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During the coming shift, where do you plan to be?
The reason why survivalists are going to fare even worse than the average person is that they are not set up to adapt to conditions as they change. They overwhelmingly assume...
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ShareFollowing the onset of a regional (or wider) disaster, if and when it becomes known that the disaster is going to last for a week or more, many or most items will disappear from store shelves. It is a given that food of all varieties...
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ShareVariety is the spice of life
When building your food storage supply, DO NOT put all your eggs in one basket. By that I mean don’t simply go out and buy bags of beans and rice and call it good. Although many good emergency food supplies...
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ShareLiving in a world engulfed by economic crisis teetering on collapse requires preparation for worst-case scenarios. Whether it is losing a job to downsizing, a currency crisis, or full-blown economic system failure, being prepared...
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ShareMost people are probably going to be much better off after a society crushing event to be located away from highly densely populated centers. Unfortunately the majority of everyone lives in suburbia or in urban areas, and the problems...
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ShareGaye Levy
Today I would like to talk about street smarts and the development of a street smart attitude in a survival situation. But first let us start with a definition.
The Urban Dictionary describes street smart as the prevailing...
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ShareIn the aftermath of any unprecedented disastrous event, no matter how well prepared someone is with regards to a well accumulated stock of survival supplies, no one is truly ready or can anticipate how people will handle it. The emotional...
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ShareGaye Levy
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Sitting around the holiday dinner table, my guess is that at some point the conversation turned to the economy, natural disasters and the need to prepare. And, it is also my guess that there were a lot of roll-eyes as...
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ShareIf we want to be prepared for 2012, what are the things that need to be done, so that we will be better prepared for this likely crazy year?
Apart from the Mayan ‘end-of-the-age’ predictions, many people feel in their gut that...
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ShareNo one is predicting 2012 to be an uplifting year, economically. All major financial analysts predict stagnation at best, while others warn of likely doom and gloom as the dollar continues to become less desirable around the world.
In...
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ShareThe following excerpts have been graciously contributed by Fernando Ferfal Aguirre and were originally published in his highly rated book The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving The Economic Collapse. You may also visit his web site...
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ShareBe prepared for computer disaster. Create backups of your important computer files. Hard drives WILL FAIL. They always do. In fact, it is somewhat predictable as to when they will fail. Within 5 years, your PC’s hard drive will...
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People feel overwhelmed by the enormity of what it takes to get a family prepared.
First, take a deep breath and relax. Just realizing that you need to get prepared has already put you ahead of 70% of your neighbors,...
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ShareBrandon Smith
Alt-Market
A friend of mine took note recently that a large portion of activists involved in the Liberty Movement had hit extremely hard times, or had been struggling financially even before the general economic collapse...
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ShareThe American Dream
If you and your family store up lots of food, will you be identified as “potential terrorists” by law enforcement authorities? That sounds like an insane question, but sadly it has gotten to the point...
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ShareCongressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today announced commonsense legislation that would prohibit open-air cultivation of Genetically Engineered (GE) pharmaceutical and industrial crops, preventing biological contamination of our food...
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ShareThe Economic Collapse
Millions of American citizens have already left the United States in search of a better life. As the economy continues to crumble and as our society slowly falls apart, millions of others are thinking about...
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ShareBy: Hubert_Moolman
Marketoracle
I think that buying silver today is like buying gold for $554 an ounce. Let me explain: As I am writing, silver is currently trading at about 65.2% (32.6/50) of its 1980 high. If gold was trading at...
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By Bill Wilson, Daily Jot News Service
GIn the wake of the alarm over the passage of the Defense Authorization Act of 2012, the internet has been rife with opinions on how American citizens can be held in detention with their Constitutional...
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ShareDoomsday, Judgement Day, The Apocalypse by any name, probably means the same, the end of human civilization as we know it. You as a survivalist, a dedicated prepper, or just someone that made it through the devastation phase are now...
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ShareDavid Redick
AP
History shows us that all fiat money (just paper, or base-metal coins; no precious metal ‘backing’) always fails by losing its purchasing power, usually due to excess creation of new money; this is called ‘monetary...
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ShareThe most useful survival tool is the one that you have with you when you need to survive.
This begs the question, what do you (should you) have with you? What is it that you carry on your person, or always have with you – no matter...
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ShareCharlene Nelson
AP
North Dakota citizens may abolish property taxes, allowing them more control over government spending. Nearly 30,000 signatures were collected to place the people’s initiative on the ballot in June, 2012...
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ShareIf you’re broke but breathing, you’re still eating, because you’re not dead. The best first thing that you can do in the predicament of being ‘dead broke’ while wanting to ‘be prepared’, is to adjust your eating / food-purchase...
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Share‘Be Prepared‘ is an underlying theme of many posts on this website and is a (the) goal after having accessed the risks that surround you, both near and far.
The Scout Motto happens to be BE PREPARED which means you are always...