Odds 'n Sods:

A gent in the Peak Oil camp recently posted a very interesting round-up review that compares James Howard Kunstler’s novel World Made by Hand to several other post-collapse novels, namely: Parable of the Sower, Lucifer’s Hammer, The Road, Wolf and Iron, The Long Emergency (also by Kunstler, non-fiction), and my novel Patriots . I think he went way too far when he referred to me as "the patron saint of survivalism." I believe that the moniker "obscure, backwoods enthusiast" would have been much more accurate.

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Upcoming hearings: A new NAIS legislative battle. Please contact your congresscritters if you are opposed to the NAIS universal livestock registration scheme!

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SurvivalBlog readers in Scandinavia should have an interest in this regional blog: Att Leva Efter 2012 (in Swedish.) It may also be of interest to Swedish ex-pats.

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Reader D.V. mentioned this from commentator Charles Hugh Smith: Hanging On, or How to Get Through a Depression and Enjoy Life