Green Shoots & Leaves

Zero Hedge – Charting The Worst And Soon To Be Shortest Economic “Recovery” Ever
Market Watch – Planned layoffs rise for first time since July
Guardian – A record 38.2 million Americans were enrolled in the food stamp program at latest count, up 246,000 from the previous month and the latest in record-high monthly tallies that began in December 2008 (green shoots).
Survival Blog – Some Real World Battery Life Data
SHTF Plan – IRS Acquiring Sixty New Combat Shotguns (welcome to extreme tax collection).
Market Watch – 20 reasons Global Debt Time Bomb explodes soon
Global Security – Why immigration undermines security
Politics Daily – What every American should know about the national debt



