William Koch & Ancient Coins


QUESTION: I understand that the Koch brothers bought ancient coins. Is there any truth to that?

WJ

ANSWER: Oh, yes. William Koch was involved in a very famous case involving the Athenian decadrahms. There was a hoard discovered in Antalya by a television repairman and two other people back in 1984. They found a hoard of 2000 ancient silver coins with a metal detector. The hoard contained the rare Athenian decadrachms, which were produced as a commemorative 10-drachma coin. There were only 7 previously known examples. The Elmali Hoard contained 14 of them and became known as the “The Hoard of the Century.” The first one sold for $600,000 dollars, easily breaking the old record. The billionaire, William Koch of Boston, bought 1,800 of the coins for $3.5 million dollars. The Turkish Government knew that the treasure had been smuggled out of the country, but after it was taken across the border they didn’t have the slightest knowledge of its whereabouts. The treasure disappeared.

Based on the evidence, the Turkish Government started legal proceedings in Boston. The judge gave an important interim judgment in Turkey’s favor. Koch lost the hoard to Turkey

Australians Losing All Freedoms to Socialism


QUESTION: I live in Australia but seriously considering living elsewhere as our freedoms continue to be eroded, our economy artificially supports to stop property prices corrected as top 4 banks carry estimate 80% exposure, etc, etc.

I love living in Sydney beaches for climate, beaches + surf, incredible quality of raw ingredients for food and a healthy lifestyle. But I believe we are on a downward spiral which may well last a generation or longer.

I’m location independent economically with both Australian and UK passport.

Where my best options to move and make a home where the next 20 years will flourish rather than suffer?

I’m very open to suggestions?

DF

ANSWER: The UK will most likely adopt a worldwide income tax. As an Australian resident, you are taxed on your worldwide income. This means you must declare all income you receive from foreign sources in your income tax return. You might want to look at moving to Thailand. They are outside of the CRS and a very reasonable country, if not the most reasonable in SE Asia. It is hard to say what will unfold there going forward. However, the only thing that is certain is that the West is in the decline & fall mode. The financial power will shift to Asia post-2032.

We have to understand that all the promises of socialism are crumbling to the ground. The governments will become much more aggressive to enforce taxation in a desperate attempt to retain power. That will fail. The only thing this is causing is rising separatist movements and inevitable violence

Britain GDP Has been declining ever since joining the EU


REQUEST: 
Hi Martin, I trust you are well. Would you post the chart you showed of how the UK has performed since joining the EU? I’ve been ploughing through your emails but am unable to find it. In short, I want to show my partners son the chart, who is a vehement ‘remainer’. Ie, evidence that the Uk would be better off leaving the EU.
Thanks for your help,
Cheers
Charlie

Venezuela & Guyana


COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong; I am from Venezuela and became an American citizen 20 years ago. I have brought my father here to live for his pension in Venezuela will not even buy him a cup of coffee as you have mentioned. I can only wish that the democrats would visit Venezuela and witness first hand what their ideas would do to America. You have a country with the largest oil reserves in the world and even gold reserves yet its people are starving. Qatar has the highest net worth per capita which shows that capitalism is so much better than socialism. You are correct. Venezuela proves governments are incapable of managing a bubblegum machine.

HD

ANSWER: It is truly an example to the entire world. The proven oil reserves in Venezuela are recognized as the largest in the world, totaling 297 billion barrels (4.72×1010 m3). For example, a crude oil contract on the futures market is 1,000 barrels of oil. At $55 per barrel, the notional value of the contract is $55,000. That is 297 million contracts of $16 trillion in reserves. The main coalfields are located in the western Zulia State, on the border with Colombia, and they have known proven reserves of natural bitumen (42 billion tons). On top of all that, they have gold reserves which are estimated to be 10,000 tons (29,166.7 ounces per ton). That is about $40 million per ton or $4 billion. From a resource perspective, Venezuela has more than $20 trillion in reserve values equal to almost the entire US national debt. If they really want socialism, privatize the resources, let professionals manage it, and hand out profits equally to all the people. But no, the government has to control everything.

There is a tiny little country most people have never heard of and assume it is in Africa. In Guyana, they have just discovered oil. This economy is going to explode next year and it will probably be the highest growth in the world. You will quickly see the difference between capitalism and socialism.

Charlie’s Angels Remake Flops Because Men Won’t Watch Hot Chicks Who Kick A$$


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The new Charlie’s Angels film remake flops, a failure that director Elizabeth Banks attributes to the “fact” that men don’t go to see women do action movies. Have men actually decided they no longer enjoy watching “hot chicks who kick a$$”, or are audiences just tired of being force-fed a feminist lecture when they paid to see a fun movie? Bill Whittle, Stephen Green and Scott Ott are three men unashamed of their delight in strong-female action films. They’ve been analyzing culture and news for 11 years thanks to the Members who fund this enterprise. Our Members engage in vibrant conversation at our website, where they have exclusive access to several features that encourage civil dialogue, rational thought and a lot of fun. You can see the full archive of Right Angle there right now: https://BillWhittle.com Listen to Right Angle on the go with your podcast app: http://bit.ly/BWN-Podcasts

86-Year-Old Justice Ginsburg Back in Hospital…


US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 86, has been admitted to hospital suffering chills and a fever, the Supreme Court said in a statement:

SCOTUS – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, last night after experiencing chills and fever earlier in the day. She was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. before being transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital for further evaluation and treatment of any possible infection.

With intravenous antibiotics and fluids, her symptoms have abated and she expects to be released from the hospital as early as Sunday morning. Further updates will be made when available. (link)

Monty Python’s Politically Correct


 

Understanding the Repo Crisis


COMMENT: Marty, thank you for a great conference. The comments out there on the liquidity crisis have been just domestically focused. Thank you for keeping my eyes focused on international events and your analysis about the crisis at Deutsche Bank

GH

REPLY: The raid on Deutsche Bank in Germany back in September over the money laundering probe of Danske Bank, which is the biggest lender in Denmark, contributed to the sudden collapse in confidence. The governments are desperate for money and they are hunting it on a global scale. Deutsche Bank served as a correspondent bank to Danske’s Estonia branch. That is where the latest money laundering is alleged to have occurred. The banker there in the Estonia branch of Danske, Aivar Rehe, was found dead by police there in Estonia. He had been previously questioned by prosecutors and was considered to be THE key witness in the money laundering probe. As always, just like Jeffrey Epstein, his death was declared to be a suicide. This is standard whenever they need to cover something up. Boris Berezovsky suddenly commits suicide being very remorseful for making billions I suppose. Anyone who could expose things others do not want always seems to commit suicide.

The crisis in liquidity is that American bankers will NOT lend to Europe. Because of the European Banking Crisis, banks just do not trust banks. Nobody knows who will be standing after a failure at Deutsche Bank. The Fed has had to step in to be the neutral lender NOT because of a crisis in the USA, but because of the collapse in confidence in Europe’s banking system as a whole. Stay alert – this is just getting started.