Life After the Oil Crash

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Breaking News: Tuesday September 1st, 2009

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Banking and Industrial Economy Breakdown News:

Wall Street Journal: U.S. Dollar Faces End as World's Reserve Currency

Russia Today: Russian Professor Says U.S. Will Collapse by End of 2009

Bloomberg: Woes of U.S. Cities Will Worsen as Tax Revenues Collapse

Reuters: Many Key Industrial Suppliers are Effectively Out of Business

Bloomberg: Youth Fuel Pension Bomb by Shunning Policies for the Old

UK Guardian: Italian Banks Consider Taking Ham & Wine as Collateral

Collapse of the Middle Class:

Orlando Sentinel: Life on the Edge of Foreclosure for Many Americans

CS Monitor: More Once Middle Class Americans Now Call a Tent Home

CS Monitor: Americans See Biggest Drop in Their Incomes in 50 Years

U.S. News: Is Unemployment the Worst Since the Great Depression?

CNN Money: Job Seekers Willing to Take Hefty Pay Cuts to Find Work

MSNBC: Plunge in Consumer Spending Hitting Small Businesses Hard

Wall Street Journal: Loan Sharks Circle Americans Deserpate for Loans

Housing and Commercial Real Estate Collapse:

NY Times: A Little Judge Who Rejects Foreclosures, Brooklyn Style

Bloomberg: Nudist Properties Survive U.S. Housing Market Collapse

Out of Control Government:

Yahoo News: Tax Collectors Hit Facebook, MySpace to Find Deadbeats

Kansas City Star: Feds Crack Down on Citizens who Hold Garage Sales

Alternet: Feds Plan to Use Biometrics to Install Total Lockdown State

Environmental Apocalypse:

Daily News: Los Angeles Wildfires May Destory Communication Towers

CS Monitor: Los Angeles Wildfires Threaten 10,000 Suburban Homes

Associated Press: Huge Wildfires Portends Bad California Fire Season

Wired Magazine: Old American Dams Now Multi Billion Dollar Threats

Most Important Articles from Yesterday's Update:

UK Telegraph: California Holds Giant Online Garage Sale to Raise Cash

SF Gate: Wave of Commercial Loan Defaults to Swamp San Francisco

Jim Kunstler: "Los Angeles, California riding on a river of toxic sludge"

Articles from the Last Few Months Worth a Second Look:

Newsweek: Wealthy Investors Secretly Hoarding 100 Oz Bars of Gold

UK Telegraph: Gold to Break $1,000 as People Sell Jewellery for Cash

UK Telegraph: Gold Will Hit $1,000 an Ounce Again as Supply Dwindles

Preparation and Relocalization:

London Times: Documentary "Fifty Days and Nights in the Wilderness"

Wall Street Journal: Trend of Home Barbering Grows During Recession

NY Times: Camping with Your Kids, Taking Llamas to Lighten the Load

NY Times: More Americans Opting for Farmwork Instead of Vacations

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