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Food For Thought 5.29.09

"The UPS guy drops things off and he sees my 4-by-8-by-6-foot pile of food and I say, 'What are you doing to prepare, buddy?'" (Jim Wiseman of La Jolla, California--figures--who has taken to survivalist ways in fear that an economic collapse would empty store shelves. Mmm...pile of food. Wiseman's b ... More >>

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