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Buying Silver Online or In-Store: A Real World Analysis.

Dilemma: You have $1000.00. What’s the best deal? Buy online at Apmex or instore at Louisville Numismatic Coin store? I asked myself this question and “did what I do” and put the notes here for anyone else who might have the same question.

Current price of silver: $29.92
Calculator says we can get 33.42245989304813oz for $1000.
Goal: Buy 33oz for $1000.00

APMEX:
Silver – Rounds – 1oz – Sort: Price Low to High
As low as [...]

Hungarian-born billionaire buys airtime to warn against socialis

(CNN) - He’s not running for office. He’s not part of a super PAC. He’s not lobbying for or against any ballot measures.

But billionaire Thomas Peterffy is spending millions on television ads this election season with one cautionary message: Avoid socialism.

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“I grew up in a socialist country and I have seen what [...]

Washington state to become first to offer voter registration on FACEBOOK

(CNN) – Washington will become the first state to offer voter registration via Facebook with a new application to be launched as soon as next week, according to a state election official.

Once online, the app will be accessible on the secretary of state’s Facebook page, said Shane Hamlin, co-director of elections for the state.

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BARACK AND BONES: ‘I’VE BEEN EATING’.

(CNN) - President Barack Obama faces a daily wave of criticism on a number of issues. The latest attack?

“People have been commenting I need to gain some weight,” Obama quipped Friday at a campaign stop in Poland, Ohio.

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After a woman from the audience cheered, “Yeah!” the president paused.

“Who said that?” he asked, [...]

The War In Afghanistan: How Much Are You Paying?

WASHINGTON — As Americans breathe a sigh of relief over finally filing the returns on what they owe (or are owed from) Uncle Sam this Tax Day, the progressive group Rethink Afghanistan wants them to consider how much of their money is funding the war in Afghanistan, now in its 10th year.

The group, a project of the Brave New Foundation, has created a Cost of War [...]

Just got this from my sister’s sister-in-law: Are you sick of highly paid teachers?

Thomas Tsotsis

Teachers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or10 months a year! It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do – babysit!

We can get that for less than minimum wage.
That’s right. Let’s give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend [...]

Adjusted for inflation (gov. data), we didn’t surpass the 1929 peak in the DOW until around 1990

by Jan Paul

Rising stocks are mostly, it seems, now based on devaluing currencies around the world. Don’t go by the DXY as it is just compared to falling currencies for the most part (six other currencies) and the Euro is given 57.6% of the weight in that basket. The world’s fiat currencies have been devalued 60-80% since 1990. According to this site [...]

Now EVERYONE is bullish after the market runs up 700 points in 6 days

This Market isn’t the same market I traded
even a few years ago. Its been overrun by short-term
traders and computers. It’s more rigged now then
ever before in history. Volume isn’t even a real
indicator of liquidity any more. This Market is basically
anyone’s guess.

Retail investors playing in this Market is like a naked
man playing football against the Philadelphia Eagles: stay
out on the field long enough and you’re gonna get trampled
or worse…if you even [...]