Are you concerned about Foreclosure?

This website is dedicated to providing people with the knowledge and tools needed to fight foreclosure. Very good resource. http://livinglies.wordpress.com/

Vegetable Shortage

You just might have to grow your own tomatoes this year as thousands of acres of farmland go fallow this spring due to California's continued drought.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28808767/

Hedge-funders are bullish on Gold, Guns and inflatable Lifeboats

It is interesting to see how even the wealthest people in the world are concerned enough to by Gold, Guns and Inflatable Lifeboats (to leave Manhattan) these days.

The New Paranoia: Hedge-Funders Are Bullish on Gold, Guns, and Inflatable Lifeboats - NewYorkTimes
http://nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53372/

Model railroad

I picked up a HO model train layout on craigslist.org for free. It is from the 70's and has a few issues but does work. I pulled the trains I have been collecting for the last 25 years.

Mouthwash linked to cancer

Just when you thought it was safe to breath ... on others. The Australia's leading experts have found "sufficient evidence" that mouthwash can cause oral cancer.

http://www.news.com.au//dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24896583-5001021,00.html

John Batchelor Predicts the next crash

John Batchelor predicts the next crashes to be first Cars, then New Papers, Retail and last of all Food. Farmers this year have planted less food this year even though we had a worldwide food shortage last year and continue to have one this year.

http://johnbatchelorshow.com/debrief/2009/01/de-brief---january-4-2009.php

The 'Super Banks' aren't so Super

The three new Super Banks, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Wellsfargo now have more consolidated money and power than any institutions in US history and they are using that power to charge higher and higher fees. In fact, you could easily see $200 in fees for a single overdraft. Here is the situtaion, say you go shopping and you buy stuff from six different stores throughout the day, you know you went below zero in your account on the first transaction but no big deal, you can just move money into the account when you get home. Wrong! You just racked up $35 for each transaction. The new term is ‘fee-ed’ to death.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27441147/