I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas and Holiday Season! Mine sure has busy, as evident by the lack of PNW earlier this week. I’ve been collecting the articles, but never got a chance to post them. Because these contain valuable information, here, then, are those articles.

Prepping and General Interest

1. Best Keychain Toolbox, Circa 2013
2. Ruger SR1911 .45 ACP
3. How to Pair Barrel Twist Rates with Ammo
4. Mikhail Kalashnikov Passes Away, Leaves AK-47 Legacy
5. The 50 Yard Zero for 5.56mm
6. NEW: Public Health Matters Blog – Do 1 Thing: First Aid
7. AP Eulogizes AK-47 Inventor as Man Who ‘Sowed Havoc,’ ‘Bloodshed’
8. What Types of Insurance Do I Really Need?
9. THE CHRISTMAS GUN
10. Building a Heavy AR-15 Varmint Upper Part 1: Parts Selection
11. Smith & Wesson M&P9 C.O.R.E. Pro Series Pistol Review
12. The Best Home Defense Lasers at Every Price Point
13. How to Properly Store Ammo
14. Factors Affecting M14 Rifle Accuracy
15. 5 Known Bug Out Dangers | Ready Nutrition
16. Are You Packing? 5 Inexpensive Ways to Store Your Food | Ready Nutrition
17. In Massive Social Collapse, Your Only Rights Are Those You Can Defend
18. Map: Areas Of Probable Power System Collapse: “130 Million Lacking Power For Several Years”
19. Mass Roundups: “Men, Women and Children Will Be Taken From Their Homes”
20. Aquamira Water Filters
21. Survival Lighters for Long-Term SHTF: A Few Options
22. The case for owning farmland in one simple statistic
23. Weekend Projects with Bre Pettis: Make a Joule Thief | Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
24. Solar Powered Hand Tools
25. Popular Wireless Magazines: GMRS & FRS Frequently Asked Questions
26. Books and Resources | Hesperian Health Guides
27. Portable Shelter
28. http://www.greatdepressioncooking.com/Depression_Cooking/Welcome.html

News

1. Obama Can’t Name Single Terror Attack Stopped by NSA Snooping
2. World View: China Conducts Flight Test of DF-41 Long-Range Nuclear-Capable Missile
3. General in Charge of Nukes Transferred After Drunken Moscow Escapade
4. Video: Chuck Norris Christmas message shows star doing splits between two aeroplanes

Freedom Issues

1. Sen. Joe Manchin says passing gun control reform will only get more difficult next year
2. Bloomberg Joins Moms Demand Action to Pressure Businesses for Gun Control
3. Heller II: Defeating Red Tape & Second Amendment Infringements
4. Beretta Skips Factory in VA Because of Terry McAuliffe’s Gun Control Stance
5. Stopped in 80 Seconds: Armed Response, Not Gun Control, Halted School Rampage
6. Federal Legislative Roundup
7. Georgia: Gainesville School District to Arm Campus Resource Officers
8. Kurt Hoffman: Obama Administration to Ban Shooting on Public Lands
9. CNN Claims “Americans Want Security Over Freedom”
10. Obama concedes NSA bulk collection of phone data may be unnecessary
11. Bloomberg Joins Moms Demand Action to Pressure Businesses for Gun Control
12. Sen Manchin: Gun Control a Difficult Sell in 2014

Economic

1. Despite The Propaganda, The US Economy Is Collapsing
2. Push of a Button: This Is How Fast They Can Lock Down the Entire Banking System
3. How Central Banking Really Works – Fed Anniversary Redux
4. 100 Years of Government Theft
5. The Netherlands Moves Away from Welfare State
6. 100 Years Ago: Why Bankers Created the Fed
7. On The 100th Anniversary Of The Federal Reserve Here Are 100 Reasons To Shut It Down Forever
8. The Hidden Motives Behind The Federal Reserve Taper
9. The Fed Will Still Provide Massive QE Next Year – But…
10. Jive Talkin’ | KUNSTLER
11. Comparing the inflated cost of living today from 1938 to 2013: How the US Dollar has lost incredible purchasing power since 1938.
12. Deflation vs. Hyperinflation
13. What Happens When You Have to Admit the Gold’s Not There-Eric Sprott
14. Bitcoin: Gold 2.0
15. Federal Reserve 100-Year Anniversary and the Dying Dollar

Science, Nature and Tech

1. Thyroid Cancers Surge Among Fukushima Youths
2. Global warming ‘pause’ may last for 20 more years and Arctic sea ice has already started to recover | Mail Online
3. Turn Your Mac Into a Home Security Camera with an Automator Script
4. US Sailors, Assisting With Fukushima Clean Up, Crippled By Cancer
5. Wave of Radiation from Fukushima Will Be 10 Times Bigger than All of the Radiation from Nuclear Tests Combined
6. Chicken Sales Plummet in China, Hong Kong After Bird Flu Returns
7. 1,500 Tested for Tuberculosis in Palm Desert, CA High School
8. Researchers Hacked into MacBook Camera, but that Doesn’t Mean They’re Spying on You
9. okTurtles: Surveillance-free communication on your favorite websites

Prepper Expos

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

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None of the above should be considered an endorsement or an attempt to push any particular agenda by the Preparedness Podcast. They’re simply presented here as an informative source.