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Investing During Economic Apocalypse
These are historic times but not for the reason you think. The wailing and gnashing of teeth from the national media and noodle spine non-leadership from our politicians might tempt us to give in and assume we’ve already seen Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the Fourth is just over the hill.
Not...
What YOU Should Do While the Dollar Crashes
Bury your head in the sand to avoid the truth if you like, but the United States financial system is in the early stages of a complete meltdown. We realize that's a fairly bold statement, and we'll provide some stark details to bolster our assertion in a few moments. For now, we want to ask you a simple...
Entitlements Leading to Government Collapse?
It might be tough to reconcile the idea - especially when you're cashing that Social Security check or thanking God Medicare covered a recent surgery - but entitlement spending by the Federal government is preparing to end America as we know it. It's really not even a matter for debate. If present spending...
Alfred Adask Beats Big Brother at its Own Game
If you haven't heard of Alfred Adask and his little problem with the Texas attorney general, buckle up for an interesting ride. This is the mother of all Big Brother stories and shows how the little guy can sometimes beat the government at its own silly “letter of the law” game. After finishing this...
Flash Mobs Take a Violent Turn
Those wacky teenagers! What will they think of next? A flash mob used to be a term that referred to a social media organized event, where a group of people materialized out of nowhere and engaged in benign activities like pillow fights or group purchasing decisions. If this term is entirely new to you,...
Ultimate Survival: Artificial Libertarian Islands!
This is what we like to see: billionaires doing something REALLY interesting with their money rather than the same old boring stock investments and global charities. With the American way of life perched on ever shakier ground as the years march past, PayPal founder and early Facebook investor (and,...
Surviving Your Local hospital
Surviving the modern medical establishment isn't as easy as you might think. Doctors and hospitals often end up inflicting more damage than the original disease or condition they are trying to cure. At least that's the opinion of Dr. Harvey Bigelsen, a recent guest on the Holistic Survival Show. As a...
6 Ways the Economy is Changing
* Our thanks to BusinessInsider.com for some of the meat that went into the following article
We don't want to give you the impression that we run around all day claiming that the sky is falling - except when it is. There are generally three camps you can fall into when it comes to analyzing the the...
20 Reasons There’s a Food Crisis Coming
For those of us safely ensconced behind the mind-numbing effects of cable television and high-speed Internet access, who browse jam-packed grocery store shelves by day and sit down to an abundance of food at dinner by night, the idea of an imminent food crisis seems preposterous. Therein lies the problem....
Joplin Tornado Aftermath – Bad to Worse
The recent tornado strike and aftermath in Joplin, Missouri, provides a good living laboratory about When The S*** Hits The Fan (WTSHTF) scenarios, and how desperately important it is to prepare yourself for anything. Before we get into the meat of the topic, let's stop a moment and take an educated...