Life After the Oil Crash

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Breaking News: Friday February 5th, 2010

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European Financial Collapse:

UK Telegraph: Fears of a Lehman Style Tsunami Hit Portugal and Spain

Wall Street Journal: Rising Fears of a Financial Emergency Hit Europe

Business Week: Greek Crisis a "Dress Rehearsal" for U.S. Debt Default

NY Times: Countries on Fringe of Euro Zone in Deep Financial Trouble

BBC: Personal Insolvency Filings Hit Record High in Britain and Wales

U.S. Financial Collapse:

CNN: Jobeless Rate Falls Even as More Jobs are Lost ("The Jobs Hole")

Zero Hedge: Charting the Worst and Shortest Economic Recovery Ever

Economist: New York's Mayor Paints Grim Financial Future for the City

Wall Street Journal: Other Car Makers Face Same Problems as Toyota

CNN: Former Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis Charged with Civil Fraud

Asian Financial Collapse:

Richard Heinberg: Who Will be the Last Nation Standing? (China, U.S.)

Bloomberg: China's Defaulting Loans Soaring, Insolvency Lawyer Says

Bloomberg: China's Currency Reserves the Biggest Bubble of Them All

Real Estate Collapse:

The Atlantic: Walking Away from Mortgage Loans is Capitalism at Work

Seeking Alpha: Bailouts Serve as Incentives to Stop Paying Mortgages

Patrick.net: Banksters Intentionally Trying to Scare Mortgage Slaves?

San Francisco Chronicle: Sales of Homes Over a Milliion Have Plunged

Business Week: Deteriorating Rents, Falling Occupancies, Tight Credit

Reuters: Defaults on Commercial Real Estate Loans to Swamp Banks

Food, Peak Oil, Precious Metals:

Zero Hedge: Precious Metals Next Blast Up Will Take Gold to $2,300/oz

Bloomberg: Gold to Hit $1,500/Oz as Safe Haven Status is Restored

Seeking Alpha: Saudi Oil Flows East as China's Demand Goes Soaring

UK Telegraph: Britain Facing Food Crisis as Soil Vanishes in 60 Years

Most Important Articles from Yesterday's Update:

John Michael Greer: "This is endgame time, you better get a move on"

ZeroHedge: European Sovereign Default Contagion Just Went Virulent

Financial Times: Fears Over U.S. Credit Rating Spreading Like Wildfire

Best of the LATOC Archives:

Jim Kunstler: "Time to start thinking what your new social role will be"

Mike Ruppert: "U.S. has entered a fast collapse, zero day is at hand . ."

Wall Street Journal: "Budget collapses pushing states to the precipice"

Preparation and Relocalization:

Orlando Sentinel: Ham Radio a Fading Hobby Until Emergencies Hit

Survival Blog: Lessons I Learned from an Ice Storm in the Ozarks

Terrence Gillespie: Tactics and Tips on Handling Gangsters and Guns

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

















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