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. Congress Hasn’t Fixed The Budget Yet, Getting A Raise Anyway
2. ‘We Have Passed That Point of No Return’: Ron Paul Explains What’s Missing in The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Talks
3. French Court Nixes Socialist President’s 75% Tax Rate: ‘Unfair’
4. Ready or Not? – Trust for America’s Health

Freedom Issues

1. Warrantless wiretaps? Congress votes yes
2. Will Banning Guns Stop Homicides? Stats from England and Australia Show…
3. No Time Wasted: Dems Plan to Introduce High-Capacity Magazine Ban on First Day of Congressional Session
4. N.Y. Newspaper Announces it Will Publish More Names & Addresses of Gun Owners

Economic

1. Man That First Spotted QE4 Now Says Gold To Break $10,000
2. Public Buying “Monstrous” Amounts Of Physical Gold & Silver
3. Gerald Celente on 2013, Gold and Silver and WW III
4. The idiotic notion that QE is not inflationary
5. Pentagon To “Temporarily” Fire 800,000 If No Cliff Deal; Chaos To Ensue
6. Fiscal cliff: Will Americans get hit in the pocket?

Science, Nature and Tech

1. IPCC’s climate projections on target so far

Prepping and General Interest

1. How To Raise Backyard Chickens
2. 5 Ways Your Body Loses Heat and How to Avoid Them
3. Understand EMP threat? U.S. enemies do
4. Make Your Own Remote-Control Spy Blimp
5. Making red wine vinegar and best of CRAFT
6. Remove Stripped Screws, Headless Nails, and Busted Fasteners
7. The Fall of America? – Internationalliving.com
8. Bulking Up Your Food Stockpile
9. UN warns of looming worldwide food crisis in 2013 | Global development | The Observer