Life After the Oil Crash

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Breaking News: Wednesday November 18th, 2009

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Financial Collapse:

UK Telegraph: French Bank Warns Clients "Global Collapse on the Way"

UK Independent: "The elite are hoarding gold in case of system failure"

Dan Denning: Debt to GDP Ratios Indicating Government Bankruptcies

Prudent Bear: Who Will Defualt First? United States, Japan, or Britain?

Wall Street Journal: Pontiac Silverdome Auctioned for Only $583,000

War on the Middle Class:

New Yorker: How the U.S. Tax Code is Turning Citizens into Debt Slaves

CNN Money: Over 15% of Americans Struggle to Put Food on the Table

San Francisco Chronicle: Home Values Drop, Jobless Drain City Budget

LA Times: Budget Shortfall May Mean Drastic Cuts to Essential Services

Real Estate Collapse:

Wall Street Journal: Deteriorating CRE market Hitting Fannie, Freddie

Washington Post: A Home as an Investment and Other Housing Myths

Orlando Sentinel: Florida Faces Hard Choices as Residents Flee Slump

Associated Press: Fed Proposes Law to Hide Investors from Debtors

War, Conflict, Police State:

UK Independent: Why is Britain's DNA Database the World's Largest?

San Francisco Chronicle: McAfee Warns of "Cold War in Cyberspace"

Seymour Hersh/New Yorker: Are Nuclear Weapons Safe in Pakistan?

Peak Oil:

Der Spiegel: Why the Big Oil Majors Are Making Their Way Back to Iraq

Der Spiegel: Gazprom Has Set Its Gunsights on America's Natural Gas

CNN Money: Forget About Oil at $100, Oil at $80 is a Already Problem

Gold, Silver, Precious Metals:

CNN Money: Billionaire John Paulson Now Betting on Gold to Go Soaring

LATOC: An Update on the "Fort Knox Tungsten Filled Gold Bars" Rumor

The Daily Reckoning: Buying Gold in the Face of Fiat Currency Fallout?

Whiskey and Gunpowder: Will a Dollar Rally Lead to a Gold Correction?

Most Important Articles from Yesterday's Update:

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

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

Articles from the last few months worth a second look:

George Ure: "Why aren't you fleeing paper assets as fast as you can?"

Market Watch: Insiders Selling Stock at Highest Rate Since Market Top

The Exiled: Are Subprime Cities the New American Gulag Archipelago?

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