December 2009 | SHTF Plan

Christmas Eve Vote – Health Care Passes In Senate

by Mac Slavo | Dec 24, 2009 | Headline News

While Americans celebrate Christmas, the Senate was hard at work voting on the health care bill. At 7:16 a.m., the Senate passed on a 60-39 party line vote a sweeping health care bill that will tighten insurance regulations, provide insurance for 31 million more...

Visiting Your Doctor in the Near Future

by Mac Slavo | Dec 23, 2009 | Headline News

It looks like ObamaCare will be passed very soon. We’ll see how it all plays out, but I think the socialists of America will be getting a nice little Christmas present this year. It won’t be so nice five years from now. Here’s a preview of what a...

A Christmas Prank on Louie

by Mac Slavo | Dec 23, 2009 | Entertainment

It’s going to be a slow couple of days for news, posts and commentary. Here’s some entertainment to hold you guys over. If you are going to do a Christmas prank, you’ve got to be fully committed. These guys went full out, no holds barred on Louie....

Global Food Disaster Only a Few Months Away

by Mac Slavo | Dec 22, 2009 | Commodities, Forecasting, Headline News

Market Skeptics is reporting that a food crisis in 2010 is inevitable, and it’s going global. In 2010 Food Crisis for Dummies Eric deCarbonnel discusses the impending disaster, how governments around the world will react, and what it means for food prices. And...

HAPPY DAYS ARE COMING

by Howard Katz | Dec 21, 2009 | Howard Katz

Gold bugs have been sad for the past few weeks as gold has tumbled from above $1200/oz. Cheer up gold bugs. Happy days are coming. One of the great buying opportunities of all time is just around the corner, and our next task at the One-handed Economist is to identify...