New Zealand Is Rated The Best Place To Survive A Global Societal Collapse

Daily Mail: America fails to make it into the top five places most likely to survive the end of the world because its giant borders make it vulnerable to mass migration, study finds 

* The US just missed the top 5, in part because it's close to 'external' megacities 

* Such cities are vulnerable to displacement and could cause a migrant crisis 

* It ranked high on its amount of fertile land and manufacturing capabilities 

* New Zealand took the top spot, thanks to its temperate climate and isolation 

* Other countries in the top 5 include Iceland, Australia, Ireland and the UK 

In a worst-case scenario fueled by climate change - a total global collapse - the U.S. isn't among the Top 5 countries well-positioned to survive, according to a new study. 

That's because its giant land borders make it vulnerable to migration from people who would be trying to escape climate disasters in their own countries: Think streams of people pouring over the southern border from Mexico or the northern border from Canada, for instance. 

Still, the U.S. would have fallen somewhere just out of the Top 5, the researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in the U.K. told DailyMail.com.  

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Update #1: New Zealand rated best place to survive global societal collapse (The Guardian)  

Update #2: UK and Ireland among five nations most likely to survive a collapse of global civilisation, study suggests (SKY News)  

WNU Editor: I would stay in northern Quebec, or in the Urals of Russia.

The Five Worst Fighter Aircraft of All Time

Stacks of Republic F-84F and F-84G Thunderstreaks at Davis-Monthan AFB awaiting scrapping in November, 1958 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Five Worst Fighter Aircraft of All Time -- Robert Farley, National Interest

Over the last century of military aviation, several fighters have earned the nickname “flying coffin.” Military aviation inherently pushes up against the limits of technology and human endurance, particularly where fighter and pursuit aviation is concerned. Flying a fighter is remarkably dangerous, even when no one is trying to shoot you down.

Engineering a capable fighter plane is also a struggle. Relatively small changes in engine, armament, and airframe design can transform a clunker into an elite fighting machine; many of the best fighters in history were initially viewed askance by their pilots. But elite status rarely lasts for long, especially in World War I and World War II. Fighters that dominated the sky in one year become “flying coffins” as technology and tactics move forward.

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My Comment: Only five? (There is a list of dishonorable mentions at the end of the post).

The Only Woman In The French Foreign Legion

Photo: Travers began her career as a nurse

From BBC News Magazine:

A British tennis-playing socialite became the only woman in the French Foreign Legion, leading a daring, wartime, desert escape. She would have been 100 this week and her story remains inspirational, writes biographer and friend Wendy Holden.

When I first met Susan Travers in a Paris nursing home in 1999, she was a papery-skinned 90-year-old who spoke with a cut-glass English accent. Unable to walk, she insisted that before we began I wheel her to a local restaurant for lunch.

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My Comment: She must have been a very tough broad when she was young.

This Has To Make One Wonder ....

Americans Buy Enough Guns in 3 Months to Outfit Entire Chinese & Indian Armies -- Gateway Pundit

Americans bought enough guns in the first 3 months of the year to outfit the entire Chinese and Indian armies combined.

Earlier this year Barack Obama was awarded “Gun Salesman of the Year” by Outdoor Wire.

A poster showing Barack Obama is seen in the background as customers line up to look at firearms at a gun shop in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. The Cheaper Than Dirt gun store recorded a record day of gun sales the day after the election of President-elect Barack Obama and is having trouble keeping up with the demand for assault riffles.

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My Comment: Many Americans clearly do not feel safe nor comfortable with their future.