatives Defaults Nightmare (this one is a must read!)AIG, Lehman Shock Hits World MarketsAIG Seeks HUGE Loans As Stocks Dive 61%–and, last but not least (and as partial confirmation of what I predicted): Merrill Bailout Disguised As Buyout.

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Justin B in Phoenix recommended reading a post over at the Tom Bowers Subguns Forum: My Houston Hurricane Story or “How BCR’s Roll” (This post actually dates back to Hurricane Rita, but it is a useful illustration of the value of well-orchestrated family preparedness.)