More than a dozen readers sent this: Doomsday warnings of US apocalypse gain ground
B.B. sent us this: CBO Predicts U.S. Debt Crisis if Deficits are Not Controlled
Sovereign defaults ahead? Wreck the Currency or Default on the Debt? 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
Items from The Economatrix:
Mutant-Rat Epidemic Spreading Economic Black Plague
Chinese Manufacturing Data Points to Dismal US, EU Christmas
China Fears Depreciation of $2.45 Trillion of Reserves Still Heavy in Dollars