Odds ‘n Sods:

If you feel like you’ve waited too long to Get Out of Dodge, and you need to buy a complete, turn-key retreat, then listen to this: I’ve personally visited a northern Idaho retreat that just went on the market, through our spin-off site: SurvivalRealty.com. This retreat has some very special features (most of which I’ve seen) that will be revealed only to qualified buyers.

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Eric sent us this: Japan Stocks Dive to 3-Year Low on Lehman, AIG Capital Concern. “[The] Nikkei closed early as the volume was approaching their load limits…”

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A bunch more more economic gloomage gleaned by Cheryl, our Economic Editor: How the [Financial] Masters of the Universe Ran Amok and Cost Us the EarthCard Debt Up 8.5%; Delinquencies RiseHP To Cut 24,600 Jobs in EDS IntegrationNo Jobs Make Mean StreetsMore Financial Turmoil to ComeThe Social Imperative of Sound MoneyThe Final Destruction of the Middle ClassThe Danger Is Not Fully Appreciated (US Under Financial Attack?)Stocks End Higher After Fed Leaves Rates UnchangedBarclays Agrees To Acquire Lehman AssetsMoney as DebtMoney-Market Rates Double Amid Global Credit SeizureReport on AIG Rescue Boosts Wall StreetAIG Shares Swing Amid CrisisGoldman Sachs Down 70% in 3QFed to give AIG $85 billion loan and take 80% stake–and, Is the US in Recession? (You think?)

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And for a little levity on the ever-encroaching Nanny State: City uses DNA to fight dog poop