Special Ebola Coverage

1. Actually, there’s not much to report. Yesterday, the CDC’s Ebola update states 1013 deaths so far. On August 4th, there were 932 deaths. This is only an average of 8 deaths per day; still not the global death panic some people are making it out to be.

Prepping and General Interest

1. Power Failure: A Taste of Doomsday
2. The Benefits of Rosehip Syrup
3. How to Use Pool Shock to Purify Water
4. Foot Care and Survival
5. 8 Survival Principles Every Kid Should Learn
6. Making Hominy is Easy and Inexpensive
7. Survival Toolkits for Your House
8. Optical Eye Glasses and Dentures for Survival
9. My Gun Choice Mistake – Don’t Do What I Did…
10. Subway Safety with Kids
11. Build the Ultimate School Bug Out Kit for your Kids
12. 4 Lost Native American Survival Skills
13. Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 64: Canning Your Own Jams, Jellies, and Syrups
14. How to Use a C-A-T Tourniquet
15. New Smith & Wesson Compact M&P 22lr Pistol
16. Blackhawk EPOCH Level 3 Holsters Now Available
17. Stag Arms 9mm Rifles
18. First Look: Smith & Wesson M&P22 Compact
19. Troop London Courier Bag Eddie Bauer Rippac Rain Jacket Samsung…
20. Grady’s Cold Brew Coffee
21. Essential Survival Show: Polly’s Birth Book with Jeanette Lasson
22. 3 Tips to Fix Blossom End Rot
23. Preserving Meat Long-Term, The Old-Fashioned Way
24. 10 Best Shotguns Under $500
25. Ferguson As America: “There Is A Brewing Problem… And It’s Extremely Dangerous”
26. The copy of the U.S. Constitution that’s installed on every Mac
27. Improve Your Self-Defense Moves with This Groin Attack Video
28. Easy to Build Solar Pool Heater Saves Money and Keeps You from Freezing
29. A Do-It-Yourself Air Conditioner with Evaporative Cooling 5 Gallon Bucket
30. Hexayurt Swamp Cooler for Burning Man! | The Steampunk Workshop

Freedom Issues

1. Gun dealers have 48 hours to report firearms lost in transit, ATF proposes in new rule
2. Concealed weapons permits quadrupled in West Virginia
3. FAA Bans All Non-Emergency Aircraft Over Ferguson
4. Gunfight in Milwaukee: Calling 911 May Not Be Your Best Option
5. NICS Checks Down For Month of July, First Time Since 2005

Economic

1. People Don’t Even Notice They’re Bound In Chains Of Debt, Laws, And Regulations
2. Job = Just Over Broke
3. Average Salary in US: What does the average salary in the USA have to do with economic issues for a consumption based economy?

Science, Nature and Tech

1. An Entire Summer’s Worth of Rain Fell on New York in Just a Few Hours
2. 15 Million Pages of Centuries-Old Medical Books Move to the Web
3. Double Whammy: How California’s Drought Could Trigger ‘The Big One’
4. Experimental Ebola Treatments Are Ethical, U.N. Says
5. Build a Wireless Home Security System With an Arduino
6. Learn the Basics of Your Home Electrical System (and Stay Safe)

Prepper Expos

1. Kingman Expos |
2. Prepper Fest Az
3. PrepperShowsUSA | Prepper Shows and Survivalist Expos

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