“The typical American household would have paid nearly all of its income in taxes last year to balance the budget if the government used standard accounting rules to compute the deficit, a USA TODAY analysis finds. Under those accounting practices, the government ran red ink last year equal to $42,054 per household — nearly four times […]
May 23, 2012
I recently finished reading a classic. I think I was supposed to have read back in high school, but didn’t. In retrospect, I’m glad that I didn’t since if I had, I probably wouldn’t have picked up again now. This short book chronicles they life of Buck, a dog who is stolen from his posh […]
May 22, 2012
When it comes to protecting your family and home from would be intruders, one area to focus on in regard to home defense is owning a weapon. And choosing the right weapon to protect your loved ones is a serious responsibility, one that should be carefully researched.
May 21, 2012
“This can’t be! Can it?” Those were my thoughts when I read an email that someone sent me recently. It obviously gave me great cause for concern. The email described how, over the past few years, a company called The Freedom Group was slowly and quietly buying one gun manufacturer after another. The collection of […]
May 19, 2012
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” ~ William Pitt
May 18, 2012
When you are actually in a survival situation, you will need weapons for defending your family and for providing fresh food. There are fiscal and physical limits to how much you can make or buy and store. Even if you have enough provisions to survive the first year, how will you get through the next, and subsequent years?
May 17, 2012
Ropes, twine, and even flexible vines have multitude of uses for a prepper or survivor. They can be used to lash a shelter together, to run a clothesline, or to secure a load in an impromptu backpack. They can be pulled apart and the smaller filaments can be used as a fishing line or for […]
May 16, 2012
Hopefully, this spring you decided to try your hand (maybe for the first time) at gardening. We are experimenting with raised beds this year and so far, it seems to be going well. (If you don’t count the cats and chickens going over the fence and digging in that beautiful soft dirt, that is!). We […]
May 15, 2012
Many preppers are well aware of the precarious nature of the supply chain that supports our food industry. Recently I found some interesting, if not sad and scary, facts about where our food comes from and how it gets to our table. As of 2005, four companies controlled the processing of over 80% of the […]
May 14, 2012
Recently, while doing some research, I stumbled upon an article by Esquire magazine. I normally don’t read Esquire. It’s not that I have anything in particular against the magazine, rather I have precious little time to devote to reading and I’ve found other magazines and sources of information that are more inline with my world […]
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