More than a dozen readers sent this: Doomsday warnings of US apocalypse gain ground [1]
B.B. sent us this: CBO Predicts U.S. Debt Crisis if Deficits are Not Controlled [2]
Sovereign defaults ahead? Wreck the Currency or Default on the Debt? [3] by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel. (Thanks to G.G. for the link.)
Randy F. forwarded a bit of Gloom und Doom: Our Debt Is More Than All the Money in the World [4]
Items from The Economatrix:
Era of Economic Illusion Over [5]
Mutant-Rat Epidemic Spreading Economic Black Plague [6]
Chinese Manufacturing Data Points to Dismal US, EU Christmas [7]
China Fears Depreciation of $2.45 Trillion of Reserves Still Heavy in Dollars [8]