Odds ‘n Sods:

Several readers sent this: Foreign insects, diseases got into US

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“PapaBeagle” wrote to mention that Amazon.com now has some good quality Facet fuel transfer pumps back in stock.

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Jeff W. recommended a great article from The Small Wars Journal: One Team’s Approach to Village Stability Operations. Ponder it as future history for a post-collapse United States.

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From Nanny State Europa: Children to be banned from blowing up balloons, under EU safety rules. Meanwhile, French multicultural do-gooders are re-writing history. (Thanks to F.G. for the link.)

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Could they be getting ready to hunker down? Why Did a Secretive Filipino Church Buy a South Dakota Ghost Town?