Life After the Oil Crash

Deal With Reality or Reality Will Deal With You

















Breaking News: Wednesday February 10th, 2010

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Destruction of the Middle Class:

The Atlantic: Joblessness Radically Altering Young Americans' Psyches

Associated Press: Job Openings Plunged by 25% While Layoffs Soared

Business Week: Companies Now See Americans as Disposable Workers

CNN Money: Companies Force to Pay More in Unemployement Taxes

My Budget 360: Bailouts Shifted Giant Risks Onto Backs of Middle Class

Reuters: Inside the Epic Breakdown, Rise and Fall of Toyota Motor Co.

Collapse of City, National Governments:

Zero Hedge: Faber Predicts U.S. and Europe Will Both Default on Debt

Bloomberg: Biggest Financial Collapse Since '30s Crushing U.S. Cities

Bloomberg: U.S. Postal Service Logs $297 Million Quarterly Fiscal Loss

Los Angeles Times: Layoffs Only way for City To Avoid Fiscal Tailspin

Seeking Alpha: 7 U.S. States About to Go Down Like Greece, Portugal

Housing Collapse:

Business Insider: Fannie, Freddie Exist to Keep Prices Artificially High

Bloomberg: 20% of U.S. Homeowners Underwater on Their Property

CBS News: Three Million More Foreclosures Expected by End of 2010

Most Important Articles from Yesterday's Update:

UK Telegraph: Markets in Turmoil as Fears for Euro Sprial Out of Control

UK Telegraph: Greek Crisis About to Escalate Into "Global Margin Call"

Zero Hedge: Calfiornia Close to Defaulting on Debt Just Like Greece is

Preparation and Relocalization:

Survival Blog: Some Thoughts on Bartering and Disaster Preparedness

CNN Money: More and More Americans Telling Big Banks to "Shove It"

Best of the LATOC Archives:

NY Times: Wave of Debt Payments About to Swamp U.S. Government

Zero Hedge: NY State Budget in Death Spiral as Cash Flow Evaporates

Zero Hedge: Mass Layoff Events Going Into a Hockey Stick Super Spike

Are you prepared for civil unrest, martial law, and the day the trucks stop rolling to the grocery store?

















Section C. Peak Oil and Energy







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