Larry in Cincinnati spotted a link over at the excellent Urban Survival blog to a classic book in the public domain: Handy Farm Devices & How To Make Them. (BTW, there are lots of other free references available at the Journey to Forever site.)
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Adrian mentioned an article over at The Trader Blog with some observation on Iceland’s economic turmoil and potential for hyperinflation: What Happens After A Country Implodes? Also, don’t miss this very recent piece by the same blog author: “We are approaching the apogee of the Treasury bubble”
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Ready Made Resources just added Three Tray Stackable Sprout Garden sets to their catalog. Every prepared family should practice sprouting. Sprouts are an important part of your survival food supply, providing crucial vitamins and minerals, even after your stored vitamin tablets have run out. Sprouting is also a healthy way to eat, in the present day.
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Cheryl’s latest gleanings: Stocks End Mixed In Late Slide After Fed Rate Cut — US Motor Industry: The Great Breakdown — Ukraine On Brink Of Financial Collapse — Bailouts Continue; China Takes Aggressive Action On Economy — Mints Struggle To Meet Metals Demand — Top Theorists Examine Rippling Economic Turbulence — Hungarian Currency Collapses — US Consumers Stop Spending — Banking Misery Engulfs Japan — China Cuts Interest Rates Again — Credit Losses Far Exceed Bailout Injections — Putin Suggests Russia, China Ditch Dollar — IMF ‘Has Six Days To Save Pakistan’
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Fed cuts key interest rate half-point to 1 percent. Artificially lower interest rates didn’t work for Japan, and it won’t work any better for the US. Ben Bernanke and Company have now painted themselves into a corner.