Life After the Oil Crash

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Breaking News: Tuesday November 17th, 2009

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Editor's Note: Even More on the Bombshell Dropped by the IEA Insider

I've incorporated excerpts of the more prominent articles regarding the IEA's intentional cover up into the front page of LATOC. I've also posted separately  hif you want to send just that question to friends or family:

Are Government Agencies Hiding Peak Oil for Fear of a Market Panic?

War on the Middle Class:

The Exiled: Times Writer Says Ship Poor People to Abandoned Suburbs

Washington Blog: Rand Corp. Advised U.S. to Start a War for Economy

RGE Monitor: Americans Should Hunker Down for Even More Job Losses

Bloomberg: Wall Street Refuses to Repent After Destroying Main Street

Charles Hugh Smith: Next 7 Million Jobs to be Lost Already in Pipeline

MSNBC: Trauma of Recession Forcing Americans to Grow Old Working

Peter Schiff: Americans Still Being Yoked to Unsustainable Debt Loads

Financial Collapse:

UK Telegraph: China Now Poses the Biggest Risk to the World Economy

Wall Street Journal: Meet America's Newest Land Baron, the F.D.I.C.

New York Post: Spike in Private Equity Owned Firms Coming in 2011

Real Estate Collapse:

Business Insider: How Government Bailout Created a CRE Catastrophe

Washington Post: Housing Agency Has Taxpayers on Dangerous Path

USA Today: Freddie Mac Stock Cheap for a Reason ("Zombie Stocks")

Associated Press: Mortgage Delinquencies Hit Record in Third Quarter

Gold, Silver, Precious Metals:

UK Telegraph: Gold at $5,000 an Ounce? Don't Dismiss the Possibility

Gold Seek: Fiscal Debauchery plus Peak Output Means Gold at $5,000

Most Important Articles from Yesterday's Update:

Jim Kunstler: "Contest for table scraps of the 20th century has begun"

London Times: U.S. Gun Sales Soar on Fears of Violence, Social Chaos

Charles Smith: State Governments Strip Mining Citizens for Fun, Profit

Articles from the last few months worth a second look:

UK Telegraph: Social Timebomb (Joblessness) Set to Explode in Britain

Wall Street Journal: "Huge number of Americans out, out of hope . . ."

Jim Kunstler: "Things are veering to extreme desperation in America"

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