In this reality check, Selco explains how even the best survival plans can go horribly wrong when the SHTF.

Why is the left so out of touch with reality?

Right now, economic optimism is desperately clinging to news headlines rather than data fundamentals, but this can just as easily sink markets as it can keep them artificially afloat.

Mysterious booms and strange lights in have been reported all over the country and have recently sparked fears that the United States government is building tunnels underground in preparation for a potential nuclear third world war. Residents are convinced that they are hearing sounds and seeing the odd lights, and they are not isolated events.

The government has already prepared some scripts to use on the terrified public should the United States ever be attacked with a nuclear weapon. The US government prepares for all sorts of threats, but none match the pomp and circumstance they’ll display in the event of a nuclear explosion.

Liberal politicians, in conspiracy with Wall Street, the liberal media, and corporate America, have enslaved urban blacks in chains of ignorance, welfare addiction, blaming white people, immorality, and criminal mentality.

A United States government employee assigned to the American consulate in Guangzhou, China suffered a mild traumatic brain injury similar to those reported by diplomats in Cuba. The unnamed worker reported, “subtle and vague, but abnormal, sensations of sound and pressure.”

In the wake of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, many assumed then President Barack Obama’s tears were insincere; and it turns out, they were right.  Leaked emails prove the Obama White House was using emotional propaganda to brainwash the public into accepting the degradation of their human rights.

A massive earthquake many are calling “the big one” is overdue to strike California, either on along the San Andrea fault line or the Hayward Bay fault line.  But this earthquake is still a threat even to those who don’t live in the Golden State.

Mother nature is knocking and something does not seem right. Have you prepared?

A scientist in the United Kingdom is warning that the 5G technology found in street lamps can cause some moderate to severe health concerns.  A few of those concerns include nosebleeds, insomnia, and the more severe stillbirths.

The Puna Geothermal Venture in Hawaii is secure, and if lava did encroach on it, the danger of a toxic gas release is “very low,” authorities said.  Not only that, but the power plant was taken offline when the Kilaeau volcano began erupting earlier this month, so blackouts are not expected.

In the instances of internet and media sensations where science plays tricks on the mind, the stakes don’t matter; so it’s all in good fun. Conversely, in today’s geopolitics the stakes could not matter more. And the choices are moral.

The Nipah virus, which is spreading through parts of India, has already killed 10 people, including a nurse treating patients who had become infected. So far, here’s what we know about this little known infectious disease:

Even though the mainstream media is touting a strong and vibrant economy, most Americans are still feeling a financial pinch.  In fact, new data shows that roughly 40% of Americans could not even cover a $400 emergency expense.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has unveiled a new weapon.  The unmanned underwater Poseidon drone carries nuclear warheads and is capable of creating a 300-foot tsunami that would destroy any coastal city.

So, they’re telling us up front. GPS tracking will be used to monitor…and store…your movements…deciding if you’re a “risk” by where you go. “Anomalies,” the actions are termed, that “would raise the person’s risk score.”

It seems like the new frontier of war and technology is ushering in a “Terminator”-style dystopic evolution of warfare.

An ancient skin-eating fungus is killing off hundreds of species of amphibians, and the source of this apocalypse was just found.  Compounding the issue is the assertation that the Korean War may have helped amplify the problem and spread the fungus.

The tables are turning and the tides have most definitely shifted in favor of president Donald Trump. Now new evidence is revealing that top Obama Administration officials coordinated with each other and the FBI to help CNN run a damaging and unverified story on Trump and the infamous salacious dossier. 

Fox News Business analyst Stuart Varney recently wrote an article demanding to know what Barack Obama, the sitting president, knew at the time of surveilling the Trump campaign. Varney alleges that deeply entrenched Obama bureaucrat tried desperately to cover for Hillary Clinton while doing everything they could to destabilize Donald Trump.

Lake Worth, Florida falsely sent out a “zombie alert” during a power outage causing some concern among residents. The Lake Worth community Facebook page claims the message was “unintended.”

The government of Sweden has produced a 20-page pamphlet which they’ll be sending to each of the 4.8 million households in the country urging them to get prepared for…WAR.

Several hundred opposition demonstrators protesting socialist Nicolas Maduro’s “reelection” blocked traffic in a march to the Organization of American States (OAS) headquarters in Caracas on Wednesday ahead of the “vote.”  Those who object to the horrific violence and poverty socialism has propelled Venezuela deep into say this weekend’s presidential vote was rigged.

The Hawaiian volcano, Kilauea, is still erupting and lava is now blocking escape routes.  More eruptions are still expected as toxic gas plumes envelop parts of the island.

The corruption plot thickens.  The Justice Department has now asked its internal watchdog to examine if there was any impropriety in the counterintelligence investigation of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.

According to Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Guiliani, Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian obstruction in the 2016 United States election will “wrap up” by September 1.  The obstruction inquiry is just one part of a larger probe which focuses on Moscow’s alleged “meddling” in the election to help Trump win.

An experimental Ebola vaccine is being rolled out in Congo as the death toll from the infectious disease continues to climb. The vaccination campaign will begin today.

Mass shootings are increasing in frequency and severity. While many are holding out hope that they will stop or that the government will handle the situation, our personal security and peace of mind continue to be under attack. This begs the question on what can each citizen of this country do to survive.

Experts fear an “explosive increase” in Ebola cases after an outbreak in Congo entered a “new phase” and spread from the countryside to a city.

SHTF medicine was one of the most valuable skills that I used when my country collapsed. I plan to use that medical knowledge again if times get bad, for me and my family, or simply for other people, as a help or skill for trade.

Leakers have confirmed to the New York Times that the Federal Bureau of Investigation ran a spy operation against the Trump campaign. This covert spy operation involved government informants, secret subpoenas, and possible wiretaps.

In order to attempt to curtail the flow of terrorist between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the former country is building a wall on the border it shares with the latter. “For the better security of our country and nation, we had to do this work,” a Pakistani army official, Brig. Nisar.

According to Rudy Giuliani, special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has informed President Donald Trump’s attorneys that they have come to the conclusion they cannot indict a sitting president, according to the President’s lawyer.

The socialist Venezuelan government has seized a closed Kellogg’s factory and decided to make the perfect storm for failure out of their theft.  The government has handed control of the factory over to the workers who will attempt to continue to produce Kellogg’s products.

The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is still erupting and now, the situation has gotten grimmer.  The volcano’s plume is posing a threat to aircraft and human life, prompting a code red aviation warning.

Over the last two years, academic researchers have identified various methods that they can transmit hidden commands that are undetectable by the human ear to Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, and Google’s Assistant.

As part of an Obama administration plan to arm “moderate forces” in Syria, United States military equipment and ammunition went instead to ISIS terrorist forces. The man who said he himself brokered the deal, simply handed over everything to an Al Qaeda group.

A Kent State graduate decided to stir up controversy with leftists by posing for a photo with an AR-10 rifle.  She completed the imagery with her graduation cap adorned with “come and take it.”

Most don’t have to look very hard to see clear evidence that there’s a deep state.  But now it’s becoming even more clear that president Donald Trump’s White House, at least in some capacity, is a part of the same deep state the president promised to eliminate by “draining the swamp.”

Geoengineering researcher Dane Wigington recently sat down with USA Watchdog’s Greg Hunter to discuss the metal particulates being used to reflect the sun in what is most commonly known as chemtrails.  Wigington doesn’t mince words when he says climate engineering is an “all-out assault on life.”

The dollar’s collapse is nearing.  The European Union is planning to switch its payments to the Euro for its oil purchases from Iran, eliminating United States dollar transactions.

After studying the behavior of globalists and their organizations for quite some time, I have noticed that their psychological patterns tend to match with a narrow band of people that are best described as “criminally insane.” More accurately, globalists behave like high-functioning narcissistic sociopaths and psychopaths. But what are the traits of such people? Let’s take a look at some of them…

The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is not the only one people should be concerned about.  In fact, the volcano is in a long chain of 169 others and of those, 50 are poised to explode, said scientists.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has declared that they have got enough bullets for everyone and they’ve proven it.  At least 60 Palestinians, including children, were killed by Israeli gunfire on Monday during protests over the United States embassy in Jerusalem.

Guerrilla warfare is different from conventional warfare in some notable ways that are important for you to know.

Michael Pento, a money manager it is no longer a matter of IF our economy tanks, but WHEN.  And he says this time, we’ll be flung into a worldwide depression handed to us by the “hubris” of the central bankers.

This is where we are at in human history: people cannot tell the difference between the musical instrument called the bassoon, and a gun.  Someone in Springfield, Ohio actually called 911 to report a gun, which turned out to be a bassoon.

The eruption of the Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island is worsening.  It has now created 19 fissures in the eastern rift zone among housing subdivisions near the island’s southeastern corner, one of which is spewing “lava bombs” into the air; and scientists say an explosion is imminent.

In the week since we first noted the new outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the number of cases has risen by 50%, and The World Health Organization has now said it is preparing for “the worst case scenario.”

The hero of this story isn’t the government. It is a resident of Puerto Rico who got together with his friends and decided that something had to be done. And they took responsibility and did it themselves.

The United Nations’ International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) is finishing up their Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence. According to IANSA, the goal of the week-long meeting is “for us to advocate collectively for an end to illicit trade and misuse of small arms and light weapons.”

The abolition of cash will enable that grip to tighten even further, to fulfill an endgame that most deny but is completely reasonable given the actions of man throughout his history.

Proving that there is such a thing as a “good guy (in this case, gal) with a gun,” a mother in Sao Paulo, Brazil foiled the robberies of unsuspecting parents at a school.  The woman was an off-duty policewoman carrying her gun near school grounds and stopped the bad guy.

At least 41 Palestinians have died in clashes with Israel ahead of the United States embassy opening in Jerusalem.  Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem has been a controversial decision from the get-go, and the situation is becoming increasingly violent.

A suicide bomb exploded outside a Surabaya police station around 11:50 am Monday in Indonesia. The bombing has so far killed seven people, and Australian tourists have been warned to stay in the country “at their own risk.”

After a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines, the Ring of Fire was put on alert. After dozens of earthquakes rocked Hawaii this month, followed by a volcanic eruption, many fear the Ring of Fire has become much more active, which has prompted scientists to warn California. 

The clock is ticking down. On or around August, 2018 Prime Minister Trudeau will sign the Cannabis Act – fully legalizing recreational marijuana in Canada.

It appears Rudy Giuliani wasn’t lying.

We’ve all heard the saying, “Hindsight is 20/20.” In this article, Jose looks back at the collapse of Venezuela and creates his dream retreat that would have allowed his family to thrive safely during the difficult times. In his retrospect, we can learn things to apply to our own retreat plans.