Life After the Oil Crash
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Editor's Note: Sale on Storable Food at the Ready Store Ends today, Some Associated Press Articles Worth Reading but I can't Link to Them
Today's update will be a bit abbreviated as I have acupressure classes this morning. (Those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, click here.) First off, jus a reminder that LATOC Affiliate The Ready Store is having a pretty substantial sale on storable food that ends today:
The Associated Press has published several articles in the last week that would really resonate with LATOCers. Unfortunately, the AP does not want bloggers to even link to their articles sans payment. (I'm not joking, check this article from the the NY Times if you don't believe me). So instead of linking to them directly, I'll link to google searches where the article(s) I want to direct your attention to will come up as the first search result:
Reuters has a great article about how prescriptions for anti-depressant use in the U.S. doubled between 1996 and 2005. (Source) My guess is the rate has gone up considerably in the last 4 years, and particularly in the last year, as economic and social collapse have taken hold.
The rest of today's most important articles are as follows:
The most important articles from yesterday's update are as follows:


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