Gold: A Misunderstood Metal

by ST | Oct 11, 2011 | Economy, Gold and Silver, Guest Posts, Money, Personal, Precious Metals

With the remark­able rise in the price of gold over the last 2 years (as of writ­ing this) as well as the appar­ent uncer­tain­ties, even declines, in more tra­di­tion­al icons of Amer­i­can eco­nom­ic prowess the yel­low met­al has once again come to the fore­front... Read more

Who Will Help me Eat My Bread?

by ST | Oct 4, 2011 | Barter, Food, General, Guest Posts, Money, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Survivalism

There is an old children’s sto­ry about some­one who asks “Who will help me make my bread?” No one helps. No one helps plant the wheat, har­vest the wheat, mill the wheat, make the dough, or bake it. But at the end when it is asked who will help eat the bread... Read more

Promises To Keep : Your New Post-SHFT Credit Card

by ST | Sep 27, 2011 | Barter, Guest Posts, Money, Survivalism

There is no hon­or among thieves. But, thank­ful­ly, most peo­ple aren’t thieves. Even in a SHTF sce­nario, with some excep­tion (e.g. Kat­ri­na), most peo­ple do behave well. For the most part. Liv­ing in or near a big city it can be hard to under­stand that a... Read more

Rural Land for Bug Out Location: A Response to Suburban

by ST | Sep 20, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Guest Posts, Homesteading, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Shelter, Survivalism

This arti­cle is a response to Suburban’s May 31st arti­cle “Think­ing About Buy­ing Rur­al Land for Your Bug Out Loca­tion”. A good arti­cle cer­tain­ly. I too have been look­ing into the pos­si­bil­i­ty of buy­ing some unde­vel­oped (“raw” as Sub­ur­ban puts it)... Read more

The $5.00 Tipping Point?

by ST | Sep 13, 2011 | Bug Out, Civil Unrest, General, Guest Posts, Money, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As of writ­ing this crude oil is still flow­ing in the Mid­dle East and through the Suez Canal (as well as oth­er prod­ucts) in spite of the chaos in Egypt. Will that last is the ques­tion. And yet even with the con­tin­u­a­tion of oil world prices for crude are... Read more

September 11th – 10 Years Later

by ST | Sep 6, 2011 | Airport Security, General, Guest Posts, Levels of Awareness, Personal, Politics

This 9/11 marks not just anoth­er pass­ing year but an anniver­sary. It’s been 10 years since that fate­ful day in 2001. I was work­ing in low­er Man­hat­tan off Wall Street at that time. The whole thing unfold­ed before my eyes. But this day isn’t about me. It’s... Read more