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Odds 'n Sods:
U.K.
state memo warns of "anarchy" in the city streets. (Thanks
to Florida Guy for the link.)
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Yishai flagged this for us, from The
Morning Brief: "This could be the
mother of year-ends," Brian
Sack, of Macroeconomic Advisers and a former Federal Reserve chief market analyst,
tells Bloomberg, which says the Fed may have to increase the cash it provides
to banks and brokers beyond already-record levels to help them balance their
books at the end of the year in the wake of six bank failures in the past two
months and rising concern about Lehman's capital levels. Lenders' borrowing
costs may climb further as companies rush for cash to settle trades and buttress
their balance sheets at year-end, Bloomberg says. Meanwhile,
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Reader John S. mentioned that Interordnance currently
has a couple of bargains for folks that like to stock up on barter items in
quantity: HK G3 (HK91) alloy magazines
for $1 each if you buy 1,000 or more, and crates of 20 re-arsenalized
Mosin Nagant 91/30 bolt action 7.62x54r rifles for $1,100 per crate. John notes:
"This might
be a good deal for a group that wanted to have extra inexpensive bolt action
rifles on hand to pass out to others for defense purposes." An FFL is
required for ordering the rifles. BTW, anyone looking for pre-1899 bolt actions
that do not require
an FFL should contact The
Pre-1899
Specialist (one of our loyal advertisers) or Empire
Arms.
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Eric spotted this one from MarketWatch: Foreclosures.com
Reports More Than 100,000 Homeowners
Lost Homes in August; One Million Foreclosures Expected in 2008
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Thanks to EMBW for the link to a Popular
Mechanics article
on hidden spaces.
