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Odds 'n Sods:
DV forwarded this one: Goldman Sachs guru warns of war-debt failure -- Is
America becoming a global credit risk?
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Thanks to B.H. for sending us this: Ammo
Makers Prepare for Drop in Demand
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J. from East
Tennessee Sterilizer Service sent us what might be the answer to the
honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) mystery: A
Spanish researcher blames an Asian parasite
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The Army Aviator sent us this one: Economist:
World Is One Hedge-fund Collapse Away From Crisis. The article begins:"The
problems in the U.S. subprime mortgage market
could
spiral
out
of control into a global financial crisis, economist Mark Zandi said Thursday.
With a "high level of angst" in the financial markets about who will
take the losses from more than $1 trillion in risky mortgages, we could be
just one hedge-fund collapse away from a global liquidity crisis, said Zandi,
chief economist for Moody's Economy.com."