Reader N.L. spotted this useful article at the Backwoods Home magazine web site: Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years [1]. (BTW, I consider a subscription to Backwoods Home magazine for families that are seeking genuine self-sufficiency.)
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Eric flagged this Wall Street Journal piece: Bumpy Crop: Farming’s Sudden Feasts and Famines, As Grain Prices Rise and Fall and Perhaps Rise Again, Growers Struggle to Navigate a New Age of Volatility and High Costs [2]
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The Werewolf (SurvivalBlog’s correspondent in Brazil) must have been thinking about the snow-bound Great White North when he spotted this snow bike [3] and sent us the link.
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The Economatrix sent all these: Wall Street Makes Gains as GMAC Gets $5 Billion Lifeline [4] — US Confidence Sinks to Record Lows [5] — Home Prices in 20 Cities Drop 18% in October Alone [6] — Holiday Sales Drop to Force Bankruptcies, Closings [7] — Japan Banks May Get $110 Billion Bailout [8] — New Thai PM Warns of Shattered Economy [9] — UK Workers to Face Layoffs and Pay Cuts in 2009 [10] — Crackdown on Hedge Funds After Madoff [11] — Celente: Top Trends 2009 [12] — People Pulling Up to Pawn Shops Today are Driving BMWs and Cadillacs [13] — Annus Horribilis [14] 2009 [14]