Year: 2009
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What’s up? Unemployment, for one thing.
Whether you consider the current state of the economy a recession, depression, or full-bore financial apocalypse, there is one persistent feature that is hard to ignore – unemployment. One year ago, in 2008, all 100 of the largest labor markets in the United States had single digit unemployment. Twenty-five markets had a rate below 5…
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When the going gets tough…
Anyone remember the rest of that famous saying? All together now: “The tough get going!” This is not just some drill sergeant rhetoric designed to boost morale in the flagging troops. This is for you and lots of other people who plan on living into the very uncertain worldwide future we’re facing. When we say…
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#9 – Cleaning Up Dirty Water
Cleaning up dirty water Interruption of the water supply by natural disaster is a very real possibility at some point in everyone’s life. Going without water is a whole different ballgame than food. A healthy person can live as long as eight weeks without food but only a matter of days in the absence of…
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#7 – Practical Self-Defense Skills Needed For Modern Survival
Announcer: Welcome to the Holistic Survival Show with Jason Hartman. The economic storm brewing around the world is set to spill into all aspects of our lives. Are you prepared? Where are you going to turn for the critical life skills necessary to survive and prosper? The Holistic Survival Show is your family’s insurance for…
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#5 When Technology Fails, An interview with Matthew Stein
Announcer: Welcome to the Holistic Survival Show with Jason Hartman. The economic storm brewing around the world is set to spill into all aspects of our lives. Are you prepared? Where are you going to turn for the critical life skills necessary to survive and prosper? The Holistic Survival Show is your family’s insurance for…
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#4 Emergency Food Storage Preparedness and Management
Announcer: Welcome to the Holistic Survival Show with Jason Hartman. The economic storm brewing around the world is set to spill into all aspects of our lives. Are you prepared? Where are you going to turn for the critical life skills necessary to survive and prosper? The Holistic Survival Show is your family’s insurance for…
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#8 – Stumbling Toward Holistic Survival
Stumbling Towards Survival Holistic Survival is founded on the premise of “Protecting the People, Places, and Profits You Care About in Uncertain Times.” What do we mean by uncertain times? Good question. Lest you get the wrong impression, we’re not worried about a complete unraveling of society and all-out disintegration of civilization. That’s probably not…
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Kickin’ it aboriginal style.
It’s truly staggering to contemplate the amount of knowledge that has disappeared from society over the course of a scant few generations. Don’t think you could survive this modern world without all the technological bells and whistles? Sure you could. Common sense survival and primitive living can be reclaimed quickly. After all, this modern society…
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#7 – Holistic Survival: Points To Remember
Holistic Survival: Points to Remember • Chaos frequently results in people being harmed. • The best defense is generally to avoid the chaos. • Chaos will most likely be concentrated in dense urban areas. • Make plans to evacuate high-risk areas before the chaos begins. • Most attackers are looking for easy targets. • Many…
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Are you ready for civil unrest?
Civil unrest is a scary thought. It calls to mind old Frankenstein movies where the villagers have tired of the good doctor’s marauding creation and head for his castle with pitchforks and torches in hand. The surprising thing about civil unrest in America today is that there hasn’t been more of it on a widespread…