{"id":2748,"date":"2014-12-10T19:38:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T00:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2014-12-10T19:38:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T00:38:39","slug":"why-is-the-us-treasury-quietly-ordering-surival-kits-for-us-bankers-zero-hedge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2748","title":{"rendered":"Why Is The US Treasury Quietly Ordering &#8220;Surival Kits&#8221; For US Bankers? | Zero Hedge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2014-12-10\/why-us-treasury-quietly-ordering-surival-kits-us-bankers\">Why Is The US Treasury Quietly Ordering &#8220;Surival Kits&#8221; For US Bankers? | Zero Hedge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; display: block;\">The Department of\u00a0<strong>Treasury is spending $200,000 on survival kits<\/strong>\u00a0for all of its employees who oversee the federal banking system, according to a new solicitation.\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #1e439a;\" href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/treasury-department-seeking-survival-kits-for-bank-employees\/\">As FreeBeacon reports<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>survival kits will be delivered to every major bank in the United States<\/strong>\u00a0and includes a solar blanket, food bar, water-purification tablets, and dust mask (among other things).\u00a0<em>The question, obviously, is just what do they know that the rest of us don&#8217;t?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; display: block;\"><em><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #1e439a;\" href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/treasury-department-seeking-survival-kits-for-bank-employees\/\">As Free Beacon reports,<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"position: relative; font-style: italic; padding: 1em !important; margin: 1em !important 2em !important 1em !important 2em !important;\">\n<div class=\"quote_start\" style=\"border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #e9eff3; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #e9eff3; bottom: 3em; left: 0px; min-height: 2em; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 120px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #e9eff3; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #e9eff3; bottom: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 2.3em; width: 120px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"width: inherit !important; display: block; margin: 0px !important;\"><strong>The Department of Treasury is seeking to order survival kits for all of its employees<\/strong>who oversee the federal banking system, according to a new solicitation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: inherit !important; display: block; margin: 0px !important;\">\n<p style=\"width: inherit !important; display: block; margin: 0px !important;\"><strong>The emergency supplies would be for every employee at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), which conducts on-site reviews of banks throughout the country.<\/strong>\u00a0The survival kit includes everything from water purification tablets to solar blankets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: inherit !important; display: block; margin: 0px !important;\">\n<p style=\"width: inherit !important; display: block; margin: 0px !important;\"><strong>The government is willing to spend up to $200,000 on the kits,<\/strong>\u00a0according to the solicitation released on Dec. 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: inherit !important; display: block; margin: 0px !important;\">\n<p style=\"width: inherit !important; display: block; margin: 0px !important;\">The survival kits must come in a fanny-pack or backpack that can fit all of the items, including a 33-piece personal first aid kit with \u201cdecongestant tablets,\u201d a variety of bandages, and medicines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: inherit !important; display: block; margin: 0px !important;\">\n<p style=\"width: inherit !important; display: block; margin: 0px !important;\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <w:WordDocument>\n  <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n  <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin\/>\n <\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: LucidaGrande; color: #282828;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"width: inherit !important; display: block; margin: 0px !important;\"><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Is The US Treasury Quietly Ordering &#8220;Surival Kits&#8221; For US Bankers? | Zero Hedge. 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