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 | Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| The Gulag of the Mind |
| Befuddled and blind, we wander toward the cliff without even seeing it, focusing on our little screens of entertainment and self-absorption.
There are no physical barriers in the Gulag of the Mind–we imprison ourselves and love our servitude. Indeed, we fear the world outside our internalized gulag, because we’ve absorbed the narrative that the gulag is secure and permanent.
We’ve also absorbed the understanding tMonday, August 12, 2019 |
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 | Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
| Blame Gold |
| We have been talking about The Midas Paradox (2015), by Scott Sumner.
July 23, 2017: The Midas Paradox (2015), by Scott Sumner.
As you probably guessed from the three-word title, the book can be summarized in two words, which are: “blame gold.”
This, as we have seen, is actually a relatively new notion, even if it enjoys some popularity today. The general consensus, which later (after 1950) became the Keynesian consensus, did not blame gold, or indeed, monetary policy in general, for the Great DWednesday, July 3, 2019 |
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 | Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct |
| The Immutable Laws of Nature, and Murphy's other 15 Laws |
| THE IMMUTABLE LAWS OF NATURE....
Law of
Mechanical Repair
After
your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll
have to pee.
Law of GravityAny tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible
place.
Law of Probability The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity
of your act.
Law of Random NumbersIf you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal; someone always
answers.
Law of Variable Motion If you chTuesday, June 18, 2019 |
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| Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
| The View From 2011 |
| Today, we will continue our discussion of the “gold sterilization” of 1937.
June 18, 2017: The “Gold Sterilization” of 1937
June 25, 2017: The “Gold Sterilization” of 1937 #2: Fumbling and Bumbling
We will look at an influential 2011 paper by Douglas Irwin, available here:
http://www.nber.org/papers/w17595.pdf
All in all, I think the paper is pretty good, at least in its basic descriptions. It meanders into the usual channels of pointless Monetarism, with some equally pointless math, but it doesTuesday, June 11, 2019 |
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 | Robert P. Murphy |
| 3 Modern Arguments for Tariffs, Debunked |
| Many proponents of tariffs recognize the absurdity of tariffs as a general rule. However, they feel that there are certain, special cases in which tariffs are justified, and indeed vital to a nation's survival. In this article, I will analyze three such arguments:
I. REDUCE TRADE DEFICIT
Many people believe that a tariff on a specific country's goods is necessary whenever the United States suffers from a high trade deMonday, May 20, 2019 |
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 | Jeff Clark - Goldsilver |
| Why Own Gold The Top 10 Reasons to Buy Gold Now |
| Is gold a good investment? Why should you own it?It’s natural and even prudent for an investor to wonder if a particular asset is a good investment or not. That’s especially true for gold, since it’s an inert metal and doesn’t earn any interest.But the reasons for owning physical gold go beyond the possibility of its price rising. Gold bullion offers distinct advantages that simply can’t be found in almost any other investment. These advantages give you power as an investor. And yes, one of thesSaturday, May 18, 2019 |
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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 ofSunday, May 5, 2019 |
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 | FOFOA - FoFOA |
| What is Freegold |
| Four years ago, Freegoldtube made a video titled "What is Freegold?" It evolved out of a series of events that began with the stunning collapse in the price of gold, from $1,600 down to $1,380 in first half of April, 2013. That collapse caused Jim Sinclair to email me asking about Freegold, which caused him to then make some confusing posts on his own blog about Freegold, which caused Ein Anderer to suggest that we were in "urgent need" of a short and simple explanation of Freegold.
He persistWednesday, May 1, 2019 |
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 | Ronan Manly - Bullion Star |
| New Gold Pool at the BIS Basle, Switzerland: Part 1 |
| “In the Governor’s absence I attended the meeting in Zijlstra’s room in the BIS on the afternoon of Monday, 10th December to continue discussions about a possible gold pool. Emminger, de la Geniere, de Strycker, Leutwiler, Larre and Pohl were present.”
13 December 1979 – Kit McMahon to Gordon Richardson, Bank of England
Introduction
A central bank Gold Pool which many people will be familiar with operated in the gold market between November 1961 and March 1968. That Gold Pool was known as tThursday, April 18, 2019 |
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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 sociSaturday, April 13, 2019 |
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 | Lew Rockwell |
| Open Borders |
| Many left libertarians demand open borders. Nations have no significance, they tell us. To think otherwise, to recognize any limits to immigration, arbitrarily restricts people’s liberty. Those of us who think otherwise, they say, are no better than fascists.
Joe Salerno’s brilliant and comprehensive article, “Mises on Nationalism, the Right to Self-Determination, and the Problem of Immigration” shows that Mises rejected the extreme anti-nationalist, open borders position.
As Salerno shows, MiseTuesday, March 26, 2019 |
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 | Oilprice.com - oilprice.com |
| Supply Crunch Or Oil Glut: Investment Banks Can't Agree |
| In recent years, U.S. shale has thrown in another unknown in the mix of factors
driving the price of oil. This year, shale output forecasts combine with OPEC's
production cuts, geopolitical factors, and unexpected outages to further complicate
supply/demand and oil price forecasts by Wall Street's major investment banks.
The biggest banks remain bullish on
oil prices, expecting moderate price gains by the end of the year, even after
last month WTI prices dropped below $50 for a couple Tuesday, March 19, 2019 |
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 | George F. Smith - Barbarous Relic |
| Gary North on central banking, gold, federal debt, and Keynesianism |
| I have never met Gary North and probably never will.Yet, through his writings he has had a far-reaching influence on my thinking, especially with regard to government and economics.He runs a membership website, GaryNorth.com.For $14.95 a month you get access to everything on the site, including four daily articles that he writes six days a week and posts while most people are still asleep.Members can ask questions in the forums to which he and other members will post replies.
North wrote whatFriday, March 1, 2019 |
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 | Frank Shostak |
| Why We Now Measure Gold in Dollars — and Not the Other Way Around |
| Prior to 1933, the name "dollar" was used to refer to a unit of gold that had a weight of 23.22 grains. Since there are 480 grains in one ounce, this means that the name dollar also stood for 0.048 ounce of gold. This in turn, means that one ounce of gold referred to $20.67.Observe that $20.67 is not the price of one ounce of gold in terms of dollars as popular thinking has it, for there is no such entity as a dollar. Dollar is just a name for 0.048 ounce of gold. On this Rothbard wrote,No one pSunday, February 24, 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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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| Rats, Public Defecation And Open Drug Use: Our Major Western Cities Are Becoming Uninhabitable Hellholes |
| Almost everyone that goes out to visit one of our major cities on the west coast has a similar reaction. Those that must live among the escalating decay are often numb to it, but most of those that are just in town for a visit are absolutely shocked by all of the trash, human defecation, crime and public drug use that they encounter. Once upon a time, our beautiful western cities were the envy of the rest of thFriday, February 15, 2019 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| Apocalyptic Sounds In The Sky: No Explanation For ‘Mystery Booms’ And ‘Mysterious Flashes Of Light’ All Across America |
| For weeks, Americans all over the country have been rattled by extremely loud booming sounds that seem to have no explanation, and they are often accompanied by “mysterious flashes of light”. These strange booms are shaking homes and rattling windows, and some witnesses say that they sound like cannons being fired. And even though the “mystery booms” and accompanying flashes of light have been captured on camerTuesday, February 12, 2019 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| Trump’s Absurd Claim that Americans Are Free from Government Coercion |
| In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Trump received rapturous applause from Republicans for his declaration: “America was founded on liberty and independence — not government coercion, domination, and control. We are born free, and we will stay free.” But this uplifting sentiment cannot survive even a brief glance at the federal statute book or the heavy-handed enforcement tactics by federal, staSaturday, February 9, 2019 |
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| Jeff Clark - Goldsilver |
| What Happens to Gold and Silver When the Stock Market Crashes |
| Many investors hold gold and silver to hedge against various crises. But does this hedge hold up during stock market crashes?It’s a common assumption that gold and silver prices will fall right along with the market. And if that’s the case, wouldn’t it be better to wait to buy them until after the dust settles?Before formulating a strategy, let’s first look at price data from past stock market crashes…The Message from HistoryI looked at past stock market crashes and measFriday, February 8, 2019 |
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