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Monday, December 21, 2020

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Useful Websites

  • After The Deadline
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  • Butler Eagle Classified Ads
  • Classical Daily Download
  • Club Orlov
  • Google Calendar
  • H&R Block Small Business
  • ImgFlip Meme Maker
  • Internet Anagram Server
  • KUSC
  • Spiral Survival: The Card Game
  • Straight Talk
  • Strong Towns
  • TextBroker
  • The Book Of Life
  • ToodleDo
  • Weather Underground
  • Wind Globe
  • Yahoo! Mail

News and Aggregation Sites

  • Bullets, Beans, and Bullion
  • Daily Collapse Report
  • Daily Good
  • Daily Sheeple
  • Doomstead Diner News
  • KDog's Reading Room
  • Ol' Remus's Woodpile Report
  • Prepper Website
  • The Daily SUN

Podcasts and Videos

  • Doom and Bloom (TM)
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    424-Roasted Carrots w Sesame, ORange & Honey
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    583 – Mega Friday Q&A: (two days early) Richest Man in Babylon, Children and F.I., Invest All at Once, Preparing for Marriage, What’s Next, Etc!
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    SSHomestead-01 Log Cabin

Rewilders and Bushcrafters

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Favorite Forums

  • AGelbert's Renewable Revolution Forum
  • Doomstead Diner Forum
  • Golden Oxen's First Amendment Forum
  • Green Wizards Forum
  • Paracord Forum
  • Permies.com Forum
  • SUN 4 Living Forum
  • Square Foot Gardening Forum
  • The Commons Free Speech Area
  • The Survivalist Blog

Blog Crypt

  • Aquaponics at RatherYes.com
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  • Peak Oil Debunked
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  • The Deliberate Agrarian 2.0
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  • The Flying Tortoise
  • The Gardener of Eden
  • The Leibowitz Society
  • The Oil Drum
  • The Prepper Pages
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  • Toby Hemenway
  • Upland
  • Upland
  • Veggiegobbler

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    8 years ago
  • Tales From Fox Wood
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  • Prepared Housewives
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  • Adventures in Urban Sustainability
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  • eighth acre farm
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    10 years ago
  • UrbanFoodWarrior
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    10 years ago
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  • Leaving Babylon
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  • Donal Fagan
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  • Tiny Yellow Teardrop
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  • 22 Billion Energy Slaves
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  • Peak Energy
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  • Piper Michael
    First Blood - First Blood Our heart goes out to Rep. Steve Scalise, and everybody else who’s become the first blood of what is rapidly becoming Civil War II. We have ar...
    6 years ago
  • Liberation Ecology
    April 20th @ Haverford College. Beyond the Grassroots: Participatory Ecology and Political Praxis - Very excited about this event next month. Please join us! Free, no registration required. Details below. Participatory ecology as movement. Grassroots move...
    6 years ago
  • HRBlock Talk
    IRS tax reform updates under the TCJA: Here’s what to expect - Editor’s Note: We’ll see new forms, updated forms, and some new processes as tax reform changes are implemented by the IRS. The IRS is working on impleme...
    6 years ago
  • TreeHugger
    How to take care of your hair this winter - During cold weather, doing less to your hair will benefit it more.
    6 years ago
  • Star Of Ishtar
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    7 years ago
  • Permaculture Plus Houskeeping
    Table of Contents - Disclosure: This page may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something. Please check out o...
    7 years ago
  • Off the Grid in Minneapolis
    On Healing the Earth and People - As an American citizen, I find that neither the Democratic or Republican parties say much of anything that resonates with me. Most of what they talk ab...
    8 years ago
  • Jake's Health Solutions
    Creative High School Students Invent Better Light Therapy Device for SAD Sufferers - A team of high school students has invented a new light therapy device that may provide relief for the millions of people who suffer from a seasonal form o...
    8 years ago
  • SurvivalChemistry4Preppers.org
    Easy Survival Medicine HAM Radio DIY Build - Emergency communications have always been integral to medicine and survival. In this video post we’ll be showing you a quick and easy Survival Medicine H...
    8 years ago
  • More Crows than Eagles
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    8 years ago
  • reflexiones finales
    Rebellious precrime - At Page 99 Test there is an interesting discusion about just what sort of training manuals should be allowed. Although the discussion in the post is abou...
    9 years ago
  • The Long Ascent
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    11 years ago
  • No More Fake News
    THE NAKED FEAR OF HEALTH FREEDOM - THE NAKED FEAR OF HEALTH FREEDOM by Jon Rappoport www.nomorefakenews.com In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s an election year… Usually, when politicians...
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Upslope Businesses

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  • OIKOS Tree Crops
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    4 days ago
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  • Holistic Management International
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  • Will Falk
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  • LPC Survival
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    5 years ago
  • Pinetree Garden Seeds
    Radish Pods: What to do When a Good Radish Goes to Seed - I discovered radish pods by total accident last season. I was a bit lazy in my gardening maintenance due to travel and some of my radish plants bolted. I L...
    6 years ago
  • Avian Aqua Miser
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  • Catvocate Blog - The NoBowl Feeding System™
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    8 years ago
  • Harris Seeds
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    8 years ago
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    9 years ago
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