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Lying to the sovereign, WE THE PEOPLE , is impeachable
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Shouldn't we be asking every candidate these questions
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Interview with Larry Korn, Author of One Straw Revolutionary - May 2016
Posted by David Pike on January 18, 2020 at 5:18pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
An Interview with Larry Korn, Author of One-Straw Revolutionary
May 4th 2016
By: David Pike
Since The One-Straw Revolution was published in 1978 it has been translated into more than 25 languages and sold over one million copies worldwide. In “One-Straw” as the book has been dubbed, Mr. Masanobu Fukuoka presented an entirely new approach to agriculture which he called “natural farming.” After 25 years of research and trials he demonstrated he could achieve yields…
Ten Weeks In
Posted by Rick Dubrow on September 22, 2017 at 4:07pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Succession came to pass on July 1st, ten weeks ago. A-1 Builders, Inc. is now A-1 Builders, A Design/Build, Worker-Owned Cooperative! My former employees are now my bosses! For the time being I’m helping the new team deal with marketing on a part time basis; my hours worked per week since July 1st has been on the order of working 1/4 hour a week! Can’t really call this ‘part time’; I think I’ll call it ‘microscopic time’.
Perhaps in other…
ContinueSlow Sand Fresh Water Filter
Posted by David Culver on November 22, 2016 at 6:54pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
I live in an all-electric home and when the power grid is out we have nothing. No water, no sewer, lights, cooking or anything else. I will have a generator to run sparingly to keep the freezer and the refrigerator going. Our home is a passive solar home with great insulation.
If the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake happens, the grid could be out for a year. During that time, with the well pump not working, we will need a source of clean fresh water.
A slow sand filter, made…
ContinueSecond Aid: Lessons Learned From Past Adventures
Posted by Rick Dubrow on November 3, 2016 at 11:51am 0 Comments 1 Like
All too often I’ll run into another hiker and the following conversation ensues:
“How many nights are you staying out?”
“None… I hope. We’re on a day hike.”
“Then why are you carrying so large a pack?
Allow me to unpack my answer… an answer that addresses situations well beyond wilderness travel. An answer that extends into my settled, civilized life as well. Why, at home, are Cindi and I prepared for a major natural or…
ContinueCompany Day Hike To Mt. Pilchuck Led To Team-Affirming Helicopter Rescue
Posted by Rick Dubrow on September 12, 2016 at 6:10pm 1 Comment 1 Like
Sunday, September 4th, 2016. Hikers from our company: Rick Dubrow, Cindi Landreth, Cathie Bertola, Shawn Serdahl, Justus Peterson.
Injuries usually happen upon descent. So it was on Sunday, 9/4/16 at the 4,420 foot level of Mt. Pilchuck. Five of us, all co-workers at A-1 Builders and Adaptations Design Studio, on a company dayhike, heard someone screaming in pain from above; close by. In moments we reached Patricia, a fit 59 year old Peruvian child…
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After 9/11, the FBI interviewed Solicitor General of the United States Ted Olson called the FBI to report that his wife Barbara Olson had called him…"
"The FBI did not do a DNA analysis of the Dugway produced anthrax samples (RMS-1029). Bruce Ivans had some anthrax in a flask (a glass container) that contained RMS-1029 and he got it from Dugway Proving grounds, (Dugway anthrax). Within…"
"The seismic signals propagating from New York on September 11, 2001, recorded at Palisades (34 km) and published by the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (LDEO). They concluded that only strong explosives could be the…"
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Jim Hoffman’s Feb. 9th 2005 criticism of the March 2005 Popular Mechanics attack article regarding 9/11 skeptics.
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Brexit stems from a civil war in capitalism – we are all just collateral damage
To one sort of capitalist, the insecurity and chaos that Brexit will bring is horrifying. To the other, it is highly profitable
Ten years of Sims Hill!
We’re TEN this year! Hooray. Cause for celebration, we think. And to celebrate safely in the Covidsphere, we thought we’d give a whistle-stop tour of the history of Sims Hill, and talk a little bit about why we feel so passionate about what we do – local food and community engagement.
Turning the clock forward
The next stop in my tour through my book A Small Farm Future is Part I, which begins with a long chapter outlining ten crises that one way or another seem set in the coming years to thoroughly upend the world we’ve known.
The Rain on Our Yes-We-Now-Have-a-Vaccine! Parade
The headlines that trumpet coronavirus boondoggles have become, in effect, the rain on our yes-we-now-have-a-vaccine! parade. How could some be making billions off the horror that’s killing millions?
Of hemp’s many uses, one of the most promising could be in construction
“Hempcrete,” made from the woody core of hemp, is showing promise as an environmentally friendly building material.
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