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The Government Admits our Economy is in Trouble

By making SVB depositors whole, the government is tacitly admitting that our economy is on the verge of falling off a cliff and can't withstand a shock.
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A Travel Survival Pack or Get Home Kit

When you are out of town, you have to carry your survival supplies with you. Are you equipped to walk home after a disaster?
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Big Change on the Horizon

An Important announcement about a big change to The Pickled Prepper Blog.
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Is it Time to Prepare for a Banking Collapse?

How prepared are you if the banking system collapses and w the banks are closed and credit and debit cards don't work?
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Ten Unusual and Unexpected Things you will Want After the SHTF

Some preps are obvious, others less so. Here is Pete's list of 10 unusual preps things that are not on the normal top ten prepping lists.
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Walking Home after the SHTF

Preppers often talk about bugging out, but we rarely talk about getting home if you are away when a disaster strikes. Here's a scenario.
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This is How a Collapse Starts

Collapses aren't caused by any one thing, but many small things can add up to take down the largest systems and most powerful countries.
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This is How to Survive a Collapse

You need to add some financial preparedness to your standard preps if you want to survive to coming economic collapse.
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Mental Illness and Mass Shootings

Why are so many school shooters and other mass shooters in a crisis or suffering from mental illness?
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Buy Guns Now to Avoid the Run

The clamor for gun control is rising in state capitals and the White House. Better stock up on guns and ammo before the bank run turns into a gun run.