Contagion in America

We have so much to worry about and now comes Chagas, an insect borne disease that helps to destroy your heart through parasitic infestation.  The list of maladies to protect against is growing daily but this one sounds especially happy.  Spread by the kissing bug it is a tiny parasite that moves into your body once you scratch the itch of the insect bite.

Chagas as the new AIDS for the Americas 
Since the Yahoo article is short on facts but long on fear I thought I'd add the NIH take on things.

NIH - Chagas

CDC - Chagas

Here is the Wikipedia Version of Chagas information.

Enjoy your day.

P.S. As if that wasn't enough here is a report of flea transmitted typhus in Santa Ana

Flesh Eating Zombies: A good reason to get armed.

This sounds like science fiction but in a world gone mad there are real flesh eaters out there every bit as deadly as a Zombie from the movies.

Baltimore Cannibal

Miami Cannibal


Notorious Cannibals

Indian Women Getting Armed Up

It sounds like we have at least one country still moving in the right direction of personal defense rights.  Women are Buying Guns in India

Banning Shotguns

Here is an interesting take  on the ATF working towards stringent definitions of sporting guns.  After this election all bets could be off when it comes to buying your self protection.    Right now though, they can use administrative means to deny the availability of certain types of guns.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/could-your-shotgun-soon-be-outlawed/

Safe Revolver Use

For the beginning shooter this is must video if you intend to own a revolver or shoot one someday.  Revolvers function differently than an auto-loading pistol and what you don't know can injure you badly.

Check out this video on the risk of escaping gasses from the side of a revolver to convince you not to hold one the way a auto-loader is held.

http://lewrockwell.com/gun-reviews/how-not-to-shoot-a-revolver.html

Our Collapsing Empire

Chris Hedges goes through our coming decline and describes how we are headed to the bottom.
http://youtu.be/7zotYU21qcU

He describes how the political system has failed us.

The coming debacle is now evident to anyone that has studied history and looks at the similarities.  

Darkness Descends over the Internet Via the U.N.

If you want to have the all seeing eye monitoring your every activity and controlling all of the content that you will see just let then gain control over the Internet.  Right now the U.S. Congress is considering that and somehow it seems plausible that it will happen.  Let us hope not for the sake of our children and their children.  First off, the U.S. built the Internet from beginning to end so why should we pass it over to some foreign entity.  If you asked a dimwit like Carter he might think it's a good idea, sorta like giving up the Panama Canal.  Only a world improving fool would have seen the benefit of that.  So check this out and see what the one world crowd has in mind.  I say no to this.


http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/229653-house-to-examine-plan-to-let-un-regulate-internet

Economic Collapse Update

Here is a great prediction about our coming financial turmoil with specifics.
http://www.moneynews.com/StreetTalk/Faber-massive-wealth-destruction/2012/04/04/id/434832?PROMO_CODE=E969-1

Invest in metals, whether gold, silver, or lead.  Keep cash on hand, and your ears to the ground waiting for the rumble of a financial earthquake.  Hard assets, food, water, and weapons will get you through.

Cyber Attacks From China Increase our Risk

http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/china-launching-cyber-attacks-against-defense-dept/551176

This could get out of hand and of course we have minimal defenses against it and are totally dependent on the grid and computer networks so a take-down would take us down.

Ballistics 101

Here is a great website for getting ballistic information on all types of ammunition.  Check it out.

http://www.ballistics101.com/

People are Stashing their Cash at Home

Here is an article on those people now taking their money out of the bank and stashing it in a safe at home.  I know a number of people doing this to the point of taking much of their cash assets and hiding them at home.  Times have changed.

http://www.smartmoney.com/plan/banking/more-americans-keeping-valuables-in-safes-at-home-1334333683624/

Solar Events Pose a Serious Risk to Our Way of LIfe

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-solar-storms-20120505,0,6214500.story

For those of you that laugh at those who prepare for EMP attacks or solar storms that might destroy data or electrical equipment, here is a great article on the subject.  At a minimum I would try to put some protection in place for my electronic data by placing it in a Faraday cage.  Some have mentioned that a microwave oven could be useful as a storage location.  If you do that, make sure you unplug it.  I'm still now\t sure that would prevent a large electromagnetic pulse from somehow sending enough energy through to make the microwave dump some energy inside the box but it would be worth a try.  A better approach might be to use some type of grounded metal container. 

Here are some links for ways to build one.

http://preparednesspro.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/emp-101-part-iv-faraday-cage/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWjT0Bh_KZ8  How to build a Faraday Cage.
 
http://www.endtimesreport.com/faraday_cages.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_6618709_build-faraday-cage.html

This also proves that those who plan to sit out a grid collapse with oil lamps, firewood, propane, and some solar lighting might be ahead of the rest in terms of handling a solar storm.  We really don't know for sure how severely such an event could change our daily lives.