Today we present a guest article by, Cynthia J. Koelker, MD, the author of 101 Ways to Save Money on Health Care. Not only is she a fellow Penguin Group author, but we even have the same editor in Penguin’s Plume division. This is a topic that should interest many SurvivalBlog readers.
Picture this: Your doctor enters the room and asks, “How can I help you today?” “I’d like enough medicine to survive the end of the world as we know it,” you reply. He narrows his eyes and responds, “Just how much Prozac would you need?” . . . Finding a physician to help you stockpile medications will be a challenge. Unless your doctor, too, believes Armageddon is nigh, he’s not likely to grant your request. Why not? Doctors are responsible for the medications we prescribe and the consequences, intended or unintended. Remember, every medication is a potential poison. You’re probably …
Mr. Rawles, Tom C. wrote: “This plot of land 10 feet x 12 feet.” That is 120 square feet. That sounds like a nice patch for half a years supply of storage onions if you know what you are doing, or more swiss chard and radishes that your family will know what to do with, given that you water and succession plant. Lets start at the start with soil preparation. How wet or dry is the existing soil? Get out the shovel and turn over a small bit of your prospective patch. Is it hard as concrete or dry and …
Mr. Rawles: I saw the response to your link regarding the Amish and I concur. These folks are wonderful and are very good for a community. Where I come from in central Michigan the Amish community makes pallets. Trucks from far and wide go out of their way to come through the area for these high quality pallets. The pallets are just the base of their community. They also run a store that beats everybody, even Wal-Mart, on price. Sure, they don’t sell all that cheap Chinese stuff, but I consider that a plus. I can’t go past the store …
Does this sound familiar? Investors seeing farmland as safer bet than stocks. (A hat tip to M.M. for the link.) This piece by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is thought provoking: QE2 in Round Trillions Nevada unemployment rises to all-time high 14.4 percent. US Government ‘hiding true amount of debt’ Fed hints it could buy more bonds Items from The Economatrix: Gerald Celente: We Won’t Recover $2,500 Gold Could Easily Result in $178.50 Silver UK: Middle Class Families Could Face “Lie Detector” Tests Over Taxes 20 Signs That The Economic Collapse Has Already Begun For One Out Of Seven Americans How High Will …
Mac Slavo (over at the SHTFPlan blog) asks: How Many Guns Are Too Many? FWIW, here in The Un-Named Western State (TUWS), owning 40 guns is considered just “a decent collection”, and “serious collectors” must have at least 100 guns. (Thanks to K.T. for the link.) o o o K.T. sent us a link to an interesting video produced by the CATO Institute: Cops on Camera. o o o I stumbled into this, while web wandering: Double The Anger: Two “Mad Max” Sequels Shooting Back To Back. Oh, and speaking of anticipated movies, the release date for the …
"There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you." – William Hazlitt