tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post6733195253694508394..comments2024-03-17T07:55:12.096-07:00Comments on FOFOA: Hold On (to those gold coins and bars)!FOFOAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comBlogger302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-50273683041199288312013-06-07T05:42:28.034-07:002013-06-07T05:42:28.034-07:00Oh my, a bot with a sense of irony. Skynet is near...Oh my, a bot with a sense of irony. Skynet is near.Michael Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08900572113023618278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-67821794527475399682013-05-27T07:48:24.998-07:002013-05-27T07:48:24.998-07:00@ And Y,Totara
Thank you so much for your answers....@ And Y,Totara<br />Thank you so much for your answers. It was indeed a failure of imagination of my part. I hope you are right and local gold dealers will be as friendly/be allowed by regulations to be as friendly and anonymous as that. <br /><br />@ ein anderer<br />What a great idea & service that coin dealer in your town does! Hope there'll be movements like that in the JoyOfLearninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09514842235211064400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-67690861064455574692013-05-26T16:36:39.507-07:002013-05-26T16:36:39.507-07:00JR,
One thing I'm struggling with, I get the ...JR,<br /><br />One thing I'm struggling with, I get the spur/brake function with gold flowing opposite goods and services in your example above using the US and Europe but it makes less sense to me when it's between countries within the same currency zone. <br /><br />If Greece is running a trade deficit with Germany why would Germany necessarily import gold from Greece in return when Victoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302781562606354091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-30584284278948427472013-05-26T14:00:58.688-07:002013-05-26T14:00:58.688-07:00@gull mann
Try reading this.
Whatever you do j...@gull mann<br /><br /> Try reading <a href="http://fofoa.blogspot.com/search?q=the+gold+must+flow" rel="nofollow">this</a>.<br /><br />Whatever you do just stay away from <a href="http://www.videobash.com/video_show/gold-4-gold-655285" rel="nofollow">these businesses!</a>Knotty Pinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879313898299082891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-748766472304122312013-05-26T13:37:02.552-07:002013-05-26T13:37:02.552-07:00Art
You are a clueless ffing moron.
If nobody sa...Art<br /><br />You are a clueless ffing moron.<br /><br />If nobody saves in the medium of exchange (paper/digital) then printing money creates instant inflation like it does in bannana republics or anywhere that isn't part if the dollar sham.<br /><br />Why doesn't the Central bank of Russia just print money and hire govt workers and scam the system like the US does ?<br /><br />BTW youMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298632737279907377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-63050476127289983572013-05-26T12:28:02.527-07:002013-05-26T12:28:02.527-07:00Hi John Law,
I think it depends on the reasons wh...Hi John Law,<br /><br />I think it depends on the reasons why you are holding gold, to make money or to actually preserve wealth?<br /><br />Through the teachings of Fofoa I have grown to understand that wealth is something you must physically possess, it cannot be represented by a promise of something that is owed to you. You own the gold at, say, BullionVault, but is it really your wealth when Reality Showhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00562439797827267149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-10152195964866490362013-05-26T12:13:45.625-07:002013-05-26T12:13:45.625-07:00gull_man,
The physical must flow, which is why th...gull_man,<br /><br />The physical must flow, which is why those who have it in their possession will not be exorbitantly taxed, for if they are, physical will lie too still, if you catch my drift. Read some more of the blog and you will find that questions such as this and many, many more are answered. Edwardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613197383283896190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-23940997392631578892013-05-26T12:12:37.247-07:002013-05-26T12:12:37.247-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Edwardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613197383283896190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-42921692105945187602013-05-26T11:44:27.560-07:002013-05-26T11:44:27.560-07:00Attitude Check,
Good eye. I think it's obviou...Attitude Check,<br /><br />Good eye. I think it's obvious something is up with these characters. He's either paid to act retarded/manufacture brainless spam to disrupt, or he's simply psychotic... and really fucking dumb! Poor bastard. <br /><br />There is then the "higher grade" troll like gary/sugarlover/etc... he appears to be maybe a little more intelligent than the art/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-86875029576449485272013-05-26T11:25:17.922-07:002013-05-26T11:25:17.922-07:00@gull_mann:
Not all live in Denmark or need to se...@gull_mann:<br /><br />Not all live in Denmark or need to sell the shiny over there. ;-)<br /><br />You guys get slaughtered on <b>car taxes</b> also. :-)Dante_Euhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13208538005188466169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-23716302835070246132013-05-26T11:01:23.395-07:002013-05-26T11:01:23.395-07:00JR,
Yes I agree, examples are not what Helmut Koh...JR,<br /><br />Yes I agree, examples are not what Helmut Kohl meant. Although, one could see Austria-Hungary as a predecessor to the EU.<br /><br />Yea I agree, lending in it self is not the problem. But the fact that, if your friend no longer can pay his debt back, you two will become hostile to each other. And hard currency ensures it. It's not called hard for nothing. :-) <br /><br />HowDante_Euhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13208538005188466169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-77434960107883232192013-05-26T10:52:18.247-07:002013-05-26T10:52:18.247-07:00If gold goes to $35k, $40k, $55k or whatever, what...If gold goes to $35k, $40k, $55k or whatever, what will stop TPTB from taxing the common person 70-80% of the amount when to go to sell the gold for some fiat to buy a new car or for a nice vacation trip?gull_mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04511704351502852380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-48972966316005062942013-05-26T10:15:12.930-07:002013-05-26T10:15:12.930-07:00Well put Edwardo, thanks for confirming my suspici...Well put Edwardo, thanks for confirming my suspicion and the additional explanation.ampmfixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228037724843795541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-67243650504136406192013-05-26T08:34:29.095-07:002013-05-26T08:34:29.095-07:00Yeah Brady,
Fun game. The Bayern fans were organ...Yeah Brady,<br /><br />Fun game. The Bayern fans were <a href="http://www.101greatgoals.com/wp-content/gallery/gimages/blidf14cyaeb2zu.jpg" rel="nofollow">organized and coordinated</a>, <a href="http://i.minus.com/iSnSQ53XlUnJz.gif" rel="nofollow">Hans Gruber was animated in his return to the international limelight (KLOPP!)</a>, <a href="http://cdn2.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16557291339314007837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-85488721823518563132013-05-26T08:06:38.506-07:002013-05-26T08:06:38.506-07:00Joy,
Victor was questioning if the benefit of the ...Joy,<br />Victor was questioning if the benefit of the ECB and the national CBs get into the household of the governments. If he is right Wikipedia would be wrong: see it’s <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Bundesbank#Gewinn" rel="nofollow">Bundesbank</a> and <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zentralbankbilanz#Reinverm.C3.B6gen" rel="nofollow">EZB</a> articles.ein andererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367903882758611707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-50092754168696569822013-05-26T07:52:08.850-07:002013-05-26T07:52:08.850-07:00So what is settlement? Well, it's not lending....<br /><br /><b>So what is settlement? Well, it's not lending. It's not investment. It's not speculating in commodities (i.e., betting on future price signals). It's not consumption. And it's not necessarily buying gold. It is simply spending your excess income on durable goods that are not consumable and are not economically important. And, for savers, this means goods that JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16557291339314007837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-19743885764860753762013-05-26T07:51:50.431-07:002013-05-26T07:51:50.431-07:00cont.
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Now imagine you have one country w...cont. <br /><br /><b>[...]<br /><br />Now imagine you have one country with debts denominated in goods and services. Let's call it Greece. Greece owes Germany X goods and services. Meanwhile Germany is still exporting goods and services while Greece is still importing. This leaves Germany with a structural surplus in its Balance of Payments and Greece with a deficit. But gold can reverse JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16557291339314007837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-45405892276538135042013-05-26T07:50:18.380-07:002013-05-26T07:50:18.380-07:00Hi Dante_Eu,
Not true. Yugoslavia had a common cu...Hi Dante_Eu,<br /><br /><i>Not true. Yugoslavia had a common currency. Austria-Hungary had a common currency. Both ended in bloody war. </i><br /><br />Yeah because in civil war and or rebellion against an occupying government, it is a nation(s), not nations. That's a starting point for exploring why your examples don't really bear on Helmut Kolh's point. <br /><br />AKA war happensJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16557291339314007837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-48102440599557313442013-05-26T06:11:44.623-07:002013-05-26T06:11:44.623-07:00ampmfix,
It seems we are destined to converse rig...ampmfix,<br /><br />It seems we are destined to converse right about now. You've discovered a key feature, perhaps the key feature, of Mr. Armstrong's discourse, which is that it's riddled with contradictions of just the sort you've pin pointed.<br /><br />Once one realizes that Mr. Armstrong's world view, shaped (make that warped) as it is by his lamentable experience with Edwardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613197383283896190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-9031980946843840152013-05-26T06:02:12.028-07:002013-05-26T06:02:12.028-07:00Joy,
calculation on a lazy sunday afternoon …
Wort...Joy,<br />calculation on a lazy sunday afternoon …<br />Worth of ECB’s gold assets after revaluation would grow from 433 bn (german: Milliarden) to about 20 tr (german: Billionen).<br />What figure! Until now we are accustomed to those figures more in the context of debts …<br />And that’s the ECB only. Look at those enormous gold assets <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldreserve" rel="ein andererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367903882758611707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-61805390697195440032013-05-26T05:46:24.176-07:002013-05-26T05:46:24.176-07:00When one understands that Chidambaram was speaking...When one understands that Chidambaram was speaking at the "platinum<br />anniversary" celebrations of state run Dena Bank, it all makes sense. ;-)Wolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06562438726763165471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-14906421737771658742013-05-26T05:45:11.970-07:002013-05-26T05:45:11.970-07:00JR,
good match to watch, chances both ways includ...JR,<br /><br />good match to watch, chances both ways including an number by Robben's who was making things happen all game. Goalkeeping was splendid. Dortmund was a little too lax on the defensive end in the last 10-15 min but then again, a lot of things went right on Robben's late goal.<br /><br />On another note, watched Hangover 3 yesterday. Another movie with a reference to gold, Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934769591205739084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-34151036312458749082013-05-26T03:22:20.332-07:002013-05-26T03:22:20.332-07:00Joy,
my 1¹/₂ cents to …
Media
Those *very few* pe...Joy,<br />my 1¹/₂ cents to …<br /><br /><b>Media</b><br />Those *very few* people who are owning some little gold here and there ("shrimps") will not become a long standing relevant theme anywhere. Who will care about some anonymous new millionaires? Nobody at all. Because these few little millionaires will stand in a huge, huge shadow of the central banks: THEY will become enormously &ein andererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367903882758611707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-63276663280179213852013-05-26T03:09:07.363-07:002013-05-26T03:09:07.363-07:00Do you detect a contradiction here or is it just m...Do you detect a contradiction here or is it just my simplistic mind?<br /><br />http://armstrongeconomics.com/armstrong_economics_blog/<br /><br />In the "Gold the real conspiracy" MA states that the real ultimate goal of governments is to tax all that is possible and more ("The real secret strategy of central banks is to shut down the black markets"), but at the same time he ampmfixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228037724843795541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-65750803146165526592013-05-26T03:05:19.009-07:002013-05-26T03:05:19.009-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.ein andererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367903882758611707noreply@blogger.com