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Never Piss Off a Guy Who Owns a Backhoe

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Economic Straight Talk

Thanks again to PointSpy!

The End of Retirement

People nowadays invest for many reasons, but one of the most common is retirement. Ever since the American pension system and its government equivalent, Social Security, began to shed their reputation for stability and adequate funding, a growing number of Americans – pushed that way by large and lavishly funded ad campaigns – have placed their hopes for a comfortable old age on investments. The result is a huge fraction of Americans who are emotionally as well as financially invested in the hope that a big payoff from their assets will enable them to have the retirement of their dreams.

If you are among the people who cling to that belief, I’m sorry to say I have bad news. Over the next decade or so, the huge overhang of paper wealth that now floods the world economy is going to lose nearly all its value. As it goes, it will take your retirement funds with it.

Read the whole essay at The Archdruid Report.

New Watchmen Saturday Morning Cartoon

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From Funny or Die

Path to Freedom

This family is growing three tons of food a year on 1/10 of an acre in the middle of Pasadena, California!



Here's a link to their website, Path to Freedom.

Thanks to PointSpy for the linkup!

Giving up my iPod for a Walkman

When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week.

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Read all at: BBC News Magazine.