THE DOLLAR VIGILANTE BLOG

[The following post by TDV Offshore Director, Paul Seymour]

Everyone in the world who cares at all about the fight to retain their basic human right to personal privacy, has become aware of the latest Ameriken attack on same.  That being the effective closing of Banca Privada d’Andorra all due to allegations of money laundering.

Jeff interviews ex-cop turned freedom fighter Barry Cooper of Never Get Busted, topics include: smoking pot as a cop, changing your life through psychedelics, Ayahuasca, the end of the war on drugs, two million people caged in the us, 80,000 in solitary confinement which is torture, growing up in East Texas, stinging the cops, escaping the US as a wanted man, asylum in Brazil, Mexico, getting people out of jail, 30 years for marijuana seeds, Marc Victor, self ownership, being a nice person, compassion and kindness, creating an alternative to government…

Originally appeared on GoldSilverBitcoin

A major discovery of more than 2,000 gold coins off the north-central coast of Israel could prove to be a part of the largest gold hoard ever found in the eastern Mediterranean, say archaeologists. The discovery highlights the long history of gold as money.

The coins have been identified as dinars, which was the official currency of the Fatimid caliphate that ruled parts of the Mediterranean from AD 909 to 1171.

[The following post is by TDV Chief-Editor, Jeff Berwick]

Renowned trader, Paul Tudor Jones, recently gave a TED speech where he said, correctly, that income inequality in the US is at an all-time high.  He went on to state, correctly again, that this trajectory will eventually end in "revolution, higher taxes or war".

[The following post is by TDV Chief-Editor, Jeff Berwick]

They don't really teach you how to invest in skool… adding that to countless other important things to know that they don't want to teach you, like how the money system works, how to use logic, how to think for yourself and self defence.

But, today, I was thinking about what "Investment 101" in college would be like today.

[The following post is by TDV Chief Editor, Jeff Berwick]

Our main focus here at The Dollar Vigilante (TDV) is The End Of The Monetary System As We Know It (TEOTMSAWKI).

However, being an anarcho-capitalist based blog we also touch, from time to time, on other topics related to freedom.  As well, there are a number of things needed to survive TEOTMSAWKI and one of them is happiness… because if you are miserable, even if you do survive, you won't enjoy it.

One of the biggest causes of unhappiness in the libertarian movement today is loneliness.

In this, our 200th episode, Jeff interviews musician Fred Fairbrass of Right Said Fred fame, topics include: the fame game, celebrity culture, ego, Right Said Fred's upcoming movies, alternative media, the illuminati, making a living in the music industry, intellectual property, the lawyers always win, Anarchy, submission to authority, airport 'security', a convenient enemy, Ferguson, massive taxation and Jesus as an Anarchist!

[The following post is by TDV Chief Editor Jeff Berwick]

The US government has a day for pretty much everything.  Yesterday, for example, was "Freedom of Information Day".  We celebrated it, at our house, by laughing.

[The following post is by TDV Chief Editor Jeff Berwick]

The following video is of James Corbett, of the Corbett Report's, keynote speech from Anarchapulco.  It is well worth the watch as it is funny and informative and offers a feeling of hope for the future.

Jeff interviews voluntaryist, objectivist and libertarian photographer Judd Weiss, topics include: Ayn Rand, Objectivism, Nathaniel Branden, The Psychology of Self Esteem, the self esteem movement, how to be a better you, taking responsibility, living with integrity, liberty appeals to the best within us and the best of us, Anarchism vs Objectivism, are governments even necessary? free market solutions, Bitcoin, the Sidekick app, the Peacekeeper app, photographing the Libertarians…

[The following post is by TDV Researcher, Justin O'Connell]

Originally appeared on GoldSilverBitcoin

Apple has been caught ripping off data storage from its customers. The company is expanding this model to other products like its new Apple Gold.

Hello from Acapulco Bay,

It's been a hectic few weeks!

The first and largest international anarcho-capitalist event of its type, Anarchapulco, ended two weeks ago and many people stayed afterwards so it really didn't end until about a week ago.  And then I needed three straight days of sleep to recover!

It was, by all accounts, a success.  It actually sold out, at 300 people (the maximum the room we had could hold) in the final week.  People flew in from around the world including, just to name a few, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Poland, Russia, Germany, England, Sweden, Italy, Costa Rica, Argentina and many more.  And no one was hurt or died!

[The following post is by TDV Chief Editor Jeff Berwick]

One of the best things about not watching television programming – and it is called programming for a reason – is that you are not constantly deluged with propaganda.

The last time I actually purposely read a newspaper was probably in 1985 and the last time I watched television programming and TV "news" was probably around 1995.  That was when the internet started coming into fruition and I was not limited to the few select newspapers or TV channels that are owned and operated by the very people who own and operate the government.

[The following post is by Director Of TDV Offshore, Paul Seymour]

There are so many topics I’d like to talk about at the moment, that I’ve had a hard time to decide which one to focus on today.  Therefore I’ve decided to try and give a few briefs on more than one current event, the topics of which I haven’t seen any one else discussing.  Excuse me if any of it is a repeat, as I obviously don’t read everything.

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[The following post is by TDV Contributor Derrick Yazwa]

Originally posted at New Life ESL

You’ve read hundreds of blog posts. You’ve watched countless hours of videos on YouTube.

You’ve stayed up until three in the morning imagining what it would be like to live overseas, obsessing about every detail of your future life.

Yet, you’re still stuck at home and haven’t made that jump that you’ve been dreaming about for so long. What is it keeping you in this position, and how can you finally make that great leap into your future?

While global markets remain volatile, the predicted dollar collapse has yet to happen. Jeff Berwick addresses this.

Interviewed by Jason Burack of Wall Street for Mainstreet, Jeff discusses at length The End of The Monetary System As We Know It (TEOTMSAWKI), US government debt, Japan in money printing frenzy, Federal Reserve lunacy, Communist central banks, as well as the Mexican stock markets 400% increase.

[The following post is by TDV Contributor, Jeff Berwick]

In the so-called “Land Of The Free” it is basically illegal to do everything, including online poker.

I have had a personal relationship with Bryan Micon of the bitcoin poker site, Seals With Clubs, for years.  I began playing on his site before I even knew him and was surprised when he contacted me to have me on his podcast, Donkdown Radio.  Since that time we have met up and played together in Las Vegas and he is one of the nicest people I have ever met.

Then, this happened.

[The following post is by TDV Researcher, Justin O'Connell]

Approximately $4.8 million in gold bars were stolen Sunday from an armored truck traveling from Florida to Massachusetts on Interstate 95 by armed robbers, according to authorities. The theft took place in Attleboro, a small town largely secluded.

Two Transvalue Inc. security guards report pulling over to the side of the road 6:30pm Sunday after their armored truck had mechanical problems in Wilson County, according to the sheriff’s office.

[The following post is by TDV Chief Editor Jeff Berwick]

We have been portending turbulent times ahead for our subscribers for some time now, and we have, over the years, been in increasingly good company. In 2009 when I started TDV, I was called crazy. Now my views have been adopted by mainstream personalities, even stewards of the world's fortunes agree with our outlook.

Lord Jacob Rothschild, 78 year-old banker and chairman of RIT Capital Partners,  sent a startling warning to savers in the  £2.3bn trust regarding the global situation and “the fragility of future returns.”

[The following post is by TDV Senior Analyst, Ed Bugos]

The world abandoned the system known as the gold standard in the thirties.  Nothing resembling it, or especially what the sound money crowd had in mind, would ever be seen again. 

[The following post is by TDV Contributor, Justin O'Connell]

Amid depressed prices, there has been quite a bit of consolidation in the precious metals industry, affecting miners and even local coin shops.

A multi-year bull run ended in 2014, after $30 billion in debt had been taken on by gold miners. The miners which minimized their borrowing are now in a position to buy mines from rivals with weaker balance sheets, according to executives at the Investing In African Mining Indaba Conference in South Africa earlier this month, the biggest gathering of the sorts on the entire African continent.