tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post7537662356892482686..comments2024-03-17T07:55:12.096-07:00Comments on FOFOA: Checkmate 2 - Slow HistoryFOFOAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comBlogger478125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-71182823204985038932013-04-10T12:38:13.914-07:002013-04-10T12:38:13.914-07:00" It will probably increase faster than infla..." It will probably increase faster than inflation in the long rung."<br /><br />Anand,I agree with you dat gold's price will be marketdriven and anything but stable,but it's purchasing power will be/should be stable.<br />That's the very essence of the freegold concept:<br />one can carry one's purchasing power uneroded<br />over time.But there is no yield to be gained steerpikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460849582401826293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-17978635326096067692013-04-10T04:27:01.659-07:002013-04-10T04:27:01.659-07:00ein anderer
I haven't read anything about Mah...ein anderer<br /><br />I haven't read anything about Mahesh Yogi. And I am a bit removed from abstract philosophy. Anand Srivastavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616369007370348265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-51649182849636436892013-04-10T04:05:22.263-07:002013-04-10T04:05:22.263-07:00Dear Anand,
for creating coherence (yoga) you don’...Dear Anand,<br />for creating coherence (yoga) <a href="http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/maharishi-effect/programmes.html" rel="nofollow">you don’t need masses</a> either. ein andererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367903882758611707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-28793977827929855362013-04-10T03:46:23.061-07:002013-04-10T03:46:23.061-07:00ein anderer
But to rule you don't need the ma...ein anderer<br /><br />But to rule you don't need the masses to like you, you only need the support of a vocal minority, which is big enough and loud enough to support you there. Divide and conquer works very well. We Indians know about it, but still succumb to it.<br /><br />From MARTIN NIEMÖLLER<br /><br />First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--<br />Because I was not Anand Srivastavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616369007370348265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-83635946018937015442013-04-10T01:59:30.456-07:002013-04-10T01:59:30.456-07:00Dear Anand,
as an Indian you should know better th...Dear Anand,<br />as an Indian you should know better than everybody else here in this enlightened circle :D that power alone NEVER corrupts. It is ALWAYS the status of collective consciousness from which the thinking and action of those who have power depend. "Tat sannidhau vaira tyagah. - In the vicinity of coherence (yoga), hostile tendencies are eliminated." (Yog-Sutra, 2.35)<br />Itein andererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367903882758611707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-3835942588972358722013-04-10T00:36:23.095-07:002013-04-10T00:36:23.095-07:00Robert:
Why do you equate gold with feudal system...Robert:<br /><br />Why do you equate gold with feudal system. There were plenty of feudal systems with Paper currencies. Check out China.<br /><br />Paper currencies was not what brought the demise of feudal system. It was information, which became easier to disseminate after Gutenberg. Now information flows even easier with Internet.<br /><br />Feudal systems in a world of Internet will not Anand Srivastavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616369007370348265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-31931124092195344232013-04-09T22:16:50.205-07:002013-04-09T22:16:50.205-07:00Steerpike, I do not even know where to begin. I c...Steerpike, I do not even know where to begin. I could not disagree with you more. First, consider the Giants. They are by definition superproducers who regularly generate a surplus. After a revaluation, how many more yachts do you expect them to buy? They will never dishoard. Second, as M has observed, hoarding is very much connected with individual personality and not cold and indifferent Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440125454817518056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-43791068386593782472013-04-09T22:05:00.499-07:002013-04-09T22:05:00.499-07:00Steerpike:
After the event gold will only be allo...Steerpike:<br /><br /><strong>After the event gold will only be allowed to track inflation which is not an increase of purchasing power but a status-quo.</strong><br /><br />And who will control gold?<br /><br />No. After revaluation gold will be free to go up and down depending on whether the market is going up or down. This is what it has done all the time. The currency will provide you with Anand Srivastavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616369007370348265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-72904192583254482882013-04-09T15:43:54.168-07:002013-04-09T15:43:54.168-07:00For those that are interested in helping find hist...For those that are interested in helping find historical documents chronicling the IMS evolution, take a look at <br /><br /><a href="http://wikileaks.org/plusd/" rel="nofollow">http://wikileaks.org/plusd/</a><br /><br /><br /><br />And if you are so inclined, please post your finding at <br /><br /><a href="http://anotherfreegoldblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/milamberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17412309240173757052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-49179465553439203672013-04-09T14:05:59.498-07:002013-04-09T14:05:59.498-07:00Will,
Nobody concocts Krugrants like you do.Will,<br />Nobody concocts Krugrants like you do.steerpikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460849582401826293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-18639069729271610102013-04-09T13:46:49.389-07:002013-04-09T13:46:49.389-07:00@steerpike - http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013...@steerpike - <a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/breitbarted/" rel="nofollow">http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/breitbarted/</a><br /><br />Dr. Octagonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13499084191178273591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-35058512212256834042013-04-09T13:21:35.575-07:002013-04-09T13:21:35.575-07:00Noone will read this except for some three letter ...Noone will read this except for some three letter agencies.. But I want to ask you all about this. <br />-What militarty/police force can be bought with bitcoin? This is the essence of power. If you cannot buy it you don't have it. As simple as that. What military/police force can be bought with gold?? -We're about to find out... Very soon.RevolutionOfNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18258785993519057362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-27443507650731274072013-04-09T12:26:10.412-07:002013-04-09T12:26:10.412-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.steerpikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460849582401826293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-61338937839832665182013-04-09T12:11:38.063-07:002013-04-09T12:11:38.063-07:00Krugmen = men who think like Krugman.Krugmen = men who think like Krugman.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06657360609873446106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-78379883060290797782013-04-09T11:25:33.331-07:002013-04-09T11:25:33.331-07:00Comex Gold Inventories Collapse By Largest Amount ...Comex Gold Inventories Collapse By Largest Amount Ever On Record<br /><br />According to chart sage Nick Laird, this data indicates that, “Eligible stocks which are owned in LBMA/Comex good delivery form are being drawn down—which means they are being removed from the warehouses. As to how and why they are [being] removed, that is a mystery. [Up until now], eligible stocks were on the continual Alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01272984826880107738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-72128329705036245242013-04-09T11:15:35.025-07:002013-04-09T11:15:35.025-07:00Robert,
The reluctance of goldhoarders to dishoard...Robert,<br />The reluctance of goldhoarders to dishoard is temporary because they are expecting a one-time revaluation.<br />After the event gold will only be allowed to track inflation which is not an increase of purchasing power but a status-quo.<br />Because of free convertability between currency and gold,gold will always be available,for shrimps and Giants alike,to conserve their purchasing steerpikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460849582401826293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-45407908490782598142013-04-09T04:55:43.779-07:002013-04-09T04:55:43.779-07:00What we are seeing now, through a rather panoramic...What we are seeing now, through a rather panoramic lens, is the open confiscation of deposits, the revelations of 2 year old BIS plans to openly confiscate deposits, the latest FDIC plan, and the pronounced expectation of systemic contagion, all beginning to leak into main stream information outlets.<br /><br />This represents a definitive "next stage" in the "socilization of Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06657360609873446106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-7007561733418050752013-04-09T01:05:44.019-07:002013-04-09T01:05:44.019-07:00@Woland
Homeopathic gold! :-)@Woland <br />Homeopathic gold! :-)Bjornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12516935140748351764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-84742632705035961592013-04-09T01:02:55.029-07:002013-04-09T01:02:55.029-07:00Dr Octagon
" I agree that fiat is simply a me...Dr Octagon<br />" I agree that fiat is simply a medium of exchange. I personally also view gold as a medium of exchange, but one with a very different nature from fiat. Obviously most here disagree with my view, but that's ok with me."<br /><br />On the contrary I think many here agree with you on that. I certainly do. Fiat=Primary MoE+short term SoV, Gold=Secondary MoE(=liquid Bjornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12516935140748351764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-38783755308222464002013-04-09T00:37:35.323-07:002013-04-09T00:37:35.323-07:00Jeff, freegold is the ultimate hard money, but in ...Jeff, freegold is the ultimate hard money, but in a system that coexists alongside an easy money system. What changes in freegold is that it is no longer either/or, but both (at least in the beginning).<br /><br />I think freegold ultimately leads to a return to feudalism. As FOFOA has acknowledged before, gold only works well as a store of value if it is widely held. As M has observed from Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440125454817518056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-83787420382324960262013-04-08T12:56:48.077-07:002013-04-08T12:56:48.077-07:00A new german Gold blog is born: edited by a profes...A new <a href="http://diepresse.com/home/blogs/goldjournal/1385993/Wegweiser-fuer-die-heisse-Phase-des-Waehrungskrieges?parentid=0&act=2&isanonym=null#kommentar0" rel="nofollow">german Gold blog</a> is born: edited by a professional journalist (Nikolaus Jilch, Die Presse, Wien) and obviously very open to FOFOA and friends. Good luck!ein andererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367903882758611707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-44335511306194143892013-04-08T10:56:38.768-07:002013-04-08T10:56:38.768-07:00With news this good, who needs comic relief: Via ...With news this good, who needs comic relief: Via Bloomberg TV: Betty Liu<br /><br />One ton of gold, worth $7.5 million was seized from a small car by Italian<br />police at a Swiss border crossing. (The gold was concealed behind panels)<br /><br />Sooooo, smugglers are smuggling 3.6 karat gold now. I can hear the voice<br />of Austin Powers ransom threat......<br /><br />Wolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06562438726763165471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-86642390925940364452013-04-08T08:07:39.164-07:002013-04-08T08:07:39.164-07:00Freegold isn't a hard or easy money regime, so...Freegold isn't a hard or easy money regime, so why should it lead to war? <br /><br />FOFOA: Freegold is not about making easy money a little bit harder. On the contrary, it is about the debtors and the savers coexisting without the perpetual monetary conflict embedded in all prior systems.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Currency’s main purpose is to lubricate the flow of value. Gold’s main Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08785185950964767294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-58003986514168441512013-04-08T07:11:35.572-07:002013-04-08T07:11:35.572-07:00@M - of course millionaires and billionaires want ...@M - of course millionaires and billionaires want to give away money. Look at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Warren Buffet. These are both cases of billionaires who have no intention of leaving their fortunes to their children (some, yes, but the vast majority no). The fact that Warren Buffet has no intention of preserving his wealth for future generations meshes well with his Dr. Octagonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13499084191178273591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-4646542842673165482013-04-08T00:26:44.226-07:002013-04-08T00:26:44.226-07:00M, I think you are absolutely right . . . at least...M, I think you are absolutely right . . . at least when it comes to individuals. Once a saver always a saver. Though what holds true for individuals does not necessarily hold true for families. There is a Chinese proverb: “Wealth does not pass three generations.” Eventually the spendthrift children and grandchildren who grow up with a misplaced sense of entitlement get their hands on the Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440125454817518056noreply@blogger.com