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| Sprott Money |
Death Valley Snowballs and Fiat Currencies - Gary Christenson |
Keep it simple!
Snowballs have a short life expectancy in Death Valley.
Fiat currencies, backed by credit and debt, survive longer than
snowballs in Death Valley, but history shows all fiat currencies are
inflated into worthlessness and eventually die.
“U.S. dollars have value only to the extent that they are strictly limited in supply.”
Ben Bernanke on November 21, 2002. But we know the supply of dollars
has grown rapidly since 1971, and especially after the 2008 crisis while
BernaThursday, February 18, 2021 |
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| Mike Hewitt - Dollar Daze |
The History of Money: Peru |
Peru is the nineteenth largest country in the world and is a diverse land,
both in terms of people and geography. It is populated by over 29.2 million
peopl, largely descended from Spanish settlers, native
Inca, and pre-Inca cultures. Peru has three national languages: Spanish, Aymara,
and the native Quechua, reflecting the native Indian and Spanish roots that
cultivTuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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| Keith Weiner - Monetary Metals |
What makes gold good money |
People say that gold is rare this is why it makes good money. To make an analogy to the porridge in Goldilocks, the temperature could not be too cold or too hot. If gold were too common, or too rare, it would not work as money. Think of sand, which is too common, or blue diamonds which are too rare (and diamonds would not work as money anyway.
Rather than focusing on its rarity, let’s look at extracting it. It has generally held true that the cost to mine an ounce of gold was around one ounce ofSaturday, January 9, 2021 |
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| Mike Hewitt - Dollar Daze |
America's Forgotten War Against the Central Banks |
"Let me issue and control a nation's money supply, and I care not who makes
its laws." (Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Founder of Rothschild Banking Dynasty)
Many prominent Americans such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and
Andrew Jackson have argued and fought against the central banking polices used
throughout Europe.
A note issued by a central bank, such as the Federal Reserve Note, is bank
currency. These notes are given to the government in exchange for an interest-bearing
gTuesday, January 5, 2021 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
Selco: Who Survives and Who Dies When the SHTF |
This article was originally published by Daisy Luther at The Organic Prepper
Did you ever wonder about the differences in how people behave in a crisis? Why some people survive and some people die? Are there characteristics that we can nurture now in good times that could help see us through bad times?
I’d talked with Selco previously about who lives and who doesn’t in a long-term emergency, and a great determiner is a flexible mindset. In this interview, we go deeper into who can withstand theThursday, December 24, 2020 |
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| Eugen Von Böhm-Bawerk - Mises.org |
Our Passive Trade Balance |
Editor's Note: Published in January 1914 in Neue Frei Presse,"Our Passive Trade Balance" (“Unsere passive Handelsbilanz”) would prove to be Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk's last publication before his death. Ludwig von Mises mentions the article in an essay written after Böhm-Bawerk's death, but to our knowledge, this is the first time the essay has appeared in English. Nathan Keeble located a scan of the article posted by the Austrian National Archives. Translation by Kai Weiss.]As is well known, the tSaturday, December 19, 2020 |
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| Steve Saville - Speculative Investor |
TSI’s Principles of Technical Analysis |
Although my primary focus is on the fundamentals, I do use Technical Analysis (TA). However, many of my TA-related beliefs deviate from the mainstream. Below is a collection of these beliefs presented in no particular order. The collection is not comprehensive, but it gives an overview of how I think historical price action can and can’t be used.
Note that there is significant repetition in the following list, in that a similar meaning is sometimes conveyed in separate points using different worFriday, November 20, 2020 |
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| Lew Rockwell |
The Truth About War and the State |
Not long ago I was thinking about the legacy of Murray N. Rothbard, the brilliant scholar and the creator of the libertarian movement, as well as a dear friend to both Ron and me. Would that movement have come into existence without Murray? I don’t think so. And whatever might have developed in its place would undoubtedly have been less pro-peace, and more willing to reach an accord with the warfare stSaturday, September 5, 2020 |
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| Mike Maloney - Goldsilver |
Gold Silver Confiscation: Can the Government Seize Assets |
One concern of retail precious metals investors is the possibility of a gold confiscation.Imagine having the forethought to buy gold to shield your finances from an economic or monetary crisis—only to have it taken away from you by your government. You’d lose not just the protective buffer you put in place but potentially a chunk of your net worth.Gold confiscation may sound preposterous to investors used to securities or real estate. But it’s happened in the past enough times to make it a reasoMonday, June 1, 2020 |
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| Hugo Salinas Price - Plata.com |
Silver and the Great Future of Mexico |
Lecture of the author at the solemn ceremony of his appointment as Honorary Professor of Northwest Institute of Management of the Russian Presidential Academy.
Embassy of the Russian Federation
Mexico City
June 27, 2017.
Your Excellency, Ambassador Edward Malayan; Doctor Vladimir Shamakhov, Director of the Northwest Institute of Management of Russian Presidential Academy,members of the Honorable Diplomatic Corps here present, and esteemed audience:
I am greatly privileged to be with all ofTuesday, May 5, 2020 |
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| Jesse - Le Cafe Américain |
Cecil Rhodes and the Dream of a New World Order Presided Over by an Anglo-American Establishment |
"The Rhodes Scholarships, established by the terms of Cecil Rhodes's seventh will, are known to everyone. What is not so widely known is that Rhodes in five previous wills left his fortune to form a secret society, which was to devote itself to the preservation and expansion of the British Empire. And what does not seem to be known to anyone is that this secret society was created by Rhodes and his principal trustee, Lord Milner, and continues to exist to this day.
To be sure, this secret sociMonday, April 13, 2020 |
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| James Howard Kunstler |
He Did What ! ! |
The only trouble with the conspiracy theory that hundreds of prominent and powerful people wanted Jeffrey Epstein dead is that Jeffrey Epstein might have wanted Jeffrey Epstein dead even more than they did. But that’s mere conjecture. His mind is beyond being read. Of course, the evidence of his alleged crimes didn’t die — the “meticulous” records he kept live on, along with the names of Mr. Epstein’s patrons, clients, marks, however you might clasMonday, August 12, 2019 |
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| John Paul Koning - Bullion Star |
Death of a Northern Irish banknote |
I was disappointed to see that First Trust Bank, a commercial bank based in Northern Ireland, will stop issuing its own brand of banknotes. Under different names, First Trust has been in the business of providing paper money for almost two hundred years, starting with the Provincial Bank of Ireland back in 1825.
Source: First Trust
99.9% of the world's population uses government-issued banknotes. A small sliver of us—those who live in Northern Island, Scotland, Hong Kong, and Macau—get to uThursday, February 21, 2019 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
The Hidden (and Deadly) Dangers of Snow on Your Roof |
There are many potential dangers associated with winter weather, but there’s one you might not have given much thought to: snow and ice on your home’s roof.
It is unclear how many deaths per year are caused by snow accumulations on roofs, but nearly every winter, there are reports of such deaths that appear in the news.
Roof collapSunday, February 17, 2019 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
SELCO: Here’s How Survival Is NOT Like the Movies |
Many times I have mentioned the movie industry as one of the culprits for thousands of misconceptions in the survival world. Some of those misconceptions are really dangerous, and others are funny.
I am sure that when SHTF many people will simply die because what they saw in a movie.
For example, there are gonna be guys who will try to shelter themselves from flying bullets behind car open door, or folks who are gonna try to Sunday, February 17, 2019 |
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| Wolf Richter |
Carmageddon in the UK: Auto Sales Plunge 12 in 2 Years, Diesels in Death Spiral. Consumers, Businesses, Fleets Cut Back |
This is getting serious.
Sales of new passenger vehicles, as measured by registrations, dropped 5.5% in December from a year earlier in the UK, the second largest auto market in the EU, behind Germany. Sales in the full year of 2018 dropped 6.8%, “reflecting 12 months of turbulence,” and “the ongoing decline in consumer and business confidence,” according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
But in 2017, sales had already dropped 5.7% from 2016; and over the two-year period,Monday, January 7, 2019 |
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| Rory Hall - The Daily coin |
El Petro: Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures |
Desperate times call for desperate measures. When government “officials” become desperate and run out of other peoples wealth, well, the desperation becomes palatable. This is exactly what is happening in Venezuelan.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a socialist maniac, has driven the country into the ground with promises that could never be kept. Then the Venezuelan government committed the ultimate sin and began discussing gold and demanding their gold be returned, which it was. When a counSunday, January 6, 2019 |
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| Gary Tanashian - Biwii |
Bonds, Inflation And Amigos |
The Bonds segment of NFTRH 491 took a turn to tin foil territory to allow the letter writer to expose newer subscribers to his ideological views and thus, bias. #491 also got pretty talky on the precious metals as it did a thorough review of the sector’s status, with silver’s symmetry to 2016 a very key item. Hint: An ill-fated bounce like so many that have come after the 2016 top is not what we are looking for with the next rally, but it ain’t gonna be easy. You can check out this article for aMonday, March 19, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
Crock Of Gold Hidden In Ireland Happy Saint Patrick’s Day |
Crock Of Gold In Ireland? Happy Saint Patrick’s Day
Wishing you health, wealth and good luck this Saint Patrick’s Day!
May your home be filled with laughter
May your pockets be filled with gold And may you have all the happiness Your heart can holdThis Saint Patrick’s Day we bring you an interesting article from the Irish Post about the history of gold mining in Ireland and Ireland’s hidden gold hotspots.
IRELAND has a long and rich history of gold mining, dating back to the 1800s and continSunday, March 18, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
Stephen Hawking – Doomsday Prophet’s Top Five Predictions |
– Stephen Hawking, the doomsday prophet & visionary physicist died yesterday
– Hawking’s five doomsday warnings highlight the need for a ‘Plan B’
– Hawking predicted A.I. may be “the worst thing” for humans
– Vocal critic of President Trump and warned about the risk of nuclear war
– “Nuclear war remains the greatest danger to the survival of the human race”
Photo by Simon Steinberger via Flickr
Stephen Hawking, the visionary physicist who died early yesterday at the age of 76, made five predicSaturday, March 17, 2018 |
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