Articles in Survivalism
Preview: Doomsday Preppers
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 …
Emergency Light Bulb + Funny Video
I think this is a great product – it’s an LED bulb that has a battery inside, meaning you get 7 hours of light when your power is out – and it doubles as a …
Some 2012 Survival Vehicles
This Top 10 list is actually from a car site, but everybody is talking about 2012 this month…
1. Knight XV – fully armored, hand built luxury SUV
2. Pirate 4×4 – not much luggage space!
3. TRAX …
Ron Paul Bets on Gold / Aum Cult Member Arrested
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago how Newt Gingrich is fearful of an EMP Doomsday. He’s not the only Republican presidential candidate who has some understanding of survivalism.
Ron Paul has an investment portfolio worth …
Blue Eye Noah: Survival RV
Speaking of Xmas wish lists…
Here’s an interesting idea – it’s a regular RV that you can leave parked in your driveway. But if a tsunami comes, and the floating tubes are attached, in …
One Year To Go – Are You Ready?
First and foremost, the very notion that there is only one year left until (perhaps) the end of the world as we know it, should have many people making New Year’s resolutions – planning to …
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 …
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 …
Jim Bakker: Special Offer
Jim Bakker is one of those disgraced televangelists. I wondered about the markup on his $3800 product (found in his Love Gifts department):
Actually the price is in line with what Amazon charges… so I guess …
St Louis: Most Unsafe U.S. City
I have spent many hundreds of hours determing the safest places to be, worldwide, if we have a global cataclysm. My findings will be released soon. Owen Davies, of Forecasting International, has determined the most …
Features Your 2012 Safe House Should Have
Note that these features are not for a bunker, but rather a “safe house”. The full article is over at one of those sites that exist to promote ebooks that cost more, yet have less …
Survivalist or Futurist?
I’ve been wondering as to what I should call myself, and I figure many of you might find the commonalities and differences interesting:
Survivalist: the policy of trying to ensure one‘s own survival or that of …
Power Grid Down… What Happens to Money?
I’ll keep saying this until I am blue in the face: the US power grid is old and overloaded. A once-in-100-years solar storm can wreck it, and replacing all the transformers could take six months. …
Survivalism and the Law
As the above video shows, it sometimes isn’t enough that you keep to yourself and harm no one. It is important that planning of your safe spot / survival retreat includes an understanding of all …
SHTF vs EOTW vs TEOTWAWKI
This isn’t just a 2012 problem – in newspapers and tabloid television, “experts” can find it easy to dismiss a topic by misrepresenting it and then debunking it. This is unfortunate because most of the …
Come To Australia!
Yeah I’m biased, but Australia is considered one of the prime safe spots world wide, by many who do not live here. Check out these qualities:
No nuclear power plants, and safe from any northern hemisphere …
When Fiction Becomes Reality
After 9/11 it was freaky to see that the tragedy had been predicted in popular culture, for example the debut episode of The Lone Gunmen. The most under-appreciated disaster scenario facing the USA and the …
FBI Monitoring Survivalists
I’ve been pretty confident that government and law enforcement agencies are not spying on me. After all, they are so busy with terrorists, why would they bother looking at doomsday theorists? Sure, if I was running …
Another Day, Another Cable TV SHTF Preppers Show
A few weeks ago I mentioned Doomsday Preppers, which aired on Nat Geo, and now we have Livin’ for the Apocalypse on TLC. It features Dennis McClung – once more waving the flag for 2012ers …
Today Kentucky Stands Out
My two jobs collided today, in Kentucky.
In my day job, one of the things I do is buy/sell domain names. I noticed some community websites from Bowling Green, KY for sale, going really cheap. The …
