Spring is now breaking through the winter snows, and soon even more training will be possible, but during the icy months I did get an opportunity to engage in some hands-on practice with a team of people in what I feel is probably the WORST possible scenario for the prepper; the cold weather bug-out.

What we are confident of is that this incident involving Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman has gone viral, and it is sure to spiral further out of control, potentially making the Rodney King riots of the 1990’s pale in comparison…

While our system, like the UK, could survive such a shock for a week or two, it would only be a matter of time before the entire financial, economic and social structures in which we live fell apart. The UK provides us a subdued microcosm example of what true chaos and panic would look like…

It predicted terrible devastation for roughly one-half mile in every direction, with buildings reduced to rubble the way that World War II bombing raids destroyed parts of Berlin. But outside that blast zone, the study concluded, even such a nuclear explosion would be pretty survivable.

If this latest threat is carried out, it will highlight the significant security risks inherent in the internet as it exists today.

Your supplies will be dictated by three things. They will be based on your individual situation, your personal preferences and your financial capability. The potential list of supplies based on these things is infinite so we won’t try to list all of the conventional items but instead let’s look at some unconventional things.

One in four college graduates can’t make good on their student loans. These are massive numbers, folks. Those default rates have nowhere to go but up – and yes, we’re going to refer to them as ‘default rates’, because even though the borrowers have yet to technically default, the odds of those back payments ever being made are virtually nil. There are simply no jobs out there for college graduates, as evidenced by the 46% unemployment rate among that age group.

It looks like average Americans aren’t the only people disgusted with the Department of Homeland Security. Apparently, those who work for the agency aren’t too happy about it either…

Despite every critical forecast he made resulting in the exact opposite of what he predicted, the mainstream media, government officials and financial institutions continue to trust him to inform us about the state of our economy, our country’s fiscal health, and the stability of our monetary system (all of which are doing just fine, by the way).

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. announced today that for the first quarter 2012 the Company has received orders for more than one million units…

It’s the very first industrial double barrel semiautomatic pistol of all times and its stopping power is tremendous.

It should be perfectly clear. Whether you’re a prepper, alternative news buff, or none of the above, the government wants to know what you’re doing. No one is immune to the surveillance state. We’re all suspects now.

When that mother of all margin calls does finally happen – and it will because it is a mathematical inevitability – the paradigm shift that will follow promises to fundamentally alter our entire way of life. We’re not just talking about losing jobs, we’re talking about all of those worst case scenarios…

When implemented simultaneously with existing laws and Presidential orders, the National Defense Resources Preparedness executive order establishes a clear chain of command and control over all aspects of American life in what can only be described as a police state under martial law.

Most will ignore the message and attack the messenger, but it won’t change the evidence. There is a grand conspiracy afoot. Ignore it to your detriment.

When this ponzi scheme finally comes down it will be unlike anything we’ve ever seen in terms of economic collapse and financial asset annihilation.

Every good survivalist has a stockpile of things he or she recognizes their family may need to survive a natural or man-made disaster. However, many people forget the value of maintaining a barter store as well…

Future protests organized in the streets of major cities may very well be met with a jamming of all internet communications in a target area to restrict real-time flow of images and video across the world, direct targeting of protesters by non-lethal weapons like the microwave heat ray guns and LRAD acoustic systems, and the unwarranted arrest and detainment of those in areas deemed of interest to national security.

So long as the economic situation in America continues to deteriorate, these black markets will continue to expand. This is exactly what happened in crumbling economies of the east block…

A recent survey of 1,007 nationally representative Americans ages 18 and over suggests that most of us believe a doomsday scenario of some kind will occur in the next twenty five years…

One thing’s for sure. It pays to prepare, because you just never know when disaster will strike. And the next time it does, you may not be just watching it on television…

These limited supplies can be the difference between remaining safe and healthy and becoming desperate…

An advanced virus research facility that may also be involved in weaponization experiments smack dab in the middle of America? What could possibly go wrong?

If this doesn’t demonstrate how susceptible our national computer networks and infrastructure are to rogue threats and state sponsored cyber warfare, than we don’t know what does…

The bill prohibits military commissions, indefinite detention and transfer to foreign countries for individuals detained in the United States and ensures due process as provided for under the Constitution.

We live in a world that is becoming increasingly unstable, and the potential for an event that could cause “sudden change” to the U.S. economy is greater than ever. There are dozens of potentially massive threats that could easily push the U.S. economy over the edge during the next 12 months…

To date the government has spent some $1 billion dollars to implement this technology across the United States – all of it now rendered useless by an extremist alternative news blog.

According to a recent study we have roughly a 12% chance of getting hit with a solar storm so powerful that it could take down the national power grid and yield catastrophic consequences for the general population.

If history has proven anything, it’s that when the bombs start flying events become wholly unpredictable and those in charge can quickly lose control. In a world where nuclear weapons are on the table as a viable military option, the consequences of large-scale war can very seriously impact not millions, but hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people – and it can literally happen overnight…

Given that we’ve been forced by a debilitated and collapse-prone global environment to make the choice of where to invest our time-energy yield (i.e. money), we feel much more confident investing in commodities that carry no counter-party risk, as opposed to assets denominated in paper receipts and derivatives of those receipts. Investments like precious metals, food, personal energy production, and individual skills development, are the few assets we’re willing to consider…

We’re not suggesting that we should all panic because of DA14’s near earth passing, or even potential impact, because if this asteroid is meant to hit us there’s nothing that we as individuals on the ground here on earth can do about it. However, the US government is and has been preparing…

There are basic principles that keep us and our families grounded that are key to our happiness as a family unit while we Walk the Path of the Prepper.

While often ignored by most Americans, even on the heels of the ongoing Fukushima nuclear meltdown, the potential for nuclear disasters today is clearly more of a threat than ever before. Despite assurances from reactor manufacturers and plant operators, we’ve seen numerous disasters over the course of the last three decades, and we can be fairly certain that we will have another one in the future.

As Americans, we live in two worlds; the world of mainstream fantasy, and the world of day-to-day reality right outside our front doors. One disappears the moment we shut off our television. The other, does not…

Have you ever wondered how likely it is that you’ll be able to produce all the calories you’ll need on that piece of land you have? How much land for livestock? How about those solar panels you were thinking about? How many square feet of panels will provide you with the electricity you’ll need? There are ways to figure this out, and the answers may surprise you.