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• Safecastle 2011 Freedom Awards Finalist Judging - Please Help Us Decide

  

  2011 is in the history books. Our Safecastle Freedom Awards contest is in the final stage of deciding who will receive the contest's valuable grand prizes,... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Freedom Award Finalist: "Year End Report About What Happened Last Summer on My...

  

  by Mtnman Mike, as originally posted to SurvivalistboardsThis summer - from June to about Nov. began on June 1, 2011.On that busy day I first picked up Glen fro... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Freedom Award Finalist: "Growing Vertical Veggies"

  

  by gat31, as originally posted to SHTF BlogRangerman has been kind enough to let me write an article in response to those of us who would like to have a... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Freedom Award Finalist: "Situational Awareness and Your Personal Protection"

  

  by TripodXL, as originally posted to ModernSurvivalBlogIn having a personal protection plan (and you do have one, whether you’ve thought it out or NOT), before... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Freedom Award Finalist: "Building Better Bug-Out-Bags"

  

  by Bison Forge, as originally posted to SurvivalmonkeyThe Bug-Out Bag is probably the first thing that you think of when you hear the word ‘preparedness’.... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Freedom Award Finalist: "What is a Well-Stocked First Aid Kit?"

  by K.M., as originally posted to SurvivalblogWe've all heard the admonition: “You need to have a well-stocked first aid kit!” The first step to following that... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Freedom Award Finalist: "Threat Analysis: Bikers"

  by D. Ritchey, as originally posted to Bison Survival BlogA “biker” is a marauder on a motorcyle. A marauder is a plunderer, killer, slaver and rapist. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• This is What Democracy Looks Like - from 300 Feet in the Air

  Early this year, I added a Parrot AR Drone to my personal inventory of preparedness tools. Some folks ask, "What?--how is that about preparedness?"In an acronym... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Acute Butter Shortage in Norway Has Butter Up to $465 Per Pound!

  

  Norway is one of the world's richest countries. But that has not prevented an acute butter shortage in that Scandinavian country. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2011 DEBATE

• Submission Deadline Approaches for the 2011 Safecastle Freedom Awards – A New...

  

  Minneapolis, MN--The Safecastle Freedom Awards is a contest of skill, recognizing the best original, web-based content of the year that is related to survivalis... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• UBS Advises Investing in "Precious Metals, Tinned Goods, and Small Calibre...

  Excerpt of report by UBS analyst Larry Hatheway: Simply put, linear thinking doesn’t work in a non-linear world. And break-up is likely to produce a very... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Will You Run Or Gut It Out?

  

  There's a fundamental “either-or” decision that often has to be made in the face of impending crisis. That is, flight or fight ... bug out or dig in ... run or... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• How to Persuade Others to Prepare Now, Avoiding Ruination

  

  A majority of the U.S. population understands that a global depression is in process. Yet so many seem not to understand the practical basics of what it is... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 DEBATE

• Last MH Sale of 2011-Max Discount, Freebies, All in Stock & Ready to Ship...

  We're running a four-day Mountain House sale this week--Wednesday, November 16 thru Saturday, November 19.Note that we're only selling MH cans that are in stock. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Limited Number of Canned Bacon Cases Available Today

  

  We've been waiting MANY weeks for our bulk shipment of Yoders bacon to arrive from the factory. The Yoders factory is backed up untold weeks at this point -... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Your Food Prices Today and Tomorrow - Prepare Prudently

  

  The USDA keeps running tabs on food-cost data, using a number of different parameters. If you're interested in such things, here's a nice place to start on thei... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Ongoing Bosnia Survival Q&A; Thread

  Very interesting thread at www.survivalistboards.com: http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=189395..Get Ready ... Seriously --... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Wow! - See How 90% of Americans Have Gotten Shafted Over the Past 30 Years

  The Economic Policy Institute has put together an amazing interactive chart that shows the growth of incomes in the US over the past 90 years--broken down by wh... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• "Meltdown": Watch All Four Episodes

  

  Very important viewing here--a documentary produced by CBC Canada regarding the grim global impact of the financial crash of 2008, which is now returning with... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Free Copy of Rawles' New Novel, "Survivors," w/ Qualifying Purchase

  

  It's been about 15 years since James Wesley, Rawles' novel Patriots appeared on the scene. Through the years, that book and the author have taken on iconic... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY