Iran doesn’t have the power to wipe out the United States. They can take a lot of lives and make us uncomfortable, but they won’t be able to destroy us. Our nation still faces a nuclear crisis; and it may come right from our own nuclear power plants. No matter what nation you look at… Continue reading

Traditionally this is a time for optimism, and we all have dreams and ambitions for what we’d like to see happening in 2020. I know I do, and whatever you’re hoping for next year, I hope it works out for you. We need to be realistic, though; bad stuff happens, too. In fact, it’s accepting… Continue reading

Some nuclear events are survivable. Much depends on the type of event and your proximity to ground zero. Event possibilities range from dirty bombs that may distribute radiation over a small area, to nuclear accidents and nuclear weapon detonation that create large amounts of destruction and contamination. Your first goal is to avoid nuclear fallout, so you… Continue reading

As we watch robots, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence machines and the like slowly (and sometimes rapidly) permeate our world, it’s not hard to imagine them going from permeating to taking over. Reaching that point, even those who don’t watch sci-fi movies can see the possibility of rogue robots and AI machines using computer logic to… Continue reading

Apps track you even after you remove them from your phone. In fact, some apps track you with targeted advertising after you uninstall them. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that many apps have built-in uninstall tracking tools. In detail, the tracking tools send data about you to developers after you remove the app. T-Mobile, Bloomberg LP, Spotify, and Yelp… Continue reading

Trade is a fundamental element of human survival. No one person can produce every single product or service necessary for a comfortable life, no matter how Spartan their attitude. Unless your goal is to desperately scratch an existence from your local terrain with no chance of progress in the future, you are going to need… Continue reading

Editors Note: The following article has been kindly contributed by Jonathan Hollerman, a former USAF SERE Instructor and an expert on prepping and survival.  Working as an Emergency Preparedness Consultant through his website GridDownConsulting.com, Jonathan helps his clients prepare for the hard times ahead.  Jonathan will also be releasing a full-length prepping on a budget manual this… Continue reading

I don’t know if you’ve ever lived through a major power outage, but I have. I live in a hurricane zone, so I guess it’s no surprise that I would end up suffering through a hurricane sometime. The one I got wasn’t one of the big, sexy ones which brought in FEMA agents and lots… Continue reading

As the primaries for the 2020 presidential elections warm up, one has to wonder about the direction our country is taking. Each and every election, it seems like we are fighting more and more to retain the country our forefathers handed down to us. Politically speaking, I think just about everyone would agree that our… Continue reading