Introducing Lethimos Masolini Lorenzo “Lethimos” Masolini is an Italian army veteran, student of bushcraft, and knife expert. Lethimos manages https://lethimos.wixsite.com/prepping, a website that details the importance, history, and creation of knives. He’s developed knives made specifically for the army, firefighters, and EMS. More recently, he has been producing small series industrial knives for civilians. You … Read more
Emergency Preparedness: The Most Important Family Conversation One of the most important conversations that your family should have is about emergency preparedness. It is necessary to arm the entire family with knowledge of what they can do in the event of a disaster or situation that requires them to defend themselves. By sitting down at … Read more
Online Companies Are Exploiting You These days, nearly everyone knows that Facebook is unethical. Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress and the FTC recently fined his company $5 billion. While this may be common knowledge, it still bears repeating what practices Facebook and similar companies are engaged in. This is especially true because Facebook remains incredibly … Read more
Blackstone Sets a New Fundraising Record Blackstone, the biggest private equity firm in the world, will soon have the biggest fund in the world. Its latest flagship fund has already surpassed $22 billion, which puts it on target to exceed Apollo’s record $24.7 billion fund. SoftBank proved that investors have a venture capital appetite strong … Read more
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: The Aftermath The Chernobyl nuclear disaster was the most devastating avoidable mistake committed in the 1980’s. The mistake was so costly, in fact, that a radius of 1,600 square miles surrounding the former site of the power plant is uninhabitable. While the total number of lives lost and impacted is undetermined, thousands … Read more
The Single Best Prep: Learn History We all make mistakes. We’re only human, after all. If there’s any benefit to making a mistake, it’s that you learn from it. Mistakes, failures, and poor decisions are learning experiences that ultimately make us wiser. However, there are limits to the number of experiences we can have. We … Read more
Yellowstone Supervolcano Eruption: Fantasy or Legitimate Doomsday Scenario? A little over a decade ago, I heard Yellowstone National Park is home to a supervolcano that is overdue for an eruption. Supervolcano? Overdue? What makes a volcano “super” and what is the impact of a supervolcano eruption? A supervolcano can spew over 1,000 cubic kilometers of … Read more
Proactive Prepping Doesn’t Have to Be Defensive Prepping typically calls to mind images of survival gear and canned goods tucked away in a storage closet. We know preppers are ready to respond to worst case scenarios. They’ve invested time into planning and money into strategic purchases. That said, true preppers aren’t simply training themselves to … Read more
Preppers aren’t Paranoid.They’re Pragmatic In some social circles, preppers don’t have such great reputations. Preppers are sometimes depicted wearing tinfoil hats while muttering about government surveillance. Some people roll their eyes at the mention of doomsday scenarios. In fact, the show Doomsday Preppers is categorized as a reality TV program. Reality TV is designed to entertain, not to … Read more
Are We Alone? News articles suggesting the existence of UFO’s have been circulating lately. Stories about Air Force pilots encountering unexplainable objects during training flights are going viral. Former Senator Harry Reid admitted to the existence of a US government sponsored program responsible for investigating UFO sightings. In all likelihood, these sightings have mundane explanations. … Read more