R.F. suggested an article over at Slate: The Century of Disasters Meltdowns. Floods. Tornadoes. Oil spills. Grid crashes. Why more and more things seem to be going wrong, and what we can do about it [1].
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Greg C. sent this: Iran to Build Missile Base in Venezuela Missiles Could Hit American Cities; Venezuelan Missile Crisis Looms [2]
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Tony D. found a repository of Boy Scouts manuals [3], for scout masters. (Some rights are reserved, under a Creative Commons license.)
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Do you have defensible space around your home? Fire crews gave everything in fight to save scorched Slave Lake, officials say [4]. (One-third of this town of 7,000 was wiped out in a few hours.) Our thanks to Nicholas L. for the link.
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G.R. in Teaxs sent an article about open carry in the City of Brotherly Love: Philly Police Harass, Threaten to Shoot Man Legally Carrying Gun. [5] JWR’s Comment: Pardon the repetition, but I must state again: Much like a muscle that atrophies with disuse, any right that goes unexercised for many years devolves into a privilege, and eventually can even be redefined as a crime.