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 [1], through our spin-off site: SurvivalRealty.com [2]. 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 [3]. “[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 Earth [4]—Card Debt Up 8.5%; Delinquencies Rise [5]—HP To Cut 24,600 Jobs in EDS Integration [6]—No Jobs Make Mean Streets [7]—More Financial Turmoil to Come [8]—The Social Imperative of Sound Money [9]—The Final Destruction of the Middle Class [10]—The Danger Is Not Fully Appreciated (US Under Financial Attack?) [11]—Stocks End Higher After Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged [12]—Barclays Agrees To Acquire Lehman Assets [13]—Money as Debt [14]—Money-Market Rates Double Amid Global Credit Seizure [15]—Report on AIG Rescue Boosts Wall Street [16]—AIG Shares Swing Amid Crisis [17]—Goldman Sachs Down 70% in 3Q [18]—Fed to give AIG $85 billion loan and take 80% stake [19]–and, Is the US in Recession? [20] (You think?)
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And for a little levity on the ever-encroaching Nanny State: City uses DNA to fight dog poop [21]