For those wondering what happened to the great Paratus Familia blog: They had a domain registration glitch last week. This prompted them to migrate to: http://www.paratusfamilia.com, where they are now back up and running. Be sure to bookmark that new URL. – JWR o o o Safecastle’s big Lindon Farms sale ends on August 16. There are great discounts in this sale like 53% off a bucket of freeze dried veggies. Check them out!
It is that time of year when the garden is bursting with its bounty, and I am regularly giving thanks to our Creator for His provision and kindness in giving us a diverse and pleasurable taste and texture smorgasbord for our palates as well as the necessities of nature, mind, and body to work the land and see its fruit come forth. He created the very earth from which they came and provides the balance of nature– the appropriate amount of sun so that the plants don’t freeze or burn, have enough oxygen, and have water and nourishment from the …
HJL, The writer stated that he doesn’t typically blanch so that he doesn’t destroy the enzymes. However, acid in the stomach will do the same thing as blanching. So it really doesn’t matter whether he does or not, at least as far as “destroying” the enzymes. If he eats the food, the enzymes will naturally break down as the second step of digestion. An enzyme is simply a type of protein, a molecule that is too big for our bodies to absorb intact. (An very simplistic example: Insulin is an enzyme. If eaten, it will break down and not be …
Manipulation: The Phony Job Recovery o o o BIS Intervenes In The Gold Market To Aid Battered Gold Shorts! o o o Wall St. banks ask Fed for five more years to comply with Volcker rule o o o JPMorgan to Liquidate Japan Fund After ‘Significant’ Redemptions o o o North American Life Insurers “Accidentally” Pile Up Massive Distressed Debt Holdings o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.
Some good predictions on coming crunch times: over at the great Of Two Minds Blog: Ultimate Long Game: Autarky and Resilience. A key quote: “Those with surplus food will be the ultimate arbiters of value.” o o o Bill Weld Just Compared AR-15s to “Weapons of Mass Destruction,” & Said Pistols Were Even Worse! JWRs Comment: And he is the Libertarian Party’s Vice Presidential pick? It looks like there are NO good choices for the upcoming election. – JWR o o o This is how the US military would put down an armed rebellion – J.C. o o o College …
“And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I …
