Odds ‘n Sods:

Reader Daniel K. recommended an essay about dependence on grid power, posted over at the Jeff Rense site: Worst Drug On Earth Stops In 8 Milliseconds

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Freddie Mac posts $2.5 Billion Loss in Fourth Quarter of 2007

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I just heard that “The Armchair Survivalist” weekly Internet radio show is expanding to shortwave, on WWCR, starting tonight. Kurt covers some interesting topics and he has some great guests. He also still operates Survival Enterprises (that you may remember as a former SurvivalBlog advertiser). They sell a variety of storage foods and gear at competitive prices. Check out Kurt’s web pages, and listen in.

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Automated killer robots ‘threat to humanity’