When a 16-year-old high school football player committed suicide earlier this week, it seemed as tragic as any other teenage suicide. However, the circumstances surrounding his death suggest that he wasn’t an ordinary depressed teen. In fact, the actions of … Continue reading
Add this to your list of smart reasons to avoid all flu shots forever. A New Jersey nurse licensed by the New Jersey Board of Nurses was caught using the same dirty syringe to vaccinate 70 people in a row, … Continue reading
I recently received the question, “Is it safe to keep beans and rice in bags they are bought in if stored in food buckets?”. That’s a very good question. Here’s my opinion… The first keyword is ‘safe’. My general answer … Continue reading
When it comes to a social collapse based on a nuclear crisis, mushroom clouds created during a ground based incident may well come to mind. Even though most people think they know what an exploding nuclear device may look like, … Continue reading
Ask any prepper what their most important piece of gear is and you’ll hear a variety of answers, but the least common answer will be a first aid kit. To make matters worse, the kits that most people do have … Continue reading
I frequently highlight the need for water when you are preparing for emergencies. This simple, yet vital element of life can’t be ignored for long, so I recommend a multi-faceted approach when it comes to making sure you always have … Continue reading
Foraging for food is one of the most vital survival skills anyone can learn. No matter where you are, whether you bug out intentionally or get stranded in the wilderness, you’ll need to eat at some point. Your bug out … Continue reading
Lets face it. There are lots and lots of people who consider themselves ‘broke’, as in ‘no money’. More specifically, they don’t think they have enough money to build up a cupboard or two full of food for emergency storage … Continue reading
One of the central pillars of preparedness is being able to feed yourself. Preppers focus some of their attention on stockpiling food as well as creating renewable sources like gardens or livestock (chickens and rabbits) as protection against the possibility … Continue reading
A hundred years ago 70% of all medicines were made from plants. Most of them are still being used today, but only a few people truly know about them. The Pharmaceutical Industry almost made this knowledge obsolete. But in my … Continue reading
When it hits the fan…I mean REALLY hits the fan in a permanent kind of way, the most likely outcome is death. That’s not pretty, and I’m well aware of it. I always try to be positive and optimistic, because … Continue reading
We often talk about having a bugout bag that includes a folder with important documents, but despite your preparations and efforts to protect them, sometimes disaster strikes quickly and unexpectedly, and those documents are lost. For example, the fires last … Continue reading
America’s infrastructure is collapsing. Categorically both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ infrastructure elements are decaying physically and fundamentally while the clock ticks ever closer to any number of major tipping points. These will have a direct and considerable impact on the vulnerability … Continue reading