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Preview: Doomsday Preppers

February 6, 2012 – 8:56 pm | 2 Comments

Doomsday Preppers is a new National Geographic series, launching on Tuesday, Feb 7 in the USA. Here are two of the survivalists they visit – one is your standard prepper and the other is a …

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The Final Four Republican Candidates

January 24, 2012 – 12:04 pm | No Comment
The Final Four Republican Candidates

The leader of the free world has enough power to cause TEOTWAWKI via bad policy or religious motivation. And Obama might be out-voted just before the Mayan calendar ends in December. Even for those who …

USDA Behind Bird Killings / Hoekstra on EMP

January 10, 2012 – 11:25 am | 3 Comments
USDA Behind Bird Killings / Hoekstra on EMP

This time last year there was a lot of talk about mass animal die-offs. These things happen from time to time, but the cluster of events made it newsworthy. Turns out some mass deaths can …

Update: Definition of a Terrorist

December 16, 2011 – 4:04 pm | 2 Comments
Update: Definition of a Terrorist

I covered this back in August, but it has taken on a deeper meaning now that US citizens can detained without charge or trial – the law has passed, and Obama didn’t veto it after …

Gingrich Fears EMP Doomsday

December 15, 2011 – 3:30 pm | One Comment
Gingrich Fears EMP Doomsday

It is certainly reassuring when a leading politician mentions the possibility of a catastrophe that most people are unaware of. Newt Gingrich is the subject of an article this week at the NY Times:
In debates …

American Survivalists – Brace Yourselves

November 30, 2011 – 11:27 pm | 2 Comments
American Survivalists – Brace Yourselves

Today’s news is quite disturbing.  The U.S. Senate voted to let the military detain terrorism suspects on U.S. soil and hold them indefinitely without trial. This is outside of the normal judicial process. In theory …

Emergency Alert System – Lots To Fix

November 10, 2011 – 1:52 pm | 2 Comments
Emergency Alert System – Lots To Fix

The test of the Emergency Alert System in the USA went ahead as scheduled today, and there was good news and bad news:
Bad news: in many, many instances it did not work
Good news: thankfully they …

USA: Emergency Alert System Test on Wednesday

November 8, 2011 – 1:29 am | No Comment
USA: Emergency Alert System Test on Wednesday

THIS IS A TEST!

Wednesday, November 9 at 2:00 PM EST, for approximately 30 seconds, all radio and TV in the USA will be interrupted by a message that simply says “This Is A Test”.
This type of test …

E-4B: US President’s Bunker in the Sky

June 18, 2011 – 7:09 pm | One Comment
E-4B: US President’s Bunker in the Sky

I guess Diane Sawyer misspeaks when she says this plane can survive a nuclear attack (see video and article). It can survive fallout, but I’m sure it would be shredded if a nuke went off …

A Few Doomsday Updates…

June 3, 2011 – 1:43 pm | No Comment
A Few Doomsday Updates…

CDC on the Zombie Apocalypse

You heard right, the US Govt Centre for Disease Control now has a page devoted to surviving a zombie outbreak. Word quickly spread and the servers crashed!
…a typical CDC blog post …

Water Wars = Domino Effect?

August 24, 2010 – 12:20 pm | No Comment
Water Wars = Domino Effect?

A multitude of factors are coming into play for a global breakdown of society: water, food, oil, terrorism, global warming…
Because for most of us water is a plentiful and cheap resource, it is easy to …

US has a Doomsday Plan

December 13, 2007 – 3:07 pm | No Comment
US has a Doomsday Plan

“…under the new rule, a majority of living congressmen no longer will be needed to do business under “catastrophic circumstances.”
Instead, a majority of the congressmen able to show up at the House would be enough …