Gold, Silver, Copper and Real Money

If you have read any news lately, you will hear about Quantitative Easing and the injection of several trillion dollars into the economy by the Federal Reserve (For a history of the Federal Reserve, please check out this book in paperback or on Kindle.).  Zero Hedge has many articles on this.

Over time, since the introduction of the Federal Reserve, the dollar has lost nearly95.8% of the purchasing power, if you do the calculations.  That means that $1 in 2014 is worth 4¢ in 1913.  The other way to look at this is $1 in 1913, is worth $23.87, or 2286.8% difference.  When your parents say that they could’ve gone to the movies for 25¢, or bought dinner for 65¢, they weren’t kidding.

The money your parents used was made of 90% silver, and until 1971, the dollar was backed by gold at $35/oz.  Due to printing of cash by the government, however, President Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard, and gold skyrocketed in price, reaching highs over $1800 in 2011.  Had you bought just 10 gold 1 oz eagles in 1971, spending just $350, you’d have today about $12,850, a profit of about 36.7 times over.

Border Wall Prototypes Work

According to a new video from Fox News, US Special Forces were unable to defeat certain border wall prototypes.

Opponents will call the wall names such as ‘racist,’ but neglect to consider China used a wall to keep out the Mongols:

The Vatican has a wall too:

And today, Hungary, Macedonia, and Austria have erected fences within the Shengen area to help stem the flow of illegal aliens which are flooding Europe these days.  According to Breitbart, Hungary has seen a 99% drop in illegal immigration since erecting its border wall within the last 2 years.

Those in the American Left must, if they are to be consistent call the Chinese racist, and the Vatican racist for having walls also.  Or, is their ire only directed at America?

For the United States to continue as a unique, special, and individual country, it must deport illegal aliens who refuse to assimilate and who perpetrate violent crimes against American citizens, and who take jobs Americans would do if given a chance.  If America builds a wall, and deports the criminal aliens and those the immigration service can capture, that will help reduce the incentive to enter illegally.

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Water and Filtering

While Hiking or exercising, a good Nalgene bottle is the best way to go:

Nalgene BPA Free Tritan Wide Mouth Water Bottle, 32 Oz, Gray with Black Lid

Charcoal colored bottle

Or, if you want more, you can get a water bladder:

Bladders: Camelback (100 oz), Tomtop, Bicycle Mouth 2 Liter, Platypus (3L)

Now, while hiking, you might encounter streams, brooks, or other natural sources of water, but they might not be safe to drink, due to microscopic bacteria or other little particles that could be harmful to you, causing dysentery or worse.  What you would do in such a situation is use water purification tablets, activated charcoal, or a water filter pump to clean the water so it’s safe to drink.  Here are a few possibilities:

Water tablets: Portable Aqua, Potassium Iodide tablets, Katadyn tablets

Water filters: Lifestraw, Katadyn portable filter, Berkey water filter Kit, portable filters, OKEBA filter

Give these filters a try and let me know how your hike goes!

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