POG Politics Thread

[Nicholasp27]

should I seriously be considering buying $1-2k worth of gold this week 'just in case?'

[amplify]

If you buy gold:

pay as little premium over spot as possible
take delivery, don't let the vendor hold it

[JaredL]

Reliable word that Bank of America branch managers just received a
letter or memo from the USFed instructing them to perhaps be ready for
a one-week universal shut-down of the banking system, including access
to checking accounts, savings accounts and credit cards. Reliable word
has it that BofA bank branches received a shipment of signs last week,
reading “We're sorry, but due to circumstances beyond our control, we
cannot be open at this time.

Unless it's part of the new law or something, they can't do this. Banks cannot be closed 4 consecutive days or they risk losing their FDIC status. For this reason, every single bank is open the day after Thanksgiving. Also, if they have some computer problem on Monday or Thursday you can bet the the tech guys are pulling an all-nighter if necessary.

[DustinG]

i'm sure they would make exceptions in case of a national emergency

[Zurvan]

That looks fake because of the repeat of the phrase "reliable word"

[JaredL]

Heh, I suck at reading. I must have skimmed over that it was the fed requesting it. I still don't believe it but obviously my reason makes no sense.

[Stephen H]

Dustin,

AFAIC remember there was a national story in '05 about how evidence showed that government agencies had identified some of those involved in 9/11 prior to the attacks. It didn't become the biggest story since 9/11 because the MSM squelched it, but rather because when it was reported, no one gave a damn, so they went back to reporting baseball scores that people actually would watch the news for.
There's a reason that "removing the ro*******s to intercommunication between agencies" was part of the justification for legislation like The Patriot Act.

[Stephen H]

oh yea lol roTHISSOFTWARECANBLOCKADSTHAT2PLUS2DISPLAYSANDCRUS HTHEIRREVENUES.

[bobman0330]

Originally Posted by Zurvan

That looks fake because of the repeat of the phrase "reliable word"

Also because the fed wouldn't distribute information that, if leaked, would be almost certain to spark an epic wave of bank failures to thousands and thousands of middle-management functionaries.

[DustinG]

if it was going to happen then the bank failures would be/are happening anyways

but i agree it wouldnt be leaked

[ScottHoward v5.0]

i heard more clips of palin and couric today. she couldnt name a newspaper that she reads? wtf. 9 minutes til slaughter time?

[Zurvan]

I watched a minute of the Canadian leaders debate, and a minute of the US VP debate.

What a bunch of retarded monkeys.

[ScottHoward v5.0]

nucular?

[Mark_K]

On the topics of Currency/Banking etc... I couldn't help but chuckle over this WSJ article:

Mackerel Economics

Hehe

So Clown, I guess this is the equivalent to a gold standard in prisons?

[Mark_K]

Originally Posted by ScottHoward v5.0

nucular?

She used Bush Sr. as her speech coach. (LDO)