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Odds 'n Sods:
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck has followed up his recent economic analysis
with this: What
Can I Do to Prepare? He stops short of suggesting full-scale survivalist
preparedness, but he definitely goes far beyond FEMA's "buy a flashlight and
three days of food" claptrap, or the standard Nanny-Stater's "Hold hands, sing
Kumbaya,
and dial
911
if there is trouble" approach.
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o o
Steve Quayle had
a link to this important London Telegraph article: Europe
stuns with €1.5
trillion bank rescue, as France plays role of saviour. Steve also had a link
to this blog commentary: The Next Derivatives Bloodbath: Insurance and Auto Makers
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Over at Backwoods Home, Massad
Ayoob chimes in with an endorsement of the Savage Model 110 / Model 10 series
rifles.
FWIW, I'm also an enthusiastic Savage bolt action shooter. These are very
accurate
and reliable
rifles that are quite economically priced. (We have a fiberglass-stocked Model
10 chambered in .308 Winchester here at the
Rawles Ranch.)
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I've had two dozen e-mails from readers in the past few weeks, concerned about
an
active US Army brigade being tasked with homeland security response. While
there are
no immediate concerns about martial law (consider that this is 3,000 soldiers
in a nation of 300 million well-armed civilians), the whole concept frosts
me. The use of Federal troops for civilian law enforcement would clearly be
a violation
of the Posse
Comitatus Act. If you are also concerned about
this, then please contact
your congresscritters,
and give them a piece of your mind.
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More economic news and commentary, mostly from Cheryl. First, in Mish Shedlock's
blog: EU
Calls For Summit To End Bretton
Woods -- Dow
Swings Widely On Mixed Earnings Data -- GM
To Layoff 1,600 Workers In Three Factories In Coming Months -- Paulson
Regrets
Economic Mistakes -- Markets
Slump As World Girds For Recession -- Japan
Dismisses US Bailout As "Insufficient" -- UBS
and Credit Suisse Bailout Out -- Merkel:
World Faces Biggest Crisis Since 1920s -- Crisis
Grows: Ukraine, Hungary And Serbia Call IMF -- Markets
Feel The Chill From China -- Oil
Under $68--15-Month Low -- Recession
Fear
Drives Up Grain Prices -- Cracks
In Rescue Armor As Nightmare Continues -- Roubini:
Largest
Bubble Burst In History -- Stock
Market Crash Alert! -- At
Indian Call Centers: A Bleak View Of The US -- Dow
Ends Up 400 Points -- Fear and Loathing of Economy Spreads
