http://64.62.152.155/index.php Self-Reliance, Prep, and Homesteading Websites en dougraymond@ngenius.com Copyright 2010 2010-06-06T03:17:50+00:00 http://www.am850.com/index.php?id=3157 Hurricane season started today and as always it is recommended that people prepare their homes for the worst, but this season there is the additional issue of the oil spill from 44 days ago. 2010-06-06T03:17:50+00:00 http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-06-02/news/fl-hurricane-editorial-gs-20100602_1_hurricane-noaa-storms There's no reason to get yourself into survivalist mode, particularly in early June. But it is not too early to stock up on a few things each time you go to the grocery store — things that can be part of a prepartion kit throughout the summer, like canned goods or batteries or water. 2010-06-06T03:09:10+00:00 http://modernsurvivalblog.com/preps/todays-modern-survivalist/ The modern survivalist does not take for granted the things that make life so easy right now. The times we live in since the industrial revolution are a mere blip on the time-line of humankind. We recognize that things can disappear just as fast as they came, and keep a wary eye looking for signs of that day, all the while continuing our daily lives in ‘the system’ with everyone else. Survivalism 2010-06-02T18:05:57+00:00 http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2010/05/19/is-gold-about-to-bust/?xid=rss-topstories So gold did fall today based on the CPI number and the Producer Price Index, which was also down. But my question is why anyone would buy gold at this point, and therefore why gold hasn't fallen more in price, given its three-year price run up. Gold is traditionally an inflation hedge. But if there isn't any inflation just what are investors hedging when they buy gold. Finance 2010-06-02T18:02:24+00:00 http://modernsurvivalblog.com/preps/the-four-essentials-of-off-grid-solar/ An off-grid solar electric power system is an ideal prep for the modern survivalist in that it can partially or totally relinquish you from dependence upon other systems, which themselves are vulnerable to disruption or breakdown. 2010-06-02T17:50:59+00:00 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204619004574318630585925804.html A flood of postapocalyptic stories is now headed toward movie theaters and TV screens: Expect to see characters fending off cannibals, picking up day-to-day survival techniques and struggling to maintain their humanity amid the ruins. 2009-08-02T01:48:32+00:00 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204619004574320421050552730.html Legislation now being rushed through Congress—H.R. 3200 and the Senate Health Committee Bill—will reduce access to care, pressure the elderly to end their lives prematurely, and doom baby boomers to painful later years. 2009-08-01T02:33:23+00:00 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32086450/ns/business-personal_finance Even before the collapse of the housing and financial markets last year, Americans were woefully unprepared to pay retirement in the traditional sense of a post-career period of leisure and personal pursuits supported by a pension, well-managed nest egg and Social Security. 2009-08-01T02:29:21+00:00 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/29/military-poised-help-fema-battle-swine-flu-outbreak/ The Pentagon is preparing to make troops available if necessary to help the Federal Emergency Management Agency tackle a potential outbreak of the H1N1 virus this fall. 2009-08-01T02:15:11+00:00 http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/.artsmain/article/5/1338/1533114/Books/Unlikely.Farmers.Make.A.Homestead.In.The.Hood/ Novella Carpenter, attracted to a rural lifestyle but not rural solitude, sets out to raise food — everything from pumpkins to pigs — in the ghetto. Her very funny account in Farm Cityis never preachy, yet inspires. 2009-08-01T02:10:24+00:00