Economics and Investing:

When Faith In U.S. Dollars And U.S. Debt Is Dead The Game Is Over — And That Day Is Closer Than You Might Think.

Wayne Root: Why the Greatest Depression of All Time Has Begun

How Gold Could Reach $13,644 An Ounce And Silver $843 An Ounce

Reader K.A.F. sent a link to and article that illustrates that the implication of metals stripping can go far beyond crack heads electrocuting themselves: CSX train derails in Taunton; police investigate theft of railroad tracks

Dulce et decorum est: Bank of America Gets Pad Locked After Homeowner Forecloses On It. (Thanks to Greg C. for the link.)

Items from The Economatrix:

More Job Seekers Give Up, Reducing Unemployment

Pinched By Gas, Shoppers Pull Back Elsewhere

Fewer People Applied For Unemployment Benefits

Stocks Post Fifth Straight Week of Losses

Regulators Shut Small SC Bank; 45 Failures in 2011