Bunch of Little Rotters

Over the years my tomato patch has produced respectable results.  But one of the problems I consistently encountered was called Blossom End Rot.  It happened first some ten years ago and grew

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Haterizing Degrowth(tm): A Rant

<rant> One cannot long tarry long amongst preppers without discovering that they come in three distinct types.  There’s the anti-government preppers to whom everything is a conspiracy of hyper-competent elites dedicated to

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Make Tomorrow’s Memories

And you thought it was just about Confederate statues: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name will be removed from a major award because of how the “Little House on the Prairie” author portrayed minorities

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Off Your Meds

Welcome to medication nation: Tampa (AFP) – One third of Americans are taking prescription and over-the-counter drugs, such as birth control pills, antacids and common heart medications, that may raise the risk

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When the Well Runs Dry

After 8 years of not noticing things, the press rediscovers that Social Security is going broke: Medicare and Social Security are running out of money more quickly than expected, officials said Tuesday.

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Keeping Isaiah's Sign in Context

In a post called “Atheists don’t study the bible,” Ray Comfort* rebuts an “infamous mistranslation” of Isaiah: Carl, Isaiah 7:14 says “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a

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The Problems With Greater Appalachia

are two: 1) It’s militarily indefensible 2) Not controlling the lower Mississippi or another ocean port, it has no way to get its product out. This ‘American nations’ map from Tuft’s Magazine

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The Chicken Composter

Years ago I built a chicken tractor, which at the time was the newest and coolest trend in homesteading. What it was, in essence, was a moveable coop with no bottom: you

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