The one simple secret to surviving any disasterThe Organic Prepper

When disaster strikes, will you be ready? Will you be organized, calm, and ready to adapt to whatever the situation brings? Sometimes we have some warning, and sometimes things happen out of the blue. There is one simple secret that will allow you to sail through nearly any crisis. It doesn’t cost a lot of money, or take up an entire roomful of storage space.

It’s your ability to accept the scenario.

The more time you spend denying that this could ever happen to you, happen in your home town, or occur at all, the less time you have to take definitive action. In fact, your willingness to accept that disaster could strike before it ever does puts you even further ahead, because you’ll be ready for immediate action without wasting valuable time wrapping your brain around it.   Continue reading “The One Simple Secret to Surviving Any Crisis”

Forward Observer – by John Mosby

I get asked a lot, both in training environments and via email, “John, I understand the importance of tribe, but how do I go about finding like-minded people to form a group? Should I join a group that already exists?” It’s a popular question in survivalist-prepper circles because it’s such a hard topic to consider.

Let’s think about this: It’s got to be people you can trust to not steal your belongings, to watch your back while you sleep or work, to not turn you in to the police or DHS as a “crazy, gun-nut prepper,” and finally, to not kill you when your back is turned. Yet, they also need to be interested in prepping so that significantly begins narrowing down the playing field, and let’s face it – there are a lot of preppers who seem to be running more than a few bricks shy of a load. Do you want the crazy dude that fantasizes about killing people to be pulling security while you sleep?  How do you know the socially inept, hermit-like prepper down the river isn’t a pedophile or rapist?   Continue reading “Building Tribe, Part I”

Yahoo News – by Roland Lloyd Parry

Barcelona (AFP) – Spain’s Constitutional Court on Monday suspended an independence referendum called by Catalonia for November 9, although leaders of the rich northeastern region vowed to press ahead anyway with preparations for the vote.

The unanimous and expected decision by the court’s 12 judges came just hours after Spain’s central government asked it to declare the independence referendum illegal on the grounds that it breaches the country’s constitution.   Continue reading “Spanish court suspends Catalonia independence vote”

Breitbart – by William Bigelow

College-age illegal immigrants in California now have access to a form of finance that used to be reserved for U.S. citizens: student loans, according to the Sacramento Bee. On Sunday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1210, by State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, into law.

The bill makes $9.2 million accessible for University of California and California State University schools so they can offer the money to illegal aliens.   Continue reading “Brown Signs Bill Granting Illegals Access to Student Loans”

The Smoking Gun

A college student was arrested last night for jogging while intoxicated, Pennsylvania police report.

James Finan, 21, was spotted “jogging alongside Rte. 378 without any light” around 1:30 Sunday morning, according to a Lower Saucon Township Police Department report. Finan attends nearby DeSales University, where he is a business major.

According to cops, “vehicles were observed to take defensive measures to avoid Finan” as he ran alongside the roadway.   Continue reading “Police Bust College Student, 21, On Jogging While Intoxicated Charge”

File photo.Fox 11

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin officials are working to better serve the rapidly growing Hispanic community in the state, with a little help from the Mexican Consulate in Chicago.

A mobile version of the Chicago-based office issued passports and consular identification cards to hundreds of Mexican nationals at an Appleton church last week, Post-Crescent Media reported. About 800 people took advantage of the services at First English Lutheran Church from last Wednesday to Saturday, according to Alfredo Gomez Sepulveda, a coordinator of the consulate’s mobile program.   Continue reading “Mexican Consulate brings ID services to Wisconsin”

Yea, I’m sure they really want to get rid of it. Tell me another one.

Mother Jones – by Molly Redden

An officer with the Chelan County Sheriff’s Department in central Washington is offering me a tank. Three of them, actually.

“We really want to get rid of these,” Undersheriff John Wisemore says. “We’ve been trying to get the military to take them back since 2004.”   Continue reading “Police Want to Get Rid of Their Pentagon-Issued Combat Gear. Here’s Why They Can’t.”

APMeanwhile, another American homeless person starves to death.

The Washington Free Beacon -by Elizabeth Harrington

The stage, drapes, and sound system for an 18-minute speech by President Barack Obama cost taxpayers nearly $100,000.

“Elite Productions,” the go-to company for prominent Democratic politicians such as Bill and Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi, put on the set for Obama’s speech to troops at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 17. The company provided “stage, drapery, and audio/visual equipment,” according to a contract document made public by the Air Force last week.   Continue reading “Stage Production for 18-Minute Obama Speech Cost $94,360”

Breitbart – by Austin Ruse

A new report from UN statisticians says their earlier predictions about global population stabilization are wrong and that we are on the cusp of major and dangerous growth.

The UN Population Division has traditionally been an objective purveyor of information used by UN and other policy makers around the word. This was the case under longtime Population Division chief Dr. Joseph Chamie, who is now connected to Fordham University. Under Chamie, the Population Division tended not to get involved in the divisive arguments about overpopulation. This changed under his successor, Hania Zlotnik, and continues under current chief John Wilmoth.    Continue reading “UN again spreads overpopulation fears”

Live Leak – by gregsto

Democratic Congressman from Youngstown Ohio 1985 to 2002. My hometown.

He was the executive director of the Mahoning County Drug Program from 1971 to 1981 and Sheriff of Mahoning County from 1981 to 1985. While serving as Sheriff, Traficant made national headlines by refusing to execute foreclosure orders on several unemployed homeowners, many of whom had been left unemployed by the recent closures of steel mills. This endeared him to the local population, which had long derived its wealth from steel and steel-associated businesses.   Continue reading “Ohio Congressman Jim Traficant Classics”

Brandon CoatsTime – by Dan Kedmey

A quadriplegic man who uses medical marijuana says he was unfairly dismissed from his job for partaking in a legal activity outside of work hours

Colorado’s Supreme Court is set to rule whether an employer can fire a worker for using medical marijuana, which is now legal in the state.

The court was due to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that will test the boundaries of state laws to legalize the substance. Both medical and recreational marijuana have been made legal in Colorado.   Continue reading “Colorado Court to Decide Whether Smoking Pot is a Fireable Offense”

Haaretz – by Barak Ravid

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped into the UN headquarters in New York on Monday and found it nearly empty. This year, as last year, Netanyahu had arrived after the party had ended. The leaders of the larger countries had addressed the General Assembly last week and left, and Netanyahu found himself speaking to the foreign ministers of Liechtenstein, Iceland and Bahrain.   Continue reading “Netanyahu’s empty UN speech with cheering section”

policeSleuth Journal – by Justin King

A 17-year-old kid was tased into a coma and suffered brain damageafter Officer Tim Runnels arrested him for a traffic ticket that was associated with the car he had borrowed. It was not his ticket. The window was broken and the minor could not roll the window down completely when ordered. Therefore the officer used force to enforce an unlawful order. The department has stated that Runnels acted within policy and placed the officer on paid vacation. The minor is the son of another police officer. Since it deals with one of their own, the FBI has launched a probe.

If putting a child in a coma for someone else’s traffic ticket is within policy, where does it end?   Continue reading “When Should We Start Forcibly Resisting Police Tyranny?”

Top StoriesFox 17

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas hospital says it is isolating a patient who is showing signs of having the Ebola virus.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas said in a statement Monday night that the patient’s symptoms and travel history suggest the patient may have Ebola, the virus that has killed more than 3,000 people across West Africa.      Continue reading “Ebola Virus Signs Present in Dallas Hospital Patient”

Breitbart – by Wynton Hall

Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report reveals that President Barack Obama has attended only 42.1% of his daily intelligence briefings (known officially as the Presidential Daily Brief, or PDB) in the 2,079 days of his presidency through September 29, 2014.

The GAI report also included a breakdown of Obama’s PDB attendance record between terms; he attended 42.4% of his PDBs in his first term and 41.3% in his second.   Continue reading “Report: Obama Has Missed over Half His Second-Term Daily Intel Briefings”

Albemarle High School is some 40 miles east of Charlotte, N.C.New York Daily News – by Sasha Goldstein

A student was shot and the gunman was taken into custody Tuesday morning at a North Carolina high school, according to reports.

The shooting happened around 7:30 a.m. at Albemarle High School, some 40 miles east of Charlotte, WSOC-TV reported. The student’s condition is unknown.

The school is on lockdown. It’s unclear if the shooter was a student.   Continue reading “Student shot, gunman taken into custody after North Carolina high school shooting: report”

A female Philadelphia police officer was taken to a hospital Friday after engaging in a physical fight with a male officer while they were on duty and in uniform, according to a local report.New York Daily News – by NINA GOLGOWSKI

A female Philadelphia police officer was reportedly left with two black eyes after an on-duty fight with a male police officer.

An argument between the two unidentified officers ended violently Friday with the female officer taken to a hospital, NBC Philadelphia reported.

Both officers, who were in uniform during the scuffle, are from the city’s southwest 18th district.   Continue reading “Fight between on-duty Philadelphia cops leaves female police officer with two black eyes: report”

President of General Motors North America Mark Reuss appears onstage with the new Chevrolet Corvette (Reuters/Carlo Allegri)RT

General Motors is scrambling to prevent owners of the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette from breaking the law with the car’s high-tech recording device. Apparently, the company never got the memo that secret recordings are illegal in many states.

One of the new features of GM’s sports car is a part of the Performance Data Recorder called “Valet Mode.” The high-tech equipment allows ‘Vette owners to secretly record conversations in its interior ‒ as well as information about the car’s performance, even when they are not in the car.   Continue reading “Little Spy Corvette: GM’s new high-tech recorder illegal in many states”

Reuters / Zoran MilichRT

The head of a company that sells a spyware application for smartphones has been indicted and arrested for conspiracy and other charges related to surreptitious interception. It is the first time the US Department of Justice has targeted spyware apps.

Undetectable and untraceable by most phone users – that is how a spyware application dubbed StealthGenie was allegedly being advertised by Hammad Akbar, the chief executive of the Pakistani-owned, UK-based company InvoCode.   Continue reading “Spyware phone app CEO indicted for conspiracy”