A tip of the hat to Eric for sending this: The other dark meat: Raccoon is making it to the table [1]
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Heather sent us this: Rice prices ‘could rise sharply’ [2]
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Tim L. suggested this article by one of my heroes, Dr. Walter Williams: Congress’ Financial Mess [3]. 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 [4]. (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 [5] (Predictions of Hyperinflation, Dollar Decline and Civil Unrest) — Near Panic in Markets Over Fears of Further US Bank Write-Downs [6] — Merrill Lynch Reports Record $15 Billion 4th Quarter Loss [7] — Another Fall in US Consumer Prices Sparks Fears of Deflation [7] — Unsold Cars Pile Up Around the World [8] — IEA Cuts Oil Demand Forecasts [9] — CitiGroup Splits in Two – $8.3 Billion Loss [10] — BofA Gets $138 Billion Bailout After First Loss in 17 Years [11] — Treasuries Fall on BofA Bailout [12] — Bailed Out Wall Street Helps Float Obama Inauguration [13] — Bank of China VP Warns of Fresh Financial Crisis [14] —Bread Misery Index [15] (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 [16]. If you attend, be sure to wear your SurvivalBlog hat or T-shirt [17], 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 [18]