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Survivalist Cuisine: Apocalypse grade tomatoes
Survivalist Blog | November 16th 2008 by M.D. Creekmore
Survivalist Cuisine: Apocalypse grade tomatoes The financial world has been shaken to its foundations. Waves of panic selling have sent global markets into free fall. Some people have even started to hoard cash outside of banks. "People are panicked, read more
Encouraging the Freedom to Fail
Right Commentary | November 14th 2008 by Right Commentary
American business is the most robust, the most efficient, and the most effective in providing returns to shareholders on invested capital. We take capital from all points on the globe and turn it into returns that are often multiples of what they ini read more
WANT TO SHIT YOUR PANTS?
WTCCTR - Friday's babe, beer, and a tune. | November 13th 2008 by Tim Blaney
Hey, guess what? That pesky little "bail out" for $820 BILLION isn't really going as planned. It seems that right before the Fed handed over those big, sweaty wads of cash to the banks it eradicated a tax law that prevented them from buying other read more
GOING DOWN IN FLAMES
Ecoshock News | November 13th 2008
As corporate icons like General Motors tumble - what will be left of the economy?This is a bleeding edge show with 3 interviews plus media clips.In the first half hour: our second interview with Dmitri Orlov, author of "Reinventing Collapse: The Sovi read more
The second big drop
MyTwoCents | November 13th 2008
It seems as though we’ve hit a second big drop in the market. We had a good bump last week due to the election results, but my portfolio is now hitting fresh new lows once again. Selling at the bottom is an ‘amateur’ play, but nobod read more
Economic Death - Two Months Away
Structural Economic Issues | November 13th 2008 by Ray Pairan Jr
Take a mental image of your surroundings for we’re just 2 months out from the terminus of the income crisis negative feedback spiral. With the accelerating job losses, unabated income elimination, and revenue free fall cycling back into an already read more
Collapse
jordoncooper.com | November 11th 2008
It was a couple of years ago that I read Collapse by Jared Diamond and the book had a profound influence on my thinking. Hearing him a couple of weeks ago started caused me to revisit my thought process on societal collapse some more. For read more
Surviving an Obamination
Survivalist Blog | November 11th 2008 by M.D. Creekmore
Welcome to the United Socialist States of Amerika. I have this habit of listening to talk radio every night before going to bed and while the subjects are usually varied and interesting, lately they have grown insipid with talk of the 44th president read more
UPDATE: 93 Dead After School Collapse In Haiti
Disaster Preparedness Blog | November 9th 2008 by Keith Erwood
addthis_pub = 'kerwood';The death toll after the collapse of the school in Haiti has risen to 93 as of this writing and search and rescue efforts are switching to recovery mode.150 have been injured and only four children have been found alive.In o read more
A Search & Rescue Airedale in Haiti
Dogged Dogdom | November 9th 2008
Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> If you haven’t seen this video yet, you must. In a story about the rescue efforts to save trapped read more
Deadly school collapse in Haiti
TOP 10 QUEEN | November 8th 2008 by Denise Abatte
6# A school has collapsed in a suburb of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, killing at least 50 people and trapping an unknown number under the rubble. Hundreds of rescuers are working to free people from the wreckage of the school. Between 200 an read more
US Government prepares to broaden bailout plan
Mere Coincidence | November 8th 2008 by MC
The Treasury Department is preparing to open its $700 billion bailout package to companies outside the traditional banking sector, the Washington Post reported on Friday. read more
Best Books of 2008: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Amazon
Authors-Books | November 7th 2008
Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America by Brian Francis Slattery The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford The Resurrectionist by Jack O’Connell Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan Anathem by read more
Bush administration denies funding for FBI probe of financial cri…
Mere Coincidence | November 7th 2008 by MC
The Bush administration is rejecting FBI pleas for more agents to investigate crimes that helped trigger the global financial meltdown, bureau sources said this week. read more
Oil rises as bleak U.S. employment data hits dollar
Mere Coincidence | November 7th 2008 by MC
Oil prices rose on Friday as the dollar slumped following bleak employment data in the United States, the world's top energy consumer. read more
School Building In Haiti Collapses, At Least Seven Dead
Disaster Preparedness Blog | November 7th 2008 by Keith Erwood
addthis_pub = 'kerwood';A School that normally has an attendance of 500 students has collapsed in the capital City of Haiti today.At least seven are confirmed dead as of this writing, with a currently unknown number of students and others buried und read more
Jared Diamond on why societies collapse
Make Wealth History | November 6th 2008 by Jeremy Williams
I’ve been reading Jared Diamond’s ‘Collapse’ recently, which I’m finding very thought-provoking. Just out of curiosity, I looked him up on TED today to see if he’d ever done a presentation, and he has. This is a go read more
What Happens when Countries Go Bankrupt?
Impact Lab | November 6th 2008
The International Monetary Fund has already helped out Ukraine, Iceland and Hungary. If many more countries need assistance, the IMF may need help of its own. First it was mortgage lenders. Then large banks began to wobble. Now, entire countries, inc read more
Chavez will not give bankers ‘even one cent’ in crisis
Mere Coincidence | November 5th 2008 by MC
Socialist President Hugo Chavez vowed to seize any Venezuelan bank that fails due to the world financial crisis, criticizing the United States and other rich nations for spending to save banks rather than on the poor. "If here in Venezuela, God forb read more
Wordpress 2.7 beta
Tehsplink | November 5th 2008 by James
Wordpress 2.7 looks like it’s going to be an amazing version of the blogging platform. A small list of the features coming is below; QuickPress Shortcuts menu HTTPOnly Cookies Comment threading and paging New design/layout XMLRPC Comments read more
Its Receivers Season
Australian Stock Watch | November 4th 2008 by jeff
Macquarie Group expects big falls in contract iron ore prices in 2009 going by what speakers had to say at the Macquarie China conference. Despite the bleak research, iron ore stocks are outperforming - BHP up 4.5%, RIO up 4% and FMG up 5.1%. O read more
1-in-4 Calif. homeowners lost their equity
Mere Coincidence | November 3rd 2008 by MC
Number crunchers at First American CoreLogic found that 27% of California homeowners with a mortgage, as of September, had no equity in their home. FACG found these “upside-down” owners had a bigger loan balance than what the home is currently w read more
Dog eat dog
jordoncooper.com | November 3rd 2008
Just another day in a collapsing global economy. An Irish and Canadian bank cause some problems for a Wisconsin school board In separate statements, the Royal Bank of Canada and Stifel Nicolaus said board members signed documents indicating they un read more
In the Last Six Weeks, the Federal Reserve Has Doubled the Amount…
Mere Coincidence | November 2nd 2008 by MC
In the Last Six Weeks, the Federal Reserve Has Doubled the Amount of Total Credit in the Banking System Since 1913 read more
Jared Diamond. Survival.
Global Innovation Conversation | November 1st 2008 by 2thinknow
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Jared Diamond on Societal Collapse and Sustainable Living
Max Gladwell | October 31st 2008 by Max Gladwell
A classic yet timely TED presentation from award-winning scholar and author Jared Diamond. Jared Diamond’s Collapse is one of the defining texts in the Max Gladwell ideal and worldview, which is why it has a permanent place in our read more
Real Madrid stunned in Copa Del Rey
Football Transfer News | October 31st 2008
Real Madrid have lost their first leg match in the fourth round of the Copa Del Rey, 3-2 to third division side Real Union. Juan Dominguez was the home side’s hero with two goals in the first half, and Goikoetxea got the winning goal three minu read more
creating a post-peak future worth living into
Dismantle Civilisation | October 30th 2008
By André Angelantoni, on The Oil Drum. The future most people are living into is beginning to disappear. The financial crisis threw the first punch, but oil depletion will deliver the knockout blow. The moment people realize that the society they ha read more
the most radical thing you can do
Dismantle Civilisation | October 30th 2008
Staying home as a necessity and a right by Rebecca Solnit, Orion Magazine. We are going to have to stay home a lot more in the future. For us that’s about giving things up. But the situation looks quite different from the other side of all our divi read more
President Karzai Admits Afghan Failure
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | October 30th 2008 by Fred Stopsky
President Hamid Karzai admitted this week his nation was on the verge of collapse and there was a possibility security had broken down. “Our roads are not safe, you can’t go from Kandahar to Herat. You can’t take the road from Kabul read more
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