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How prepared are you to survive a few days in the frozen wilderness with only the supplies you have in your vehicle?
A family of 6 discovered that they have what it takes when their Jeep flipped over in the middle of the Seven Troughs mountain range in north-central Nevada last week. Continue reading “Real Life Survival: Could You Stay Alive in the Frigid Wilderness with Only the Supplies in Your Vehicle?”
If you had a business selling something that made you well over a hundred billion dollars per year, would you take steps to eradicate the need for your business? Or would you make every effort for that money continue rolling in?
Take cancer, for example. Don’t let all the media hype about “The Cure” fool you. No one who is in a position to do so wants to end cancer because they are all making a killing on the big business of treatment, while ordinary people go broke, suffer horribly, and die. Continue reading “Making a Killing with Cancer: A 124.6 Billion Dollar Industry”
There are a lot of reasons that sensible people want to step off of the materialistic rocket ride that is the standard North American Christmas. Maybe they don’t want to create children who are never satisfied and always want more, who always yearn for that next edition of the iGadget of the year. Perhaps they have suffered their own personal economic collapse and just can’t afford it this year. They might just want a sense of peace and contentment that you can never buy from a store. Continue reading “Have Yourself a Thrifty Little Christmas”
Remember the Seralini study, with those gruesome images of GMO-fed rats that were engulfed by horrific tumors? Well, great news! You can grab yourself some GMO corn and chow down now because the journal that published the study has retracted it. Silly us, there was absolutely nothing to worry about!
The new editor over at the journal, Food and Chemical Toxicology, says so – you know, Richard E. Goodman, the editor that used to work in the hallowed halls of Monsanto. Continue reading “GMO Rat Study Retracted..by New Journal Editor from (Surprise!) Monsanto”
An added bonus to the Thanksgiving holiday feast is the boon that it can give to your pantry. If you have some jars and fresh lids, your kitchen already contains everything you need to add an abundant amount of food to your stockpile!
Turkey, veggies, and cranberry sauce will all make beautiful additions to your home-canned goods. Use these recipes as a guideline to adapt what you have left over to nutritious homemade meals in jars. Continue reading “Canning the Thanksgiving Leftovers”
If you’ve been watching the news, you’re well aware that a winter storm is bearing down on most of the United States. We’ve been warned of plummeting temperatures, ice, and lots of snow, even in places that don’t normally receive such weather.
Are you ready to be snowed in for a few days? If not, there’s no time like the present to get prepared. Once you see how well you fare during the upcoming storm, you’ll be hooked on the feeling of security that you get from planning ahead. This article is written with those who are new to preparedness in mind, so for the more experienced readers, please chime in with your tips in the comments section! Continue reading “Winter Storm Warning: Are You Ready to Get Snowed In?”
Pastor Aubrey Shines hails from Chicago, much like our Fearless Leader, Barack Obama. But that’s where the resemblance ends. Unlike Obama, Pastor Shines has had the courage to point fingers in the deadly trend of “knockout” that is causing injuries and death across the country. In an opinion piece, published on The Blaze, Shines wrote:
The more the media reports these attacks a few things become clear. First, the perpetrators are young black men. Second, the victims are white and most often Jewish. Because the victims are white, the game is also referred to as polar bear hunting. Third, there has been radio silence from black national leaders condemning the acts. Al Sharpton finally condemned the game at one of his weekly National Action Network meetings. But the outrage pales in comparison to the outrage that Sharpton and his fellow Race Warriors are able to muster when it benefits them financially and politically. Continue reading “Finally: Black Pastor Says That If Obama Had a Son, He’d Look a Lot Like the Knockout Thugs”
With all that is being written about the national economic collapse, people seem to be waiting for some huge event.
However, for many North Americans, the collapse is here. This isn’t relegated to only lower income neighborhoods. As an article from a Cinncinnati new station stated, “Hunger doesn’t know a zipcode.” Continue reading “How to Survive a Personal Economic Collapse”
You know, people have had about enough of all of this racist garbage. It’s time to put a stop to language that excludes others. Take the mention of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for example.
One school administrator began the school year cracking down on exclusive language. Verenice Gutierrez, principal of Harvey Scott K-8 School in Portland, Oregon, hears subtle racism every day. And that’s just plain wrong. She explained to the Portland Tribune in September how a simple example of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in a classroom indicated “white privilege”. Continue reading “Portland School Cracks Down on Racist PB&J Sandwiches: “What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?””
This is from the “Believe-It-or-Not-This-Isn’t-Satire” files.
If you don’t get lined up for this year’s lethal injection – ahem – I mean flu shot – you just might get a push from a well-meaning (but brainwashed) friend or neighbor. A national campaign has begun with the intention to shame and peer pressure everyone to get the flu shot. Continue reading “Look Out, Flu Shot Resistors: The “FLUgitive” Propaganda Campaign Aims to Shame You Into Getting Jabbed”
The school lunch drama continues, this time in Manitoba, Canada.
Close on the heels of a federally sponsored preschool in Virginia disallowing homemade lunches without a doctor’s note, a mom in Manitoba was given this note and a $10 fine when her children’s preschool felt that the lunch she sent from home required “supplemental” Ritz Crackers. Continue reading “Roast Beef, Potatoes, and Carrots Don’t “Meet Nutrition Guidelines” but GMOs, HFCS, and Trans Fats Do”
A report in the UK Daily Mail says that hospitalization cases for treatment of malnutrition have doubled over the past 5 years. The increase is linked to Britain’s crippling economic downturn.
Easington MP Grahame Morris, who sits on the House of Commons health select committee, told the Chronicle that the figures should be an alarm bell. Continue reading “Omen for Americans: Malnutrition Doubles in the UK as the Economy Collapses”
If there was ever a case study on why preppers should be prepared to defend their supplies, the upcoming episode of National Geographic’s Doomsday Preppers would provide a perfect example.
“We’re not in it to stockpile. We’re in it to take what you have and there’s nothing you can do to stop us,” Tyler Smith says. “We are your worst nightmare, and we are coming.” Continue reading “Tyler Smith of Doomsday Preppers: Apex Predator or Apex Punk?”
Last month’s EBT-glitch shopping spree landed those who abused their benefits in hot water when Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal cancelled their SNAP cards. Taxpayers were assured that their dollars would not go to fund the chaotic free-for-all that ensued when shoppers discovered that their benefit cards suddenly had no limits. Wal-Mart made the decision to override the emergency measure of allowing only $50 per card and rang through heaping full carts of goods. The corporation publicly stepped up to the plate and said that they would take the loss. The government was out nothing, and Wal-Mart saved the day. Continue reading “Insider Reveals Who Really Paid the Bill When Wal-Mart Gave away Unlimited EBT Access”
All it takes is reading the headlines for a few days with the slightest sense of awareness to realize that this country is in trouble. With crises ranging from our crumbling economy, an encroaching police state, the devolution of civilization, possible grid-down scenarios and cyber attacks, and the risk of natural disasters, a one year preparedness pantry is no longer just something that Mormons and those crazy preppers do. It is a logical answer to the threats that we face every day, and as prices escalate, the time to get it together is NOW. Continue reading “The Pantry Primer: A Review”
You know that prepping has gone mainstream when the popular financial magazine Fortune has a positive write-up about the wisdom of being ready for whatever may come.
Columnist David Z. Morris attended a preparedness expo called Life Changes, Be Ready! in Lakeland, Florida last week, where he discovered that our concerns are the same as those of the average American. ”LCBR gave an immediate sense of one big way that the preparedness crowd isn’t marginal at all – economically.” He wrote: Continue reading “Fortune Magazine: “the preparedness crowd isn’t marginal at all””
Remember last month when EBT cards in Louisiana showed no limits? Remember how all of those EBT users had a chaos-fueled shopping spree and emptied store shelves within hours? Remember how that one woman with only 49 cents left on her card tried to leave with $700 worth of food?
Well, the governor of Louisiana remembers too, and he has taken the unprecedented move of canceling the benefits cards for every person suspect of participating in the fraudulent free-for-all. Continue reading “Gov Cancels SNAP Cards: Louisiana EBT Free-for-all May Come at a High Price”
Stockpiles: they aren’t just for pantries anymore!
You might be wondering where on earth you can stash all of the food required for a one-year pantry. Unless you have a pantry the size of a master bedroom suite, it won’t take long to exceed the limits of your available kitchen storage. But don’t despair! There are lots of little nooks, crannies, and storage areas around most homes that will allow you to discreetly put away a year’s supply of food for your family. Even those who dwell in apartments or other small spaces might be surprised to discover how many little hidden areas they actually have. Continue reading “The Pantry Primer: Where to Stash Your Stockpile”
After 3 months of careful budgeting, shopping, food preservation, repackaging, and stockpiling, we now have a one year food supply. This doesn’t mean that we don’t have to shop for a year, but it does mean that we have a cushion against disaster, whether it be personal, regional, financial, or natural. It gives us the freedom to wait out price spikes and purchase items on sale or in bulk. It means fewer trips to the store (and less temptation to go off-budget). It means that when scanning new recipes I nearly always have the ingredients on hand to make the delicious goodies that I find. Continue reading “The Pantry Primer: Maintaining the One Year Stockpile”
The crisp autumn chill signals that it’s time to walk through the crunchy leaves back to the garden to harvest your pumpkins. If you don’t have them growing in your own back yard, you can find a local farm or market HERE and get a great deal, especially now that Halloween is over.
Pumpkin trivia: Pumpkin is part of the Cucurbita family, which also includes cucumbers and squash. The custom of carving pumpkins comes from Ireland, where they originally carved turnips. Pumpkins originated in Central America as early as 5500 BC. Early American settlers made a version of pumpkin pie but hollowing out a pumpkin and filling it with milk, honey, and spices, then baking it in the ashes of their cooking fire. Pumpkins are botanically classified as fruits, not vegetables. Although the classic pumpkin is orange, there are heirloom varieties that are green, yellow, red, white, blue, and tan. Continue reading “This Week’s Harvest: Pumpkins”
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