Several readers sent this troubling article: ‘Cabbagegate’: Man Fined $5,000 for Home Garden
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Ham radio operators: The American Preparedness Radio Network has chats on Sunday and Thursday nights at 9 p.m. Eastern Time in the 80 meter band on (or about) 3.818 MHz. (All the usual OPSEC provisos for public venues apply.)
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Record U.S. Arms Deal With Saudis Advances. David in Israel notes: “This could be spun that the Arabians are purchasing arms for a confrontation with Israel or Iran. But If you use your nose for news and Follow The Money, it could mean that the house of Saud is no longer interested in petrodollars and wants something of value. Guess guns still have a good barter value especially 20mm M-61s attached to high performance aircraft.”
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Long range weather forecasting expert: Winters of 2012, 2013, 2014 Could be Frigid. (Thanks to Home’s Cool Mom for the link.)