A tip of the hat to Eric for sending this: The other dark meat: Raccoon is making it to the table
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Heather sent us this: Rice prices ‘could rise sharply’
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Tim L. suggested this article by one of my heroes, Dr. Walter Williams: Congress’ Financial Mess. And for more of the Big Picture, see this article at Bob Chapman’s The International Forecaster: The Smell Of Panic In The Air For The Economy. (A hat tip to Bryan for the link.) And for other economic news, Cheryl kindly sent us all these items: The U.S. Economy is Being Marched to the Gallows (Predictions of Hyperinflation, Dollar Decline and Civil Unrest) — Near Panic in Markets Over Fears of Further US Bank Write-Downs — Merrill Lynch Reports Record $15 Billion 4th Quarter Loss — Another Fall in US Consumer Prices Sparks Fears of Deflation — Unsold Cars Pile Up Around the World — IEA Cuts Oil Demand Forecasts — CitiGroup Splits in Two – $8.3 Billion Loss — BofA Gets $138 Billion Bailout After First Loss in 17 Years — Treasuries Fall on BofA Bailout — Bailed Out Wall Street Helps Float Obama Inauguration — Bank of China VP Warns of Fresh Financial Crisis —Bread Misery Index (from The Mogambo Guru, $50 Billion Zimbabwe dollars buys two loaves of bread)
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The Western Rifle Shooters Association (WRSA) has scheduled another excellent Grid-Down Medical Course. This one will be held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on February 7th & 8th. If you attend, be sure to wear your SurvivalBlog hat or T-shirt, and you might meet some fellow SurvivalBlog readers!
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Jason alerted us to this amazing piece by commentator Michelle Malkin: Buy a house, get citizenship?! Yes, it’s true