RSOP is the co-founder & Executive Editor of Radical Survivalism Webzine, as well as a Family Preparedness Consultant with over seven years of personal experience in the self-reliance game. RSOP's many preparedness roles within his own group include team mechanic, head of security, electrician, and project designer/engineer.
On June 6th, a fire in an electrical switch room at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant briefly knocked out cooling for a pool holding spent nuclear fuel prompting a Level 4 Emergency to be declared by the NRC, and a 2…
Gerald Celente, publisher of Trends Journal, and adviser and consultant to many U.S. corporations, is forecasting that a return to the gold standard will not be enough to save the US economy from collapsing. Here’s the full article: http://www.helium.com/items/2163631-gerald-celente-predicts-gold-standard-wont-save-us-economy
City of Joplin, Mo. is reeling after a tornado killed at least 116 on Sunday evening. This was the nation’s deadliest tornado since 1953. Here is the full story. At the time of this writing, Doppler radar from Weather.com shows the area…
By RSOPerator There are a number of things I’ve often found were missing when perusing through our friends’ 72 hour kits. While some of these may seem a little obscure, in all reality every item I’ll be discussing here would be quite…
Moody’s downgrades the long-term senior unsecured debt ratings of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac Banking Corp AU, National Australia Bank Ltd., and Australia & New Zealand Bank Ltd. to Aa2 from Aa1. Patrick Winsbury, Moody’s senior vice president based in Sydney commented,…
Today, at least 80 have been killed at a paramilitary training center in Pakistan. The Taliban has taken responsibility and claims the attack is the ‘first revenge’ for the U.S. raid that resulted in the death of Usama bin Laden. Source: http://FoxNews.com
This is a Shelf Reliance video demonstrating how to make a tasty black bean & rice salad using their Thrive line of freeze-dried & dehydrated foods. I’ve had the opportunity to taste test some of the Thrive food products including the black…
According to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), background-check applications for handgun purchases are on a record-setting pace so far in 2011. Bloomberg News reports “In this year’s first quarter, the FBI’s Instant Criminal Background Check System processed 4.25 million…
GainsPainsCapital.com has posted an article discussing the sobering realities of long-term, high food prices here in the U.S. The article includes a warning of a food crisis coming soon. The full text of that article can be found here.
This is the trailer for the Art Of The Tactical Carbine vol I DVD by Magpul Dynamics. This is the fastest way I know of to become familiar with the tactical AR-15 and I highly recommend this video to anyone thinking of…
