New Jersey Island Won’t Get Its Landlines Back After Sandy Because Copper Is Too Expensive [1]. [JWR Adds: It might be less expensive for the phone company to provide a 3-watt PV panel and DC-to-DC phone charger for each customer!]
K.A. and Michael C. both sent this Zero Hedge link: Foodstamp Program Shutdown Imminent? [2]
The global copper supply glut is expected to triple in 2014 [3]–showing that the economic depression is continuing.
Items from The Economatrix:
Debt Deadline Approaches: Here’s What Would Happen If U.S. Defaults [4]
This Is What Has The United States Truly Terrified [5]
Fitch Places U.S. on Rating Watch Negative, Markets Slump [6]