Below you will find a collection of stories and news articles that may be of particular interest to the prepper. Some, are just interesting.

News

1. Facing Dengue Epidemic, India Turns to Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
2. Marine Dads Standing Guard for Kids
3. Diplomat Admits China Is Accumulating Gold To Back The Yuan
4. Arizona gun rights groups: teachers should be trained to carry
5. Why the Chinese Demand US Gun Control
6. Tennessee Is Considering A Plan To Secretly Arm Teachers
7. Gun Stocks Are Surging: Business Insider: Gun Stocks Are Surging http://t.co/qVpHxeuK
8. Walmart Is Running Out Of Guns
9. DC federal judge says cops can get cell-site data without a warrant
10. Apocalypse: modern-day Mayans not worried about ‘end of the world’
11. Samuel L. Jackson takes a surprising position on gun control
12. NRA Sees Huge Spike in Membership After Sandy Hook Massacre; Numbers Said to ‘Dwarf Past Trends’

Economic

1. Silver To Gain 29% In 2013 – Analysts, Traders And Investors
2. 27% Medicare Pay Cut For Doctors Real Danger In Fiscal Cliff
3. AM-PM Roundup with Jim Wyckoff
4. The Fed’s Fantastic Failure
5. We’re Going To Be In A New Recession-John Williams
6. 20 Signs That The U.S. Poverty Explosion Is Hitting Children And Young People The Hardest
7. Without deal, unemployment checks stop Dec. 29
8. Guest Post: What Causes Hyperinflations And Why We Have Not Seen One Yet
9. Guest Post: Santa, Please Let This Be the Last Christmas in America That ‘Saves’ The U.S. Economy
10. The One Single Reason Why We’re Going Over the Fiscal Cliff
11. GUNDLACH: ‘The Real Killer Will Be The Next Recession, And There Will Be One’
12. Could the U.S. Credit Rating Be Downgraded Again? Fitch Issues Dire Warning

Science, Nature and Tech

1. Worms Beat Beef As Sustainable Protein
2. Snowstorm causing problems from Rockies to Midwest
3. BigPic: A Rare And Spectacular View Of Saturn
4. Possible habitable zone planet is a mere 12 light years away

General Interest

1. Five Habits that will Help You Prepare for Emergencies
2. Survival Library
3. The Science of Good Cooking
4. When to Pay Off Your Mortgage
5. Foods With A Long Shelf Life
6. The Plunging Price Of Beans
7. Report: States losing ground in emergency preparedness
8. Our Facinating Interview with a Prepper Leader: He Responds to ‘Demonization’ of Movement After CT Shooting and Explains What It’s Really About