Reader Bill R. sent this: Sin Taxes for 2009 at all time high [1]. OBTW, since when is owning a gun a “sin”?
G.G. forwarded a link to a piece in The Economist: Gold: Store of value [2].
Also from G.G.: States Dodge Defaults as California May Cut Worker Pay [3]
Items from The Economatrix:
The Big Crash–America Plunges Into Depression for Real [4]
Gold Keeps Rising as Panicky Investors Look for Security [5]
Harry Schultz on the Power Elite, Free Markets, The Internet, and Why Gold Is Going Much Higher [6]
China Cuts Rare Earth Export Quota 72%, May Spark Trade Dispute With U.S. [7]
Inflationville [8]
China, Commodity King [9] (Mogambo Guru)