Supernotes: An Old Story With A Modern Kick

supernotesJoseph P Farrell – I want to revisit a story that is now some years old, and which I’ve blogged about before, because now the story assumes a new urgency within the current financial and geopolitical context, and that’s the “supernotes” story from the mid-2000s (articles courtesy of M.D.).

My earlier forays into this story can be found on the website by simply searching for “supernotes”. One article in particular should be in your mind as you read today’s revisiting of the subject: Continue reading

Now It’s Alabama And Bullion

Alabama gold bullionJoseph P Farrell – You can now add Alabama to the list of American states that are taking definite moves to utilize bullion as currency, as that state’s senate has just passed a bill removing sales tax of gold and silver bullion (story courtesy of W.G.):

A similar move recently passed the Utah legislature as it successfully removed sales tax on the Utah “goldbacks”, the local currency that started in Utah and has already spread to being used in some places in Wyoming. Texas, as readers here already know, has opened its state bullion depository, neighboring Oklahoma is considering a similar measure to Alabama’s, Mississippi has already passed one, Tennessee is considering similar measures and its own bullion depository, South Carolina has already passed such a measure… Continue reading