Odds ‘n Sods:

H.L. suggested this at the Popular Science web site: You Built What?!: A Tractor For The Apocalypse

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US rice imports ‘contain harmful levels of lead’. Buy American-grown rice!

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I heard that Camping Survival is now selling Life Straw water filters for just $19.95, with free shipping.

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Police, ‘anti-gun’ prosecutor clash with soldiers in area around Fort Hood

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Pierre M. sent: Bird Flu Causing Suffocation Shows Severe Spectrum of New Virus

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Elastic use of the Commerce Clause: Amish Prosecuted Because Scissors Crossed State Lines.