Archive for August 2010

The Mosque at Ground Zero: A Call for Reasonableness

Aug 31st, 2010 | By
The Mosque at Ground Zero: A Call for Reasonableness

This site is dedicated to offering solutions for survival in the event of a natural catastrophe, a man-made catastrophe, political unrest or a terrorist attack. Yet somewhere in the midst of preparing for such events, we cannot afford to divorce ourselves from the political realities around us. Our Founding Fathers did not shrink back from
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Is Your Arsenal Up to the Task?

Aug 30th, 2010 | By
Is Your Arsenal Up to the Task?

As you sit and marvel at your vast collection of guns, your chest bulging at the immensity of the firepower before you, you may want to squint and consider how it might look to you the moment after the EOTWAWKI. When you consider the staying power versus the firepower, is your arsenal up to the
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For Nutrition on the Run – Eat Like Davey Crockett

Aug 30th, 2010 | By
For Nutrition on the Run – Eat Like Davey Crockett

Preparations for the flight to safety after a cataclysmic event always include, at their core, emergency food contingencies. Most preppers take the measure of stockpiling foods that can survive a long shelf life and that are suitable for light-weight travel.  Dried foods typically dominate the shelf space as they are the most durable and travel-friendly
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Reality Shock: Your Hospital May be Killing You

Aug 30th, 2010 | By
Reality Shock: Your Hospital May be Killing You

Just when we thought it was safe to go back to the ER, there is now an emerging reality that your next trip to the hospital could kill you.  In the midst of the political wrangling spurred by the highly controversial health care reform legislations, the debate rages on as to the quality of health
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Intro to Chicken Farming

Aug 30th, 2010 | By
Intro to Chicken Farming

If, as part of your emergency preparedness, you have been considering options for creating a long- term, sustainable food source, chicken farming has proven to be one of the best. As an ongoing source of nutrient-rich eggs and lean meat, raising chickens for food is within the reach of anyone with the space to house
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Debt Settlement vs Bankruptcy: Which is the lesser of two evils?

Aug 27th, 2010 | By
Debt Settlement vs Bankruptcy: Which is the lesser of two evils?

As the hardening of the job market continues and the economic landscape becomes bleaker and bleaker, there may come a time when you have to look at your accumulated debt and make a decision—do I declare bankruptcy or try to pay my creditors? Bankruptcy is never the option of first resort. We are compelled through
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Survival Secrets from the Great Depression – Episode 011

Aug 27th, 2010 | By
Survival Secrets from the Great Depression – Episode 011

In today’s episode you’ll meet an incredible man, Orson Holt, one of eight children who grew up during the Great Depression, a WW2 Purple Heart winner and a man who not only understands, but has already lived through the kind of hardships we are likely to face.

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Off-Grid Therapies for Common Bugs

Aug 26th, 2010 | By
Off-Grid Therapies for Common Bugs

Part of learning to live life off-the-grid means finding alternative therapies to common ailments and not running to the doctor (as my mother put it) “every time you have a hangnail.” My mother was indeed old-school, having been born in the middle of the Great Depression. She had a home remedy for everything. Between the
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The Colony – Week 5: The Abduction

Aug 25th, 2010 | By
The Colony – Week 5: The Abduction

We’ve had Ricky and Lucy, Sonny and Cher, Ike and Tina. In Episode 5 of The Colony the dynamic between two of the youngest Colonists, Reno and Becka, steals the show. Though all of the Colonists were violated with the abduction of Becka–Amber calls it “a serious emotional blow to the Colony”–her kidnapping rocks Reno
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Here Comes the EMP Blast – Will You Survive?

Aug 23rd, 2010 | By
Here Comes the EMP Blast – Will You Survive?

It has been well established by military experts, congressionally-commissioned studies, and intelligence reports, that an attack on our country by electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is as close to an inevitability as any possible mode of attack. It is also the consensus of all that an EMP burst centered 250 miles over the center of our country
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