Odds ‘n Sods:

Tamara (of the always entertaining View From The Porch blog), linked to this: The Plow, The Surplus, and The Idiot. Don’t you know how cruel honey is, people? [Sarcasm Mode On: “Oh, those poor imprisoned bees! And wool? Totally cruel, like, all those poor cuddly sheeps and sheeplings, all senselessly slaughtered just for their wool coats. You know, we should just think of them as taller baby fur seals. The barbarity of wool harvesting must be stopped. The world would be a better place., Oh, and Naugahyde, too. All those little Naugas, butchered for their hides, by greedy, cruel capitalists!” And please don’t tell this woman that tofu actually comes from Ostrich eggs, or she’ll starve to death. Sarcasm Mode Off.]

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FG sent this: British Special Forces training Libyan troops. (FG’s comment on the politicians that orchestrated this travesty: “Galactic Level Stupidity”). JWR’s comment: First we hear that the Lockerbie bombing’s mastermind was set free from prison and returned to Libya to a hero’s welcome. And now this. Clearly, there must have been some backroom deals made with The Coiffured Colonel that have not yet been made public.

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Reader J.K. asks: Can it work here in the US? Home power plants project unveiled in Germany.