BOOK OF THE DAY: Seed to Seed
ITEM OF THE DAY: Thermocube, $13

Standard little plug thing that turns on at 35′, turns off at 45′ (only powers heater when needed):
Or, on at 78/off at 70, fan.

How [not] to avoid Climate Panic, farming crickets, electroculture, bison, frost blankets all summer, a damage report from a homestead in the Ozarks, and questions on potting soil and self-defense. links below:

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IAF008: 8/9/2017
Mapping a path forward to prosperity, building resilient communities; sharing knowledge in the GSM

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SHOW NOTES:

1. DAILY STEPS:
Pondering Crickets / cricket powder. Not capital intensive, very little sqft required, fast-growing protein farming.
Chickens love em. Tons of uses
see: Jakub Dzamba — https://vimeo.com/72446994
http://teca.fao.org/read/7927
https://www.treehugger.com/green-food/cricket-cookies-and-urban-insect-farming.html

Also investigating Electro-culture, hat tip to Shaun C. for returning my attention to idea that low-level voltage increases yields:
http://www.rexresearch.com/articles/elcultur.htm
http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4520&context=rtd

2. “Ice Breaker”: History
Selections from Dennis Avery’s “Here’s How to Avoid Climate Panics:”
https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisavery/2017/08/07/heres-how-to-avoid-climate-panics-n2365479

3. GROUND REPORT

4. NEWS:

Bitcoin up hugely — if you held through the “fork” as I recommended, congrats.

VOLCANIC ACTIVITY:

Powerful eruptions at Bogoslof (USA) and Shevelush (Russia) volcanoes

EARTHQUAKES: two large ones in China

Two strong M6.5 earthquakes rock China within less than 10 hours – 9 dead and 180 injured, 31,500 tourist evacuations

AL GORE’S MOVIE FLOPS [*]
To me this indicates that the establishment has truly LOST the NARRATIVE — people are tired of the lies,
and ready for the truth.

EARLY WINTER:
Russia already experiencing freezing temperatures, in early August [*]
http://hmn.ru/index.php?index=1&ts=170809122905
via https://www.iceagenow.info/freezing-northern-european-russia-early-august/

Get Ready for the Fall … in Temperatures! [*]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4766998/Showers-Monday-NYC-higher-temps-later.html#ixzz4pIg7a0dO

CONTINUING INTENSE WINTER in SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE:
The BLIZZARD of OZ — ThunderSnow!
https://watchers.news/2017/08/08/blizzard-of-oz-thundersnow-storms-australia/

FLAILING CLIMATE SCIENTISTS GO FULL FELON
https://realclimatescience.com/2017/08/government-climate-scientists-go-full-felon/

LIGHTNING
Strange as lightning kills 3, injures 2 in Bulgaria

Strange as lightning kills 3, injures 2 in Bulgaria

Five killed, 5 injured in SEPARATE lightning strikes in Munger:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/five-killed-5-injured-in-separate-lightning-strikes-in-munger/articleshow/59945446.cms?from=mdr