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Breaking News: Tuesday December 22nd, 2009

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War on the Middle Class, Citizen Rage:

Gerald Celente: The Panic of '08, the Collapse of '09, the Crash of 2010

If you want to see Gerald Celente's predictions issued a year ago (in late 2008), check out the Trends Research Journal from December 2008.

MSNBC: 40 States to See Jobless Funds Emptied Out Within Two Years

Los Angeles Times: Small Business Bankruptcies Up 81% in California

Associated Press: Ford Offers Retirement to 41,000 Hourly Employees

Wall Street Journal: Jobless Middle Class Americans Struggle to Get By

Reuters: "Nickled and Dimed" Author Sees U.S. Middle Class in Freefall

My Budget 360: Average U.S. Credit Card Debt 15% of Annual Income

Financial Collapse:

Web of Debt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia May Walk Away from Debt to IMF

Financial Times: Banks Fear More Sovereign Debt Collapses in 2010

Zero Hedge: Goldman Sachs' Attempt to Ambush the Dollar Aborted

L.A. Times: "Seriously Delinquent" Foreclosures Topped 1 Million in Q3

Gold, Silver, Precious Metals:

Business Insider: Production of Industrial Metals in Downward Spiral

Whiskey and Gunpowder: Snarky Disinformation about Gold and Money

Crimes, Conspiracies, and High Weirdness:

Zero Hedge: U.S. Government Trying to Make Bank Bailouts Permanent

Reuters: Banks with Political Ties the Ones to Get Bailouts, Study Says

Wall Street Journal: Mexico Expands Drug War with Surge into Juarez

Most important articles from yesterday:

Kunstler: "Americans have no idea what's about to happen to them . ."

Alternet: U.S. Taxpayers to Help with Rent at New Goldman Skyscraper

Consortium News: Banks Finding Ways to Squeeze Money from Jobless

Preparation and Localization:

Outside Online: The Importance of Community in Survival Situations

Survival Blog: "Post collapse, my team is your worst nightmare . . ."

Business Insider: Twelve Places to Go Hide if the World Goes to Hell

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