The New Thrunite TH10: Headlamp for Disasters
Thrunite TH10 (NW) 750 Lumen CREE XM-L2 U2 $39.95A few weeks ago there was a debate in a survivalist forum regarding what kind of flashlight was most useful for survival. One member argued that for...
View ArticleGreek Crisis: Tsipras surrenders and folds under pressure
So the Greek people elect a leftist Alexis Tsipras who based his entire Syriza campaign on a socialist, anti-austerity stance. Tsipras goes for a referendum to show the world that not only are the...
View ArticleRemembering the Srebrenica Genocide
Srebrenica ceremony: Crowd chases Serbian PM as more victims buriedThere’s a famous quote by Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana, better known as George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the...
View Article“Yes” Vote on Bailout bill, Greeks Riot
Molotov bomb attacks on the streets as the Greek Parliament Votes “Yes” on BailoutIt wasn’t that difficult to predict that a Grexit was more of a fear strategy so as to make some good investments and...
View ArticleArgentine and Greek Collapse: 12 Similarities, Differences and Lessons Learned
As Greece keeps falling to new levels of despair, more similarities with the Argentine economic collapse and its aftermath keep showing up. In spite of the differences between a Latin American country...
View ArticlePreparing for human trafficking: 5 Things you must know
In Latin America it’s called “Trafico de personas”. You know it as human trafficking. It didn’t use to be a widespread problem in Argentina. It existed, but after the 2001 collapse it increased...
View ArticleGreek Capital Controls Lessons Learned
Dear ferfal here is a link to the observations o fmine on the subect. http://greekpreparedness.blogspot.gr/2015/07/greek-capital-controls-lessons-learned.html-GreekmanThanks Greekman. This very much...
View ArticlePensions and Medicare after an Economic Collapse
Fernando, I have read and studied your book (The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse) thoroughly about the 2001 Economic Collapse in Argentina. I have searched through the book and...
View ArticleIn Argentina, crime does Pay (no joke, it really does )
Prisoners in Argentina get paid 46% more than the minimum payment received by retirees and pensioners. If you worked your entire life, chances are you’ll end up getting about $3.821,33 in Argentina...
View ArticleDecoy and Concealable Safes?
Message: Hello Ferfal, I remember some time ago, either in a post here or in your first book (which I highly recommend, by the way), you mention having two safes: one large dummy safe for “show”, and...
View ArticleSurvival Clothes: SmartWool
I’ve posted before about my quest to find the complete, ideal clothes setup from a modern survivalist perspective. By this I mean, practical, functional, even tactical, without being “tacticool”. I...
View ArticleMass starvation expected in Venezuela
Members of national guard patrol a supermarket in Caracas What else can you expect from dictator Nicolas Maduro? Venezuela is running out of food and the government of Nicolas Maduro is running out of...
View ArticleFrench Couple Desert Death: Main causes of death in National Parks
Many years ago while backpacking in Patagonia I got to see first-hand how dangerous inexperience can be on the trail. I came across two girls that had picked a backpack for the first time with not much...
View ArticleChina Devalues Yuan, Global Stocks Fall
As China drops its currency 3.5% in two days the US dollar goes up, making American exports more expensive and of course, Chinese exports cheaper.Yuan and you: How China’s devalued currency affects...
View ArticleCecil the Lion, Planned Parenthood and Donald Trump
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View ArticlePreparing for El Niño: 5 Tips
All signs indicate that this will be a strong El Niño winter in the west coast. Powerful storms and strong winds are very much guaranteed, so what can you do to prepare?How to prepare for a...
View ArticleAn Economic Collapse: What does it mean & what’s it really like?
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View ArticleOregon, Idaho, Washington and California: Over a million Acres burned
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/17/us/western-states-wildfires/index.html Wildfires have devastated hundreds of thousands of acres across the Northwest. One of the States that was hit the hardest was...
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