Odds ‘n Sods:

Jasper sent this from the Sydney Morning Herald: Warning that Pakistan is in danger of collapse within months. The prospect of a country armed with nuclear bombs falling to Islamic extremists is troubling, to say the least!
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Cheryl flagged this: Why You Should Carry a Gun

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HPD sent and item from the Bangor [Maine] Daily News: Woodworker crafts furniture to die for. HPD’s comment: “Do-it-yourself funerals at home will be a necessity in a TEOTWAWKI situation.”

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Texas Governor Perry Backs Resolution Affirming Texas’ Sovereignty Under 10th Amendment. (A tip of the ten-gallon cowboy hat to Larry B. for the link.) In other state sovereignty news, Montana’s HB 246 (the “made in Montana” exemption gun law, a.k.a. the “Montana Firearms Freedom Act”) passed by the Montana House and Senate–now before the Governor for signature. And yet another sovereignty bill passed in Idaho and is awaiting that state’s Governor. (Thanks to Larry W. up in Montana for the link.)