Recently found this Youtube show that was extremely interesting since I'm trying to start my own homestead. They do it in the style of a TV show and generally have decent video quality (although audio could use some work when the wind picks up). If nothing else it's cool to see how these folks...
So I was reading around and I saw this book reviewed on a prepping blog, called A Failure of Civility. The guy reviewing it seemed to think it was pretty good, but it's another $10.00 I don't want to waste on a crappy book. Has anyone else read this or know about the quality of the information?
D.C. Lawmakers Propose Requiring Students To Apply To College | Fox News
Apparently the chuckleheads in DC have got it in their heads that they should have laws requiring their students to take the SAT/ACT (paying the fees for those tests, mind you) and apply for a college/trade school. This...
A bank run has occurred in Latvia, spurred on by rumors that Swedbank was facing liquidity issues.
BBC News - Panic fuels Latvian run on bank
The police and the owners of the bank are treating the rumors as lies, with the police investigating so that they can see who started them.
To...
Found this Turn-Based Zombie survival game on Kongregate
Play Rebuild 2, a free online game on Kongregate
Managed to beat the "easy" setting, working on "challenging" now.
Feds Draft Basic Benefits Package Under Health Care Law | Fox News
The chief point that stuck out to me about the article is this:
We have somehow come up with the idea that the complex and difficult task of selling affordable, comprehensive coverage to individuals and businesses could...
San Francisco Considers Legal Protection for Criminals - FoxNews.com
It seems California's felons are having a hard time getting work owing to their past history, so the solution is to make them a protected class like Blacks, Jews, the disabled etc. This would also apply for their...
IMO, that is still the parents responsibility. The day we tell the government to ban that which is found to be merely vulgar and indecent is the day they start naming things you hold dear as vulgar and indecent.
And, uh...unless it's just my computer wigging out, are several posts now ABOVE the...
Saw this on the main page of Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/yttownhall
Apparently you can vote on various speaker's video opinions regarding education, immigration, the economy etc. Thought it might interest a few people to check it out.