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This chapter sums up all the prior chapters and places them on a timeline.  It is from this view that I personally got the motivation I needed to take concrete actions.  If this chapter doesn't create a sense of urgency, you have a future in politics.

Link to Future Shock

And I do mean 'breaking.'

Gold is now up more than $50 on the December contract (futures), indicating that the direct monetization of debt as implied by the AIG deal is being interpreted by the markets as the potential beginning of the end for the dollar. The S&P 500 is down 35 points.

For anybody who happens to think that a Money Market Fund is somehow the same as money in the bank, this one's going to be a bit of a shocker. » Read more

This article addresses the questions posed by ready Phredd earlier in the comments section of the post below.

The question concerns the new Federal Reserve actions allowing equities
to be submitted to the Fed in exchange for cash, requiring the
"temporary" suspension of "Section 23A" of the Federal Reserve Act,
which forbids a depository institution from transferring funds ('making
loans') to its affiliates. 

What types of funds are we talking about?  Depositor accounts.   » Read more