G.G. sent this item of interest, from Popular Mechanics: Rise of the Preppers: Survivalists Get a Makeover Can disaster preparedness become a lifestyle without turning into survivalism? [1]
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Magnetic Pole Shift May Close Airports [2]
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Peter King’s silly gun ban idea [3]. Beyond ludicrous… How can you create an exclusion zone that moves?
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Just as predicted: Here They Come For Your Money – Dozens of States Are Raising Taxes in 2011 [4]
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Sean B. sent us another testament to the protective value of “mass”: Credit Protection: Bouncer’s cards stop knife blows [5]. JWR’s comment: Body armor [6] provides decent protection from knives as well as bullets, from most angles. Not much help for neck slashes, but it might save you from jabs to the chest and abdomen.