U.S. to Get Downgraded Amid Fiscal ‘Theater,’ Pimco Says

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-17/u-s-to-get-downgraded-amid-fiscal-theater-pimco-says.html

Derivative Meltdown and Dollar Collapse

http://www.batr.org/negotium/101712.html

Milk Seen Surging 15% on Drought-Feed Costs Before Demand Slows

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-16/milk-seen-surging-15-percent-on-drought-feed-costs-before-demand-slows

Home heating oil cost forecast to rise 19 percent this winter

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49373025/ns/weather/#.UH7byYbjXIU

Study shows $1.2 trillion gap for public pensions

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/15/us-usa-pensions-study-idUSBRE89E0NF20121015

U.S. Exporting Record Amounts of Gold Overseas

http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/steve-angelo/u-s-exporting-record-amounts-of-gold-overseas

Doomsday Cycle targets America next

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/doomsday-cycle-targets-america-next-2012-10-16

US Authorities Eye Retirement Accounts as Possible Tax Dodges

http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/10/03/us-authorities-eye-retirement-accounts-as-possible-tax-dodges/?intcmp=obnetwork

The Global Water Crisis Will Shake Humanity To Its Core

http://www.businessinsider.com/facts-about-the-water-crisis-2012-6#global-water-use-has-quadrupled-in-the-past-century-this-trend-is-not-abating-1

Yes, The Fed Is Printing Money

http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/lee-adler/yes-the-fed-is-printing-money

The math on US income...

http://www.mybudget360.com/math-us-household-income-median-household-income-per-capita-wages-us-2012/

Fiat Currency and the Emerging Police State

http://dollarcollapse.com/creeping-fascism/fiat-currency-and-the-emerging-police-state/

"Legalized Plunder of the American People" - G. Edward Griffin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_WrMWK-FJzU

Riding Into the Sunset or a Brick Wall?

http://www4.thedailybell.com/28133/Peter-Schiff-Riding-Into-the-Sunset-or-a-Brick-Wall

US Nears Fiscal Disaster: ‘Washington Doing Nothing’

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49375694

About That "No Recession" Call...

http://www.oftwominds.com/blogoct12/recession10-12.html

Standard of living, meet falling US dollar

http://www.mybudget360.com/us-standard-of-living-falling-us-dollar-impact-us-dollar-benefits/

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Unknown thieves stole a "large amount" of newly-designed $100 bills bound for a Federal Reserve facility in New Jersey on Thursday, the FBI said.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/12/news/economy/100-bill-theft/index.html?hpt=hp_t3