John R. sent this: The Hobbits Win
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The new Red Dirt Cooking blog (penned by “Okie Ranch Wife”– a sobriquet familiar to SurvivalBlog readers) has some great insights and some very useful recipes. She plans to cover home canning and long term food storage, as well.
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Somehow, I missed this great piece when it was posted on July 6th in the Alt-Market blog: The Essential Rules Of Liberty. (Thanks to C.R.W. for sending the link.)
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My wife Avalanche Lily and several SurvivalBlog readers all alerted me to some recent bureaucratic imbecility: Woodpecker-Saving Daughter Costs Mom $500, Possible Jail Time