David Edwards writes this morning at RawStory that
U.K. sales of aluminum bats up over 6,500%:
Several days of rioting and looting in London have turned into a temporary boon for the sporting goods business.
Figures from Amazon.co.uk show that sales of self-defense items like bats have skyrocketed in recent days.
The Rucanor Aluminium Baseball Bat was at the top of Amazon's "Movers and Shakers in Sports & Leisure" list, showing a 5,149 percent increase.
Paywell's Military Police Telescopic Tonfa also saw a rise of more than 5,000 percent.
Some wooden bats were up as much as 3,664 percent.
I wonder how US bat sales are doing?
Real News Network's Paul Jay talks with UofM Professor of Political Science and Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow Tom Ferguson this morning:
Real News Network - August 09, 2011
Massive Jobs Program Only Way Out
Tom Ferguson: Only a 1930s New Deal style jobs program can deal with the crisis