Social media use has once again been linked to loneliness and depression. Research has been hinting at the connection for several years, but scientists from the University of Pennsylvania say that this new study is the most comprehensive and rigorous to date.

Economic advisor Peter Schiff has long been warning of the false stability and phony prosperity we are seeing the markets. He’s now saying that since the elections, it is about to get much worse, as a divided Congress means even bigger deficits.

The Kansas City Health Department is under fire after employees bleached food intended for the homeless because the people supplying it did not have the proper permit.

As if more evidence is needed that bans don’t work, the United Kingdom’s knife crime “epidemic” is soaring.  Even though there are incredibly strict knife control laws in the UK, public officials are declaring the knife violence a public health crisis.

Some 149,000 Californians are effectively homeless after fleeing from the Camp, Woolsey and Hill fires, which have afflicted Butte County, as well as Ventura and LA counties and destroyed more than 6,700 homes and buildings, with thousands more expected to burn.

Nigeria’s cholera outbreak has gone from bad to worse.  So far, 175 people have died and over 10,000 are suspected to have been infected with the illness during the most recent outbreak’s scourge.

The Ebola outbreak currently ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo is seeing no end in sight.  Not only has containment been made all but impossible by the violence in the area of the outbreak, but there is now very high chance that the infection will make its way across the border into Uganda.

The Democrats intend to mount a non-stopping offensive against the President.

Efforts to combat drugs “have cost US taxpayers more than $8 billion since 2002, yet Afghanistan’s opium crisis is worse than ever,” and the increase in the area and quantity of poppy cultivation has been impressive and depressing.

Years ago, it was seen as a “conspiracy theory” that the elite wanted to microchip the populace. Now, it’s right in our faces constantly; it’s no longer a secret.

One year after the deadliest and costliest wildfire season in California’s history, three wildfires have broken out in Northern California. On Friday, the most aggressive of the three fires destroyed most of the town of Paradise, a community with 27,000 residents, forcing residents to frantically flee for their lives.

Jose, a prepper from Venezuela, offers suggestions for living off-grid based on his experiences with the Venezuelan collapse, as well as what he learned in engineering school and in his former job.

Increasingly, it looks like the dream of retiring is fast falling out of reach for many of today’s Baby Boomers. Most will outlive their savings (if they have any at all).

Big Brother now runs unencumbered, and with ever-accelerating speed, in an obvious race to the inevitable finish-line at the end of nowhere good. Voting changes nothing. Not anymore.

Foraging is a useful skill to have because it can help you identify wild edibles. It’s even more valuable when SHTF because it can help you stay alive if you lose your survival gear and food supplies.

Gridlock is the only positive thing to come out of this midterm election.

Economic function and repair are far beyond the scope of any political body to fix when the dysfunction reaches the point we are at today. To believe otherwise is foolhardy.

Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that people need to be prepared for the worst.  Redfield said the Democratic Republic of Congo’s newest Ebola outbreak may not be containable.

The bar was holding a “College Country” night event when the shooter reportedly stormed the entrance, per NBC News.

Superbugs, those pesky bacteria that have evolved to become resistant to antibiotics, are on the rise and pose a very real threat to humanity. Antimicrobial resistance is a large and growing problem, with the potential for enormous health and economic consequences for the United States and the rest of the world.

Sessions reportedly said in a letter to Trump that he is resigning at the president’s request.

Economic guru, Peter Schiff doesn’t mince words when he declared the precarious state the United States economy has found itself in. Schiff says “the truth is we don’t have a booming economy,” and he’s not the only one who has noticed.

The trade war started by president Donald Trump, which is supposed to punish the Chinese, but instead, will end up hurting Americans, is still underway. But did the election results change the dynamics?

Recent studies have shown that 90% of Americans use digital devices for two or more hours each day and the average American spends more time a day on high-tech devices than they do sleeping: 8 hours and 21 minutes to be exact. 

The wealthiest man in the state of Florida has predicted that the stock market will drop 15 percent if Democrats take control of Congress. Thomas Peterffy, a pioneer of computerized stock trading, states Democrats and their policies are a danger to the economy.

Indeed, even with a number of nasty little toys on the side of the federal government, we live in an age of a technologically leveled playing field. This is true even when it comes to instruments of warfare. While the USG has nuclear weapons, it’s worth remembering that a pound of C4 strapped to a cheap and readily available commercial-grade drone is going to break a lot of dishes.

MSNBC has just made a disastrous error that should force everyone to reevaluate how much their vote really counts.  The propaganda news outlet put up and image of the Florida voter count for a hotly contested gubernatorial race.

If you were caught up in the midst of a massive earthquake – the kind that takes down buildings and buckles roads – would you know what to do?

Communist Chinese authorities are using “gait recognition” technology to identify Chinese civilians by the way that they walk. The new technology uses body shapes and movement to identify people even when their face is not in the camera.

A politician has created a manifesto of sorts in which he lays out the case for a “holy war” against non-believers. Washington State Representative Matt Shea, a Republican, says that the holy war would be needed to kill all non-Christian men who “do not yield.”

The chain reaction of unyielding responses by the left and the right accelerates at a breakneck pace, with absolutely no possibility of compromise. A new emergency or winner take all battle seems to be occurring on a weekly basis, with the mid-term elections as the likely trigger for the next phase of this Fourth Turning.

Facebook is making good on their promise to censor political news they dislike before the midterm elections.  Just like they vowed, the social media giant has identified, flagged, and blocked dozens of accounts for not towing the correct political line.

What in the world has happened to our country?

Harvard scientists are now saying that the mysterious cigar-shaped object known as Oumuamua could have been an alien probe sent intentionally to Earth’s vicinity.  They say the odd asteroid may actually have been sent by an “alien civilization.”

Those appealing for more civility and a return to polite discourse can save their breath. It’s much, much too late for that.

Potential “tipping points” can be gauged and (if not “predicted”) then forecast fairly accurately. One of those points may manifest itself on Tuesday, November 6 on this midterm election. A time of tumult and a time of vulnerability are the perfect moments for an enemy to attack or a domestic insurrection/civil war to begin.

“Hate speech” laws may initially be used to target bigoted and other truly hateful speech, but eventually they will be used to silence all critics of the welfare-warfare state and the authoritarian philosophies that justify omnipotent government.

Facing incredible losses in both profits and product, soybean farmers are desperately hoping that the trade war implemented by president Donald Trump will soon end. As the stock of soybeans begins to reach their rotten stage, farmers across the country are beginning to panic.

The United States may have to learn the hard way that bullying and using sanctions is not always going to work.  In fact, in response to increased sanctions on Iran, the nation has launched military war drills likely with the U.S. in mind.

Along with United States Customs and Border Control agents, U.S. troops were seen helping set up barbed wire fencing along the southern border shared with Mexico.  The barbed wire appears to be aimed at keeping the migrant caravan, which originated in Honduras, out of the U.S.

An unstoppable geyser of mud is continuously pouring from the San Andreas fault line and slowly creeping across California. The troublesome mud in California’s Imperial County has caused local authorities to declare it an emergency earlier this year.

A North Carolina company has produced and is currently selling a single-shot “credit card gun” which fits into a wallet, and which can be neatly tucked away in a person’s back pocket.

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck in southern California on Tuesday night. Shortly after, a 3.4 magnitude aftershock shook the area sparking more talks and fears of “The Big One.”

The past year in general has been a firestorm of news events, many of them misrepresented by the mainstream media but nevertheless important signals that the economic, social and geopolitical systems we are familiar with are changing or destabilizing rapidly.

During the winter when we are curled up by a warm fire sipping hot cocoa, it can be hard to get enough vitamin D to keep the body running in tip-top shape.

Watch this leftist loon pour her beverage on FSU Republicans as she states they are “normalizing and enabling Nazis” by supporting Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis.

Regardless of who wins, however, there remains the possibility that the allegorical train has already left the proverbial station. Or stated another way, it may be America is already gone.

Just a little over 10 years after drone surveillance inside U.S. borders was declared a conspiracy theory, it is now an indisputable fact of life. So, too, are military grade drones along the “border,” which in reality constitutes a 100-mile-wide swath that encircles the continental United States and 2/3 of its population.

Genetically engineered viruses could very well become the next generation of warfare. Deadly viruses modified in labs could be released eliminating entire communities of people as they infect making them a valuable asset to militaries worldwide.

As the situation in the United States devolves, how prepared are you really? If you had to go into lockdown mode and keep your family safely at home, how long would you last with the supplies you have on hand?

An adenovirus outbreak in a New Jersey rehabilitation center has now claimed its 10th life, another child. So far, at least 27 children have been linked to the outbreak at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, the New Jersey Department of Health said. The viruses causing this outbreak are found on unclean […]

As early as December, president Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on every single import from China could take root. Tariffs are painful for everyone, but if the Trump administration gets their way, it’s about to get a lot harder to make ends meet for many in the United States.

In an incredibly obvious statement, National Security Advisor John Bolton has declared the high level of national debt an “economic threat” to the United States. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past ten years, you know that statement is not only true but obvious.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of social media giant Facebook has promised to enact even more censorship ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. Under the rouse of cracking down on “hate speech,” Facebook will take censorship to a whole new level.

This is the strategy Democrats will use if they take back Congress next week. They will denounce their political opponents as violent racists and move to shut down venues such as Gab and other social media and internet platforms not mimicking state propaganda and either supporting or ignoring the endless wars grotesquely spun into humanitarian interventions.  

The so-called “Godfather” of market chart analysis said that the damage already done to the stock market is much worse than most people are talking about. Ralph Acampora, a prominent market technician, says the stock market is in bad shape and it’s worse than many Wall Street investors appreciate.

The CDC has confirmed another 10 cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), the mystery illness that’s been paralyzing children across the country, bringing this year’s total number of cases to 72.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis claims that it’s not enough for the United States to have advanced weapons on Earth, but in order for the nation to be safe, the country needs weapons in space. Mattis alleges that in order to protect the American way of life, the Pentagon must be prepared for the deployment and usage of offensive weapons in space.

This report was originally published by Selco at The Organic Prepper Note from Daisy: When I recently wrote an article called “Some Unpopular Opinions About the Migrant Caravan,” a few readers suggested I ask Jose and Selco their feelings about the whole thing. Here is Selco’s opinion and Jose’s is coming soon. Selco is a survivor […]

Russia has vowed that they “will act” should Ukraine or Georgia join NATO. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu voiced his concern over what he described as the “militarization of the European continent,” by promising action instead of empty rhetoric.