Chris Martenson

Energy Economy Environment. Marking what has my eye Globally. see also @chmartenson & @chrismartenson

[Chris Martenson @CMInsider]

Next-in-line-for-a-bailout-social-security: http://bit.ly/94nEkl <-- Cash flow red a decade ahead of schedule.

[Chris Martenson @CMInsider]

824,000 jobs to disappear on revision http://bit.ly/9r5p8R <-- Past criticisms of the BLS birth-death model were spot on

[Chris Martenson @CMInsider]

++ A bank levy will not stop the doomsday cycle http://bit.ly/8rHuAb <-- Excellent article. Read it.

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Oil Shortages to Reappear in 2011, Goldman Sachs Says http://bit.ly/8VAsCg <-- My thought exactly. I said so last April.

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U.S. 2009 foreclosures shatter record http://bit.ly/6N6coK <-- Even more next year?

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+ Fed studying ways to drain $1 trillion http://bit.ly/5Q6g4M <-- I humbly propose that the first step is to stop adding!

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State shortfalls may reach $180 billion this year http://bit.ly/5cpsdJ <-- GDP expanding? Somebody tell the states!

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++ Mayo Congr.Testimony.pdf http://bit.ly/8SRyAo <-- Must read. Banking problems + solutions. Excellent.

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++ U.S. Has Record December Budget Gap of $91.9 Billion http://bit.ly/5FfTsn <-- The good news just keeps coming

[Chris Martenson @CMInsider]

+ U.S. Growth to Increase Carbon Output http://bit.ly/8BZmFK <-- Yes, economic growth releases carbon.

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+Homeowners Struggling As Option ARMs Reset Higher http://bit.ly/8ic1U3 <-- here they come, round 2 has begun

[Chris Martenson @CMInsider]

+ California IOUs after fed balks? http://bit.ly/5VLr5g <-- Billions for bankers, nothing for states. National priorities revealed.

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++New York Fed Faces House Subpoena Over AIG http://bit.ly/6rTFfX <-- Who has the power? Fascinating.

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Arizona says Feb checks will bounce http://bit.ly/8ume8j <-- Bailouts are for banks, not states.

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UK appeals for more nat. gas as imports fail to arrive http://bit.ly/5ZbPs0 <-- A close shave. A vision of things to come?

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+ PIMCO - Let’s Get Fisical http://bit.ly/5M1rtT <- Fed buys 80% of all g'vmt debt.

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++ China is Now Largest Auto Market http://bit.ly/8IN7Ne <-- I thought this was ten years away!

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Retail Stores Report Modest Gains in December http://bit.ly/5lCq4J <- 2.9% gains w/ 4% extra shopping days. Guess the spin?

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ECB's Stark Denies Aid for Greece http://bit.ly/8d9sGx <- talking tough. We'll see.

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Walk Away From Your Mortgage! http://bit.ly/6dEQvH <- What's OK for citibank is (again) being moralized for indiduals.