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		<title>For the upcoming apocolypse&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/10/04/for-the-upcoming-apocolypse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; and from Costco.]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit&#8217;s continued troubles</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/09/10/detroits-continued-troubles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sad but well written piece about the problems residents of Detroit face on a daily basis appeared in the Detroit News today.  When I was young, over 20 years ago, my parents left the City.  Not because they no &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/09/10/detroits-continued-troubles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More on the LA Wildfires</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/09/02/more-on-the-la-wildfires/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Standish, Michigan (see the previous post) to Los Angeles. I have lived in Northern Michigan and also in LA. The Station Fire in Los Angeles is amazing and far larger and closer to heavily populated areas than any I &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/09/02/more-on-the-la-wildfires/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are we beginning the big collapse?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/11/are-we-beginning-the-big-collapse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=3713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That is, are we at the cusp of a truly calamitous collapse of the entire economic and social order of the past couple of hundred years. Our economy has developed based, in large part, on the availability of relatively cheap &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/11/are-we-beginning-the-big-collapse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bruce Sterling reboots</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/03/bruce-sterling-reboots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is Bruce Sterling&#8217;s closing talk at the recent reboot festival is below. He offers his views on the future (or at least the next 10 years). It appears that the future isn&#8217;t what it used to be.]]></description>
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		<title>Social collapse best practices</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/04/social-collapse-best-practices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 16:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dmitry Orlov has made a name for himself predicting economic and social collapse.  He was profiled recently in The New Yorker, and here is a talk he gave in February, 2009, to the Long Now Foundation in San Francisco. His &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/04/social-collapse-best-practices/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A scary thing happened</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/04/30/a-scary-thing-happened/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That is the name of a coloring book created by FEMA, supposedly to help kids deal with catastrophes. You be the judge. The cover is below. (h/t ANIMAL)]]></description>
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		<title>Another interesting film about American food production</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/04/30/another-interesting-film-about-american-food-production-film/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you liked Supersize Me, King Corn, Fast Food Nation, Our Daily Bread or any of the other recent food production films, you will probably like Food Inc., coming out in June. If it is recommended by Alice Waters, that&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/04/30/another-interesting-film-about-american-food-production-film/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Victor Vinge: Singularity by 2030</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/04/27/victor-vinge-singularity-by-2030/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have never heard of the sinularity, you are in for a surprise. The concept is that humans, in the near future, will either become or create super-intelligent beings, biological or technical. Once this happens, humans as currently understood &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/04/27/victor-vinge-singularity-by-2030/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Detroit entrepreneur</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/04/03/a-detroit-entrepreneur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Times are tough in Detroit. But one man shows initiative and sells raccoons as food. When selecting the best raccoon carcass for the special holiday roast, both the connoisseur and the curious should remember this simple guideline: Look for the &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/04/03/a-detroit-entrepreneur/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican drug war photos</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/26/mexican-drug-war-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Big Picture has a spread of incredible photos documenting the vicious drug war underway in Mexico.  Be warned: some are quite graphic, but you have to click through to get them.]]></description>
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		<title>A sheriff draws a line</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/13/a-sheriff-draws-the-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People are losing their homes. What does this mean in the real world? Newsweek takes a look at one sheriff in Cook County who will do no more foreclosures. Why did he stop? It&#8217;s hard to explain; that&#8217;s why I &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/13/a-sheriff-draws-the-line/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shopping goes bleak</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/13/shopping-goes-bleak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, bleak. As Mark Morford explicates: One fine and sunny Saturday just recently, I visited a sparkly new Lowe&#8217;s home-improvement megastore to spec out a replacement oven for my apartment, an experience I was dreading not merely because it was &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/13/shopping-goes-bleak/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hudson River landing, virtually</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/03/hudson-river-landing-virtually/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this cool recreation of the Hudson River landing of US Airways flight 1539.]]></description>
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		<title>Worst. Food. Ever.</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/02/27/worst-food-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Consumerist has found what it thinks is the worst food ever. I agree, in that the idea of the food itself (pork brains in milk gravy) is revolting.  To add insult to injury, it provides 1170% of your daily &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/02/27/worst-food-ever/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-materialism</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/02/23/anti-materialism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cunning Realist notes that one effect of an economic downturn can be to turn people away from shallow materialism toward the values that matter and reward, like family, saving, and performing your own home activities. During the Bush years, &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/02/23/anti-materialism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fires in Australia</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/02/11/fires-in-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fires in Australia have been deadly, and not just for humans. But here is a lovely rescue of a wounded koala by a fire-fighter. Here is a still photo of the rescue. Stunning pictures of the devastation are available &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/02/11/fires-in-australia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bird strikes</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/01/17/bird-strikes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Non-pilots are becoming familiar with the term &#8220;bird strike&#8221; since the crash in the Hudson. Take a look at real world examples. A successful return to airport&#8230; A fighter jet ejection caused by strike&#8230; And finally, Eddy Izzard on bird &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/01/17/bird-strikes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Paranoia or prudence</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/01/16/paranoia-or-prudence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the Wall Street types closest to the financial breakdown are scared. Very, very scared. An article in New York magazine, takes a look. Excerpt: During the final months of 2008, as the financial markets imploded, talk on trading &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/01/16/paranoia-or-prudence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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