Sign up for The Gear Shakedown Hands-on gear tests for hardcore adventurers. Dawn broke in the rocky hills surrounding the quaint lodge in remote Zimbabwe. Savoring the moment, I dipped crunchy rusks into hot tea. Zebras bellowed in the distance. Doves hooted in the hills. Africa was coming to life. Suddenly, the calmness was interrupted by a rhythmic pounding of metal on metal. The birds fell silent. “Let’s grab our gear and head up the hill, sounds like my dad might need help with something,” said Jonathan Collet, owner and professional hunter at the lodge. Collet’s voice was unsettled. And…
Author: Tommy Grant
This article was originally published by Wanjiru Njoya at The Mises Institute. Free market capitalism is often mistakenly associated with sinister One World globalists and “open borders” liberals who care nothing for national identity and would happily replace the white people who built Western civilization with a global, “raceless” population sourced through mass immigration. To reject these globalist machinations, nationalists have resorted to promoting white ethnonationalism and European exceptionalism, encouraging white people to take pride in what they see as the unique civilizational attributes of the white race. Ludwig von Mises was a great defender of Western civilization and saw free…
Let me be blunt: if your “bug-out shelter” is just a tent you bought on sale at a big box store, you’re not ready. A proper camping tarp is one of the most underrated survival tools in your entire kit. Forget the flimsy emergency blankets and those overpriced “tactical” shelters that rip the first time the wind actually does what wind does. A good tarp does everything — it shelters, conceals, collects water, traps heat, protects gear, and even becomes a stretcher if things get real. So why aren’t more preppers obsessed with getting the right tarp? Because most people…
Right now, around 90,000 metric tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste are quietly sitting across 39 U.S. states. In many cases, just miles from where families live, work, and raise their children. This waste, known as Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF), is a byproduct of decades of nuclear power generation. It’s invisible, rarely mentioned, and dangerously misunderstood. Now, this isn’t something that’s about to blow tomorrow. But when something does go wrong, the consequences can be just devastating. We’re talking radiation, contamination, and long-term unlivable zones—not for days or months, but for generations. Make no mistake: this threat is real, and…
If you’re reading this article, you already know that many of the most common ailments, like colds, sore throats, cuts, burns, indigestion, or headaches, can be treated with wild medicinal plants. The question is, which ones are worth foraging? You don’t want to spend all day searching for a plant that barely makes a dent in your cold symptoms.To create this list, we focused on the most potent, effective, and easy-to-find medicinal plants in North America. We filtered out the rare, overly toxic, or hard-to-identify species so you can start using these wild plants confidently and safely. Whether you’re an…
Lawmakers had hoped the measure might be brought up for a chamber vote before the break. But on Thursday, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said that chamber leaders will move to put the must-pass budget policy bill on the floor this week, pushing work on the legislation to September. He said he hopes the measure will be “the first agenda item when we come back” from break. Both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees have passed their respective drafts of the defense authorization bill with wide bipartisan margins. But reaching a final compromise draft is still…
At least fourteen people have died and dozens have been wounded in a fresh clash between Thailand and Cambodia at the shared border. The fighting is centered on disputed border areas near some ancient Hindu temples. The violence ensued after a landmine wounded several Thai soldiers, leading Thailand to recall its ambassador and expel Cambodia’s envoy. Thailand deployed F-16 jets in “self-defense,” while Cambodia condemned the strikes as aggression and appealed to the United Nations. Increases in airstrikes have now marked an ever-increasing escalation between the two sides. The conflict began last week, on July 24th, over contested land near…
United States President Donald Trump has said that Israel will have to drive the terrorist group Hamas out of Gaza, as ceasefire talks have once again stalled. Trump claims that Hamas doesn’t want a ceasefire, and that those still engaged with said terrorist group will be “hunted down.” Trump further claims that Hamas is not negotiating in good faith and that it continues to use remaining Israeli hostages as leverage in the war. This came not long after Israel recalled its team from indirect talks in Qatar earlier this week. Israel: Hamas Ceasefire Terms Are “Unacceptable” “Hamas didn’t really want…
Ever since Raphael Lemkin heard Winston Churchill’s August 1941 broadcast on the BBC, in which the prime minister declared, “The whole of Europe has been wrecked and trampled down by the mechanical weapons and barbaric fury of the Nazis … As his armies advance, whole districts are exterminated. We are in the presence of a crime without a name,” the Polish lawyer became transfixed by one singular mission: to find a word that replaced “barbarity” and “vandalism” to describe the actions of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. Since 1933, writes Samantha Power in her pioneering book “A Problem From Hell,” Lemkin…
Multiple people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan, prompting a swift response from police and emergency services. The suspect was taken into custody at the scene, and several victims suffered serious injuries. TRAVERSE CITY, MI (2-minute read) — A stabbing incident at a Walmart Supercenter in Traverse City, Michigan, left multiple people injured late Saturday afternoon, according to authorities. Emergency services flooded the area just before 5 p.m. after reports came in of multiple victims being attacked with a knife inside the busy retail store. The violent event unfolded at the store located on Crossing Circle, where…