The most important thing you need to consider before you even buy your first match is what do you want to do in the event of a regional or national catastrophe? To break this down simply, the answer to this massive question boils down to two possible options. You can either stay in your home or in someone else’s home in your local community, or you can evacuate. This decision will influence 95 percent of the gear that you will be buying, down to the types of knives that you will need.
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Edible Plants, Part 4
In an extended survival scenario, food will become a primary concern; however, plants can be used more than just food. This article talks about a potentially more pressing concern in a survival situation: medicine. Medicinally, wild plants can be helpful ...
Read More »What Death Does to Debt
Debt is a problem that haunts many of us for our entire lives. We rack it up when we are young and spend an eternity trying to pay it off. For those of us who bought homes or tried to ...
Read More »Harry Reid – The Bill Stops Here
A shell game, led by Harry Reid, has been going on for quite some time in the U.S. Senate. The game goes something like this: Overload incoming bills from the house with amendments, and then stop the bill from coming ...
Read More »The European Debt Game: Winners, Losers, and You
American debt woes have most of us focused on the drama within our own borders, but it pays to look overseas. Europe’s debt crisis is turning into a grand game of posturing leaders and symbolic gestures by central bankers. However, ...
Read More »You Don’t Need a Perfect Password
Given enough time, ingenuity, equipment, and resources, virtually anything can be hacked into. The truth is, there is no such a thing as a perfect password. Many burglars admit they don’t bother with the house that has all the security. ...
Read More »From My Grandmother’s Recipe Book
As I go through my recipes, I can’t help but think of my grandmother. We called her Mormor (Danish for grandmother), and between her Danish roots and the variety of places she lived, she had an array of unusual recipes. ...
Read More »Smart Money Goals For 2012
Money, money, money … until we figure out a way to live without it, we have to figure out how to manage it. The statistics are not good when it comes to American finances. Most of us don’t have diddly-squat ...
Read More »Family Thrown into Turmoil as Social Service in Ohio Redefines Obesity as “Child Abuse”
While we all decry unnecessary government interference in people’s lives, when there are children involved, the situation becomes more complex. When young people are being neglected or abused by their parents or other family members, it may be necessary in ...
Read More »Teaching Your Homeschooler to Write
Reading and writing: two of the most basic academic skills that your child must learn. Reading comes first, but writing follows right after. Together, the two skills will make your child literate and able to learn, think, and succeed. Reading’s ...
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