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Dollar Alternative Anyone?

By Greg Hunter’s

Countries around the world have been actively seeking ways to not do business in dollars for the past few years.  The U.S. dollar is the so-called world reserve currency, but the big question is for how long?  China and Japan are beginning to shun the dollar in trade between the two countries.  Mind you, this is the 2nd biggest economy in the world doing business without dollars with the 3rd biggest economy in the world.  Russia and China, also, have an agreement to not use the dollar, and even India recently announced it would trade gold for oil with Iran.  Additionally, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been calling for an alternative to the buck.  The big push is not because the U.S. dollar is held in the highest regard but because it is losing its luster on the world stage.   After all, the debt debacle facing America is worse than what the Greeks are facing according to a new report from U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions.  (Click here to see for yourself.)  Senator Sessions says every man, woman and child in the country is saddled with $44,000 in debt.

The difference is the U.S. can print money, Greece cannot, and that is the problem for the rest of the world.  Every dollar that is created devalues the other dollars in existence.  America spends 43 cents more for every dollar than it takes in every year.  There is a current $15 trillion national debt and future commitments that some economists say exceeds $200 trillion.  Last August, Congress raised the debt ceiling $2.1 trillion to $16.4 trillion.  That money is likely to run out before the November 2012 election, and then, Congress will need to raise it again or the U.S. will face default.  My money is on yet another debt ceiling increase.  Is there any wonder why the world wants to move away from the dollar?  The more you have of something, the less it is worth.

Now, even some U.S. states want to do business in something other than dollars.  Wyoming is the latest to consider what some are calling the “Doomsday bill.”  A local news organization called reported last week, “State representatives on Friday advanced legislation to launch a study into what Wyoming should do in the event of a complete economic or political collapse in the United States. . . . The task force would look at the feasibility of  Wyoming issuing its own alternative currency, if needed. . . . “I don’t think there’s anyone in this room today what would come up here and say that this country is in good shape, that the world is stable and in good shape — because that is clearly not the case,” state Rep. Lorraine Quarberg, R-Thermopolis, said. “To put your head in the sand and think that nothing bad’s going to happen, and that we have no obligation to the citizens of the state of Wyoming to at least have the discussion, is not healthy.”  (Click here for the complete story.)

Wyoming is just one of more than a dozen states that are exploring or passing legislation to have an alternative to the dollar just in case of some sort of calamity. CNN reported earlier this month, “A growing number of states are seeking shiny new currencies made of silver and gold.  Worried that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. dollar are on the brink of collapse, lawmakers from 13 states, including Minnesota, Tennessee, Iowa, South Carolina and Georgia, are seeking approval from their state governments to either issue their own alternative currency or explore it as an option. Just three years ago, only three states had similar proposals in place.  “In the event of hyperinflation, depression, or other economic calamity related to the breakdown of the Federal Reserve System … the State’s governmental finances and private economy will be thrown into chaos,” said North Carolina Republican Representative Glen Bradley in a currency bill he introduced last year.  Unlike individual communities, which are allowed to create their own currency — as long as it is easily distinguishable from U.S. dollars — the Constitution bans states from printing their own paper money or issuing their own currency. But it allows the states to make “gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts.”  (Click here for the complete CNN story.)

Gold and silver coins could be exchanged for their bullion value.  That means, even though a one ounce U.S. Gold Eagle is stamped $50, it would be valued at its weight on the spot market.   As I write this, gold is trading for more than $1,785 per ounce.  Same would go for Silver Eagles and other forms of U.S. minted gold and silver.  They would be exempt from state taxes, but federal taxes would still apply as it stands now.  Some legislation, as in South Carolina, would allow any kind of gold or silver coin to be used.  That would include coins such as Krugerrands from South Africa, Maple Leafs from Canada and many others.

This is all taking place under a backdrop of a sovereign debt crisis in Europe that could destabilize the U.S. banking system and runaway deficits and spending on wars, bailouts and Obama care.  There is a reason we keep hearing stories about alternatives to the U.S. dollar, and it is signaling bad news ahead for the world’s reserve currency.  The idea of an alternative to the buck is not coming from a few crazy people from the fringe.  It’s coming from world and state governments that fear a currency crisis of epic proportions that is well on its way.

  1. mark leiby

    In lieu of President Truman’s famous desktop plaque that read “The buck stops here”, perhaps BO should have a new plaque made for his desk. that reads “The buck dies here”.

    • Greg

      mark leiby,
      What a great first comment! Thank you.

  2. TnAndy

    “…the Constitution bans states from printing their own paper money or issuing their own currency. But it allows the states to make gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts.”

    Allows ?

    No, it > PROHIBITS < States to use ANY THING but gold and silver as tender…..go read it.

    And yet, not a single State in the Union pays their bill with any thing but paper.

    If the States were all that concerned about the FED or the Feds, they could simply follow the Constitution and lead the way.

    • Greg

      Amen to that brother.

    • david smith

      Gresham’s law in opeeration–who would pay in gold or silver when they could use paper?

  3. jay

    Thanks for another great artical.
    As i see it. Its a good thing that other countries are getting away from the dollar. It helps gold go up in value. Even if i dont have any the usa sits on more gold reserves then any other country. The collapse will come , But it will not be as bad as other countries with little gold reserves.

    • Greg

      Thank you Jay.

    • Terry

      Jay, Do you really think this Government is sitting on more Gold Reserves than any other Country, I bet the Cubbord is bare.

      • jay

        you could be right. I agree with Ron Paul we need to check the gold the fed hold to make sure its gold.
        Greg. when was the last time the countrys gold was checked for its purety? Could be fools gold.

        • jay

          I must add.
          Would any one in government ever tell he people if the gold reserve was fools gold..?

      • david smith

        Good point. I find Jay’s faith that there is 8300 tonnes of gold sitting in Ft. Knox touching, but misplaced.

        • Hoser

          Rehypothicated how many times over???????? When the music stops, you better be #1 in line. Everyone else gets nadda. Zilch!

          • Greg

            I wonder if someday soon we will be calling Rehypothecation legalized theft. Think MF Global. Not a single charge has been filed. Good stuff man!!

  4. Vess

    Bitcoins, anyone? 😀

    BTW, the US gubmint isn’t helping, either. A Norwegian man buys Cuban cigars from a German distributor. Because he was stupid enough to pay in US dollars electronically, his transaction gets routed through a US bank. The US government, who monitors such things, sees “trade with Cuba”, screams foul, blocks the transaction and appropriates the money (all $20.00 of them). Guess the next time that Norwegian chap would pay with something else, eh?

    However, it bothers me that every Tom, Dick and Harriet is predicting the death of the US dollar. Not that I have a very high opinion of it myself, but when everybody thinks that a catastrophe is coming, it doesn’t happen. Remember the “euro to zero” a few years ago, when it traded at $0.83? That was the bottom. It proceeded to rise above $1.4.

    Now, with Helicopter Ben printing like crazy, the end of the US secular bear market doesn’t seem to be in sight. However, the fact that even the US states are shunning the dollar is a read flag to me. Perhaps a reversal is closer than we think…

  5. Ken-confused

    Greg…help. Logic dictates that USD is being devalued, and with each passing printing and treasury swap, to be devalued more. Yet, Harry S Dent, author of Great Crash Ahead, points to history to argue that the USD will STRENGTHEN instead of devaluing in the depression ahead. Do you agree to any degree whatsoever that it is possible for the dollar to strengthen? If so, how? Right now all I read about is: countries abandoning it, manufacturing becoming extinct, unemployment continuing to worsen, corruption running rampant. Do you see anything positive out there in the future for the USD? I value your opinion and would like to hear more from you on this topic. Thank you.

    • Greg

      It may strengthen in the short term. but one flaw in Harry’s model my be underestimating to what lengths the Fed will go to the continue to save the Western financial system. I believe you can forget about any comparison to the Great Depression. Then the Fed let many many banks fail and there was no FDIC. How much will the Fed print money to monetize debt is anybodies guess. They pumped out $16 trillion in the last crisis, and you can bet the next crisis will be even bigger. Long term, I would not bet against Gold or Silver. We are clearly in uncharted territory.

  6. edaqua

    Ron Paul is right again!

    • Greg

      This is why both the Democrats and republicans loath him. He tells the truth and that is more dangerous than anything on the planet.

      • jimbo

        Most dangerous thing on the planet is spot on!! Paul’s protectionist foreign policy would get MILLIONS of people killed. The man knows domestic monetary policy, but that is not enough to become President.

        • Greg

          We keep going they way we are we will be broke and leave our military stranded and without supplies abroad. That too will get “MILLIONS of people killed,” so pick your poison. Thank you for your comment and your view. “Good men can disagree.”

        • Neil

          Do you realize how foolish you sound? how can you separate “domestic” and “foreign” monetary policy….complete utter rubbish!

        • slingshot

          What would be your foreign policy? I am curious.

  7. Edward Ulysses Cate

    You know, you can have any currency you like; you can have gold and silver as your money; but if you’re not represented at the table, you’ll continue to be on the menu. That’s why we must have a REAL House of Representatives, both at the state and national levels. We were sold down the river when we had a gold standard and when silver was used as money. The root of the problem is that we’re being represented by career politicians who’s financial lifeblood depends on the financial sociopaths. Until that stops, we’re just jumping from one frying pan to another by changing monetary systems still controlled by financial sociopaths. Any system would work if we were honestly represented at the table. All this effort and expense about choosing which sock puppet will be our next president is of no consequence to the 99% still on the menu.

    • droidX-G

      Well said!

  8. Martin

    In the late 1960’s the U.S. was surreptitiously printing dollars to pay war expenses. The French (among others) called the U.S. on it by demanding gold instead of paper and forced the closing of the gold window. To this day we have no idea how much is left of the world’s largest gold hoard which was absconded from the American public by the Constitution crushing FDR.
    AS you stated, the American 1 oz. gold eagle is legal tender and issued from the mint and stamped with a ludicrous $50 dollar valuation. A true testimonial of denial and hatred of gold and it’s limiting of political abuses.
    The scariest article I have read in some time was in Drudge today quoting Pelosi as anticipating a Democratic retaking of the house. If that comes to pass the underlying take is that the majority of Americans have bought the dream that we will somehow escape THE DAY of reckoning that is surely coming very soon.
    Bernanke has committed treason as surely as anyone ever convicted of it. The road to H-LL is paved with good intentions ( I will give him the benefit) but to think that the world will forever accept a dollar that is backed by nothing is the height of arrogance and stupidity.
    Also,, if they think that they will get the American public to cough up their gold once again for these clumsy clowns to distribute to the non-tax paying citizens of this once proud country they are DREAMING.

    • Greg

      Thank you Martin for the analysis and comment.

    • Arius

      No matter what happens we are in for a hell of a ride in the next five years. If the Democrats retake the House and keep the White House then it will be much worse. The Democrats will wreak all that is left, much like what Labor did to the UK after WW2. If after the November election the government remains split then it will be difficult but we can muddle through. If the Democrats take all control then go to ground, take a defensive position to survive and stay out of way of their statist steam roller.

  9. T Heath

    Greg, once again, thank you for having the courage to stand up with some backbone and speak the truth, you are a Patriot.

    Yes, loss of world reserve currency status is a financial nuclear bomb especially with 50% of dollars outside the US. This will cause huge loss is purchasing power for the dollar which means higher prices here at home especially when you consider our trade deficit. We import way more than we export. A weak dollar is good for exports but means much higher prices here at home. So QE1, 2 and soon to be 3 (money printing) increases supply of dollars and, even if demand stays the same, the value of dollar goes down. When you consider other countries are droping the dollar, you have increasing supply coupled with decreasing demand and as a result you get the exponential sling-shot effect in terms of the dollar loosing purchasing power. Inflation (weaker dollar) is an invisable tax. The Govt prints money and gets to spend it but the increase in money supply weakens the dollar and robs peoples savings accounts of purchasing power in the form of having to pay higher prices.

    The America People need to wake up and stop being so concerned about what Kim Kardasian is wearing on the Red Carpet and educate themselves as to what things really mean and as you have previously pointed out Greg, the American People cant rely on Main Stream Media to get the information they need to make educated decisions.

    Keep up the good work Greg.

    • Greg

      T Heath,
      Love this line, “loss of world reserve currency status is a financial nuclear bomb especially with 50% of dollars outside the US.” WHEN the U.S. looses reserve currency status we will probably be forced back onto a gold standard. It will be very ugly for most Americans.

  10. Barry

    Excellent article Greg. I’ve really seen this in food inflation over the last year. We’ve seen a 15% increase in food prices in one year. Unfortunately, food on average travels about 1500 miles so when gas doubles, food will double too. I think that will be the straw that breaks our economies back.

    • Greg

      I think you are correct sir! Thank you for weighing in.

    • david smith

      Re food inflation–right on! I got tired of paying $4 a loaf for “bread” with 50 ingredients, many of which I couldn’t pronounce, so I started baking my own with 4 ingredients for .40 a loaf. I suspect many others are doing the same. Now watch the price of flour go through the roof! 🙂

    Hi!, Patrons Of Greg Hunters’ USA WATCHDOG ET AL:

    Yes!, Article 1; Section 10 of our US Costitution calls for gold and silver coins to be used in lieu of payment of debts. In my humble opinion the United States should have never embarked on leaving its’ historical economic moorings, to embrace the sinking quick sands of debts we are undegoing today via the FED. The reunification of our Nation following the lead of the States herein mentioned will eventually create a massive exodus from the current US Federal Reserve notes system of money into specie gold and silver via the agency of Greshams Law sooner or later. The sooner the better! Sure there will be massive caos/disruptions which are already begining under the dislocating helmsmanship of our present FED but our already involved states are looking to put out our Nations’ monetary inflationary firestorms, before its’ flames engulf the entire planet and all goes down in inflationary flames.
    Thank you Mr. Hunter for placing us on notice, regards the dire straights our Nation faces and how some of our Stats presently are arranging plans to bring back our Constitutional moorings, before it gets too late to redirect the STATE of our UNION. May God bless you, sir, for your vigilance and may GOD pleae bless our United States Of America making it once more a strong, solid worldclass leader in its’ economic approach to its’ business in this world worldwide. Amen!

    [email protected]

    • Greg

      Thank you Russ,

  12. Sean

    I’m strictly opposed to any integration of the US dollar with another currency, like the Amero currency that some globalists have been floating for some while as a regional currency that replaces the dollar.

    On the other hand, I’m 100% in favor of local and state currencies. There is no Constitutional basis to prevent these types of currencies and they can be a great fallback for sub-economies within the United States in the event of a dollar collapse. But they need to be established and functional prior to a collapse. For example, one type of local currency might be representative of labor. So a community might prepare a currency that participating retailers use in exchange for local goods and services such as accounting, plumbers, electricians, merchandise sales, local fruits and vegetables, etc. If you work for my store, I’ll pay you a percentage in local currency (which you can use at all participating businesses) and a percentage in US Dollars, which you can use for your mortgage and everything else etc.

    There is no law against this and it can shield local communities from inflation and other national economic challenges. In my opinion, communities should have been doing this a long time ago, even when the national economy is great.

  13. droidX-G

    Thanks for bring this out. I live on NC and did not know about the pending bill. Got to love channel here where we used to see you. It went from hard hitting news to Lucky Charms. I don’t watch it any more.

    • Greg

      Thank you droidX-G for the kind words and comment!

  14. norcar survivor

    Silver was up almost 4 bucks since last week as of last night, then this morning a $2 dip and as of 12:12 regained $1 back. What is with the fluctuation. Something happening this morning that I am not getting. I know all the usual suspects but was wondering if you have heard anything that I haven’t? Thanks for your work Greg.

    • Greg

      They are whacking it because the Fed wishes to remain in a fiat world as long as it can. It they were doing this to the stock market people would be rioting.

      • teedaddy

        Who do you mean by “they?”

        • Greg

          I don’t understand the context. I need more info to answer. Not trying to be a smart a**.

          • toserve

            I beleive teedaddy was refering to the above comment about the Fed wishing to remain in a fiat world. You refer to “They” are whacking it, and If “they” were doing this to the stock market people would be rioting. Who is the “They” you are referring to?

            On another note, I wish this kind of article would be in the mainstream news to inform everyone properly. It doesn’t feel right that just those of us that came across this (or any other on this subject) article can prepare for what is coming. My brother-in-law is a brilliant mind when it comes to finances, but is completely blind to the big picture. He feels we are too big to fail.

            • Greg

              Now I get it. Yes, I was talking about the Fed. So sorry. At some point people will be awoken with a cold bucket of water in the face but by then it will be too late. I hope I am wrong.

      • Tod Nguyen

        I’m glad that silver and gold has gone down by a significant amount this morning! It’s just a buying opportunity for me. This will help drive out those who are using gold and silver as a get rich quick investment. Eventually, the only ones holding gold and silver will be ones who are holding it for what it is, a wealth protecting store of value. We’ll continue to do this until the financial mess we are in has passed, which may be never. Imagine what that will mean to the value of gold and silver then…

    • Daniel

      Yeah, I find it strange that it happens to all of the metals across the board (gold, silver and platinum). Same exact dip! And of course, these dips only happen when it’s on NY time. Go figure!

  15. bryan Jacobi

    Greg – I didn’t see any of this on CNBC. Could it be that they just
    weren’t aware? Or do they subscribe to the New York Times’s
    credo which famously said ” we don’t do blue dresses” ?

    • Greg

      bryan Jacobi,
      Whatever they are doing, they are no doing their jobs. This stuff is too big to miss and I think they miss it on purpose. Thank you for the comment.

  16. Daniel

    Great article! I wonder how many articles like this need to be published before 90+% of our country wakes up from their ignorant respits.
    Truthfully, I am glad I don’t have much liquidity as of now. I am currently half silver and half 401K cash/stock garbage. When I worked at a local bank a witnessed a couple with two, one million dollar CDs. I always think back to this and wonder how it would feel to one day be able to buy and enjoy anything in the whole world, then the next day, have nothing; absolutely nothing! I don’t know how I’d feel, but it wouldn’t be good, that’s for sure. I laugh at those who purchase savings bonds and keep cash in a savings account only to find that in ten years, they have lost value due to the low int. rate paid and high inflation sucking the value up. Geesh, makes me squeamish to think about!! But anyway, thanks for the great article, it was very insightful!

    • Greg

      Thank you for all your comments and participation in this site. I am happy this post inspired you weigh in.

  17. bob

    atta boy, Greg,, now if all govts except eurounion would face the
    realities of good govt, is too late for eurounion who are defunct,
    kaput, bankrupt with none of their wizards and magician able to
    figure out the way out of their mess – they keep compounding their
    errors, sinking deeper into oblivion, now they are going to abandon
    the eurounion and institute euroland, who unfortuneately will be tinkered to death by the same magicians and wizards, some folks never learn…… dont bother posting this, none of our readers are ready
    for reality, but i thot you would like the newest news by the wizards
    and magicians of europe – your article is neat, nice, on point and a killer, keep it up –

    your program this comment site is having a nervous breakdown will not
    type what i type on keyboard, thus probably is losing comments, o well
    ye old buddy bob

    • Greg

      Thank you “old buddy bob.”
      Your buddy,

      • bob

        i dont want the kids to think you, Greg, and i write as a
        mutual admiration society, it is that you weave your writings
        with factual exerpts and thus are more understandable than the
        common run of the mill writer, esp those who write merely of their
        emotional involvement

        but again, let us go back to euroland, newly dreamed up and instituted to cover the phantom eurounion who was created to fail
        so as to take the wealth out of europe, which it almost did, except
        the magicians and wizards of big banks, IMF, WB, WTO, etc etc,
        are still not able to grasp the niceties of money, financing govt,
        financing big banks, donating big bucks to IMF, WB, WTO, etc etc

        this is not to say all europeans are brain dead, on the contrary
        some are nice folks, some are even honest, but they huff and puff
        and still can not make the phoney eurounion work as they dreamed
        it ought

        i’ll quit for now, i hope you write more and that JSinclair sees your merit and outstanding writing and continues to give you space on his blog, no doubt he will… so let me say thanks for all the
        readers who get to read your critiques, writings, tomes, etc, thanks

        • Greg

          The big problem with the Euro common currency is the EU does not have a common debt. Savers and producers in the EU are subsidising the non-savers and non-producers. This is why Germans are pissed. Can you blame them for wanting to enforce some austerity? They needed to join the debts, but that would have been a sovereignty issue between all the members. It would have taken many years and maybe even war to accomplish. This is why people (IE: Greece, Spain) are pushing back. They do not want to cut and they know their sovereignty is up for grabs. I see no way to make the Euro work under the current way it is set up. Thank you for your comment and support.

  18. bob

    greg, your program for comments is still not working,
    e.g. when i sent my last one you say “Duplicate comment detected; it looks as though you’ve already said that!”, which means you are not
    getting all the comments, that your program deletes what it feels like
    and thus if having hot flashes like today you are wasting a ton of time trying to catch up with your kaput comment progr, i thot you
    would like to know…. bob

  19. Ed Knittel

    How the States can solve the “Dollar” problem:
    The states can issue debt instruments (notes), but not coin money. Calafornia did it not long ago and there wore no federal suits to stop it!
    Any state can pass a law that says that all state officers must account for and tender to the state treasuer all federal reserve notes received by them. The state then prints and returnes to the state officers state notes with which they can make payments as requirer. All state banks must receive, account and pay state notes just like international banks do for differunt currencies or loose their state charter. This way state officers can still opperate through the banking system. Any debt owed to a state officer can be paid in state notes and businesses paying state sales taxes would get a 2% discount for taxes paid in state notes. This would encourage businesses to accept the notes. The notes would be denominated in dollars but the state could over print by 10% to cover costs and make a tidy profit. The notes would be redeemable in federal reserve notes at a few selected locations in person only. Redeemed state notes would be paid 90 days after being tendered. This would discourage their redeemption. A small amunt of reserve federal reserve notes could be held for redemption purposes (fractional reserve banking) and the rest be used to by gold bullion on the open market and stash it in the statehouse basement. State notes would then be backed by gold, all properly accounted for, unlike the US government or the Federal Reserve. The state notes would soon be prefered money but their hording would only help the state buy more gold and their payment to state employees and contractors would be mandated. It is the quickest, most effective and legal way to produce gold backed money, return power to the states and eliminate the Federal Reserve. Ed

    • Greg

      Ed Knittel,
      We are mainly talking about the use of gold and silver coins but they can be a local currency as long as it doesn’t resemble FRNs. Something is going to have to be done in time that’s for sure and I think there is a good possibility the government will be forced into backing the buck with some sort of gold standard maybe silver too. I don’t know exactly but we will need something new give the current trajectory. Thank you for weighing in you do bring up some valid points.

  20. American Patriot

    So long as we use the wood pulp money of men we are hostage and but one step from slaves.

    Is anyone interested in a probable timeline for the collapse and likely cause of it’s initiation? Consider the following information:

    Step 1. Read the article “Greece Officially defaults march 23, banks close” You can find it by googling the title in quotations above.

    Consider that call from John Taylor of FX for $1000 gold by April-May time frame of this year. This is likely arrived at due to expected temporary dollar strength expected at that point in time. it will be caused by Europe as its slow motion implosion upon itsself steps into high gear and investors rush out of Euros and into dollars. As previously stated in these comments, this effect is TEMPORARY.

    Step 2. Google the title and read the article “Red Alert Credit Default Swaps Explained” This is just one of the many ways the ECB is preparing itsself for the government defaults that are on the way. By the way,to anyone out there holding Greek paper, it should be obvious you are S.O.L. after this maneuver by the ECB. This type of behaviour is why dollar will strengthen in the short term. The FED hasn’t done anything like this -YET- to US Treasuries.

    Step 3. Consider these experiences from the last global meltdown of ’08 that likely played out all over the country. Gold and Silver spot prices dropped but premiums rose. At one point in late ’08 (maybe it was early ’09) Silver SPOT touched on $10 per ounce. At that point I remember trying to buy. The local bullion store was practically empty, the displays had no product. They still had some old US silver but in very limited quantities and it was selling for $14-$15 per dollar face. This is huge markup because $1 face is only .715 ounce.

    Consider the fact that at that point in time we still had functioning commodities futures markets. Keep this knowledge in mind as you read the following article: Google “on sycophants process servers & decoupling” or “Posted by Ann Barnhardt – December 15, AD 2011 9:38 PM MST”
    to find it. Skip to the 3rd paragraph and read to the end.

    I suspect this next global market meltdown will at some point soon cause decoupling to occur as explained in that 3rd article due to our crippled futures markets and produce the parabolic spike in metals prices to the up side. This will be a good time for holders of physical but a bad time for society as a whole. Get it while you can because time is running out.

    • Greg

      Good stuff AP. Thank you for adding your analysis!

      • norcar survivor

        You have the best readers Greg, and you’re known by the company you keep.

        • Greg

          Thank you NC!! The folks her (you included) are the some of the smartest and best read in the Internet.

  21. Ed_B

    “America spends 43 cents more than it takes in every year.”

    Oh, would that were so! This line should read as “American spends 43 cents more for every dollar it takes in every year.”

    Great article, even so. 🙂

    • Greg

      Yes you are correct that is what I meant to say and I will fix. Thank you.

  22. zag

    Good article. CNN says “the Constitution bans states from printing their own paper money or issuing their own currency”
    I hope that you know that CNN’s claim is not true. In fact, as long as other forms of currency don’t copy US currency, practically anyone or anything can print currency. Many towns make currency which is able to be used in local businesses. Stores make currency which can be used in their store. As long as the US dollar is not copied, it is pretty open. The Constitution is a bit vague on what federal money must be and pretty much anything is acceptable as long as congress says it is money. However, the constitution specifically says that money issued by states must be in gold or silver. Go figure. Seems to me, we are looking at a new “civil war” in a few years where the solvent states issue good currency and the debtor states are in trouble.

    • Greg

      That is correct it cannot look like FRNs.Thank you for making that clear. Gold and silver would be the immediate alternative currency in my view.

  23. Chuch Allen

    Feb 29, 2012
    Hi Greg,

    I believe the inflation that is about to overcome the world will be devastating, to say the least. That is why I trade a bunch of paper for two silver dollars each month, (all I can afford). The inflation factor is only one front on which our “elected representatives” are attacking our freedoms. The following are examples of their ongoing attacks.

    There is the Patriot Act allows for anytime anywhere surveillance of citizens with the need of a warrant.

    The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The president now has totalitarian power over We the People and has shredded the constitution.

    A strong consideration for implementing Shari a Law is underway, as part of the American legal system. Some American judges are already trying to implement this law of Islam.

    Then add in U.N. Agenda 21 turning over our country to this body of leeches. The Clinton’s got this started when Bill was president.

    U.N. Agenda 21 is being pushed by our “representatives.” If implemented we won’t have to worry about the price of gasoline, because we won’t be allowed to own cars; we will be told where to live. Under the U.N. we will not have individual property rights; everything is “Communitarian.” Oh, by the way, under U.N. Agenda 21; we also lose American sovereignty.

    So, which poison should we worry about first…OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES?

    Get rid of them!

  24. sam

    the thing about a gold currency…how much does the US really have..there hasn’t been an audit since the 70’s ,,and that one was very quick and not at all thorough……if we did go to a gold/silver currency..they would once again attempt to confiscate it all from citizens,,as they know they have very little precious metals in reserve

    • Greg

      Good point. Thank you.

  25. Jim H

    Thanks Greg
    What if the world is and has been for some time operating on the oil standard rather than paper fiat, gold or silver standards? That currency has increased in value quite a bit for a while. Who controls that?

    • Greg

      Jim H,
      Good question. Thank for asking it here.

  26. David Conrad

    Great post. What a mess we have made of ourselves. Because of past good decisions, great natural resources and a stellar Constitution, the US dollar became the standard. Only to be subsequently ruined by idiots. I’m moving to somewhere that I can trap beavers …. bever pelts will become currency again! Keep up the good work!

    • Greg

      David Conrad,
      You may be correct man. Heck, you may even be able to trade shotgun shells. . . Oh wait, that’s from a Mad Max movie. Never mind.

  27. Terry

    Curious to know your thoughts about possible gold/silver confiscation…better to move it overseas, before the gov. either confiscates, taxes it to death, or bans transactions?

    • Greg

      Who knows how bad it will get but I do not think outright confiscation is in the cards. High taxes paid on the transactions but not confiscation and definitely not confiscation for silver. The last time the government confiscate gold it was used as money in the form of a $20 dollar gold coin. Gold was revalued to $35 an ounce in 1933, so, the $20 gold piece was now worth $35 and had to be pulled out of use. (actually, the $20 gold piece is not quite an ounce) I am not saying this was right, but that’s basically what happened. We do not use gold as a currency today. Also, many rich people are loading up on gold, so I do not think the rich (who are the ones in power) are going to sign on to have their gold taken away. Again, who knows how bad things will get. We face a rang of scenarios from big inflation with lots of hardships and some social unrest on one end to Mad Max on the other end. I think it will be somewhere in the middle of that spectrum, and that is going to be pretty bad.

  28. George Too

    In addition to bullion value, I think that a minted coin fee would need to be attached to the value. Coins are a finished product and offer a certainty that raw gold doesn’t. You would need to factor in this. No one is going to buy a gold eagle for spot plus 100 and then exchange for spot…but then again, when gold takes that moon shot who knows what will happen.
    I also believe that there needs to be a dual pricing in GOLD and in Silver so that the metals can float against each other. No one can set a fixed rate and have it not destroy them in the age of arbitrage .
    I have a three-tiered approach. God, guns, and gold. I guess what I am saying is be prepared. Have a 30 day supply of storable food (this is not hard or that expensive…not talking steak), some precious metals as a store of wealth, and some guns to protect your family while the police are protecting the government. If only the Police have guns and they don’t get paid or can’t get food do you really think they will not take yours? Think Katrina on a global scale.

    • Greg

      Good points George Too and D Smith. Thank you for making them here.

  29. Brenton

    As I see it, Gold has two main benefits going for it as an alternative to US Dollars: 1) it pre-dates USD and most other currencies, so ‘going back’ to it maybe reassuring to some, and 2) its much harder to devalue than a fiat currency. However, things have changed since we last had a currency backed by gold. Namely, global trade at an individual level via the Internet. And in that environment, physical currency is useless. Until Gold can be traded electronically, I think its at a huge disadvantage. I believe we’ll see the rise of virtual currencies rather than a retreat back to physical gold/silver coin.

  30. Aj

    Silver and Gold coinage will totally prevent any more QE3 (Quantitative Weasel-ing). Each time the “not-so-Federal…nobody’s Reserve” fake prints up some more Monopoly money into existence, – it only weakens up the current purchacing power in your pocket today!

    • Greg

      Love this term “Quantitative Weasel-ing.” I am laughing as I write this. Thank you.

  31. Davis

    Here we go again.

    The latest campaign issue (and source of distraction from the underlying problem) is the ever-increasing price of gasoline. Always eager to find a boogie man to lay blame upon the politicians and talking heads are again leveling their sights on market speculation as the primary cause of the problem, coupled with domestic refiners exporting product to overseas markets where prices are even higher than paid here for gasoline.

    Yes speculation and export rates (as a percentage of total production) do have an impact on the price we see at the pump, but looking at these two factors in isolation does a disservice to the consumer and the voter and ignores the underlying problem of inflation and what is causing it.

    It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the pontifications of the Federal Reserve and their wholly owned subsidiaries in Washington and in the MSM that so-called “core” inflation is ”minimal” is nothing more than a propagandistic lie.

    Quite simply oil is a global market and it’s not that the price is rising as much as that the value of the US dollar in that market is shrinking. Nations all over are actively seeking ways to escape the “petro dollar” and finding other mediums of exchange in which to conduct the oil trade.

    The US Federal Reserve continues with its disastrous Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP), and perpetual buying of Treasury Bonds to finance an ever-expanding national debt. The Europeans just simply crank up the printing press to finance the never ending bailouts of the PIIGS and accompany it by replacing elected democratic governments with unelected and unelectable banking technocrats. Then on both sides of the pond these elitists can’t figure out why their own populations start grumbling about fascism and foreign states are dumping their bonds and seek to find other ways to conduct trade.

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, when the likes of Bill O’Reilly and Barac Obama are one the same page blaming speculators and not government collectivist centralization of control of free markets you might as well just bend over and grab your ankles because they are going to stick it to you deep and hard.

  32. Martin

    Hi Greg, first I’d like to thank you for such a beautiful, iinformative site.. I’ve been a follower for quite a while now 🙂
    I wanted to ask, do you gave any idea how much longer the dollar is going to stay alive? What will happen to the forex market when all this crashes?
    and because all the wealth in the world IS weighted in dollars, doesn’t it make sense to hold onto dollars? After all, whatever new currency we’ll be exchanging for, we’ll be using dollars..

    Thanks in advance

    • Greg

      I would not use U.S. dollars as a wealth preservation device and that includes U.S. Treasuries. I would only use dollars as a transaction device. In other words, hold what you need to buy what you need and make the payments ypou must make. The dollar is not going to disappear anytime soon but its buying power is going to be diminished, that’s for sure. Look at the rising price of fuel and groceries. Actually, you are witnessing the falling value of the dollar. I am not an investment advisor, but most people who comment on this site are investing in tangible assets. I’d say even a paid for house would be better than holding dollars, at least you can live in it.

      • Martin

        Sounds like solid advice.. But we MUST have SOME money around..
        I’m guessing Euro’s are no better off?
        and what about my question about forex?)

        • Greg

          I don’t know what is going to happen to FOREX. In a systemic crash it’s probably toast, but I am not a trader.

  33. Liquid Motion

    A new world currency indeed is in the making……been around for millenia.
    The “OLD” system is well past its use by date.
    The challenge for TPTB is to constrain the paper currency alternative sufficiently over as long a time frame as possible so as not to induce a “RUN” on paper and hyperinflation. To date that equates to approx. 12 years.
    China et all the others….may wish for an acceptance of their respective currencies (paper) to become the most widely accepted alternative…but when push comes to shove….there is only one alternative. You know this because they manipulate its price….China keeps buying it and encourages its citizens to do the same….and it continually reflects the ongoing distaste distrust in/for paper.
    The Dollar is Dead….Long Live the NEW Currency…!!!!!!

  34. Daniel

    One simple concept I remember from my economics class was that the more of something you have, the less it’s worth or valued. Kind of like plastic compared to silver.

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  • First point:

    You don't like Perl 6.

    You did not involve yourself in that project.

    You don't like what others have done.

    You have some weird ideas on how community projects work: you think that there's a cabal that controls the project. Well, you may call it a cabal, but anyone can join. You just have to write some idea in the mailing lists, or talk on the IRC channels, or submit a patch to the code or the documentation.

    If you have an interest in the outcome of the project, you don't ignore it for 12 years and then complain about what others have done.

    On the other hand, you are completely entitled to your opinions, and to write them down for all to read. You are also entitled to use whatever programming language you like. I, for one, don't care if you write Python, Ruby, Java, or Visual Basic (I've written code in Python, Java, C++, even Pascal, and got paid for it, so what?).

    You may even design and implement your ideal programming language, and we may even like it enough to use it.

    Second point, and the one I just don't understand:

    How do you jump from "I don't like what Perl6 has become" to "I'll try to make life difficult for one person"?

    In other words, why do you think you have a say in how a person (that's not you) presents himself to the world? If chromatic wants to be know by seven different names, it's his choice.

    Also, he can decide to delete all the comments in his weblog, and that's perfectly fine. You know why? Because it's *his* weblog. You have your own place (here), where you can write whatever you want.

    How is not approving a comment a "violent, frightened response to a threat"? If I invite people in my house, and I discover that I don't like one of them, am I not allowed to say "go away and don't come back, I don't like you"?

    You say you believe in individual freedoms, yet you deny others the freedom of choosing who they talk to. I'm confused.
    • Shane may be entitled to rejecting my comments, but he is definitely not entitled to editing them. It may be his blog, but it's my content - and my ideas. Misrepresenting my ideas on purpose is a violent act.

      I can tell you are confused. You are asking all the wrong questions. The real question is: why did we let this bunch of crazy people drive perl directly to the garbage? You don't care that it's become a joke? Interesting.

      You, as member of the perl community, are also responsible for it. Take some resp

      • In your original blog post, you said that chromatic had not approved your posts.

        In your comment above, you say he edited them.

        You also said you wanted a coherent conversation. It sounds like, right now, you're really upset and are having problems putting one together.

        If you have a beef with him, why not put together a clear, well-written post with what he did, with links to the topics.

        If, on the other hand, you're just mad and want to get even for him not approving your posts, I think you should chill. No

        • Shane has actually done both - rejecting and editing. Interesting how you didn't reply to any of my other comments.

          As for chilling - you only want me to "chill" (I am in no way upset about this issue) because what I'm saying is somehow insulting to you -- and this is the case only because you still believe the perl mythos - speed is not important, Conway is a great programmer, Wall is smart and a linguist thus perl is awesome, Perl looks like English, Perl 6 "will be done when it's done", Perl is awesome a

        • I believe there also seems to be a larger issue: Perl developers in general are not used to discussion. We are not used to having someone question our community leaders; we are not used to discussion - we are used to incoherent "state of the onion" addresses and absolutely no accountability.

          So, I understand that my comments might come as a shock, but believe me, these guys have been making a mess with what used to be a vibrant community - because we didn't follow them more closely. And every time things se

      • Misrepresenting my ideas on purpose is a violent act

        Bullshit. You are insulting every victim of true violence, ever.

        Why not go all the way and call it rape? chromatic raped you just as much as he was violent to you.

        J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
          • Think about it, kid. Our Perl community leaders have failed us

            That's funny; I don't remember voting for them.

            J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
              • Let me rephrase it: That's funny, I don't remember them dictating anything to me.

                J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
              • Never mind. You have missed every point of subtlety I've ever tried to make, so let me say it straight out: I can follow any leaders I please and ignore any leaders I want to. Your "our Perl community leaders have failed us" comment makes absolutely no sense to me. You and I share exactly zero leaders.

                What you have is some people you want to follow, and they don't want to lead you, and apparently this isn't getting through your head. They are going to Georgia, and you want to go to Massachusetts, and yo

                J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
                  • Contrarianism, basically - someone has to do it.

                    So you're doing it for the good of the community. How kind of you.

                    Is there something we can do to donate this kindness to another community?

            • Yep. The canary died; abandon the coal mine.

              J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
    • Wow, the more I think about your reply, the more I am amazed. Do they have this kind of hold on you? Look at the logo they pushed. Look at the response Wall and his minions had on that. Look at what they do, look at what they say. Look at the discussions, the sheer insanity of Wall's answers. These are the leaders you want? Wow. Just wow.

      I guess you defend the liberties of kicking people out when you don't like what they have to say, right? One true programming language is much better than a few - and it'

      • Also, do you want to know why Parse:RecDescent is only documented as pod and noone cares? Because he is a sacred cow, everyone assumes that his code MUST be good, and whatever he writes goes straight into stuff that we are supposed to use -- just because he is Doctor Conway, who can code in his sleep.

        Also, since we as perl minions have the delusion that "speed doesn't matter", as long as it works we don't look into it - who cares how fast it is?

        Give me a break. More conformist behavior. I'm tired of it -

        • Give me a break.

          From what?

          You are the one who brought up P::RD. Then you proceeded to fantasise a completely hypothetical response to your point; then worked yourself into a lather over the fantasy; then proceeded to hallucinate that something real took place – and yeah, then you needed a break from an “exchange” which took place entirely inside your head.

          You know what the funniest thing is?

          Everyone already knows to avoid Damian-ware. Imagine. No one is offended. No one cares.

          Your revela

      • As for the information on who chromatic is, it's public knowledge (I found it via Google,)....

        I'm not sure what you found, but my driver license reads T******* D****.

        • Great, Shane - then you won't be bothered when I call you Shane Warden.
          • While Mr. Warden (or Mr. Christopher or Mr. Erle or Mr. Nutter or Mr. Carlyle or Mr. Collier, whoever you decide to believe I am next) might, I'm much more interested in that research to which you referred Moritz months ago, or your thoughts on the APL case studies I recommended, or you talking on #perl6 or writing to p6l with constructive suggestions on how to improve learnability and cohesion and language retention.

            In truth, I'm happy to ignore everything except your thoughts on language design.

            • Shane, you've proven that you are very happy to ignore and edit my thoughts on language design as well.

              • Apparently the "Crazy to English" automatic translator plugin I use on MPB isn't perfect. I filed a bug on Movable Type.

                • Also, Shane, I'm not the one with multiple personality disorder :D
                  • I don't know what to tell you, Wendy Darling. In between your frenetic bursts of trying to track down Mr. Warden (I should admit to some connection, as did drive by his house this weekend; it's over two hours south of mine), did you happen to find your research papers? I know several other people are interested in proof that Perl 6 is doomed somewhat more conclusive than "Perl 6 is doomed, and I read somewhere why!"

    • This really cracks me up: []

      Look at all the perl intelligentsia trying really hard not to get his name in the wiki page. Status quo anyone? What else are they doing for each other behind our backs?

      I am surely happy I have never given money to The Perl Foundation, who knows what they could be up to. Maybe it's time to check on the results of some of their grants?


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At The Immanent Frame, Joel Carpenter asks what will be the effect of immigration on the social and political makeup of American evangelicalism. Immigration and American religion often is told as the story of pluralism, the burgeoning of religious traditions from around the world. Even more important, perhaps, is the diversification of American Christianity:

Yet the most important religious dynamic of recent immigration, sociologist Steve Warner argues, is that it has brought even more diversity to American Christianity. Two-thirds of the new immigrants are Christians. The most prominent factor in this realm is Latin American immigration and the burgeoning Latino population in the United States. The conventional wisdom is that Latin America is pervasively Roman Catholic, and so are Latinos in the United States. Indeed, some 68 percent of Latinos in the U.S. are Roman Catholic and Latinos now are 30 percent of all U.S. Catholics. More than half of Latino Catholics in the U.S., however, identify with the charismatic movement. Another major piece of news is the rise of evangelical Protestantism in Latin America and among U.S. Latinos. In both Latin America as a whole and among U.S. Latinos, about 15 percent are now evangelical Protestants.

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In response to the media's increasing focus on the role of “evangelicals” in this fall's presidential election, we have organized an ongoing series of pieces that will examine what politicians, journalists, scholars and even evangelicals themselves mean when they refer to this highly contested category. Our series on "Evangelicals & evangelicalisms" looks critically not only at assumptions about evangelicals both in the US and beyond, but also at the ways that the "evangelical" category has been used to position people institutionally and historically. While scholars of religion have long recognized the category's complexities, it rarely receives sustained critical attention in either academic or public circles. Dedicated not only to high intellectual quality, dynamic discussion, and critical debate, but also to reaching both academic and non-specialist audiences, The Immanent Frame provides an ideal context in which to air out some of these issues.

Luke Harlow at: August 9, 2008 at 3:08 PM said...

I really enjoy reading the posts over at the Immanent Frame, and that Carpenter essay was no exception. I look forward to what they have in store on complicating our collective understanding of the nature of the American evangelical landscape. (Incidentally, the Immanent Frame essay by Randall Jelks several months ago on Obama and Jeremiah Wright was well worth the time.)

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MOSCOW (AP) " When the Sochi Winter Olympics begin Friday, many will be watching to see whether Russia will enforce its law banning gay "propaganda" to minors if athletes, fans or activists wave rainbow flags or speak out in protest.

The message so far has been confusing.

The International Olympics Committee has reminded athletes that "no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites." Athletes will be free to express their opinions at news conferences, however, according to IOC President Thomas Bach.

Sochi organizers initially took issue with Bach, but then backed off.

President Vladimir Putin has assured gays that they will be welcome in Sochi but only if they "leave the kids alone." Dmitry Kozak, the deputy prime minister overseeing the games, repeated that message Thursday.

The Russian government initially banned all protests during the games. Following an international outcry, it set up a designated protest zone far from any of the Olympic venues.

Across the rest of the country, however, Russian judges have been implementing the law and handing out fines. Here's a look at who has been targeted since the law took effect in July:

In December, Nikolai Alexeyev, Russia's leading gay activist, and Yaroslav Yevtushenko traveled to the far northwestern city of Arkhangelsk, where they picketed outside a children's library bearing banners that read, "Gays aren't made, they're born!" The two were fined 4,000 rubles ($115) and their appeal denied.

Activist Dmitry Isakov protested the law in his hometown of Kazan, 720 kilometers (450 miles) east of Moscow. Months later, he was called to court after a teenager in Arkhangelsk had seen photos of his protest online and filed a complaint. Isakov was fined 4,000 rubles in January and his appeal is still pending.

Newspaper editor Alexander Suturin was summoned to court after he published an interview with an openly gay schoolteacher in his weekly paper in Khabarovsk, a city on the Amur River that borders China. Fines are much higher for those accused of spreading propaganda with the help of media or the Internet, so Suturin was fined 50,000 rubles ($1,400) by a Khabarovsk court last week. In the interview, the teacher " who was told his school contract would not be renewed after he came out publicly as gay " defended LGBT rights.

When journalist Yelena Klimova posted an enraged column about the propaganda law to a news website, she got a reaction she didn't expect: An underage lesbian from provincial Russia reached out to thank her for the column, saying it had helped keep her from committing suicide. Klimova kept up the correspondence with the girl and set up Children-404, an online group hosted by Russia's top social networking website, which allows gay and lesbian teens to post supportive letters to each other.

Now Klimova is facing trial this month in her Urals hometown of Nizhny Tagil, after several complaints were filed by a Russian lawmaker famous for championing anti-gay legislation.

"I didn't expect that it would come into anyone's head to label letters sent from minors as propaganda among minors " it's absurd!" she wrote to The Associated Press.

Shortly after a 14-year-old girl in the small town of Dyatkova, 300 kilometers (200 miles) from Moscow, held a one-person picket to protest the gay propaganda law, the phones at her home and school started ringing. An anti-gay activist from St. Petersburg, Timur Isayev, called the girl's principal and later her mother, demanding that she be homeschooled so she could not spread her ideas to other children.

Maria, who asked that her last name not be used in this article, was disciplined by a government-run commission for the protection of children's rights, which ordered her to make weekly visits and encouraged her to see a psychiatrist.

While under normal circumstances she can't be held legally responsible until age 16, she says the commission threatened to take her to court under the propaganda law if she continued to express her views in public. This week, after her case became a national media sensation, Maria said the commission director quietly promised her that the complaint against her would be dropped.

"But I'm afraid that suddenly I'll get a call and they'll say it was a mistake," she told the AP by phone. "And then everything will start all over again."

Gay pride parades have been de facto banned for many years in Russia, but since last year city authorities often cite the propaganda law as a reason to forbid any demonstrations. When small groups of demonstrators try to defy the bans, police usually detain them immediately but rarely hold them for long or press charges.

The cases that end up in court are often the result of complaints from anti-gay activists who lobby for the propaganda ban to be more rigorously enforced.

Isakov, the gay activist from Kazan, was fined after Arkhangelsk teenager Erik Fedoseyev wrote to Kazan authorities. According to Isakov, Fedoseyev's complaint said he had been encouraged to act by his father, whose wife had left him for another woman.

The activist who complained about Maria told the AP that he didn't regret intervening in the life of a 14-year-old girl he had never met.

"The girl is sick and she needs to be suspended from school," Isayev said by phone.

Isayev said he's contacted the relatives and school principals of more than a dozen openly gay teens like Maria, but that hers was the only case that went public.

"If we don't do it (enforce the law), things will be bad for this country," he said.

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Become a Queen for a day!

Believe me, you will feel like a Queen Bee at this fantastic show! And it's this coming Friday and Saturday Now, let me warn you, take your "pocket book", and prepare to shop. And even if there's nothing you need, well, there are plenty of things you will find that you just can't live without!

And don't tell me I didn't warn you!

See you at the Market!!!

x, Val

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Friday, December 18, 2015

Woodland Holiday

Hi there! I know I promised you pictures of some of my custom orders, but first we simply must enjoy a bit of "Woodland Holiday". Please indulge me as I share some of my favorite needle felts of the season. Surely there's lots more where these came from :o)

I do so love needle felts under a dome, don't you? I had an amazing owl perched on a branch under a dome, but he sold before I could pose him properly.

This one is a wee gnome home under a dome. Need I say more?...

The woodland needle felts have made a recurrence in my shop, with the addition of Mr. Hedgehog. Half this set has sold, which means I will be making more!

If my boys were still babies, I would certainly be dressing them in sweaters such as this one... love!

Mr. Fox is a cheeky friend who has also made a comeback. Well, certainly...why not?

And, finally, a recap of this stately handsome buck. He has the right idea of how to enjoy the season... right?!

I hope yours is filled to the brim with Merry!

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Is Christine Sinclair the Gretzky of Canadian Womens Soccer?

Haiti's Wisline Dolce, left, and Samantha Marie-Ann Brand, right, try to stop Canada's Christine Sinclair during the second half of CONCACAF Women's Olympic qualifying soccer in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)

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I first watched Christine Sinclair when she was just 19, at the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship, played in Edmonton at Commonwealth Stadium. She finished with 10 goals, won the Adidas Golden Ball, was the Golden Shoe winner for her 10 goals, and tournament MVP.

I must confess that I am not a soccer aficionado, because growing up in Alberta I played hockey, baseball and football, and only a bit of soccer during P.E. at school. What I have come to admire is the talent that soccer players possess – especially Sinclair.

During the 2002 FIFA Championship I found myself learning the rules of the game on the fly, and got very involved in the cheering as a Canadian supporter. Losing to the US 1-0 was indeed a bitter pill to swallow, but this just cranked up the juices to see more.

No, I did not follow local women’s soccer but I did watch closely whenever the Canadian Women’s team was on television. Sinclair played the following year for Canada at the Woman’s World Cup where she took home the Bronze Boot. Boy. Could this girl ever play.

She has collected a bushel of awards such as the Canadian Soccer Player of the Year starting in 2005, right through to 2011. She has been a FIFA nominee for World Player of the Year five times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2010).

As of January 19, 2012, she had scored 124 goals for the Canadian national team. One of those goals was the memorable winning goal on a penalty kick in the finals of the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualification.

Sinclair has served her country proud with 11 years on the national team, and participated in three FIFA Women’s World Cups (USA 2003, China 2007, and Germany 2011). The only trophy that has eluded her is the World Cup and of course an Olympic medal, but the latter may still come about.

Recently I have watched all of Canada’s games in the 2012 CONCACAF qualifiers, as the home country attempts to earn an Olympic berth in London. By my rough count I have Sinclair with 7G, 4A, in 3 games, which just blows me away. I am amazed at her talent, whether it is making a run with the ball or setting up her team-mates for scoring opportunities.

I have watched her score with either foot, and her awareness of where the opposition and team-mates are, well it’s Gretzky-ish. She truly does dominate when she has possession of the ball, and with Canada’s new triangle attack approach, the opposition has a hard time marking her.

With a win this Friday over Mexico Canada will be assured of going to the Olympics. It doesn’t matter what happens in the final against presumably the USA team, as the two top teams will qualify. Sure it would be nice to beat the Americans, but for me, I would rather that happen at the Olympics.

I sure hope that the local soccer fans get behind the Canadian women’s team and turn up in large numbers to cheer them on in this historical game. Just to watch Christine Sinclair rise to the occasion as true greats do – would be worth the price of admission.

Pitch facts – Some little known ones at that – Christine is the niece of former Canadian international and NASL’er Brian Gant, and Bruce Gant, a former North American Soccer League player. So as you can see, soccer intertwines her relatives.

It will be interesting to see if Coach John Herdman stays with goal keeper Karina LeBlanc or goes with the Erin McLeod. I would think that LeBlanc will be the choice, as she is the more experienced with 90 caps to McLeod’s 62.

 Sinclair’s Stats

Senior career*

Years Team

2002 Vancouver Breakers[1]

2006–2008 Vancouver Whitecaps Women[2]

2009–2010 FC Gold Pride

2011– Western New York Flash

National team

2001–2002 Canada U-20 (U-19)

2000– Canada

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Dozens fall ill after eating oysters in Tofino

Dozens fell ill after eating oysters in Tofino over the last week. Les Bazso / Vancouver Sun

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At least 48 people have suffered vomiting and diarrhea after eating oysters in Tofino.

“That definitely qualifies for outbreak criteria, but they’re not all associated with a specific time or place,” said medical health officer Charmaine Enns.

Some had participated in the popular Clayoquot Oyster Festival last weekend, but others had not, she said.

Island Health’s investigation is ongoing, but all signs point to bivalves as the culprit.

“Everyone we have spoken to has identified that they have eaten raw or cooked oysters,” Enns said.

The oysters were consumed between Nov. 17 and 22.

One person has tested positive for norovirus, which can contaminate oysters and spread from person to person. Norovirus is hardy and can survive in oysters that aren’t thoroughly cooked, Enns said.

“It’s something we do see in our communities regularly. It’s easily transmitted. … If I live with someone who has it, I’m almost guaranteed to get it,” she said.

Anyone showing symptoms should wash their hands vigilantly. Enns recommends against returning to work until 48 hours after symptoms clear, especially for those who work in health care, food services or at a daycare.

Island Health is collecting information about where the oysters were harvested and some oyster samples have been sent to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to see if they are contaminated. Results should be available next week.

Anyone who has experienced symptoms is encouraged to report them to Island Health’s communicable disease line for tracking purposes. Staff are off for the weekend, but will collect messages next week. To reach the line, call 250-519-3401 and press 0 for assistance.

Enns said she believes the outbreak is over. “At this moment in time, I don’t have a concern that whatever was out there exposing people is still exposing people. I think whatever’s happened has happened,” she said.

The Clayoquot Oyster Festival began in 1997. An estimated 500 to 600 festival goers slurp back about 8,000 oysters each year, according to the event website.

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Video shows missing young mom hours after she left her New Westminster home

Florence Leung.

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VANCOUVER — The family of a missing 32-year-old woman from New Westminster hopes surveillance video found over the weekend offers new leads.

It shows Florence Leung buying several items at a convenience store in Vancouver’s West End.

The video was taken shortly after 6 p.m., last Tuesday, several hours after the mother of a two-month-old boy was seen driving away from her home.

The items Leung purchased were found later in her car in Stanley Park, prompting a search last week of the park, the Lions Gate Bridge and parts of West Vancouver.

No sign of Leung has been found, and there’s concern for her well-being, because her family believes she may be suffering from post-partum depression.

Leung’s husband Kim Chen says he and Leung were very happy as they awaited the birth of their first child.

“We were married for two years. We always wanted to have children and build a family. And everything was perfect, everything was bliss,” he says.

The family has been told a Vancouver police officer will speak to the convenience store operator as the investigation continues.


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Varsity Blue

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Recruiting Update 5-12-08

The board. You may notice it's been reorganized so the offered prospects are at the top of each table. If I missed anything, let me know in the comments to this post so I can fix it.

NC DB Terry Shankle. He's been offered (info in header).

New Information:
TN OT Alex Bullard. Top 6 includes Michigan. Tennessee with the edge currently.
AZ DE Craig Roh. He will play in the ESPN Game.
SC DB Damario Jeffrey. Top 10 does not include Michigan.
OH OT Marcus Hall. His top 6 has changed but still includes Michigan.
IL OG Chris Watt recruiting fluff. No Michigan mention (but no mention of OSU, either). He's #1 in Illinois.

Freep's top 5 instaters. Lots of Michigan targets expected for the OSU Nike. Happy 2nd birthday Michigan Football Saturdays.

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  1. Anonymous Obes Says:

    idk if you've seen it or not but espn has coverage of this past weekend's PSU combine. they also have a pic of big will campbell tossing some kid aside. that kid? zach boren.

  2. Anonymous Obes Says:

    scratch that last comment

  3. Anonymous Jacques Auef Says:

    You can take James Jackson and Devonte Holloman off the board as they just committed to OSU and Clemson respectively. Don't quite get Holloman as I thought he said he was coming up to A2 this weekend.

  4. Blogger RJHOVE Says:

    looks like the vest is beating us so far in recruiting...holloman was a tough hit too...what gives he was supposed to be a the BBQ


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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Rice Milk In India

I'm a Vegan in United States and Trader Joe's Organic Rice Drink is a staple in my kitchen. Trader Joe's Organic Rice Drink is awesome. I use it to make smoothies, kheers, and use it to bake cookies and muffins.

Before going to bed, I sometimes drink "Golden Milk", by heating rice milk with a dash of turmeric and black pepper. I'm in a state of bliss as I drink the delicious cruel-free Golden milk.

If you are in United States, and are not comfortable with dairy milk , you should try Trader Joe's Rice Drink. There are about 419 Trader Joe's stores across United States. http://www.traderjoes.com/

I also like the fact that few ingredients are used to make rice milk. The ingredients found in Trader Joe's Organic Rice drink are filtered water, organic brown rice , vegetable oil, tricalcium phosphate, ergocalciferol(vitamin D2), and Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12)

I strongly feel that the number of Vegans in India will increase by many-folds if there is Rice milk in India. I hope some entrepreneurs from India try to make , "Rice milk".

Many Indians no longer feel like consuming cow's milk, as the cows are induced with oxytocin harmone to produce more milk. . Thanks to Peta and blogs such as Vegan India, the cruel condition of innocent cows is exposed.  And many people are not comfortable to use soy milk regulary. So, I feel "Rice milk" will have a huge market in India.

In few years , I'm confident that Rice milk will become popular alternative dairy-milk, in India.

Monday, March 30, 2015

One Green Planet - Website For a Peaceful Earth

It is really exciting to be a Vegan these days! You can explore variety of fruits, vegetables and make new dishes every day.

One Green Planet is an amazing website, awash with yummy vegan recipes and cute animal videos.

Visit http://www.onegreenplanet.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/onegreenplanet

Friday, March 27, 2015

Biscoff Cookies are Vegan Cookies

I buy cookies very rarely.  Recently, when we were in Costco, my son saw Biscoff cookies, and he wanted to try it. Well, we purchased the cookies!

Biscoff cookies are vegan. On the package, it says, " Vegan , No artificial flavors, colors or preservatives". And I also liked that they use few ingredients to make these cookies. Wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oils, brown sugar, sodium bicarbonate , soy flour, salt and cinnamon are the simple ingredients used to make these cookies.

In United States, these cookies are available in most of the grocery stores and supermarkets. Biscoff cookies are made in Belgium. Visit Biscoff http://www.biscoff.com to know more about the delicious cookies.

According to the website, Biscoff also makes Biscoff spread. Biscoff spread is also vegan.

Monday, March 23, 2015

Aamir Khan Goes Vegan

Aamir Khan , a popular Indian movie star has recently become vegan. Aamir khan said he was inspired to go vegan, when he saw a youtube video - A doctor explaining the positive points of a vegan diet (Plant-based diet)

I'm sure thousands of Indians will be inspired to go Vegan. Actually, it is pretty easy to thrive on vegan diet in India.

I hope Aamir Khan visits Vegan India (http://vegan-india.blogspot.com) , Tongue Ticklers (http://tongueticklers.com) and Holy Cow (http://holycowvegan.net/) for vegan resources and vegan recipes.


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Saturday, May 2, 2009

Ultimate Pecan Sticky Buns

These babies are truly decadent and will surely add inches to your hips, thighs, and buttocks just by looking at them. As you may remember, Vegan Mom and I have been involved in a fight to keep the local school open (it is almost 100 years old and a pillar of the community). That has meant hosting many strategy meetings and providing lots of vegan baking for hungry activists. The great news is that we have prevailed! The school will stay open for now, giving us time to raise money to restore and renovate it to its former glory, and hopefully get it a well-deserved historical landmark designation. We probably owe it all to these buns. The recipe is modified from The New Basics Cookbook--I didn't like their some of their ingredients or method. The combination of the orange and the rum make these truly amazing.

- 4 1/2 to 5 cups all purpose flour
- 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast
- 1 cup warm soy milk
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup margarine, melted
- 1/2 cup soy yogurt (or replacement for two eggs)
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- 2 tbsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt

- 3 tbsp light brown sugar
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon

- 1 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup margarine
- 1/4 cup rum
- 1 1/2 cup pecan halves

1. Mix 3 cups of the flour and the yeast together. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Add enough the remaining flour to make a soft (but not sticky) yet firm dough. Knead for 10 mins until smooth.
2. From here, you have two choices: a) place dough in a buttered bowl (turning to coat), cover, and place in the refrigerator overnight (this way you can make them fresh in the morning. Do step three and beyond in the morning as well); or b) place in a buttered bowl (turning to coat), cover, and let rise in a warm place until doubled.
3. Mix together the filling ingredients and set aside.
4. Make the topping. First, butter the sides of an 9 x 13 pan. Put sugar, margarine, and rum in a saucepan and heat over medium heat, stirring constantly. The trick here is to melt the sugar and start the caramelization process. I like to bring it almost to bubbling, then remove from heat and pour into prepared pan. Distribute pecan halves evenly in the topping, then place in the fridge to cool.
5. Punch down dough (if you left it in the fridge overnight, you may want to let it warm up for an hour first). Roll out on a lightly floured surface into a 12 x 18" rectangle. Sprinkle filling evenly over, then tightly roll up like a jelly roll along the long edge.
6. Slice into twelve 1.5" pieces and place in prepared pan in 4 rows of three. Cover, and let rise for about an hour. Before the hour is up, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
7. Bake for 30 to 35 mins, until nicely browned and topping is bubbling. This is actually a bit tricky. Remember that what you see is actually the bottom of the rolls, and the trick is to make sure that the tops is cooked and the topping has fully caramelized.
8. Let buns cool for 15 mins, then invert on to a large plate. You may want to invert it on to a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper. That way, if the bottom (now the top) is not done, you can put it back into the oven for 5 mins or so to firm up. Serve.


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lördag 31 december 2011

DVD time

Finally the MFS 6 arrived in the mail box, the friday night was saved. Even little Jim liked it.

Hmm, smooth...

The mrs bought some nice new years eve candy for daddy, sweet!

onsdag 21 december 2011

Nice Christmas Gift

Got this in the "slow mail" today from the W&W Crew. It even got a drink recipe on the back along with the instruction how to cut it out and hang it in the christmas tree!

Spicegirls? No, Rockbitch!

Swedish Classic

måndag 12 december 2011

Those were the days, the rubber corner at Wedge C.C.
Luckily one of the responsible was a firefighter and notified his colleges that they could relax if someone called the emergency number... (my old red -64 btw but here with a new owner)

lördag 10 december 2011

@ Svennes

Me and Longbearded J took a trip to Svenne the other weekend. He´s kind of into -58 GM cars, got two Chevys and a Cadillac. We loaded up an old Benz engine and drank a couple of mugs with coffee.
Always nice to have a chat about distributors and carburators and paint and wheels and bikes and...

Uh-uuh Uh-uhh Uh-uuh

Chainsaw art at my mother in laws place, kind of frightening in the dark... //F

tisdag 6 december 2011

Hot Rod Tractor

This badass Fordson Major was modified a long time ago with an engine from probably a forest harvester. Orginial it´s got a 4 banger diesel but now there sits a straight six as a heart. Both the frame and the hood is extended about 8 inches!

This manly thing is owned by our friend Longbearded J´s father.
He´s got a thing for old cool machines...

söndag 4 december 2011

Speed Boat

My mother in laws husband got one of these wicked boats from Thailand . Old Copied Toyota engine, it sure runs like hell and isn´t easy to manage. It´s easy to get thrown in the water if your not use to riding Asian river boats. //F


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Pirated movies and TV shows are only part of the story of lost income for creators. A new report released Tuesday points the finger directly at the ad networks serving those sites.

Good Money Gone Bad,” a report from the Digital Citizens Alliance (DCA), estimates that content theft sites earned about a quarter of a billion dollars last year from ads.

“Crime can pay,” the report noted, “when you can steal other people’s content.”

The 30 largest pirate sites — the report focused on movie and TV content — will make an average of $4.4 million annually from ads.

BitTorrent and P2P portal sites, among the most popular site types, can rake in more than $6 million per year from ads, and even a small site could see more than $100,000. Since their content is priceless, literally, these sites can have profit margins in the vicinity of 80 percent to 94 percent.

Nearly 600 sites were investigated for the study, which was conducted for DCA by research firm MediaLink LLC. Sites excluded from consideration included porn and hate sites and those with user-generated content. Almost 30 percent of the large sites had ads from premium brands such as Amazon, Lego, McDonalds, and Whole Foods.

Automated Ad Placement

Deputy Executive Director Adam Benson told VentureBeat, “A lot of companies have no idea that their ads are showing up on those sites.”

The key reason: An estimated 53 percent of U.S. online display ad placement was automated last year, as per media strategy firm Magna Global, and that figure is expected to hit 83 percent by 2017.

Way back in the last century, users of the early Internet often shrugged off content piracy. But the scale and damage is different now, the report says:

“The harm caused by content theft now extends well beyond the music and movie industries. It robs designers who rely on the Internet to sell their creations, hurts brands that find themselves associated with illegal and inappropriate sexual and violent content, funds online criminals and provides seed money for other illegal activities.”

What to do? The report recommends that advertisers, their networks, and exchanges beef up their voluntary best-practice standards, using automated filters to sift out content-theft sites. A best practices effort, however, was also attempted in 2012. Benson said that this time, the conversation can at least begin with “some hard numbers.”