Over at Off The Grid News: One Man Living His Off-Grid Dream. (He relocated from New York to Montana.)
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F.J. spotted this over at LifeHacker: Make an Emergency Candle Out of a Tub of Crisco. (Don’t miss the humorous comments with a description of a bacon grease candle.)
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For just one day, Monday August 8, 2011 Backyard Food Production is offering a 38% discount for SurvivalBlog readers on their DVD Food Production Systems for a Backyard or Small Farm. (Amazon.com has notified them that they have to reduce my inventory – so they are selling these at a great discount. This DVD is the fastest way to learn to grow food and the most comprehensive tutorial on home food production available. You will learn how much water you need, how much land, highest efficiency gardening systems, home butchering and small livestock, orchards, and more – all with the focus of how to do it when the stores are closed. SurvivalBlog readers will get a 38% discount by purchasing the DVD tutorial on Monday August 8th by using this link to their Amazon store.
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Villagers go all “Magnificent Seven”: Russian Village’s Self-Defense Underlines Failures of Police. (Thanks to Jonathan B. for the link.) Meanwhile, reader “Typeay” sent this headline from Oaxaca: Mexican villagers attack alleged crooks, killing six. “The confrontation took place after a town assembly decided to arm 90 villagers and send them to threaten the group allegedly behind cattle thefts, rapes and murders, Oaxaca state’s public security chief said in a statement.” Typeay’s comment: “When there no longer is any police department, you are the police department.”
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Steven M. sent this: Latest Global Crisis: Solar Storms Are Set to Hit the Earth. And Michael W. sent the related news story: Power companies prepare as solar storms set to hit Earth. And Scott R. sent the total Gloom and Doom view: Severe Solar Storm to Create Global Chaos and Complete Darkness