I think Martin Armstrong is a billiant man. He developed a computer program that models historical and current events, cycles of war, the flow of capital -- to predict with uncanny accuracy (it is said) events of all kinds, from social to market to political. His data goes back through all of recorded history. The government tried to get the source code from him, but he refused to give it up. For not cooperating, he was thrown into federal prison for 10 years, at least some of that in solitary confinement.
I don't have much cash to throw around but there are organizations that I want to support financially. So, I decided to leverage my 50th birthday and my network of friends to create a fundraiser through an organization called PlanG (short for planned giving).
For my birthday, I am asking friends/family not to buy gifts, but instead to donate to a tax-deductible fund (they get the tax deduction, so it's a gift that gives back) and I get to select the charitable organization(s) that will receive the money.
I get a regular e-mail letter from the creator of the Liberty Dollar. He asys the founder of the Free Lakota Bank is not to be trusted and sites many examples so I believe him.
I just thought I'd pass that one bacause I was really excited when I first heard about the Free Lakota Bank and almost thought I might start banking with them. Apparently this guy has stolen minting dies from Chris Duane so be sure to only buy Chris's silver directly from him.
Bill Still finally cleared up a long time question in my mind.
Credit Unions do not practice fractional reserve banking. Although banks can create money out of nothing when they lend, credit unions have to actually have the money in order to lend it. This explains a long time question I have had about credit unions and why they aren't making money hand over fist like the banks are.