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Odds 'n Sods:
From The Independent: Only £4.4m
left to protect UK's bank
deposits
o o o
There is an interesting topic posted over at The
Mental Militia Forums (formerly
called The Claire Files), about the
tremendous gains in the price of Rhodium in the past five years. Obviously,
somebody made a lot of money. (FYI, it wasn't me. I was very conservatively
invested in silver and gold.)
o o o
Pets
being slaughtered in meat-starved Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is now truly in
crisis. 80% unemployment. An average life expectancy of just 37 years. The
inflation
rate is continuing to increase--some analysts predicts a 100,000 percent
annual
rate by the end of 2007.
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Courtesy of RBS, from U.S.News & World Report: Bozeman, Montana Locals
Worried About Wealthy Newcomers