As the main operational food ration for the United States Armed Forces, soldiers, airmen, coasties, and squids know the ins and outs of the Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE). Having evolved from the C-rations and K-rations of World War II, the MRE arrived inside the stomachs of American fighting men and women in 1980.
For modern survivalists, we [...]

Some estimates have it that, under the auspices of various departments, the government publishes 200 new pages of rules, regulations, and proposals every day. This might be the clearest measure of incremental intrusion into your life by elected representatives. Ever wonder exactly which rights you are losing to out-of-control regulation?
We don’t suggest anyone waste valuable [...]

Well, Obama’s stimulus program worked out well, especially in light of the news that now the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a government entity designed to insure the money you deposit in a bank, is considering borrowing cash from those very same banks before it run out of money.
Can it get any more ridiculous? The answer [...]

The Three P’s of Holistic Survival

The fundamental basics of Holistic Survival are found in the three P’s, which make up the three pillars of Holistic Survival. These three pillars are intended to protect your people, places, and profits from harm. The reason why we call this “Holistic” Survival is because we recognize the [...]

The purpose of trend forecasting is to provide insights and directions in anticipation of what the future may bring, and to be prepared for the unexpected. Gerald Celente, founder of The Trends Research Institute and author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century, [...]

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The Ten Commandments of Holistic Survival (Part 2)

The notion of Holistic Survival is based on the idea that survival in uncertain times requires an all-encompassing or “holistic” approach to be successful. As a way to articulate this principle, we have prepared “The Ten Commandments” of Holistic Survival as a guide for preserving your personal [...]

Luckily for us, the future of crime will very likely resemble the past of crime. What this means is that, most of the time, common criminals are so dumb it’s gotta hurt. The following is what happens when you combine a penchant for burglary and an addiction to Facebook.
The victim returned home one day to [...]

TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It) is an especially frightening concept for diabetics. The infrastructure of society ruptures and life-maintaining drugs for various diseases are no longer able to be produced and transported around the country. This is a nightmare scenario for anyone with a chronic medical condition but for diabetics [...]

Are you ready for a street fight?
Maybe not, even if you’ve been studying traditional martial arts for years. Recently, Jason discussed practical self defense skills with one of the world’s leading experts, Michael Pace.
Pace’s strategy deals with the reality of a confrontational situation, where the most important factor becomes how to deal with the adrenal [...]

Every once in a while, to lighten the mood here at Holistic Survival, we like to turn the page back to yesteryear and review some of the superstitions of the past. At least they seem like superstitions. At one point, someone, somewhere believed that you MUST avoid the following ten actions or your very life [...]

The Ten Commandments of Holistic Survival
The notion of Holistic Survival is based on the idea that survival in uncertain times requires an all-encompassing or “holistic” approach to be successful. As a way to articulate this principle, we have prepared “The Ten Commandments” of Holistic Survival as a guide for preserving your personal and financial [...]

The presupposition in the headline is, of course, blatantly ridiculous. Politicians do not have spines. They might have been born with them, like normal human beings but, at the first sign of interest in participating in the political system, spines are summarily removed and replaced with a non-toxic Jell-O mold.
That explains a lot about the [...]

Welcome to Holistic Survival: Your Insurance for a Better Life

Wars continue to flare with frightening regularity around the world. Global financial markets, once sedate and predictable, spin out of control in an ever-expanding cycle of chaos. Here at home in the United States, each passing day brings another industry to its knees, begging for fistfuls [...]

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The Obama administration would have us believe that the worst of the recession is past and solid signs of recovery are lurk just around the corner. That must be a pretty darn big corner. Job losses reached a 26 year high, as continuing unemployment set the table for the sixth straight month of foreclosure filings [...]

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Welcome to the Holistic Survival Show with Jason Hartman. The economic storm brewing around the world is set to spill into all aspects of our lives. Are you prepared? Where are you going to turn for the critical life skills necessary to survive and prosper?
The Holistic Survival Show is your family’s insurance for a better [...]

Maybe you count yourself among the millions of hard-working Americans who have had their 401k or other nest egg accounts dog-slapped by the economy of the last two years. We’re not here to tell you it’s been a fun ride but maybe there’s something more important – cash flow!
Now is the time to hang like [...]

Part of being a modern survivalist is having the foresight to look at what’s happening around you economically, make an educated guess about where events are headed, and adjust your investing strategy accordingly. The future is always uncertain but seems especially so today. One thing we can say is that China (and India) are experiencing [...]

Announcer:
Welcome to the Holistic Survival Show with Jason Hartman. The economic storm brewing around the world is set to spill into all aspects of our lives. Are you prepared? Where are you going to turn for the critical life skills necessary to survive and prosper?
The Holistic Survival Show is your family’s insurance for a better [...]

We’ve discussed the possibility that states may begin to file bankruptcy, with first on the docket seeming to be California. What does a bankrupt state look like before it goes udner? We might have our first inkling in $682 million in IOUs that were issued by Arnie’s minions to small business owners that contracted to [...]

While some people are still doing fine financially, others are hurting. There’s no doubt about that. In these uncertain times, it can become tempting to make an informal personal loan to an adult child looking to buy his first home, a struggling relative who’s lost a job, or a sibling in trouble with debt.
We’ve all [...]

The first step toward successful investing in uncertain times is to preserve as much of your income as humanly possible. We’re talking about taxes. Love ‘em, hate ‘em, or even believe they’re unconstitutional – doesn’t matter – you’ll get in a lot of trouble if you don’t pay them. Even worse, your government taxes are [...]

Now, more than ever, it’s critical that you not make – err, how shall we put this delicately – STUPID financial decisions. Before you can even conceive of a plan to invest in a manner appropriate to these entropic times, you’ve got to at least be starting out in a good position.
So, from your good [...]

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Much of what is being taught today in martial arts schools, seminars and videos, just won’t work on the street! Learn from one of the world’s best self-defense experts, Michael Pace as Jason discusses what he has perfected throughout his training and teaching of martial arts for over 40 years. Visit http://holisticsurvival.com/podcast-with-holistic-survival.php. About fifteen [...]

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You might recognize the headline above as the caption MAD Magazine uses along with their ever-present mascot, the faintly simian-looking Alfred E. Neuman. It’s good advice. Facing uncertain times with the right psychological outlook can be as important as every other preparation you’ve made put together.
Of course, we’re not advocating an ostrich approach – stick [...]

You might have missed recent news reports that giant new oilfields have been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico, Iran, Brazil, and Uganda. Excellent! Now the price of gas at the pump is sure to plummet. Not so fast. The numbers do not seem to bear out that rosy assessment.
Here’s a spoonful of reality.
First of [...]

It’s only a matter of time before the great breakthrough happens – cheap energy for everyone. It’ll be the end of high gas prices and usher in a new age where the rest of the world can finally tell OPEC to go pound sand.
Or maybe the great breakthrough is already here but has not made [...]

Oh, come now. We all knew it was going on. It can’t help but happen when the government puts itself in charge of health care. A recent article in the UK Telegraph yanked the cover off this disturbing trend – terminally ill patients are having food and water withheld so they’ll die sooner.
Why on earth [...]

Most of us, at some point in our lives, get to experience the joy of steering a car through a winter wonderland. Even if you’re a lifetime resident of the Snow Belt, you still go to visit the relatives up north for the holidays sometimes, don’t you?
Whatever the reason, whatever the season, it makes sense [...]

Is your house in need of a thousand million minor repairs? Ha! Does Dracula like to drink blood? Yes. Sometimes in our headlong sprint towards depression that we have to make a household repair, we forget to remember some very simple techniques guaranteed to elevate your status among the other primates and maybe even improve [...]

Remember the gallows humor joked about the United States being nuked back to the Stone Age? Turns out that it wouldn’t even take a direct strike and accompanying fallout to send us into a technological wasteland. We’re not going to try to make everyone in the audience an electrical engineer in 300 words or less [...]