"Happy New Year" from Kathy Griffin

Watch this video. Every once in a while, something funny and not frightening is newsworthy.

Also read this 1941 speech from Texas Democrat, Wright Patman. It's probably nothing new to you, but motivational and inspirational, nonetheless.

The EPA has decided not to force coal plants to use pollution-abetting technology. Why? I think it's ridiculous that the EPA won't recognize that these people's business is to profit from destroying and polluting the communities surrounding their mining and generation projects. Among the intentional destructive behaviors such as mountaintop removal coal mining and the amounts of air pollution that are always produced by coal combustion, unanticipated consequences are also faced when something likea billion gallons of a byproduct of coal combustion are dumped into a city in TN's water supply when an earthen retaining wall gives way)
It's astounding that practices like this are used to produce 50% of the electricity that we consume in the US. Please remember who you are supporting when you use electricity, because the fact that you don't typically see or hear and therefore think about the consequences is the reason this is allowed to continue. Consider contributing to NC GreenPower for as little as $4 a month to support the producers of renewable energy. Anyway...

Here's a cool page with PDF downloads of MANY military field manuals, etc. Take a gander at those, especially the well done survival manuals, but be mindful that viewing some of the material on that site could be construed from outside in, well, interesting ways.

Also since many of you expressed interest, Xcolony is an informative if cheesily designed forum catering to the survivalist mindset.
SurvivalTopics.com is also a great place for information.
Both of those have sections dealing with food, water, shelter, health, morale/psychology, fire, first aid, and other important survival skills. Learn what you can, pick up supplies, and let's get out and use that.
I'll be doing a fair bit of camping, hiking, backpacking over the next few months to prepare for the trip I'm planning to hike the John Muir Trail in California this summer. So, if you're ever interested in doing something outside, let me know cuz I want to get out there.

Damn, I lost a link to a sweet article. Hopefully I'll find that soon

Peace