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Who says there’s no deflation? What do you call a 99 percent discount on a Caterpillar Wheel Loader? Click the link at the end and check the photographs at the end of the stories for other massive discounts. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:

Two weeks ago, when looking at the latest Caterpillar retail sales data…

… we said that “If Caterpillar’s Data Is Right, This Is A Global Industrial Depression.”

Today we get visual evidence of this, courtesy of an Australian heavy industrial equipment auction where machines such as a Caterpillar 992C wheel loader, which normally costs $2.9 million, can now be bought for just $15,000, a 99% discount!

As Australia’s ABC reports, now that the commodity bubble has burst for good, auctioneers are hard at work selling tens of millions of dollars of suddenly useless coal mining machinery for just a fraction of its original market value.

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In many parts of the country, deer season is kicking into gear. We teamed up with Cabela’s to collect information on some of the highest-scoring record bucks across the United States, along with some facts about hunting you might not have known. Check it all out… More »

Source: INFOGRAPHIC: The United States of Whitetail….

“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government, owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

America’s next president will inherit more than a bitterly divided nation teetering on the brink of financial catastrophe when he or she assumes office. He will also inherit a shadow government, one that is fully operational and staffed by unelected officials who are, in essence, running the country.

To be precise, however, the future president will actually inherit not one but two shadow governments.

The first shadow government, referred to as COG or continuity of government, is made up of unelected individuals who have been appointed to run the government in the event of a “catastrophe.”

The second shadow government, referred to as the Deep State, is comprised of unelected government bureaucrats, corporations, contractors, paper-pushers, and button-pushers who are actually calling the shots behind the scenes…

1SG FireBreather: “What’s the Definition of a NCO?

SPC Kickstand: “A Leader, 1SG!”

If you’re reading this blog, I’d like to thank you on a personal level. The ability to share what I’ve learned and hopefully teach others is a blessing and a humbling experience. Let this knowledge not be wasted.

It’s also very likely that you’re the Leader, in one way or another, of your prospective group, be it in an embryonic phase or if you have your teams up and running. Whether you’re simply a casual reader or a fire-hardened Vet fed up with the direction things are going, there’s going to come a day where you find yourself in that moment. You don’t get to choose- when the fates decide it’s go time, you do or die, not to reason why.

The NCO is the backbone of any element- he’s that connection between Joe Snuffy and LT…