Odds ‘n Sods:

Does this sound familiar? Walking Away from the American Dream. FWIW, In August of 2005, I accurately predicted mortgage holders “walking away” from houses and turning in the house keys to their bankers. This has more recently been called “jingle mail”. Also on the economic front, comes these items from The Economatrix: Stock Losses Leave Pensions $400 Billion ShortMartial Law, Financial Bailout, and WarBiggest Rise in US Unemployment in 59 YearsBank of England Cuts Rates to 300-Year LowPink Slips Pile Higher, Recession WorsensThe Fate of Paper Money

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Matt B. sent a YouTube video link about a gent that proves that practice can indeed make perfect, in his case with a slingshot.

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Tom G. wrote to mention: Northern Tool & Equipment currently has most of their photovoltaic (PV) power panels and packaged PV systems on sale. In the “Categories’ list at their site, just click on “Alternative Energy” and then “Solar Solutions”. BTW, they also have a lot of their other inventory now on sale, including air compressors, with price reductions of up to 60%. Since Northern Tool is one of the SurvivalBlog Affiliate Advertisers, we’ll get a little piece of the action if you place an order, following our link.

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Several readers sent this WorldNetDaily article link on the proposed renewal of the Federal “assault weapons” [sic] and “high capacity” [sic] magazine ban: Congress’ plan would let AG ‘ban guns at will’