Ding Dong the killers dead. The Fed. Sources

Mary Jo Kopechne's killer died last night. And he gets to be buried in Arlington Cemetery. With real heroes. That's all I will say about that.
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The Wall Street Journal interviewed Tax cheat and Secretary of the Treasury, Tim Geithner about questions they received via digg.com. Most centered on the potential for an audit of the Fed. Timmie is against it. He says that "because we have been forced to do just extraordinary things and, frankly, offensive things to help the economy" He also says that auditing the Fed is a line we don't want to cross. And this guy runs the Treasury?
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Have you been watching the series on the Outdoor Channel called Best Defense Survival? It offers a lot of real good tips on technique, firearms, training, defense and survival. Check it out!
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I have written several time about storing food for an uncertain future so here are a few sources for materials.
This is a good source for mylar bags, gamma seal lids, O2 absorbers and other emergency needs and the one I use at this time. https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/

This is another source for all the above and a lot more. http://www.survivalunlimited.com/foodstorage/mylarsealing.htm

You'll need these thing when you start storing food. You are going to start that this week end, right?

If you want some real good old time no power stuff as well as some modern stuff go to this site.
http://www.lehmans.com/

Check all those places out, they are very interesting even if you don't buy anything.

bucket source, townhall, Public Option out?, Root Cellars

I got the 5 gallon buckets picked up this morning and they are all washed out and drying. Now I need to get "stuff" to put in'em. These came from a source I hadn't thought of before...a barbecue joint. They get their sauce made up in 5 gallon buckets and get all the pickles in the same. They even pre-washed the buckets so they weren't to bad, even the pickle buckets. I sat them in the yard and gave each a shot of dish soap and a double shot of bleach and added water. After setting for an hour or so I attacked them with a brush inside and out, then topped of with more water for another couple hours of soaking, rinsed and stored upside down to drain. The lids got the same treatment in the bath tub.
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Have you seen the news about politifools not showing up for townhall meetings? One group doesn't care if they do or not. The Constitutional Patriots group in North Carolina found a novel way to get their message to their absent representative. Check it out.
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The tide may be shifting! The Nobama camp has now said that the public option is not really needed to declare a victory in health care. They will now be satisfied with health insurance cooperatives. Do ya think they're getting the message? What a turn around from a couple of weeks ago.
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It seems that more people are getting into vegetable gardening. Once the crop is in what do you do with it? Ideally the root veggies such as potatoes, carrots, onion, radishes, etc. should go into a root cellar. What if you don't have a root cellar? Here is a guide for creating one in your basement. Fairly simple yet it does require a bit of skill to build it. There are ways to store the root crop underground if you're up for a little digging. Here's one and here's a site that covers, basements, root cellars, pits and has some storage information..