Mozelos, Portugal —  Portugal, the world's leading cork producer, is finding new uses for the material, from footwear to furniture, as demand for wine bottle stoppers wanes. Producers highlight…

The conventional wisdom is that presidential debates don’t really matter, don’t really move the proverbial needle for most voters, and that vice presidential debates matter even less. Moreover, fewer…

My love-hate relationship with my health insurance provider continues apace. I’m kidding, of course. Love has nothing to do with it. The purpose of health insurance is to provide coverage in the event…

Stephen Young said Democrats have not studied enough history to realize that their beliefs on what democracy is are “dangerous.” He made the comments on a recent episode of The Greatness Conversation.…

Earlier on Friday, Elon Musk took to X to post how flights were being blocked in North Carolina. That’s stirred Secretary Pete Buttigieg right up. He chimed in and said that airspace isn’t shut down.…

Vladimir Putin travelled to Mongolia to consult shamans about “unleashing nuclear weapons” Russian sources have claimed.The Russian despot has been said to have “special attitude to mysticism”…

There’s a crisis we’re all aware of. Our fellow Americans are struggling from the fallout of Hurricane Helene. And FEMA is out of money (sure they are). Well, it turns out the government decided on…

Another attack on our food. This time it seems that meat processors are the next target. Meat and poultry prices have skyrocketed in recent years. We’ve seen beef and veal prices increasing for six…

“Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely. O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. Therefore I … The post The Editors’ Quote of the Day: appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year.  We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds … The post Editors’ Prepping Progress appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.