Odds ‘n Sods:

K.A.F. liked this piece over at Coffee With a Hermit: Woman crashes into police building with carjacking suspect on her hood

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File under Bureaucratic Nincompoops: Feds to assume control of Bastrop County fire; volunteer firemen turned away

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IDF general: Likelihood of regional war growing. (Thanks to K.A.F. for the link.)

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The folks at Camping Survival have announced a Paracord Giveaway. Describe your favorite paracord project, or list some of your favorite uses for paracord and how you execute them, and you can win a 1,000 foot roll of top quality paracord. This contest will run through the end of September.

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A reminder that SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large Michael Z. Williamson will be autographing his books at Uncle Hugo’s in Minneapolis on Saturday, September 10th, 1:00-2:00 p.m.