A disturbing new report that Iran may indeed be testing a sea-based EMP launch against the US:
One group of tests that troubled Graham, the former White House science adviser under President Ronald Reagan, were successful efforts to launch a Scud missile from a platform in the Caspian Sea.
“They’ve got [test] ranges in Iran which [...]

What would you think if your city decided to ban certain types of restaurants in your neighborhood because you’re too fat? Would you feel insulted? If you ban McDonalds, people can still buy meat and cheese sandwiches at a deli, and likely will. Just because you take away one source of cheap, [...]

A new report claims that a nuclear attack against the US would have disastrous effects on the US economy and would result in a reduction in civil liberties.
While the destructive effects of nuclear weapons have been studied in detail, the economic aftershocks likely to follow such an attack have received scant attention.
The report contends [...]

As we’ve mentioned before, more is being reported on the negative effects of birth control pills in human sewage and its effect on the environment:
In a talk with the daunting title of “Endocrine Disruptions: Chemical Contraceptives in Sewage Effluents,” LeChevallier explained that like secondhand smoke, “secondhand estrogens are being released into the environment,” to devastating [...]

Today we present the final entry for Round 17 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The writer of the best non-fiction article will win two valuable four day "gray" transferable Front Sight course certificates. (Worth up to $4,000!) Second prize is a copy of my "Rawles Gets You Ready" preparedness…
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Many of my fellow Tennesseans awoke to headlines the other day that two of the Corp of Engineers dams in our area that are supposed to protect the people from floods and provide water and electricity are in danger of failure. Built more than 50 years ago, the Wolf…
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James; I haven’t seen much discussion to date in SurvivalBlog on Propane-burning vehicles as a retreat / bug out / EMP-proof vehicle. From what I understand, Propane combusting vehicles are not as popular in the USA as they have been in Canada, not to say we have a large…
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Andrew Hankinson, a journalist at FHM magazine in the UK, e-mailed us to mention that he is looking for a survivalist in the US to spend a few days with. There would also be a photographer. He’s looking for someone who lives somewhere remote, hopefully in a survivalist community. The…
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"The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations, and benefits." - Plutarch…
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The high bid in the current SurvivalBlog Benefit Auction is $500. This auction is for a big mixed lot: a NukAlert radiation detector, donated by KI4U–a $160 value), a DVD of 480 E-books on Alternative Energy (donated by WK Books–a $25 value), and the following package of survival gear all…
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