As a bonus to promote their revamped web site (with a complete redesign, and an updated shopping interface) Directive 21 (aka LPC Survival) has created a 5% off discount code, just for SurvivalBlog readers. Use code: Survivalblog. (Their URL is unchanged, and they are still under the same management. Just their web site has been updated.)
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Chris M. suggested this at Resilient Communities: Food Abundance? (Includes an instructive picture of empty store shelves in Zimbabwe.) Oh, and speaking of watermelons, see this at the Wazoo Ag Extension web site: Watermelon Variety Descriptions.
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SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large, Michael Z. Williamson suggested this piece by Charles Hugh Smith: Acknowledging the Arrival of Peak Government
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File under: Business as Usual: How FBI Entrapment Is Inventing ‘Terrorists’ – and Letting Bad Guys Off the Hook. (Thanks to Pam B. for the link.)
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Yet another grid down consequence: Asian carp barrier had power outage. (Thanks to Barbara B. for the link.)