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Odds 'n Sods:
From France24 (by way of SHTF Daily): Analysts
mull contagion from US property
market woes. We also read in ChannelNewsAsia: The
German state of Saxony has decided to sell the Landesbank Sachsen (SachsenLB),
which has been hard hit by the US sub-prime crisis
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DAV mentioned Michael
J. Panzner's Financial Armageddon blog. I was pleased to see that
Michael is really digging ito the current liquidity
crisis and astutely focusing on derivatives.
(That will surely be "the other
shoe to drop." ) I was also delighted to see that he has a link to SurvivalBlog
in his blog roll.
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Reader Jeff S. mentioned the QRPme.com
web site. Jeff's comment: "Having a QRP transmitter
and receiver stashed away, in cans, for under $50 can't be a bad thing, eh?
Admittedly, you're looking at "some assembly required", but I
suspect
they're EMP proof
as all get out." My comment: Yes, they'd be relatively EMP proof if they have
no antenna attached. But once one is, then the microcircuits
would surely be vulnerable.
