Lending Mania to Consumer lending Crisis to Fiat Currency Structure Failure

What The Silver Vigilantes Understand That You Probably Don’t

A paper dollar from 1960 is worth exactly the same as a paper dollar in 2010, but  four quarters from 1960 are worth more than $21.  Given the fiscal insanity of the US government, I can’t imagine the US dollar surviving another 50 years, but I’m quite sure that silver will still be useful.  Please consider getting some while you still can.
http://acrossthestreetnet.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/what-the-silver-vigilantes-understand-that-you-probably-dont-arithmetic-human-nature-and/

Facts on the Ground vs Government Reports - Retail Sales

The U.S. government this week reported a 0.8% rise in November retail sales, yet our country's largest electronics retailer Best Buy just reported third quarter same store sales down 3.3% from one year ago!

Are you trying to make sense out of U.S. government reported retail sales and other economic statistics? The U.S. government's economic reporting has now reached a whole new level of unreliability!

The truth is, U.S. retail sales are rising solely due to inflation (the bulk of it coming from rising food and energy prices). Although the government's latest CPI numbers indicated annual price inflation of only 1.14%, these numbers were manipulated lower using deceptive seasonal adjustments, along with hedonics and geometric weighting. in fact the real U.S. price inflation is already north of 5% and is headed substantially higher in the first half of 2011.

David Stockman On Dylan Ratigan

Must Watch: Stockman Explains To Ratigan How In Thirty Years America Spent Enough Debt To LBO Itself, And Ended Up Bankrupt David Stockman On Dylan Ratigan

And the US unemployment situation:

Action video of Greece riots as fire bombs, stones fly in Athens

Similar incidents are expected to spread.... into other countries.

Nassim Taleb rips Ben Bernanke, the Fed and QE2

Nassim Taleb tears into Ben Bernanke's monetary policy, specifically the Federal Reserve's recently announced round of Quantitative Easing (QE2). Among other charges, Taleb claims Bernanke has a highly flawed understanding of risk.

How Do I Buy Gold and Silver?

I am hearing more and more questions about how to buy gold and silver: 

• How do you buy it?
• Why should I buy Gold & Silver?
• What is the difference between numismatic & bullion coins?
• Which of these should I buy?
• Where can I buy Gold & Silver?

Including the following important questions:

• Will the government confiscate my gold and silver?
• Can the government make owning gold illegal?
• How do I know if my gold and silver dealer is reputable?
• Do buyers get some kind of confirmation that what they are buying from these shops is real and certified?

http://usawatchdog.com/how-to-buy-gold-and-silver/