Life After the Oil Crash

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Breaking News: Tuesday February 2nd, 2010

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Thanks to the efforts of LATOC Forum moderator Pamela, I'm pleased to announce the third annual LATOC Forum Seed Trading Extravaganza now underway at the LATOC Forum. -Matt

U.S. Financial Collapse:

Zero Hedge: Recognition of CRE Losses Will Wipe Out Banking System

Exiled: A Brief Excursion Into the Marble Floored Mind of Tim Geithner

NY Times: Projected Budget Deficit is "Stunning", Will Alter U.S. Power

Charles Hugh Smith: American Economy like a Debt Addict on Welfare

Survival Blog: Hyperinflation Appears Almost Certain for the U.S. Dollar

Associated Press: Construction Spending Plummets in December 2009

War on the Middle Class:

Alternet: Why Are Americans So Passive as So Many are Losing Jobs?

My Budget 360: Middle Class Being Destroyed Through Unemployment

UK Telegraph: Social Timebomb of Joblessness Near "Exploding Point"

Seeking Alpha: Who's Responsible for Destorying Worker Pensions?

Survival Blog: SEC to Let Money Market Managers Freeze Redemptions

Gold, Silver, Precioius Metals:

Zero Hedge: Brace Yourself for the Coming Shortage of Gold Bullion

Neither Corp: Why Metals are Important, Why They Are Manipulated

Crimes, Conspiracies, and Corporate Criminality:

Counterpunch: Turns Out Jared Diamond is a Paid Shill for Big Business

UK Independent: Secret Plot to Overthrow Saddam Drawn up in 2001

Wall Street Journal: Escalating Use of Special Forces in Afghanistan

Market Oracle: Is the War in Afghanistan About Terrorism, or Heroin?

Most Important Articles from Yesterday's Update:

Jim Kunstler: Obama a Glorified Cheerleader for the Jive Talk Economy

Lew Rockwell: The Coming Obama Retirement Trap Has Been Sprung

Mish Shedlock: "California, Nevada, Arizona heading for mass layoffs"

Best of the LATOC Archives:

Kunstler: "Americans have no idea what's about to happen to them . ."

UK Telegraph: "There's nowhere to run from new world government . ."

Consortium News: Banks Find New Ways to Extort Money from Jobless

Environmental Catastrophes:

Charles Hugh Smith: Obesity Has Exploded to Pandemic Status in U.S.

Alternet: Cell Phones = Dead Bicyclists, Car Wrecks, and Brain Cancer

Dr. Mercola: Study Confirms Cell Phones, EMF Pollution are Killing Us

Dr. Mercola: Americans Spending Nearly Every Waking Minute On Line

Monsanto Watch:

New Scientist: Genetically Modified Crops Have Inflitrated Everything

LATOC: Monsanto, Dupont Secretly Trying to Patent Heirloom Seeds

Physical Preparedness:

Survival Blog: Letter on Walking & Running for Disaster Preparedness

Survival Blog: Controlling Pain When and Where There are No Doctors

Natural News: Ginseng Found to Reverse Lung Damage from Asthma

Preparedness and Relocalization:

Neither Corp: Surviving the Economic Collapse: Tips, Tactics, and Gear

LATOC: You're Ready for Collapse? It's Scarier Than You Think, Part I

LATOC: You're Ready for Collapse? It's Scarier Than You Think, Part II

LATOC: You're Ready for Collapse? It's Scarier Than You Think, Part III

Are you prepared for civil unrest, martial law, and the day the trucks stop rolling to the grocery store?

















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