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Friday, May 31, 2013

Ol Remus Has Good Advice for the Hard Times Ahead

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Ol' Remus has the following this week : Assume for the moment a '30s variety Depression lies just ahead. Here are a few things yo...
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The Mechanical Transmission of Power

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Low-Tech Magazine has three articles on historical methods of mechanically transmitting power over short distances--several miles or less. ...

Killed by Hail

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In 1942, British soldiers discovered the skeletons of 200 people in a frozen lake in northern India. At the time, it was believed that the ...

Protests Simmer in Kuwait

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Der Spiegel reports on a growing dissatisfaction with the Kuwaiti emir and the crony government. According to the article, the people want...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

Can the Fed Keep the Peddle to the Metal?

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CNBC reports : Japan's blue-chip stock index has in May suffered its two sharpest sell-offs for the year and its high volatility is f...

MERS Death Toll Rises

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Three more people have died from MERS, the Middle Eastern respiratory virus that has now claimed the lives of 30 people. The latest death...

Ozymandias by Shelly

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I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Japan's Economy Flying Apart?

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The Economic Collapse blog notes that Japan has reached that magical point where half of its tax revenue on debt maintenance, its attempt a...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

100,000 Christians are Killed Each Year Because of Their Faith (Updated)

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The Daily Mail reports: Around 100,000 Christians are killed every year around the world because of their faith according to a top Vatic...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Shipping Valuables Safely Via UPS

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A long time reader emailed me about a 4-part series at Western Shooting Journal offering some tips on how to label and ship firearms via UPS...