S.C.W. sent a link to an update on the Ugandan Wheat Rust: Red Menace: Stop the Ug99 Fungus Before Its Spores Bring Starvation [1]. [JWR Adds: Given the fact that the same ship cargo holds are use to transport used for seed as well as wheat used for food, it is nigh-on impossible to stop the spread of Ug-99.]
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Quoting the MI5 maxim, Britain is ‘four meals away from anarchy’ [2]
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Brian B. suggested this troubling article: Pre-Crime Policing [3]. If buying a number of guns or a large quantity of ammo in a short period of time is now a red flag, then I’d better stop going to gun shows. 😉
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Regular content contributor Chad S. mentioned some more ludicrous news from the U.K. Nanny State: £1,000 fine for using wrong bin: Families face new crackdown over household waste [4]
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B. sent us this: A million library books to be sent down the mines [5]