Category Archives: Business

Postal Service closings? Post Office USPS system faces crunch – NBC Right Now/KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA |

You won’t notice it when you mail a letter or buy a stamp. But the post office is in crunch time. It will run out of money in August if Congress doesn’t act. Even if lawmakers come up with temporary … Continue reading

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Competing for Highway Maintenance: Lessons for Washington State | Washington Policy Center

Today, current law bars Washington State from tapping the energy and talent of the private sector to maintain its highways. Established research demonstrates that the state could save at least ten percent each biennium over current operations if it contracted … Continue reading

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If I Wanted America To Fail…..

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Graceland Updates 16Dec2011–Stuart Thompson

This is an excerpt from ‘Graceland Updates’, a daily newsletter that I am subscribed to by Stuart Thompson. When gold was $500, did you think you would feel this horrible at $1600 gold? Well, please throw your pipedream of how … Continue reading

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Oil Well Drilling

Oil well drilling has been the main means of producing oil ever since Colonel Drake drilled that first well in 1859, which signaled the start of the American petroleum industry. Drilling techniques and equipment have changed throughout the decades from … Continue reading

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Top Post-Collapse Barter Items And Trade Skills

The concept of private barter and alternative economies has been so far removed from our daily existence here in America that the very idea of participating in commerce without the use of dollars or without the inclusion of corporate chains … Continue reading

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Post-Americana Trading Post

The Post-Americana Trading Post is now open!!  The Trading Post is an online store hosted by Amazon where you can find items that pertain to the subjects that are talked about right here on Post-Americana.  The Trading Post serves as … Continue reading

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50 Best Bartering Sites for the Frugal Student – Online Colleges

If you think you can’t afford to get nice things, think again. Through the magic of bartering, you can offer your services or even old stuff you don’t want anymore, and in return, get items and services that you do … Continue reading

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The Daily Bell – VIDEO: The End of GM – Again?

Govt Motors Volt becomes burning green joke … Obama’s green dream goes up in smoke. The highly touted Volt bursts into flames in crash tests, could collapse the power grid if widely used, takes eight years to justify, and uses … Continue reading

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Motley Fool: Oil-field giant keeps driving strong results – Spokesman.com – Nov. 27, 2011

National Oilwell Varco’s (NYSE: NOV) third-quarter results were impressive. The oil-field-services giant posted year-over-year increases in earnings per share and revenue of 30 percent and 24 percent, respectively. All segments saw healthy growth, especially Rig Technology, which had a record … Continue reading

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