Below you will find a collection of stories and news articles that may be of particular interest to the prepper. Some, are just interesting. If you have find a news story or prepping-related article, send it in.

News

1. US Bio Attack Fears Grow After Colorado Child Death | EUTimes.net
2. Karzai Orders US Troops Out of Critical Afghan Province
3. If America Was A Startup We’d All Quit
4. 6 tanks at Hanford nuclear site in Wash. leaking – CBS News
5. Sequester Impact on Federal Prisons

Freedom Issues

1. Second Amendment Foundation: Self Defense Is a Human Right
2. Beretta’s future in Maryland tied to state’s gun-control debate – The Washington Post
3. Gaining Momentum: Now 44 Gun Companies Have Stopped Selling to Law Enforcement In Anti-2nd Amendment States | TheBlaze.com
4. Cops can search mobile phones—only if they’re not password-protected
5. What Are the Best And Worst States for Second Amendment Fans?
6. New York Army Vet Facing 7 Years in Prison Over Empty Ammo Magazines
7. The Joe Biden School of Self-Defense
8. Drones in Ariz. sky? Could be, but lawmakers skeptical of privacy implications
9. SAF scores another win for concealed carry
10. OBAMA THREATENING VETERANS’ GUN RIGHTS: Feds send letters to warn those deemed ‘incompetent’ on firearms… | RedFlagNews.com
11. SHOCK REPORT — Veterans Receive Letters From VA Prohibiting Ownership or Purchase of Firearms | The Gateway Pundit

Economic

1. How Will Your State Be Impacted By Sequestration?
2. 50 Signs That The U.S. Health Care System Is A Gigantic Money Making Scam That Is About To Collapse
3. Ten Things for Your Radar Screen
4. Dems: 2.4% Cut to Future Spending Means Apocalypse
5. Falling Down: Moody’s Downgrades U.K. Credit Rating
6. Part-time America: How we increased our part-time for economic reasons workforce by 4 million people since the recession began. Healthcare costs encourage low wage employers to hire more part-time employees.
7. Currency Positioning and Technical Outlook: A Look at the Long Term Charts
8. THE RESET: White House catalogs spending-cut woes – Yahoo! News

Science, Nature and Tech

1. Listener Rob sent this in: The Top 5 Lies About Biotech Crops – Reason.com
2. In Japan, The Matrix Is Now Reality As Humans Are Used As Living Batteries
3. Microsoft reveals hackers attacked it too, ‘no customer data affected’
4. Cyberwar With China Is Here, Like It or Not
5. Peanut oil in vaccines behind widespread peanut allergy epidemic
6. Asteroid early warning system taking shape at UN
7. Attack By Chondrite: Scientists ID Russian Meteor
8. Microsoft Hacked, Just Like Facebook and Apple

Prepping and General Interest

1. What Drives the Price of Gold and Silver?
2. 7 Reasons Why Coffee Is Good For You
3. 7 Of The Creepiest Cold War Fallout Shelters
4. Which Small Generator is the Toughest?
5. Go Red for Women Premiere Short Film – Just a Little Heart Attack | Surrey Pain and Wellness Clinic
6. Los Angeles health officials concerned about TB outbreak on skid row – Yahoo! News

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.