17000889972_ab3718a561_kForward Observer Magazine – by John Mosby

This is Part One of a two-part series of Escape & Evasion training.  

Successful personnel recovery (PR), or to use the older, more familiar term, escape-and-evasion (E&E), requires effective training as well as extensive planning and preparation.  Adequate time and attention should be spent on the fundamental, specific tasks requirements of the evader himself, in order to provide the greatest possibility of successful evasion of hostile pursuit and search. Whether you working against an oppressive regime or are simply planning on “bugging out” for SHTF, the same skills are absolute requirements for success and survival.   Continue reading “Evasion Skills Considerations for the Evader, Part One”

4389910916_258e81daea_bForward Observer Magazine – by John Mosby

(This is Part Two of a two-part series.  Part One can be read here.)

E&E training in the US military and paramilitary cultures has traditionally focused in large part (although certainly not entirely) on what are fundamentally very elementary bushcraft skills such as fire-building, shelter construction, and building traps and snares for food procurement. Whiles these are not useless skills for either survival or simply being a well-rounded human being, if you as a “prepper” lack these skills, then you are woefully behind the power curve in your preparations.  E&E training needs to focus less on bushcraft and more on fieldcraft. That fieldcraft is the individual application of fundamental, basic light infantry skills.   Continue reading “Evasion Skills Considerations for the Evader, Part Two”

Artist's depiction of the U.S. Air Force's unmanned X-37B space planeLive Science – by Mike Wall

The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane blasted into Earth orbit today, kicking off the robotic vehicle’s clandestine fourth mission — as well as the first flight of a tiny solar-sailing spacecraft.

The robotic X-37B space plane launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket today (May 20) at 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT) from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. You can see a video of the X-37B space plane’s launch here.   Continue reading “US Air Force Launches X-37B Space Plane on 4th Mystery Mission”

heart_pic_650Natural Society – by Robert Harrington

A recent study from Finland suggests that cholesterol-lowering drugs known as Statins may increase ones risk of developing the highly-preventable Type 2 diabetes by a startling 50% – even after adjusting for other factors. With the widespread use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, this news is not what many folks will want to hear.

A 50% higher risk for Type 2 diabetes is a quite unfavorable consequence for those who are ‘reliant’ on statins for blood pressure or plaque buildup throughout the circulatory system. However, due to the many other conditions that can occur with diabetes, this correlation must be taken seriously. Particularly for the elderly who have very little diet discipline, the results of this important study ought to serve as a major wakeup call.   Continue reading “Medical Alert: ‘Statins Linked to 50% Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes’”

HSBC's London headquartersGovt. Slaves

 HSBC is to start charging other banks for depositing money in currencies of countries that have negative interest rates.

Europe’s biggest bank will join a number of other US and European lenders to charge their peers for holding deposits – effectively passing on the cost of holding money where interest rates have turned negative.

The move will affect deposits from banks in euros, Swiss francs, Danish crowns and Swedish crowns.

Continue reading “HSBC to charge for holding deposits”

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California:  God can’t stop Obama Care from killing off six Christian run hospitals in one fell swoop! Bankrupt Daughters of Charity Health System tried to sell-off six hospitals but nobody wanted to buy, so now at least 280 healthcare workers will become unemployed!  Administrators stated that the current layoffs will barely “restore our hospitals to break-even status financially” due to Obama Care insurance reimbursement cuts.  To make matters worse, and guarantee a total hospital system shutdown, government Obama Care administrators have told ten insurance companies to stop sending their customers to Daughters of Charity Health System!  Riverbed Technology issued two layoff WARNs for June, saying 160 people will become jobless!   Continue reading “Job Losses & Stores Closing Keeps Increasing”

Daily Caller – by American Rifleman

Traditionally fancied mostly by shooters of high-end side-by-sides and over-unders, the often underestimated 28 gauge is currently experiencing an uptick in popularity. One of Beretta’s most recent offerings, the semi-automatic A400 Xplor Action, is likely to further interest in the “lowly” 28.   Continue reading “Gun Test: Beretta A400 Xplor Action 28 Gauge”

Deon McCaulley neighborhood outreachCleveland.com – by Cory Shaffer

CLEVELAND, Ohio — With riots in Baltimore fresh in mind and the outcomes of three high-profile police killings ahead for Cleveland, city officials are reaching out to a group of community leaders in an attempt to keep any protests peaceful.

Police and city leaders have assembled neighborhood outreach teams that include religious leaders, youth league coaches, business leaders, motorcycle club members and former gang members to build relationships and “keep their ears to the ground” for any rumors of planned unrest.   Continue reading “Cleveland’s preparations for Brelo verdict include motorcycle clubs, sports coaches”

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Murray Abbott, Morgan Stanley sales trader, went missing two weeks ago. Source: Toronto Police Service via Bloomberg

Toronto police identified a body found in the water near the city’s Beaches neighborhood as that of missing Morgan Stanley sales trader Murray Abbott.   Continue reading “Another dead banker Missing Morgan Stanley Trader Found Dead in Toronto”

CNNBreitbart – by Thomas D. Williams, PhD

The Girl Scouts of America (GSA) is the latest organization to cave to pressure from the LGBTIQA lobby, adapting its policies to extend membership to boys who identify as girls.

Penny Nance from Concerned Women for America called the decision “just one more slap in the face to Christian parents.”   Continue reading “Girl Scouts Welcome Cross-Dressing Boys into their Ranks”

The Weekly Standard – by Daniel Harper

In a speech today in South Korea, Secretary of State John Kerry said that the Internet “needs rules to be able to flourish and work properly.” This, according to Kerry, is necessary even for “a technology founded on freedom.”

Speaking on behalf of the Obama administration, Kerry said that Internet policy is “a key component of our foreign policy.”   Continue reading “Kerry: Internet ‘Needs Rules to Be Able to Flourish and Work Properly’”