Odds ‘n Sods:

KAF sent us this: Are Free-Range Eggs Safer?

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SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large Michael Z. Williamson was the first to send me this very bad news: The Government’s New Right to Track Your Every Move With GPS. I suspect that this case will be appealed to the Supreme Court. If they then affirm this decision, we can conclude that we are on the path to the Surveillance State. I wonder… Perhaps some hackers will start putting GPS trackers on government agency vehicle, so that the public can track them in real time. After all, turnabout is fair play.

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Storm brings 100 mph winds, flattening crops in southwest North Dakota. (Thanks to B.B. for the link.)

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The heat gets turned up, on the border: Two car bombs explode in northern Mexico; no casualties. Some of the 3,400+ reader comments that follow are fascinating, such as this one: “As a senior citizen of South Texas, I have been around long enough to see the gradual destruction of our great nation. My dad was a traveling salesman in the then thriving cotton industry. Many of his customers were located in the fertile Rio Grande Valley. Our family accompanied him during summer vacations and long weekends and frequently drove across the border to eat in the Mexican restaurants. In those days, the food was delicious, the Mexican business owners were cordial, and he became close friends with several of them. Today, we would not dare cross over in Reynosa or Matamoros, two cities we once frequented. Until the last year or so, we still felt safe walking across the bridge to Progresso, a small town frequented by winter Texans from our northern states. Unfortunately, the last two trips we made to Progresso, we witnessed Mexican Army troops camped next to the river, patrolling the sidewalks with machine guns, and Mexican tanks in the middle of the street with sandbagged bunkers along the streets. That was enough to convince us that we had no business in Mexico. If American’s don’t wake up and realize what is literally within walking distance of our border towns, then we are in dire straits. All the male members in our family have concealed handgun permits, and keep firearms loaded and readily available in our homes. Our son-in-law is a law enforcement officer and knows how many home invasions happen on a regular basis now in our community, and what is likely to come. PREPARE YOURSELVES NOW!” (Our thanks to Chris G., for the link.)

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David B. highlighted this piece by consumer computing nerdette Kim Komando: Location services pose huge security risks