We’ve been reading a lot of good books, been to some training, and read some very interesting blog posts and news articles recently. Here are the ones that made this week’s Friday Five from PreppingToSurvive: Spy agencies have access to your financial records, NYPD plans to track every vehicle as it enters or leaves Manhattan, adding herbs to your garden, a box cutter is the becomes the weapon of choice for a deranged man, and the IRS claims authority to read private communications without warrant.
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Friday Five for March 1, 2013
March 1, 2013
Unless averted in the final hours, sequestration set to start today, slashing spending in a lot of different areas of the U.S. government. Some would argue that this is good and needs to happen while other believe it’s draconian and will send the economy into a downward spiral. Whatever you’re thoughts on the matter, it’s […]
Friday Five for February 22, 2013
February 22, 2013
In this week’s Friday Five from PreppingToSurvive: a prepping site choke full of information and links, economic woes still plague Greece, new study finds “toxic” gene in GMOs, China implicated in international computer hacking network, and 7 tips for planning for hard times. The More You Know… If you are a fan of the works […]
Friday Five for February 15, 2013
February 15, 2013
For those who are believe we are living in the end times, there were a lot events in the news to grab your attention. Here’s what this week’s Friday Five from PreppingToSurvive brings: a 150-ft astroid will narrowly miss the earth on Friday, the 10th case of a SARS-like virus confirmed, and North Korea exploded […]
Friday Five for February 8, 2013
February 8, 2013
While 108 million people watched the SuperBowl on Sunday, far fewer paid attention to some key news items like the ones featured in this week’s Friday Five from PreppingToSurvive: DOJ memo affirms U.S citizens can be assassinated without due process of the law, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide if remaining silent can be interpreted as admission […]
Friday Five for February 1, 2013
February 1, 2013
For the first time this year, entertainment didn’t dominate the news this week. Immigration reform and politics took to the forefront in the news. Nevertheless, we found some good information for the prepper/homesteader that didn’t make the primetime newscasts. Here’s what we’re reading this week for Friday Five from PreppingToSurvive: reading people and knowing when […]
Friday Five for January 25, 2013
January 25, 2013
Much of this week’s mainstream media focused on the Presidential Inauguration on Monday, however for the aware prepper there were a lot of other interesting things to take note of. Here’s this week’s Friday Five from PreppingToSurvive: NASA says that astroid will come very close but won’t hit the earth, ammo shortage affects local governments but not […]
Friday Five for January 18, 2013
January 18, 2013
This week it was really hard to limit the news and information to just five for this week’s edition of Friday Five from PreppingToSurvive. Here’s what made the list: the President gets armed guards for life, keeping Monsanto our of your garden, welfare spending exceeds the median income, Sheriff’s Department offers free firearms training for […]
Friday Five for January 11, 2013
January 11, 2013
As we say goodbye to the second week of 2013, the Mayan Apocalypse and Fiscal Cliff are behind us now. But there’s still a lot of noteworthy items out there for the prepper. Here’s what we read this week for the Friday Five from PreppingToSurvive: according to an FBI study more people are murdered annually […]
Friday Five for January 4, 2013
January 4, 2013
Welcome to the first edition of Friday Five from PreppingToSurvive. We took a few days off during the holidays to relax, enjoy the time with our family, and to go winter camping. Nevertheless, we still kept up with the news and blogosphere. Here’s what we’re reading this week: Springfield Armory’s XDS is a small handgun […]
April 12, 2013
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