Odds ‘n Sods:

Reader N.I.M. mentioned: Health Disaster Preparedness Rankings by State. N.I.M. ‘s comment: “Now if we could only get a ranking for overall preparedness.”

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Rural America gets even more sparsely populated. Most thinly populated counties in the U.S. continued to lose residents in the last decade, new census data show. December 15, 2010| By Doug Smith and Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times. The article begins: “The majority of the nation’s sparsely populated rural counties lost even more residents in the last decade, though some of the counties — particularly those in the Mountain West — saw population gains that may be the result of retirees striking out for areas that are both scenic and affordable…”. [Emphasis Added.] I suspect that some those gains may be due to people wisely seeking safe retreat regions! (Thanks to stalwart SurvivalBlog contributor F.G. for the link.)

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John R. suggested this think piece by Giordano Bruno: Constitutional Judo

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Does this invention have some G.O.O.D. possibilities? To Warm The Homeless, A Coat That’s A Sleeping Bag. (Thanks to T. Moo for the link.)