Survivalists will be gathering in Missouri this week to get the latest news and notes on how to make it through the roughest times. Ask anyone who takes their own and their family’s survival seriously, there’s a lot that a person can do to make themselves ready for almost any situation. According the web site,…
Or should I say it will happen next week when the World’s Fair of Money kicks off at Chicago’s Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. The event is more than simply an excuse for me to make an obscure reference to an old Elvis Presley movie in this article’s title but is agreeably the largest event…
As I reported in March, the group taking the lead on the issue of state’s rights, Tenth Amendment Center, recently commissioned their own medallion in support of the movement toward honest trade and a truly free market. The design of this one ounce .999 fine silver round features the Tenth Amendment Center logo on the…
Believe it or not, there is actually something good that came out of the dog-and-pony show over our debt ceiling. Even though Washington chose to do exactly what we knew they would – kick the can down the road – the debate has brought some facts about our nation’s financial condition into the open. Fact…
Implementation would reduce the size of government by Doug Tjaden Liberty is a subject discussed today by many who feel that government entities, (Federal in particular) have overstepped their constitutional jurisdiction. Rightly so. They have. Misguided politicians today use law to dictate their vision of what they feel will provide Americans with “equal opportunity.” Our…
by Representative Dr. Ron Paul The end of June marked what is hopefully the end of the Federal Reserve’s policy of quantitative easing. For months the Fed has purchased hundreds of billions of dollars of Treasury debt, enabling the government to fund its profligate deficit spending, push the national debt to its limit, and further…
(From $203 to $93 Billion in Silver Liabilities?) Silver Stock Report by Jason Hommel, July 6th, 2011 The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has changed, or revised, their silver derivatives data in their derivatives reports. The change took place between their June, 2010 report, and their December, 2010 report, for the period of June, 2009.…
Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina has an interesting idea: what if silver and gold coins which are declared legal tender by the U.S. government and/or state governments were treated just like other “legal tender” and not taxed? Crazy, I know. And he’s not alone as Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mike Lee of…
In a segment I like to call, “How did I miss THAT story?”… In a statement released by the White House on April 14th, President Obama is quoted as saying “Today, I was pleased to take another step to relieve unnecessary burdens on small businesses by signing H.R. 4 into law. Small business owners are…
From the “Any News Is Good News” file comes a few stories today about the U.S. Mint, an organization which has provided more than enough work for any good publicist/spin master in the last year… First up is the announcement that today the US Mint would begin sales of the 2011 Silver Eagles Proofs. This…