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#FRAGO. Distribution: ALL, #Water is PRI-1 Do not let this get desperate.

There are people who could benifit greatly if they knew these things.
water
http://athagan.members.atlantic.net/PFSFAQ/Water_TreatmentFAQ-v2.2.html
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-japanese-particle-salt-resistant-rice.html
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/2010/gallery/global-water-volume.html
http://t.co/GuG5xUZ2
http://www.readability.com/read?url=http%3A//phys.org/news/2012-06-wires-salt-freshwater.html
Water day – http://waterday.org/?s=water_powertweet_0322/
http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/water-and-sanitation-decisive-effects-in-modern-operations?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
http://www.resilientcommunities.com/extreme-do-it-yourself-resilience-a-home-scale-waste-water-treatment-plant/
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100212/1139528146/dailydirt-fresh-water-demand.shtml
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17775211
http://www.safewatersystems.com/home
http://phys.org/news/2011-07-desalinating-seawater-minimal-energy.html
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1678205/how-super-sand-could-provide-drinking-water-to-millions-of-people
http://www.survivalblog.com/2011/08/do-it-yourself_water_filtratio.html
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Purify_Water
http://t.co/8t6aXpei

http://rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=06/29/2012&SO=&HC=3&ID=347440
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4247665,00.html
http://www.topsecretwriters.com/2012/07/water-wisdom-for-survival-part-one/
http://t.co/HcHbAdeS   This is problem, NO?
http://t.co/EgViZBnB     Water everywhere
http://t.co/zCLVbZFO    World over-using underground water reserves for agriculture
http://t.co/umPGOUBh     app to chart water quality

 

Also, do not feel bad if you feel like getting Danger Swag, it does not make you prepper”” which sounds ghey, just prudent to have assets if someone else fails you. It is an economy.

 

Filed under: Economy, Education, Punch List, Strategy, systems, Toolbox

Forget the media circus. Is this how we treat Veterans, or any US Citizens for that matter? Give him back #Iran

Maybe we need sharper language to protect our own:

“To be clear, this state of affairs is distinctly different from American citizens knowingly breaking the laws of states—however unjust we may find them—and suffering the consequences. It is about Americans being deliberately mistreated by foreign nations. “

ANY American Citizen, but an ignored MARINE? Forget hikers, he visits family and asks permission and ends up with a death sentence? I think not. He asked for everything prior to leaving. Turn him over Iran.

Filed under: Corruption, Punch List

Signs of the times (in a good way) #current

There is some chatter that is reminiscent of Rome . The inevitible empire – Stratfor

There is some graphical detail surrounding SOPA and why Hollywood sucks. Many answers are pooling in.

Some spice as Kahneh.

A cover letter from someone I thought was me.

Reserves are ramping up.

SCOTUS wins a rung for Religious Liberty

Teen risk and learning (and/or)

Arab corruption

Corporate tax

Not all Islams are equal

The real handling of the middle east

Overcriminalization – As Federal Crime List Grows, Threshold of Guilt
Declines

Lack of innovation

We are sinking under obama’s policies

FBI to launch nationwide facial recognition service

For guys fun – Simple Pickup

True marxist rejection of Civil rights leader John Lewis. (VID)

The only #occupywallstreet protester that has a clue:

Is Islamic law to blame?

THEY Make OWS violent

Filed under: Leisure, Punch List, Viewing

If you do not know how to cut the US Government #budget, give US a red pen #economy

Department shuffle

The Federal leviathan octopi.

shut down Department of Agriculture (USDA)
shut down Department of Commerce (DOC)
keep Department of Defense (DOD)
shut down Department of Education (ED)
shut down Department of Energy (DOE)
keep CDC only Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
shut down Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
shut down Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
keep Department of Justice (DOJ)
shut down Department of Labor (DOL)
keep Department of State (DOS)
dunno Department of the Interior (DOI)
keep Department of the Treasury
keep Department of Transportation (DOT)
back to dod Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Shut all these down with a few exceptions
Independent Agencies and Government Corporations
drop Administrative Conference of the United States
drop Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
drop African Development Foundation
sell AMTRAK (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
KEEP Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
drop Commission on Civil Rights
keep Commodity Futures Trading Commission
drop Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
drop Corporation for National and Community Service
keep Court Services and Offender Supervision drop Agency for the District of Columbia
keep Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
drop Director of National Intelligence
drop Election Assistance Commission
States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
drop Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
sell Export-Import Bank of the United States
drop Farm Credit Administration
sell Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
keep Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
drop Federal Election Commission (FEC)
drop Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
drop Federal Housing Finance Board
drop Federal Labor Relations Authority
keep Federal Maritime Commission
drop Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
States Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
keep Federal Reserve System
drop Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
keep Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
keep General Services Administration (GSA)
drop Institute of Museum and Library Services
drop Inter-American Foundation
drop International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB)
drop Merit Systems Protection Board
drop Millennium Challenge Corporation
sell National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
keep National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
drop National Capital Planning Commission
drop National Council on Disability
drop National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
drop National Endowment for the Arts
drop National Endowment for the Humanities
drop National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
drop National Mediation Board
drop National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)
keep National Science Foundation (NSF)
drop National Transportation Safety Board
keep Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
drop Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
drop Office of Compliance
drop Office of Government Ethics
drop Office of Personnel Management
drop Office of Special Counsel
drop Office of the Director of National Intelligence
drop Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive
drop Overseas Private Investment Corporation
drop Panama Canal Commission
drop Peace Corps
drop Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
drop Postal Regulatory Commission
drop Railroad Retirement Board
keep Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
drop Selective Service System
drop Small Business Administration (SBA)
keep Social Security Administration (SSA)
sell Tennessee Valley Authority
drop U.S. Trade and Development Agency
drop United States Agency for International Development
drop United States International Trade Commission
sell United States Postal Service (USPS)

 

http://rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=2011-08-30&ID=328864&HC=

Filed under: Economy, Punch List, systems

April #punchlist -The art of having too many balls in the air.

Russia is waging an air war in Ingushetia

Al-Shabaab has spread the war beyond Somalia’s border into Kenya.

Gabon’s internal strife continues.

Venezuela and Hezbollah, a match made in hell.

Corte De Ivore‘s election mess

Waziristan and the Taliban

Japan disaster assistance and nuclear issue.

Islamist movement north India as the caste system breaks down

baby doc returns to Haiti.

Mexico turmolt

Albania unrest

Al-Qaeda in Niger threats to Uranium mines.

Irans ring of fire. Also Wackiness in the Mahdi’s name video.

Nile river restrictions fight from Ethiopia to Sudan to Egypt.

Iraq drawdown, Afghanistan war,

The Libyan no-fly zone, and the Darfur encroachment.

It’s an incomplete list to say the least.

Filed under: Punch List, Viewing

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