Because prepping is a broad-spectrum discipline, we need to monitor a wide variety of subjects. Below is a collection of articles and information that you may find useful. Okay, okay… not every article below is a must read for preppers; some are just for fun or interesting! If you have find a news story or prepping-related article, send it in.

News

1. A Columbine Survivor Tells President Obama To Man Up
2. It’s Not Climate Change. It’s Population Control
3. Israeli Ambassador on Iran: ‘Diplomacy Hasn’t Worked’
4. One in ten unemployed denied jobs due to credit checks — money.cnn.com
5. First furlough notices go out — money.cnn.com
6. Shell-Predicts-that-Natural-Gas-or-Solar-will-Become-the-No.-1-Energy-Source.html
7. Roseanne Barr a ‘Prepper’? Encourages Teen Protection Squads, Community Gardens for When It ‘Hits the Fan’
8. It’s All Good: “They Can’t Stop Lending Us More Money”
9. The Daily Bell – A Close Encounter with Zombiedom
10. WaPo Fact-Checker Blasts White House Sequester Scare Tactics
11. Ruger CEO: ‘We’re selling everything we make’ – Feb. 28, 2013
12. Obama formally orders “deeply destructive” cuts, blames Congress – Yahoo! News
13. Politicians Still Don’t Get It – Sy Harding

Freedom Issues

1. Gun Owners of America: Reid ‘Twisting Arms’ to Confirm Anti-Gun Judicial Nominee
2. IL Democrat Proposes ‘Junk Gun’ Ban
3. Gun Magazine Manufacturer Leaving Colorado if Democrats Pass Ban
4. nc-sheriffs-wage-fight-over-gun-records.aspx
5. NRA-ILA | Utah: House advances bill to allowing permitless carry
6. NRA-ILA | New York: Court to consider whether gun control law violated constitution
7. NRA-ILA | Mississippi Governor Signs Pro-Gun Bills into Law
8. Texas: Urge Your State Representative to Co-Author House Bill 972: Campus Personal Protection Act
9. NRA-ILA | Minnesota House AntiGun Omnibus Bill Introduced
10. Gun Control Protests: How We’re Standing Up for the Second Amendment – Guns & Ammo
11. Will LWRCI Have To Leave Maryland? – Shotgun News
12. Zero Tolerance: High School Student Suspended For Disarming School Bus Gunman
13. Is Copyright Infringement Now Seen As Terrorism? | Zero Hedge
14. Senators announce deal on gun trafficking – Yahoo! News
15. Obama DHS Purchases 2,700 Light-Armored Tanks to Go With Their 1.6 Billion Bullet Stockpile | The Gateway Pundit
16. GUN WATCH: AZ:Opportunity for Cheap Guns, Phoenix turn in events in May 2013
17. Possible law that would arm teachers advances through Arizona house
18. Joe Biden Gun Tips: Shoot Blindly Through the Front Door
19. New Yorkers Flock to State Capitol to Protest Cuomo’s Gun Grab

Economic

1. Celente – Gold, Silver & The Frightening “Next Great Trend”
2. The Roadmap To $4,866 Gold Within 2 Years
3. China ‘Fully Prepared’ for Currency War
4. Obama-Borrowed-Nearly-6x-as-Much-in-Feb-as-Sequester-Cuts-All-Year
5. Record Low: Only 1-in-4 Think Economy Better in 2014
6. 1/3 of 2012 Arizona home sales foreclosure-linked — www.eastvalleytribune.com
7. For the middle class, expenses grow faster than paychecks – Mar. 5, 2013
8. Why the Fed is failing to boost lending – The Term Sheet: Fortune’s deals blogTerm Sheet
9. The Daily Bell – The Sequester ‘Crisis’ And What Should Be Done
10. The Daily Bell – Shooting the Black Swan
11. While Stocks Soar Towards New Highs, Sophisticated Investors Are Already Prepping for the Next, Bigger Collapse | Zero Hedge
12. 12 Things That Just Happened That Show The Next Wave Of The Economic Collapse Is Almost Here
13. Napolitano: Airports feel impact from spending cuts – Yahoo! News
14. On solving the fiat dilemma once and for all
15. Bloomberg: America Can Borrow ‘Infinite Amount of Money’
16. 4 myths about the spending cuts – Mar. 1, 2013
17. U.S. economy expands at weakest pace since 2011 – Yahoo! News UK
18. Making Austerity Work | Antony P Mueller | FINANCIAL SENSE
19. The Biggest Story Of Our Lives: Economic Revolution
20. Personal income declines 3.6% in January – SFGate
21. America Meets Austerity: Budget Cuts Force Fiscal Discipine

Science, Nature and Tech

1. 30 Facts About The Coming Water Crisis That Will Change The Lives Of Every Person On The Planet
2. VW unveils ‘world’s most efficient car’

Prepping and General Interest

1. Cool Tools – Cheap Cable/Cord Control
2. Cool Tools – Seed to Seed
3. Rock River Arms Poly 1911 Review – Handguns
4. The Best Reloading Press and other Must-Have Products – Shooting Times
5. 10 Useful Tools You Can Make From Recycled Parts
6. The 50 Greatest Sci-Fi TV Shows Ever
7. DIY a Portable Raspberry Pi System with a Long-Lasting Rechargeable Power Source
8. What’s happening with gold & silver?
9. Visualizing All The Silver In The World | Zero Hedge

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.