Life After the Oil Crash

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Breaking News: Tuesday October 20th, 2009

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War on the Middle Class, Citizen Rage, Social Collapse:

Charles Hugh Smith: Local Governments Now Opening Debtors Prisons

NY Times: Safety Nets for the Rich, Hard Asphalt Splat for Middle Class

Alternet: "Dow at 10,000 while the real economy burns to the ground"

Washington Post: Government Stealing from Poor, Giving to the Rich

Washington Post: At Banks Saved by Taxpayers, Perks Still Rolling In

UK Telegraph: "The barefaced greed of the banksters beggers belief"

U.S. Financial Collapse:

Yahoo Finance: "U.S. empire in decline, on collision course with China"

CNBC: "Great Recession" will Soon Be a "Full Blown Great Depression"

Yahoo Finance: The Sobering Parallels Abound Between 1929 and 2009

NY Times: Banks Actually in the Business of Lending in Serious Trouble

Baltimore Sun: Citibank Cancelling Gas Credit Cards With Zero Notice

MSNBC: "If 'Green Shoots' are Real, Why is Insider Selling Sky High?"

Overseas Financial Collapse:

UK Telegraph: Experts Warn a "Deluge of Insolvencies" to hit the UK

UK Telegraph: Germany's "Wise Men" Say Banks Facing Fresh Crisis

UK Telegraph: Irish Home Prices to fall 45% as Austerity Siege Begins

Peak Oil, Energy, Food:

UK Telegraph: Return of High Energy Prices Threatens Massive Damage

CNN: With Oil Surging Over $80, Many Fear a Repeat of Summer 2008

VOA News: New Report by British Research Firm Warns of Energy Crisis

Most Important Articles from Yesterday's Update:

Jim Kunstler: "Conditions in the U.S. are ripening for a bloodbath . . ."

Mark Ames: "U.S. bankers gambling the middle class into extinction"

The Exiled: "Banks spinning wealth out of nothing but human misery"

Articles from the last few months worth a second look:

AP: "Does the crash of 2009 spell the end for the American Sunbelt?"

FT.com: "Obama dare not speak the truth about America's future . . ."

Jim Kunstler: "U.S. highways will soon enter a spiral of disintegration"

Discussions at the LATOC Forum:

LATOC: "Anybody have advice on dealing with the death of animals?"

LATOC: "Benefits of drinking raw milk, particularly in light of swine flu"

LATOC: "$80 oil + $1070 Gold" = "Inflation balloon in room full of pins"

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