Gary North's Miscellany continued

Hollywood film producer Aaron Russo had a great idea: Expose the IRS and the Federal Reserve System. Then, step by step, he blew it.... keep reading

This movie is opening, city by city, across the United States. Here is a video version. This is not a "pirate" edition. What you see here will not cheer you up. See it anyway.... keep reading

One of my readers sent a letter on the earthquake. Public utilities failed. Cell phones failed. Lesson: We are highly dependent on infrastructure. This subscriber was better prepared than her neighbors.... keep reading

This is a basic negotiating technique. To ignore it is to walk away from available money. The longer you ignore it, the more money you will lose.... keep reading

Hardly anyone tracks SOMA. That's why they don't grasp what the Bernanke revolution is going to do the the stock market, the precious metals market, and the bond market.... keep reading

Beware the argument from manipulation. This is the universal argument trotted out by the advisors who failed to tell you a collapse of the market price was coming.... keep reading

This was a bad recommendation from a former central banker. It shows that the central banks can delay crises for a long, long time.... keep reading

This is another variation of Pareto's 20/80 law. This public opinion survey tells us what real people are doing -- not overweight paid celebrities, who have a financial incentive to lose a lot of weight.... keep reading

These entrepreneurs are among the most successful on earth. They do not have a website, however. Here's why.... keep reading

It never ceases to amaze me how much useful stuff is out there on the web. Here is a basic tool for dealing with the step you must take before launching your business: a business plan.... keep reading

It's not just that the U.S. is #150. It's that its obligations are twice as great as all other nations combined.... keep reading

The admitted debt of the U.S. government is over $9 trillion. It's a fake figure: over five times too low. The government must by law publish the real debt, but it is not well-publicized. Here are the facts.... keep reading

Sept. 22, 2006 In spring, a major home builder went bankrupt in Phoenix. Families that paid a down payment can kiss their money goodbye. They are at the end of a very long line of creditors. h... keep reading

The FED's decision to keep the FedFunds rate stable should have sent a yellow alert to the precious metals markets. But it didn't register. Let me explain what is about to happen.... keep reading

A year ago, this guy was widely believed. Today, he is a laughing stock. When you are employed to make an industry look good, you're dead when it slides.... keep reading

Here is how I made money from the dollar devaluation of 1971. You can do the same now.... keep reading