The Final Preparation – Part 2: Where There Is A Will…

by ST | Jan 17, 2012 | General, Guest Posts, Money, Preparedness

In the first part of this series it was point­ed out many of the ridicu­lous and frankly lame excus­es peo­ple often give for not prepar­ing (“get­ting their affairs in order” as the old say­ing goes) for their ulti­mate demise. Regard­less of a dis­as­ter, we are all... Read more

The Final Preparation – Part 1: Dare to Consider

by ST | Jan 10, 2012 | General, Guest Posts, Money, Preparedness

Death and tax­es. The two things the old joke says can’t be avoid­ed (and these days I often think the order of those two should be reversed!). No mat­ter how fit we are, how healthy a life style we live, no mat­ter how great our health­care is, it doesn’t mat­ter.... Read more

It’s All About the Jobs

by Prepperjim | Nov 2, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Crime, Economy, Gold and Silver, Money, Personal, Prepping

I read this arti­cle and became real­ly con­cerned, fright­ened even. The fig­ures from pay­roll tax­es report­ed to the Social Secu­ri­ty Admin­is­tra­tion on jobs and pay are, in a word, awful. Even more alarm­ing is this graph with the title “Few­er Jobs,... Read more

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