Precious Metals Market Report - March 9, 2010
Franklin Sanders shows how we've evolved from a society where locally grown food used to produce lots of local income and equity. As we moved to a society where food comes from thousands of miles away, income and equity have fallen while unemployment has grown.
From Permaculture to Profits - March 2, 2010
"Permaculture is an approach to designing human settlements and agricultural systems that mimic the relationships found in natural ecologies." Permaculturists are positive, intelligent and invariably "conspire" on projects that are fun, useful and involve wonderful, fresh food.
An Interview with George Noory - Feb 16, 20100
What would it be like to spend many years digging into every fascinating area of our world, particularly the topics that corporate media dare not touch? Of all the things that George Noory has learned, what does he think is the most important for us to understand?
Precious Metals Market Report - Feb 9, 2010
The U.S. recently announced that the federal deficit will hit an all time high, even after keeping Fannie and Freddie deficits off-budget and off-balance sheet. Meantime, the dollar is up and gold is off 10+% from its December high. More than a few people are scratching their heads and asking “What just happened?”
Mind Control: What You Must Know - Feb 2, 2010
As unnerving as learning about it may be, mind control is a topic essential to your health and safety. To protect yourself, you must protect your mind and maintain an accurate map of the world around you—including the ways that others are trying to use your mind as a weapon against you.
Who's Your Sheriff? - Jan 19, 2010
We will be addressing the most important question facing U.S. citizens during this year and for years to come. Under the U.S. Constitution, who has the ultimate authority to determine the legality of an enforcement action and enforce the law in your community?
Gold in 2010: How High...How Low? - Jan 12, 2010
The gold price in dollars rose over 20% last year. Silver was up 35%, Platinum up 57% and Palladium up 118%. Numerous financial firms large and small are predicting another 20% + rise in gold this year. Is that really possible? And what does this kind of movement in the precious metals market say about the state of the U.S. dollar, of our country and the world?
2009: Year of the Great Vampire Squid - Jan 7, 2010
Bloomberg recently announced that gold was the best performing investment for the decade. They failed to mention that gold’s near 300% rise since 2000 could not compare to the exponential multiplication achieved in a much shorter period by the "squid’s" financing their Presidential candidate into the White House. Electing a Harvard lawyer who inspired the hopes and dreams of those who had been most brutally drained by the housing bubble and drug wars clearly was a stroke of financial genius.
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Financial Coup d'Etat and Your 401(k):
"I began hearing questions about whether it was safe to leave money in 401(k)s and IRAs late last year. These questions were due, in part, to a report in the Carolina Journal that floated the idea of federally-managed retirement accounts... These issues have raised the possibility of greater financial losses in 2009, increased capital controls, and possible constraints on 401(k)s and IRAs."
Traditional Portfolio Strategy—Are You Kidding?
"It is difficult for me to express how upset I am with investors being misled by traditional portfolio strategy. Let me state for the record: there is no such thing as a diversified portfolio when most stocks and bonds represent companies or municipalities that are dependent on federal government funds. In addition, there is a difference between a traditional business cycle and a financial coup d'etat."