Odds ‘n Sods:

G.G. sent this: Ten Years Later, How Have We Avoided Another Mega Blackout? And this: Failure is Not-an Option Unless We’re Talking About American Energy Infrastructure

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Ban on carrying loaded guns absent a concealed-carry permit is upheld by Oregon supremes. Reading the decision, it appears that it was the court rather than the defendant that was acting “recklessly.”

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Bellingham to pay $15,000 to man who wore gun in park

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A Mikey Bloomberg nightmare: Virginia gun crime drops again as firearm sales soar.

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British-produced food would run out today, farmers warn: Food supplies for the year would run out today if Britain had to rely on domestic goods alone due to a sharp fall in production in the past two decades, farmers have warned. (Thanks to M.P. in Seattle for the link.)