Prepping and General Interest

1. The Best AR-15 Optics at Every Price Point
2. NEW: Red Army Standard Ammo
3. Affordable: Elcan SpecterOS4x
4. Bug-a-salt
5. A guide to rifle bullets for big game hunting
6. Gadget plucks a chicken in 14 seconds flat
7. A look at Leatherman’s Sidekick and Rebar
8. For knives and other gear, why go high-end?
9. Shotgun/rifle combo build for a survival long gun
10. Charter Arms Pitbull Review
11. The M21 and Washout Remover (WOR)
12. How to build a chicken yard, Part 1
13. Hi-Lux/Leatherwood CMR4 1-4X24 Scope

News

1. Meet America’s Second Largest Employer: A Temp Agency
2. Former chief who led efforts to stabilize Fukushima nuclear plant after disaster has died – Winnipeg Free Press
3. Governments lose trust as corruption soars
4. China fishing ban east of North Korea builds tension between uneasy allies

Freedom Issues

1. Chicago: Rahm calls special session for vote on semi-auto ban
2. Illinois Legislature Votes to Recognize Right to Self-Defense and Overrides Governor Quinn’s Veto of Concealed Carry Bill Today
3. Court finds NYC pistol licensing application fees are legal
4. Colorado politicians await dates for recall elections over gun control votes
5. Illinois: Gun vote sends Quinn message
6. Illinois Concealed Carry Passes After Governor’s Veto Overridden
7. IL:Fannypack Carry with new Law
8. Newtown-Based Gun Rights Group Sues Over CT Gun Control Laws
9. Rhode Island: Gun Owners Successful in the Ocean State
10. NC:Business Owner Shoots Copper Thief in Self Defense

Economic

1. The Decline Of Breadwinner Jobs Has Resulted In The Longest Bread Lines In American History
2. The Revenue Recession Of 2013
3. This Has Never Happened Before
4. Giant Banks Take Over Real Economy As Well As Financial System … Enabling Manipulation On a Vast Scale
5. Meanwhile, In A (European) Galaxy Far, Far Away…
6. What’s Austerity?
7. 11 Signs That Italy Is Descending Into A Full-Blown Economic Depression
8. Game Over – “It’s All A Farce, The Fed & German Gold Is Gone”
9. Wall Street’s Worst Call In 20 Years, The Sucker Trade & Gold
10. Is Gold Undervalued?
11. No Such Thing as a Safe Asset Anymore-Axel Merk
12. Economic Data Spells Disaster – YouTube
13. FIAT EMPIRE: Why the Federal Reserve Violates the U.S. Constitution
14. How much do Americans earn? How the other half lives and examining income growth and median income for US households in 2013.
15. Here’s Why “QE Isn’t Money Printing and Does Not Cause Inflation” Are Not Only Big Fat Lies, But Red Herrings
16. World economy stuck in neutral
17. Lumber Prices Have Plunged In The Last Two Months

Science, Nature and Tech

1. 3 human cases of West Nile Virus confirmed in Arizona
2. Upcoming COCA Call: Prevention and Treatment of Injuries Following Hurricanes and Tornadoes – Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 2:00 PM (ET)
3. The NSA Has Inserted Its Code Into Android OS, Bugging Three Quarters Of All Smartphones
4. Water, Water Everywhere – Just Buy it, Don’t Drink it! | ToTheTick™ToTheTick™
5. Cyberattacks are the bank robberies of the future
6. UPDATE: MERS Cases and Deaths

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