Hawaiian K. and Chris were the first of several readers to mention an article about statist politics: Who owns Colorado’s rainwater? (In Hawaii, where rainwater catchment is the norm, a law like that would probably trigger a revolt.)
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HPD spotted this: Catastrophic Fall in 2009 Global Food Production
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Perhaps there are few survival nuggets in a news article on the life of Popcorn Sutton, a moonshiner from Maggie Valley, North Carolina.(A tip of the hat to Matt H., for the link.) Judging from his picture, who would have ever guessed that he was secretly a moonshiner?
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Markku sent the link to this photo essay: Scenes from the recession. (Don’t miss photo #31, “The Gold Party”)