This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog.  No matter what happens now, the world is facing a very painful energy crisis. Let’s be as wildly optimistic as we possibly can and assume that Iran agrees to allow free passage through the Strait of Hormuz with absolutely no tolls or restrictions starting tomorrow. Before normal traffic through the Strait could resume, Iran would first have to remove all of the mines that they have laid in the Strait, and that could take months. Once all of the mines have been removed, it will take the…

I’m not going rehash the embarrassing end to the campus carry bill that died an ignominious death this session after New Hampshire’s Republican-controlled House and Senate couldn’t even agree to sent the bill to a conference committee to work out the differences in opinion about what the final bill should look like. Suffice it to say I’m a little salty about the fate of that bill. I’m a little more optimistic, though, about another carry measure that is moving forward, and could soon provide more protections (and opportunities) to carry in public buildings.   HB 609’s…

Success and tragedy often go hand in hand for the private Illinois nonprofit search and recovery dive team Chaos Divers. One of their last successful diving missions led authorities to recently confirm an Oak Park family’s heartbreak: the positive identification of their long-lost loved one, Army veteran John “Johnny” Pisano Jr., who vanished more than two decades ago. “After 25 years of not knowing where your lost loved one is, it’s a humbling experience to bring answers like that to a family,” Jacob Gruggs, founder of Chaos Divers and part of the recovery team that found Pisano’s remains, told Military.com.…