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Understanding And Surviving A Low Credit Score

Understanding And Surviving A Low Credit Score

If you listen to the financial industry’s propaganda, you might believe that having a low credit score means you will end up sleeping under a bridge and foraging for food in garbage cans. Nothing could be further from the truth. ...

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Indoor Safety Tips for Winter Storms

Indoor Safety Tips for Winter Storms

Many of us have barely dug our way out of the snow that dumped across the United States last week.  We’re still shivering, still trying to catch planes back to wherever we came from, and have it in the back ...

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Can You Really Defend Your Home With Just A Slingshot?

Can You Really Defend Your Home With Just A Slingshot?

Is it possible to defend your home with just a slingshot? Before you say “no way” think about how powerful a slingshot truly is. The last time most of us picked up a slingshot was when we were kids. Before ...

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The Crossbow: An Alternative Weapon for the Modern Day

The Crossbow: An Alternative Weapon for the Modern Day

A crossbow, resembling something between a rifle and a bow, uses a fast string to launch projectiles—just as a bow does—but also has a stock and trigger like a rifle. Although we don’t know exactly when the crossbow was invented, ...

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Starting Your Armory

Starting Your Armory

If you’ve decided to take your personal or home defense seriously, you’re probably researching buying a few firearms, or perhaps you already own one or more. The world of firearms can be confusing, so I wanted to cover a few ...

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How To Make Vegetable Gardening Easy

How To Make Vegetable Gardening Easy

There are huge benefits to growing your own vegetables. It is a very popular hobby that is only growing worldwide. These days, it’s actually considered very trendy to have your own garden. Not only can it save you quite a ...

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3 Simple Steps To Surviving Without A Bank Account

3 Simple Steps To Surviving Without A Bank Account

One basic economic survival skill that everybody needs to master in today’s world is the ability to function in today’s economy without a bank account. Everybody needs to do this because it is entirely possible that you will find yourself ...

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The City Slicker’s Guide to Bushcraft Methods: Fire and Water

The City Slicker’s Guide to Bushcraft Methods: Fire and Water

Making fire and sanitizing water are perhaps your most important skills to utilize in the wild.  Coming straight out of the U.S. Army Field Manual 21-76, your survival depends upon the “rule of 3’s.” You can survive three minutes without ...

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Make Huge Wads Of Cash With Skills You Already Have

Make Huge Wads Of Cash With Skills You Already Have

Simply surviving a catastrophe or collapse is not enough. You need to consider what happens after everything has fallen apart and starts coming back together again. You need to start considering how you will support yourself and your family if ...

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7 Steps To Your Family’s Economic Survival

7 Steps To Your Family’s Economic Survival

The United States might be on the verge of another collapse that is potentially more devastating than those in 2007 and 2008. This isn’t the opinion of survivalists, but the opinion of executives at the world’s largest retailer, Walmart. Internal ...

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