Year: 2010
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Reading for survival
Some people learn basic survival skills in the form of knowledge passed down from parents or grandparents, but not everyone is lucky enough to have a resource like that, especially when it comes to urban dwellers. So what’s a budding modern survivalist to do? How can he or she latch onto that critical knowledge that…
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Out of oil? Not so fast.
The prevailing theory regarding world oil reserves goes something like this: millions of years ago all the dinosaurs in the world fell over dead. As years rolled past, their remains were concentrated, compressed, and magically transformed into gas and oil. Since there were, obviously, a limited number of dinosaurs, one could deduce the same limitations…
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Toxic Nazi discovery still with us today
In 1938, two German scientists were attempting to create stronger pesticides when they inadvertently discovered the formula for a toxic agent 500 times more lethal than cyanide. The substance came to be known as sarin, taking a few letters from each of the discoverers’ names. It was no big surprise that sarin shortly ended up…
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H1N1 a hoax for the ages?
Fox News recently interviewed Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg, a leading European health authority as saying the swine flu was a result of Big Pharma’s “campaign of panic” that put pressure on the little old World Health Organization to declare a pandemic (outbreak of a disease over a large geographical area). Wodarg went on to call swine…
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“I have unwittingly ruined my country.”
Are conspiracy theorists onto something sinister or have they simply smoked too much funny weed? It seems there is a concentrated effort to brand those who subscribe to alternate beliefs regarding the world’s power structure as a kooky bunch, but are they? Maybe where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Let’s take a quick look at what…
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Why you should use the 3 layer clothing system
Mom always said to use layers when dressing for cold weather and she was more right than you gave her credit for. When dressing for wilderness winter survival, each layer of clothing serves a specific function to keep you alive during adverse conditions. The theory behind the three later clothing system is to regulate your…
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Growing plants without dirt
The modern survivalist should have at least a working knowledge of hydroponics. In the original Greek hydro means water and ponics means labor. Water literally does the labor normally reserved for dirt, which means you can grow a garden by suspending plants in containers or tubes and using a liquid solution to deliver nutrients to…
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If you think mace is fun…
Many people love the idea of some sort of personal defense but are leery about packing a loaded pistol; much as the perps may deserve it, many citizens don’t want to administer a terminal case of lead poisoning. Pepperball Technologies is the company behind Hotshsot, a powerful, non-lethal personal defense device that creates an instant…
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Greatest invention EVER?
That’s a pretty bold statement but who could argue that the classic Stanley stainless steel thermos is, quite possibly, the greatest invention in the history of civilization. You’ve got a better idea? Anesthesia? Piffle! The wheel? Pure silliness! What’s better than a thermos designed so well it is basically the same as it was 90…
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Keep a cool head while others are losing theirs
It’s tempting, in times of chaos and confusion, to give in to the childlike urge to do your best ostrich imitation and hide your head in the sand until it passes. Or worse, do your hyperventilating best to make certain every decision is a bad one. Panic is human nature but you can train yourself…