Economics and Investing:

More, more, more MOAB: Bernanke Says U.S. Economic Growth Too Slow Even With Fed Bond Purchases. Gee, if the Fed just buys lots and lots of stocks and bonds, we’ll all be multi-trillionaiares, just like those wealthy Zimbabweans.

SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large Michael Z. Williamson sent this from Zero Hedge: Debunking The Great Myth Of US Consumer Deleveraging, Or Why The US Economy Will End Not With A Whimper But A Bang

K.T. mentioned: 15 Bone Chilling Signs That Part Two Of The Double Dip Housing Crash Has Begun

Revisiting option ARM data – Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and JP Morgan still have over $160 billion in option ARM loans outstanding. Over 250,000 option ARMs in California still active.

G.G. sent this: Trashing the dollar to save the economy

Items from The Economatrix:

Those Who Know Will Understand

Silver Futures Jump to 30-Year High; Gold Rises to Record, Topping $1,300

Gold Through The Ages

Undervalued Silver in a Government Spending Frenzy

In Rolling Stone magazine: BP’s Shock Waves

Inflation Watch:

Did the Fed Really Say Inflation Isn’t High Enough?