Odds ‘n Sods:

Several readers mentioned this: President Obama’s Executive Order 13575: Rural Council.

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Veteran SurvivalBlog contributor K.T. wrote to mention that someone recently scanned and posted Jeff Cooper’s article on Defensive Architecture from the first year of P.S. Newsletter. Note that, to the best of my knowledge, this was posted in violation of copyright. I believe that the copyright shifted from Mel Tappan to his widow Nancy Tappan, then to Karl Hess (who subsequently renamed the newsletter Survival Tomorrow), and then presumably to Karl’s heirs and assigns when he passed away. BTW, I wish that someone would republish the first three years of P.S. Newsletter. My original blue, yellow, and pink binder copies of P.S. Newsletter (that I bought from Bill Pier back in the mid-1980s when he sold licensed reprints) are some of my prized possessions.

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Senegal deploys extra troops as power cuts enrage. (Thanks to Steven M. for the link.)

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Asian ‘megapest’ is chomping up US orchards

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Pierre M. sent us a news article to file under “Legal Absurdities”: Vet Checks Wrong Box, Faces Charges