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Exposing Silver Mythology, Part I

What then are we to make of the fact that the self-described (mainstream) “experts” on the silver market, the “official” sources for data on the silver market, and the primary regulator of the silver market all regularly and consistently demonstrate complete ignorance of even the most elementary of economic principles? Are we to attribute this to gross incompetence, inherent bias, or an intentional attempt to deceive?

| January 24th, 2012 | Continued

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“Corporate Personhood” Highlights Misunderstanding of The Role of The People vs Constitutional Government

More local control of government and the economy is good, but Constitutional government is not to blame for our ills, including Citizen’s United and “corporate personhood.”

| January 23rd, 2012 | Continued

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Feature Article #3

The ‘Perils’ of a Gold Standard?

A gold standard does not “cause” depressions (governments do). However, at the same time, a gold standard is also not a magical, economic panacea. Specifically, imposing the fiscal discipline inherent in a gold standard will not lead to a good economic outcome in the hands of a corrupt government (i.e. one which governs for the benefit of the privileged few as opposed to the majority).

| January 19th, 2012 | Continued

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The Myth of U.S. Consumer De-Leveraging

The supposed “de-leveraging” which the mainstream media boasted of was nothing but propaganda mythology. However, the new consumer debt which Americans have piled on since the beginning of 2010 is very, very real. And all the resulting U.S. auto-loan defaults, credit-card defaults, student-loan defaults, personal bankruptcies, and foreclosures in the months ahead will be very, very real as well.

| January 18th, 2012 | Continued

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The Fed’s Sleazy Idea Of “Transparency”

Don’t believe the propaganda — whenever the Fed offers “more transparency”, they are only looking to twist the knife in Main Street’s back further. Their latest announcement about publishing “interest rate projections” is no different…

| January 6th, 2012 | Continued

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Welcome to the official blog of the Implode-o-Meter.  Here we have our general in-house economic commentary, as well as that from provocative and insightful “outside” contributors.  The emphasis is on the financial crisis; its true extent, causes, consequences, and beyond.

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Is The Gold Bull “For Real?”

For those not following closely, gold just put in its 11th consecutive yearly price increase, with an approximately 14% rise on the calendar year… but you probably haven’t heard of it. In fact, you probably think that “gold is going down”, based on what you’ve heard in the media recently (if not continuously for the past 5 years or so). An interesting question then remains: why has this disconnect occurred?

4Jan2012 | | 4 comments | Continued
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How The Bankers Drive Up Bullion Prices, Part II

Countering the inherent efficiency of the junior mining model is the relentless manipulation of the banksters. It is an unavoidable reality for most of these miners that they must obtain their financing for operations from the vampiric banks through equity-based financing rather than straight loans.

1Jan2012 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Ron Paul Should Ask When CNN Will “Return All Money” Made From Piers Morgan Show

After seeing CNN’s attempt at tarring and feathering Ron Paul with creative editing regarding “newslettergate”, we thought maybe the Paul campaign should look into CNN’s own lapses in editing and staffing. It isn’t hard to find some…

27Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Payroll Tax Deal Is Middle Class Tax Hike, Fannie/Freddie Perma-Nationalization In Drag

Count on Washington to always find a sleazy, back-door path to forge a reprehensible bi-partisan “deal” that actually screws the people rather than helps them.

26Dec2011 | | 2 comments | Continued
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How The Bankers Drive Up Bullion Prices, Part I

We have a sector of companies generating record profits, huddled within entire economies which will soon be in a state of total collapse. This is to be followed by what we can conservatively expect to be a 1000% increase in total investment, by a throng of investors being simultaneously driven by extreme fear and extreme greed.

19Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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