Reader “Photo Man” sent us this: Mob runs riot as Zimbabwe runs out of water.
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Courtesy of Eric comes this link: The American Crisis and the Case for an Inflationary Depression
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Rich Fleetwood at SurvivalRing mentioned that he has just finished creating a brand new DVD book library. It has 4 DVDs containing over 4,000 Third World appropriate technology books and articles, and a multi disk package of Alex Weir’s 44 CD library (which he asks as many folks as possible to both mirror, and offer, to readers all over the world). Fleetwood is offering the library for only $10 per DVD, (or $40 for a set) and the set includes free Priority Mail shipping. Check it out, here.
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A big batch of gloomage du jour from Cheryl: First Time In 50 Years Stocks Yielding More Than Bonds — Fortress Suspends Redemptions in Biggest Fund (JWR warned us about hedge fund redemption suspensions, back in October of ’07) — Consumers Unexpectedly Cut Back on Credit in October — Bush Finally Admits Recession, Says All Three Major Automakers May Not Survive — Employers Cut 533,000 Jobs, Most in 34 Years “The unemployment rate would have moved even higher if not for the exodus of 422,000 people from the work force. Economists said many of those people probably abandoned their job searches out of sheer frustration. In November 2007, the jobless rate was at 4.7 percent.” Also remember that those who have used up their unemployment benefits are not counted in this statistic either, thus, there are a lot more people out of work than this number indicates — Gulf Oil CEO Says Gas May Drop to $1 Per Gallon — China Slowdown Could Drop Oil to $25/Barrel — US Banks to Cut 30,000 More Jobs — 50 Ways to Beat Deflation (Sung to the tune of the Paul Simon song) — The Great Depression II: Are We Being Played? — Swiss See Platinum as Safe-Haven Investment — Why Credit Cards Matter So Much
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In the Just For Fun Department: You gotta love MakeZine. This is from their latest issue: The Chainsaw Bayonet.