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Hospitals Are Now Giving Flu Shots While Children Are Under Anesthesia

You Check Every Gate On Your Homestead… But What About Your Child’s Or Grandchild’s Surgical Paperwork? What Families Should Know About The New “Flu Shots...
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How Much Firewood Do You Need When the Stove Is Your Only Heat?

The furnace quits on Friday night. You’ve got a wood stove, a full rack by the door and another stack behind the shed. By...
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What If a Nuke Hit Your City?

I continue to try and educate myself about nuclear weapons and the aftermath of such an event. It’s something that I’ve paid little attention...
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The Burdock Plant: How To Use Every Part

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes From Familiar Nuisance to Useful Nuance After a hike through the woods, you may discover that you have burs trapped in...
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The Data Center Gets The Power… Why Are We Getting Stuck With The Bill?

What Every Rural Household Should Ask Before The Concrete Gets Poured Okay… You’ve Cut Your Electric Use… Here’s Why Your Power Bill is Still Climbing Rural...
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The Amish Built Their Own Schools… Then New York State Sent Them A $118,000 Punishment Bill

Three Amish Schoolhouses Face A Fight Over Faith And Freedom A Quiet Little Schoolhouse… A Huge Fine… A Fight The Rest Of Us Need To...
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Your Taps Are Dry. Can You Still Run Your Kitchen?

Put your grid-down kitchen through a one-meal water drill. The first time you run your kitchen without tap water, try making supper. Fill the pot,...
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Pressure Canning Meat Gives You Supper When the Power Goes Out

When the Lights Quit and the Freezer Clock Starts Ticking Picture a nasty January ice storm rolling over the homestead. Out by the road, the...
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America Is Burning Through A Trillion Dollars A Year In Interest Debt Alone

What Washington’s Debt Problem Means For A Self-Reliant Household  How Yesterday’s Borrowing Will Eat Your Grandkids Alive Imagine buying a tractor on credit, mailing the bank...
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