Recent content by japes

Thanks for the tip Josh. I'll definitely checkout craigslist next time.

If anyone lives in Portland, Oregon I want to recommend Kristos (http://www.kristostrading.com/). I'm not associated with them in any way and I normally don't advertise for people....but after calling every dealer in town, these guys offered the best buy price around. I'll definitely be working...

Based on a cursory reading of the bill, it seems like state taxes cannot be paid in gold and silver yet. In other words much of the legal tender laws are still intact. I'm happy to see Utah take this step but for this to really take off Utah needs to allow (or require) citizens to pay taxes in...

I guess labor can be done by anyone or any-thing: McDonald’s to shake up food ordering system http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e28f6864-7f1e-11e0-b239-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1MWiSdjpd I wonder if touch screen terminals will start a union once they become self aware.

Just another shakedown by the Justice Department. Looks like the government-banking cartel is starting to eat itself.

I don't expect you to take my word for it. I'm glad you don't. In my business we used Mikrotik routers mostly. A very simple filter rule could be applied to drop all bitTorrent traffic. See this forum for a short discussion on it: http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19613 I can...

It's easy to block bittorrent traffic. I owned and ran a small ISP for years. I managed hundreds of routers. We could identify bittorrent traffic and give it more or less priority. We could even block it. In fact we were required by the FBI to have the ability to sniff and retain ANY traffic...

First of all, I'm totally fascinated by bitcoin. I think it's an amazing idea and I'll probably start mining some coins when I have a minute to set things up. But the government does not needs to go after every user individually to kill it. If bitcoin currency was made illegal to own (just like...

What's the deal with NIA? They *seem* to have some good info on inflation. Obviously they are one sided and probably want to sell something. I've read a few of their articles, watched a couple videos and didn't see anything horrible there. Even today I see an article on Zero Hedge by NIA about...

Dear Jordan, you still haven't answered this one from Hugo (you loon).

I read the entire article and I'm a little concerned about his opinion on mortgages in a hyper-inflationary scenario. I've always assumed I could just pay off my mortgage with a wheel barrel of greenbacks once hyperinflation set it. That was the one silver lining for me. The article indicates...

"A Huge Shift In SILVER... " Please shift it in my direction. I don't mind it going lower. The fundamentals have not changed from what I can tell. Lower prices just mean I get another great sale price.

A friend of mine recently used bullion direct and had good experience. I've never personally used them but I may do so if I keep hearing good things. I definitely like the auction format.

Foreign Banks Tapped Fed’s Secret Lifeline Most at Crisis Peak http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-01/foreign-banks-tapped-fed-s-lifeline-most-as-bernanke-kept-borrowers-secret.html "The biggest borrowers from the 97-year-old discount window as the program reached its crisis-era peak were...

Just read it. Thanks. I'll be passing this on to everyone I know.