Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThere’s a crisis possibly looming on the horizon—a food crisis. The downside of this developing crisis is just that it’s developing. Developing means it’s already begun. The indicators are all there. It’s started, and if things continue as they are, we may find ourselves in a serious food situation—with higher prices, holes on the shelves, and potential civil unrest. TL;DR: The approaching food crisis is driven by four converging pressures: rising fertilizer costs, fuel and transportation disruptions, growing dependence on a fragile global supply chain, and worsening drought. These problems stack on top of…
Author: Tommy Grant
A U.S. Army officer who secretly gave abortion medication to a pregnant junior enlisted soldier, causing the loss of her unborn child, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty at a court-martial.Capt. Brandon Jones-Adams, 34, pleaded guilty to intentionally killing an unborn child, domestic violence, fraternization and conduct unbecoming of an officer during a military trial at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, according to a Thursday statement from Michelle McCaskill, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel. Jones-Adams secretly administered Mifepristone to the soldier — who was carrying the pair’s child — resulting…
There is a psychological reason why most people never prepare for disasters, and it is not laziness, ignorance, or a failure to read the news. It is a hardwired feature of the human brain called optimism bias, and it is working against your preparedness right now whether you know about it or not. Optimism bias is the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of positive outcomes and underestimate the likelihood of negative ones, specifically as they apply to you personally. It explains why people can acknowledge that wildfires destroy homes every year and still not build a defensible space around their…
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. The magnitude 5.6 earthquake that just shook portions of three different states should be a huge wake-up call for everyone who lives in California. The San Andreas Fault system is locked and loaded, and it is just a matter of time before an absolutely cataclysmic earthquake permanently alters the geography of the state. A day is coming when large portions of Southern California will no longer be above water. I have written about this over and over again, and I have warned about this more times than…
We take a look at some of the lesser-known service rifles that helped shape America’s first 250 years.The history of our country is absolutely awash in firearms, to the point that it’s impossible to fit all of them into a single article. In lieu of a list that would make your eyes glaze over, I look at a selection of rifles that are significant to our country in terms of the small arms theory of the time and the cartridges that they fired in our mutual defense.Again, while this list is not comprehensive, every one of the rifles in this…
A handful of states run what are called “sales tax holidays“. But this concept isn’t news – many states have been running them since the late 1990s, mostly aimed at back-to-school shoppers. Somewhere along the way, though, a few legislators started including emergency preparedness supplies in those windows – generators, water containers, battery banks, first aid kits – and the savings started getting real. If you time your purchases right, you can pick up hundreds of dollars in gear without paying a cent in sales tax. In some states, that’s 7%, 8%, even 9% back in your pocket. On a…
Congressional votes on a controversial veterans bill that would increase benefits for medically retired disabled vets and survivors have been delayed amid push back over elections legislation that is a top priority for President Donald Trump.The Take Care of America’s Veterans bill, a Republican-backed proposal that contains 62 measures aimed at increasing benefits for veterans and survivors has stalled as the House wrestles with the president’s demands to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE, Act, legislation that would require voter identification and reduce mail-in ballots.The House was expected to take up the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act,…
Defense officials won’t be handing off the operation of commissaries to the private sector, DoD’s top personnel official said Wednesday. “We learned and found that there was nobody interested in taking a 24% haircut right out of the gate,” in order to provide the 24% saving for military customers, said Anthony Tata, under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness. Tata spoke during a Wednesday meeting on Capitol Hill of the American Logistics Association, a nonprofit trade association representing businesses supplying products and services to the military marketplace. In September, the Pentagon issued a public request for information to find…
U.S. House lawmakers approved a fiscal year 2027 spending bill that would include cuts to the Air Force’s flying hours and other budget requests.In the Operation and Maintenance portfolio of the Weapons System Sustainment program, the Department of the Air Force requested $9.9 billion for its entire Flying Hour Program in April in an effort to boost pilot flying hours to over a million for fiscal year 2027 — an increase of 22%. While the Air Force requested $7.265 billion for its Flying Hour Program, the House Committee on Appropriations recommended a $121 million decrease for a total of slightly…
A dry winter, ravenous hunger and accessible trash have drawn bears to Fort Carson, Colorado, where officials have received 23 reported bear sightings just this year.The real number, they believe, is likely much higher. Capt. Robert Look Jr., chief of conservation law enforcement for Fort Carson, said low snowpack, a condition called seasonal hyperphagia — where an animal’s insatiable urge to eat overrides a natural fear of humans — and loose garbage have made conditions tempting for bears to head towards the Army post. “Recent mild winters and low snowpack have depleted natural food sources — berries, acorns and plants…