Odds ‘n Sods:

From Alaska Dispatch: When a bear wants to join the hot tub party, what’s an ex-governor to do?

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Hooray! After recognizing that the predominantly gray ACU uniform was a costly mistake, the U.S. Army is adopting MultiCam. OBTW, once the old ACU uniforms start to get sold inexpensively as surplus, anyone that lives out in sagebrush country might want to pick up a few sets. Sagebrush is one of the few foliage backgrounds where the ACU pattern blends in well.

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SurvivalBlog Editor at Large Michael Z. Williamson sent word of a scary new bit of Big Brother technology: The Backscatter Van. Oh and speaking of new surveillance technology, there is also Phantom Eye. Up at 65,000 feet, it will probably just appear to be another anonymous contrail.

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And also on the topic of intrusive technology, see: Silently Self-Profiling – You