Welcome to your Friday tradition, a weekly opportunity to demand, debate, and discuss the topics of the day or TDV's posts from the week that was. As always, send your questions, comments, queries, and concerns to tdv@dollarvigilante.com, comment on a post, or get on the forums.

On to the feedback...

SECOND PASSPORTS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES

Hi Jeff,

[Editor’s Note: The following post is by TDV legal correspondent, Jim Karger]

Every anarchist I know is, deep within, an optimist. That observation is often unbelievable to the casual observer, what with our frequent expressions of anger and frustration toward government and other forced collectives. But, beyond those frustrations lives an almost universal belief that one day an event, or a series of events, will occur setting into motion the elimination of government which will be replaced by a society based solely on voluntary connections.

[Editor's Note: The following post is by TDV Editor-in-Chief, Jeff Berwick]

Welcome to Europe where the vultures aren't hanging back and waiting for things to die anymore. Thanks to the government, the Griffon vulture is showing a little more initative, being proactive, and moving a notch upward on the food chain from scavenger to hunting killer.

Farmer Alain Larralde reported seeing a group of vultures attack and start eating an adult cow. "You can't imagine what it is like to see an animal eaten alive," said Mr. Larralde. There have also been reported sightings of live animals being carried off.

[Editor’s Note:  The following post is by TDV contributor, Wendy McElroy]

[Editor's Note: The following post is by TDV Golden Trader Chief Editor, Vin Maru]

Lately there has been a lot more news on how the physical demand for precious metals is off the charts. It seem like the physical off-take of bullion from dealers has only accelerated during this recent price drop in the metals. Inventory shortages are now a common occurrence at many dealers and premiums are rising until more supply comes to market.

Dear dollar vigilantes,

I yet again have the pleasure of participating in another excellent event, this time at the “Liberty Mastermind Symposium” in Dallas on June 28th and 29th and would like to extend my personal invitation to you to attend with me.

You may have noticed I get around!  I practically live on airplanes and in airports, which is unfortunate in some ways because I’d rather be on the beach in Acapulco or down at Galt’s Gulch in Chile than in an airport or on a plane.  But, I really feel that the important message and information we have has to get out there to as many places as possible as The End Of The Monetary System As We Know It (TEOTMSAWKI) draws ever nearer!

Laughter at Climate Skeptics and the Assumption of Political Affiliations

Hello from sunny Acapulco bay,

My day started off as every day starts here... around 10-11am I awaken naturally.  I've always despised the idea of an alarm clock.  Of course, I have to use one when necessary, usually to do with flights, but otherwise I can think of no worse way to start your day than by being awoken before you are ready.  I've felt this way at least since I was 12 years old and that perhaps was my first reason for having a massive dislike of being forced to go to school.  I've never been a morning person.  I know many who are, but I have always been a night owl.  If I do anything by my own volition prior to 9am, it is likely because I am still up from the previous night.

Another week has passed, and about two weeks before you gave all your hard earned money to the government of the USSA. And Canadians did the same a few days ago.  How'd that working out for you? Want to join in the discourse? Send your questions, comments, queries, and concerns to tdv@dollarvigilante.com, comment on a post, or get on the forums.

This week was rife with your comments, questions and responses and this week's Feedback Friday will attempt to get to many of them.

Sometimes things don't always go to plan.

As background, a few months ago I was approached by two young entrepreneurs.  They had purchased a semi-workable Bitcoin ATM off of another entrepreneur and were excited about the prospects and approached me to help with marketing to the public and prospective franchisees as well as garnering investment interest.

It was a verbal handshake I had done via Skype from the jungles of Guyana while looking at a gold mining enterprise.  I then set off on a month-long media sojourn which had me in all the mainstream media promoting BitcoinATM and had been approached by numerous investors interested in the project.