American Fork [, Utah] Man Is Food Storage Fanatic [1]
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Rod M. sent us a link to this tongue-in-cheek piece from Australia on the resurgence of survivalism: Where is The Safest Place on Earth? [2] BTW, the article includes mention of our spin-off web site, SurvivalRealty.com [3]
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Several readers sent this: Mormons prepared for hard times [4]. While I’ll never see eye-to-eye with the LDS church doctrinally [5], I highly commend them for their food storage policy and their extensive cannery and bishop’s warehouse infrastructures.
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Another huge batch of economic news and commentary from Cheryl: One Third of US Banks May Fail or Merge In 2009 [6] — Fed Grants Request to Make GMAC a Bank Holding Company [7] — 32,000 UK Realtors Jobs Wiped Out [8] — Economy on Knife-Edge as Japan Faces Deflation Fears [9] — Retailers Foresee Dire 2009 [10] — British GDP Drops Faster than 1940s [11] — Gas Prices Drift to 58-Month Low [12] — Joel Skousen: 2008 in Review [13] — Financial Markets and Economic Potpourri December 26, 2008 [14] — Insolvent Financial System Signals Higher Gold [15] — Families Turning to Insurance Fraud to Beat Credit Crunch [16] — Economists Who Called it Right & Predictions for 2009 [17] — Crackdown on Bailed-Out Banks [18] (But will the legislation go retroactive?) — Housing Has its Worst Monthly Price Drop in 20 Years [19]