Chris S. sent us this frightening glimpse of how a post-TEOTWAWKI society might operate: Somali towns run on pirates’ treasure. It sounds like they are in need of a Barbary solution.
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Matt mentioned that South Carolina has enacted (over their Governor’s veto) a 2nd Amendment Recognition Act that creates a two day ‘sales tax free’ holiday on firearms following Thanksgiving 2008. I hope that this catches on in other states
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Alaskaman flagged this: There is No Secret Sauce: The Truth About ‘Deflation’
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David B. pointed out that three more US banks failed Friday, and the three had a combined total of more then 214 branches. This is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. We can expect more and more of these Friday evening pronouncements every Friday for the foreseeable future.