Reader James M. sent us this safety note: If making a smoker conversion to a discarded refrigerator (as described in a recent posted link [1]), “make sure to use only chrome-plated racks. The-zinc plated racks will react with the acids in the food and toxify the food being smoked.”
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I found this at Fleet Street Daily: Introducing Gideon Gono, a Proven Deflation Fighter [2] (“Zimbabwe’s inflation estimated at 89.7 sextillion percent”.) And now, from Cheryl, our volunteer Economic Editor: Black Friday Shoppers Out in Force, But Cautious [3] — Wal-Mart Employee Dies as Shoppers Stampede [4] (A Wal-Mart employee died as Long Island bargain-hunters stormed the doors as he was opening them. A witness said that the shoppers “were savages.” Imagine what will happen with the grits really start hitting the fan.) — RBS to be Taken Over by British Government [5] — Spain Injects ‚Ǩ11 Billion into Sagging Economy [6] — California Has Higher Bankruptcy Risk than Slovakia [7] — Japan Factory Output Points to Deep Recession [8] — First Credit Crunch Traced Back to Rome in 66 BC [9] — Gold Doubling if COMEX Defaults [10] — Pension Agency Sounding Alarm on Big Three Automakers [11] (The Big Three plan to use pension funds to “restructure” businesses — October Durable Orders Down 6.2%, Transportation Orders Fall [12] — Meltdown Far from Over, New (Commercial) Mortgage Crisis Looms [13]
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Reader K.L.D. recommended this article over at CultureChange.org: Survivalism: for Peak Oilers and Ecotopians Too? [14]
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I just heard that Safecastle now has some Celox wound coagulant [15] back in stock and ready for immediate shipment.
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Mike Williamson [16] sent us a link to a fascinating photo retrospective of America in the 1930s, in some early color photographs [17].