Thursday, November 15, 2012

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Viktor


LIBERTY DOLLAR NEWS:
October 2012 Vol. 14 No. 10

Prison May Be the Next Stop
Dear Liberty Dollar Supporters!
Table of Contents:
1. Legal Update
2. Prison May Be the Next Stop
3. Additional Articles re The Times
4. Bernard von NotHaus' Accomplishment
5. Beer on Tap
6. The Potential for Private Money
7. The Case For Monetary Freedom
8. Bitcoin Prevents Monetary Tyranny
9. Welcome to Wild Colorado!
10. And Oklahoma is Packin'
1. Legal Update
If I was not facing 22 years in federal prison, I might be inclined to say this is getting boring! Thankfully, anxiety bars that from happening. Plus as I have pointed out before the arrest and conviction, I had no idea as to what it would take to return our great country to a value based currency. Guess what?! I still don't know what it will take. Hopefully it will not take 22 years in prison. But I decided to make a stand. And I am appreciative that many of you decided to join me. So, here we stand, waiting for Judge Voorhees to take action and hope for the best. As of October 18, it has been nineteen months since my conviction. WOW, in a few more months, I could be back in court on the second anniversary of my conviction. Whenever, I hope some of you might join me.
2. Prison May Be the Next Stop -
Well now all is lost! Now the mainstream media has discovered the Liberty Dollar. I didn't ever think this would happen! Not only was the interview very enjoyable here in Malibu - the article in the New York Times, of all places, was terrific. And while the Liberty Dollar has been covered in hundreds of newspapers since my conviction, The Times lived up to the standards that makes it one of the top papers in the country. Or, maybe more accurately, Alan Feuer did some fine writing and the editors, "let it be." Seriously, the full page article, "Prison May Be the Next Stop on a Gold Currency Journey" was very well written as Alan sorted out tons of material that we covered during our extensive four hour interview.

The article opens with: High above the cliff tops and the beach bars, up a winding mountain road, in a borrowed house on someone else's ranch, an unusual criminal is waiting for his fate. And closes with: "The thing that fires me up the most," he will say, "is this is what happens: When money goes bad, people go crazy. Do you know why? Because they can't exist without value. Value is intrinsic in man."

Please click HERE and judge for yourself. I would love to hear your comments via Bernard@LibertyDollarNews.org

Thanks Alan for your interest and the fine reporting.

The New York Sun wrote a very eloquent and well reasoned editorial: 'Rosa Parks' of the Dollar in response to The Times article. It addresses an important point of the Liberty Dollar case that The Times article failed to address.
Please click HERE for the 'Rosa Parks' Editorial.
3. Additional Articles re The Times
The Times article was picked up by an amazing number of newspapers, sites and blogs.
Here are just a few. Please search "new york times" + nothaus for more articles.

The Dilemma of False Terrorism


Sound Money Advocate Faces Terminal Jail Sentence


Gold "Liberty Dollar" Creator Awaits His Sentence


Bernard von NotHaus, Awaiting Sentencing for Competing with the Federal Reserve with a Hard Money "Liberty Dollar"


Liberty Dollar creator awaits his fate


Liberty Dollar Creator Awaiting Prison: When Money Goes Bad, People Go Crazy
4. Bernard von NotHaus' Accomplishment
By Nathan Lewis for Forbes.com
A U.S. businessman, Bernard von NotHaus, established Liberty Services, which in 1998, began issuing an alternative currency based on gold. Although Liberty Services created gold and silver coins, a far more interesting development was the issuance of small denomination paper banknotes. These represented warehouse receipts for gold and silver bullion, held in a vault in Idaho. [Technically the paper certificates did not "represent", they WERE warehouse receipts. And a warehouse receipts were not "banknote" as Liberty Services was not a bank.]

By introducing small-denomination notes, von NotHaus created a system with enough utility to conceivably compete with and displace the existing floating fiat dollar, in some situations. This apparently scared someone in Washington, because von NotHaus was harshly persecuted by the federal government. In 2009, he was arrested and charged with numerous crimes related to counterfeiting, although the Liberty Dollar notes and coins bore no resemblance to Federal Reserve Notes. In 2011, he was convicted on several counts, faced up to 22 years of jail time, and was declared a domestic terrorist by the FBI.

Thus, we have to give credit where it is due: to Bernard von NotHaus, for introducing the first, and apparently only, gold-based system of small-denomination paper banknotes since the end of the world gold standard in 1971. He doesn't seem to be well appreciated here in the U.S., but perhaps those large Chinese banks will learn something from his accomplishment, and implement it in China.

Editor Note by BVNH: While several hundred articles have been written re the Liberty Dollar over the past 14 years, this is the first article that actually acknowledges me to be the first and only person to issue gold-based warehouse receipts and even used my name in the title. I consider this a unique honor as I respect Lewis as being the point person working towards a new gold standard, for the huge volume and quality of his on-going work and his book: Gold: The Once and Future Money. His work is outstanding and a must read. Click HERE for his archived work or visit www.newworldeconomics.com for additional info. Thanks Nate.

The complete article is available HERE.
5. Beer on Tap by Seth Lipsky, the notable editor of the New York Sun
This is the most important monetary case this year! The case with the biggest potential impact before the federal courts this year is not the saga of Obamacare. There's no gainsaying that Obamacare was an important case, and it's hard to sugarcoat the majority opinion vouchsafing the power of Congress to impose a mandate for health insurance via the taxing power. But what does one figure that will impact-5 percent of Americans? Twenty? Twenty-five? How about a case that has, if only on the ricochet, the potential to impact everyone who uses American money?

Welcome to Beer v. United States, a lawsuit brought by a rainbow coalition of some of the most distinguished judges on the federal bench. They are suing-in their own court system-for a raise in their pay. They contend that when Congress suspended an automatic pay increase previously legislated to protect the judges against inflation, it violated the Constitution - specifically, the diminishment clause, which says that the compensation for federal judges "shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office."

Please click HERE for the complete article.

Additional info re Beer v United States is HERE.

Here is another major article re Beer v. United States by Seth Lipsky
Is Legal Tender Next?

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, handed down the ruling on Friday. The ruling hasn't received much coverage in the press, though - at least in our view - it's one of the most important cases of our time. The reason is that it has to do not only with the question of need for Congress to keep its promises and the need to attract a first class judiciary but also the question of constitutional money.

The judges turn out to be a special case because it is unconstitutional ever to diminish their pay. This is American bedrock that was laid down by the Founders because of the British tyrant George III. The king made judges dependent "on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries," as America's revolutionaries put it in the Declaration of Independence. So it was written into the United States Constitution that the compensation of judges "shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office."

The court deciding Beer didn't get into legal tender per se. But the legal tender question is the elephant in the courtroom, so to speak. If a dollar can't be diminished for judges - that is, if the legal tender laws are not good enough for judges - why should they be good enough for the rest of us? If they are not good enough for the contract between the government and judges, why should they be good enough for contracts between private parties?

I encourage you to read this terrific editorial HERE! Both articles are historic!
6. The Potential for Private Money
On May 23, 2012, Cato issued Policy Analysis no. 698 by Thomas L. Hogan an assistant professor of economics at West Texas A&M University titled: Competition in Currency: The Potential for Private Money written by Jon Matonis for Forbes

Privately issued money can benefit consumers in many ways, particularly in the areas of value stability and product variety. Decentralized currency production can benefit consumers by reducing inflation and increasing economic stability. Unlike a central bank, competing private banks must attract customers by providing innovative products, restricting the quantity of notes issued, and limiting the riskiness of their investing activities. Although the Federal Reserve currently has a de facto monopoly on the provision of currency in the United States, this was not always the case. Throughout most of U.S. history, private banks issued their own banknotes as currency. This practice continues today in a few countries and could be re-instituted in the United States with minimal changes to the banking system.

This paper examines two ways in which banks could potentially issue private money. First, U.S. banks could issue private notes redeemable for U.S. Federal Reserve notes. Considering that banks issuing private notes in Hong Kong, Scotland, and Northern Ireland earn hundreds of millions of dollars annually, it appears that U.S. banks may be missing an opportunity to earn billions of dollars in annual profits. Second, recent turmoil in the financial sector has increased demand for a stable alternative currency. Banks may be able to capture significant portions of the domestic and international currency markets with a private, commodity-based currency. Legislation clarifying the rights of private banks to issue currency could help clear the path toward a return to private money

Hogan writes that, "the lack of participants in the private banknote market appears to be due to the uncertain legal status of private note issue and the rigorous prosecution of currency-related crimes."

The complete article by Forbes is HERE.

Please click HERE for the complete Paper.
7. The Case For Monetary Freedom
Recently, Forbes published Ron Paul's The Case for Monetary Freedom. In that work Paul states: I took the position that I wouldn't close the Federal Reserve down in one day. The Fed will close itself down eventually when it destroys the value of the dollar. But I don't want that to happen, either closing it down in one day or waiting for a collapse of the whole system. My idea is similar to what F. A. Hayek (1976, 1978) had talked about. Why don't we denationalize money, legalize competition, allow free markets to work, and allow free-market banking to work. I think we should legalize competition in currencies, which means that first we recognize the Constitution and repeal the legal tender laws.

As I have pointed out to Paul and this readership, there is NO need to repeal the legal tender laws before we take action. And to make this a requirement is a non-starter and damns any initial development. Please remember, I was NOT convicted of violating the legal tender laws because they don't apply to a private voluntary barter currency. In fact, I didn't violate any other federal laws! I remain convinced of my innocence.

Please click HERE for Paul's complete keynote address at the Cato Institute's 29th Annual Monetary Conference, November 16, 2011, in Washington, D.C. Why Monetary Freedom Matters.

Click HERE for the Forbes article.

8. Bitcoin Prevents Monetary Tyranny

Bitcoin is not about making rapid global transactions with little or no fee. Bitcoin is about preventing monetary tyranny. That is its raison d'ĂȘtre.

Monetary tyranny can take many ugly forms. It can be deliberate inflation, persecutory capital controls, prearranged defaults within the banking cartel, or even worse, blatant sovereign confiscation. Sadly, those threats are a potential in almost any jurisdiction in the world today. The United States does not have a monopoly on monetary repression and monetary tyranny.

The article covers extensive details about Doug Jackson and his e-gold project. It also details BVNH efforts with the Liberty Dollar and observes that many commentators have pointed out the absurdity of penalizing honest money to strengthen the facade of manipulated money.

Further contributing to the disturbing trend against monetary freedom and financial privacy are initiatives like the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and that many countries are ready to embrace the promises of decentralized nonpolitical currency until it can come to terms with the fact that money in a free society should not be used for the purposes of identity and asset tracking.

This is another fine article by Jon Matonis for Forbes HERE.
9. Welcome to Wild Colorado!
There is no doubt that Colorado is not for a big intrusive federal government! Two major actions are in the works:

Colorado bill would legalize gold, silver currency

Colorado State Senators will consider a bill that would allow people to use gold and silver as currency. A similar measure is already in place in Utah and is being considered in 12 other states, reports CBS Station KCNC. Supporters are concerned about the strength of the U.S. dollar. The sponsors of the bill say they are concerned about the strength of the U.S. dollar, public debt, and currency devaluation.
"Over history just about every country in the world that has had a serious debt crisis has intentionally inflated their currency," Sen. Kent Lambert, R, told KCNC's Michelle Griego. More info HERE.

Colorado legalizes Cannabis
Fifty five percent of the voters in Colorado decided in favor of Amendment 64, which allows for the legal possession of up to one ounce of cannabis and/or the cultivation of up to six cannabis plants in private by those persons age 21 and over. NORML said, "The passage of these measures strikes a significant blow to federal cannabis prohibition. Like alcohol prohibition before it, marijuana prohibition is a failed federal policy that delegates the burden of enforcement to the state and local police. Alcohol prohibition fell when a sufficient number of states enacted legislation repealing the state's alcohol prohibition laws. With state police and prosecutors no longer engaging in the federal government's bidding to enforce an unpopular law, the federal government had little choice but to abandon the policy altogether. History is now repeating itself." More info HERE.
10. And Oklahoma is Packin'
Oklahoman's new law that makes guns a common sight has taken effect. Now anyone licensed to carry a concealed firearm can choose to carry a weapon out in the open, in a belt or shoulder holster, loaded or unloaded. Five minutes after midnight on Thursday, Mr. Hull and his friends - supporters of a gun rights group - marked the occasion by wearing their unconcealed handguns while dining at Beverly's, a 24-hour restaurant.

"It's just a peaceful assembly," said Mr. Hull, 44, the association's co-director. "We're all licensed by the state to carry. We've all been trained and vetted. Why wouldn't somebody want to have that kind of a group do business with them in their establishment?"

Please click HERE for the article.

More info on the Oklahoma Open Carry Association is available HERE.
Closing Remarks:
Did you happen to notice how many time Forbes is mentioned in this Newsletter? Six times! It would seem that Mr. Forbes, who is long time fan of the gold standard, is taking a more active role in bring the gold standard to the attention of the marketplace. Of course, that could be a huge assistance towards returning the country to a value based monetary system.

Many thanks for your continued support. For it is only by banding together and adopting a free and independent currency that provides us with "just weights and measures" will we be able to throw off the yoke of a manipulated monetary/tax system and generate a peaceful and prosperous society.

Thank you again for all your efforts to return America to value - one dollar at a time!

Bernard von NotHaus
Monetary Architect/Editor
Editor@LibertyDollar.org

Sunday, October 28, 2012

HONOR EVERY WOMAN YOU KNOW, PLEASE!

To my fellow men in Hillsdale County, Michigan:
This is an open letter to seek help… I hope to appeal to your admiration for the women in your life.  I am not a great writer of the persuasive letter, I believe I have a better than average command of English and I’ve just got to give this my best shot.  I became aware, during the last Hillsdale County Fair, that DOMESTIC HARMONY of Hillsdale County had lost a portion of their funding from the United Way; I don’t know how or why this has happened, and frankly, I DON’T CARE.  ANY organization that helps keep women safe needs support, and I think it is far time I, myself, was more part of the solution, than part of the problem.  Because when you or I DO NOT SUPPORT a good idea, we are part of the problem, not part of the solution.
AD.MIRE (verb) - To regard someone with respect or warm approval.    A verb is an ACTION word.  I have great admiration for the women in my life.  Mom and mother -in- law, sister and sisters-in-law, wife, daughters, grandmas, aunts, nieces, cousins, dear friends.  And I have come to believe that I should do whatever is within my power to honor them, so here’s my idea… I think that if I create a list of the five or ten or twenty women I admire the most and donate $3.50 a month to DOMESTIC HARMONY and COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY’S OPPORTUNITY HOUSE in honor of each of them, for nine months (the length of time most of us used our mothers bladder as a pillow), and if my band of brothers in Hillsdale County, Michigan did the same, DOMESTIC HARMONY and COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY’S OPPORTUNITY HOUSE could provide much needed help to women and children facing life challenges due to abusive situations.  No real man wants any woman to be afraid to be at home, or to be home and fear for herself and her children.
A real man helps protect women and children. Let’s all band together to honor the women of Hillsdale County, Michigan by helping the women and children of Hillsdale County, Michigan who need the most help.  Make your admiration list. And please, in honor of those you admire, support DOMESTIC HARMONY OF HILLSDALE COUNTY and COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY’S OPPORTUNITY HOUSE.

Thank You for your time. Post this message EVERYWHERE. On FB, MS, Twitter, Craigslist, Backpage.com, and direct your friends to it.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

SERIOUSLY, DID YOU SEE "INNOCENCE OF MUSLIMS" ? MY REACTION

First, let me just say what an awful example of cinematography this piece is - I can't even bring myself to call it a film.  Content notwithstanding - IT IS HORRIBLE.  I have to take my own damn self out to dinner and a movie (something funny, but mildly romantic)  AND send myself flowers, to apologize TO MY SELF for subjecting myself to that kind of abuse. That is 14 minutes of my life I will never get back!

Next, I want to say that I have read the Qu'ran (Abdullah Yusuf Ali version) all 114 suras, as well as the Sacred Hadith of Islam, and while the portrayal of things as done by these "actors" is horribly offensive, and accounts for a mere fraction of the content overall, some of the things in this terrible piece of fiction are true. Perhaps, rather than get upset enough to set fires, attack embassies and kill people, a better use of time could be a rebuttal using the Jewish and Christian Bibles, showing some of the less than stellar executive decisions made in those "Holy Books" by those "Holy Men".... let me assure you, there are a few of them!

I can say with conviction that I would never have watched this STUPID video, if a few PSYCHOS
WHO INSIST THEY ARE GOOD MUSLIMS hadn't drawn so much attention to it via violence  - so, thank you EXTREMIST MUSLIMS ! Burning schise up or Blowing schise up... You nutters  can't find anything better to do ? If you found this video so offensive that you have to MURDER persons who have had nothing to do with the creation of this "piece of cinema" , Why not get creative in your retaliation? You're offended that Islam is presented in this horrble, violent way?  So, you blow some schise up!  YEP. That sends a message.   Unfortunately, it doesn't send a nice, peaceful message.  And then, your actions are all over the news, this YouTube video goes viral, now I HAVE TO LOOK IT UP TO STAY WELL INFORMED ON WHAT SOME EXTREMIST MUTHANUTTERS ARE DOING TO MY ADOPTED HOME PLANET NOW !!!!
Your plan of retaliation should have been a little more thought out, don'tcha think? Yep, if you EXTREMIST IDIOTS had the brains Allah gave the LEAST of Humanity, you'd be kickin' yourselves, wouldn't you?

Since I'm a magnanimous Christian, I'd be happy to kick your ASSES - all of you EXTERMIST IDIOTS as well as the Schise Bags who thought it was a great idea to film this piece of fecal matter called "Innocence of Muslims".

Personally, South Park offends me with their portrayal of my FAVORITE Islamic prophet/saint MAR ISA IBN MARYAM - Yet somehow, I manage to get thru my day without blowing up schise that has to do with South Park.  Hey, as AHL AL KITAB, might I suggest that you give that a try - the whole "not burning down, blowing up, killing people, or attacking embassies" thing. See how that works for you. You never know, it might be a good thing. Or you could try praying.

JIHAD AL AKBAR  -

THE GREATER STRUGGLE IS NOT FOUGHT THRU VIOLENCE, BUT THRU WISDOM

 AND AWE OF ALLAH



(this blog post was produced with much thanks to my beloved, M)

Friday, September 7, 2012

THERE NEEDS TO BE A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN, AND HIS NAME AINT REGGIE HAMMOND!

Welcome to the Darktator Discourses.  Today I will be speaking to you about the upcoming election for Sheriff of Hillsdale County Michigan.  Our current Sheriff, Mr. Stan Burchardt, has been in this position for 187 months – since January 1997.  He recently announced his plans to retire – so if you plan to vote for Mr. Burchardt in November you really should ask yourself for whom you would actually be casting your ballot.  According to data published by the Michigan State Police, the crime rates for Hillsdale County went up nearly 150% between 2004 and 2009; in my opinion, this is an unacceptable figure.

Elected officials need to be replaced on a regular basis – if that were not the case, there would not be any need to hold elections.  It is time for a new perspective in Hillsdale County – and it is time to elect a new Sheriff.  There are term limits on the office of the President, and there should be term limits on every elected position.  Otherwise, people get too comfortable in their positions of power, and as the saying goes – power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. 

How do we keep the officials elected to positions of power from becoming corrupt?  By replacing them at regular intervals and requiring them to go back to the communities they served and live under the same rules as the rest of us!

A very good friend of mine, Mr. Jon-Paul Rutan, has thrown his hat into the ring to be considered by the citizens of Hillsdale County for the elected position of Sheriff.  Jon is the most principled man I have ever met – truly a man of honor.  He refused to accept any campaign contributions in his bid for Sheriff because he refused to be beholden to anyone if he were elected.  How many elected officials can you think of who can honestly say they are not beholden to any special interest groups or any individuals?  None – all of our elected officials have campaign funds, which they use to get their name out there.  Now, I agree that getting your name out there is an important part of getting elected – it’s all in how you do it that determines your character.  Do you buy a truckload of signs and plaster them all over – whether or not you have gotten permission to do so?  Or do you show what you stand for in how you live your life, and stick to your principles no matter how unpopular that may be?  What is popular is not always right, and what is right is not always popular.  Jon-Paul Rutan chooses to err on the side of what is right, rather than on what is popular, as a man of honor would.

The primary election held this past August 7th had a voter turnout of just over 20% of the registered voters in Hillsdale County.  Twenty percent of the registered voters got out to the polls and cast their ballot – which means nearly eighty percent did not.  Mr. Stan Burchardt received 59% of the votes cast, which translates to just 11% of the registered voters in the county.  Yes, you heard that correctly – eleven percent of the registered voters in Hillsdale County have essentially re-elected Mr. Stan Burchardt (or whomever he chooses as his successor after he retires) to be the Sheriff for another 4 years.  That means that 89% of the people of Hillsdale County did NOT vote for Mr. Stan Burchardt – and I for one am not satisfied with the Sheriff’s office being led by a person with so little support from his community.  Are you?

I plan to cast my ballot for Jon-Paul Rutan in November, and I suggest you do the same.  It’s very simple to do – when you go to the polls on Tuesday, November 6th 2012, write in Jon-Paul Rutan under the Sheriff section, and fill in the circle that corresponds to his name.  Hillsdale County needs a principled, honorable man of integrity as our Sheriff, and Jon-Paul Rutan is that man!

Thank you for your time.  Feel free to share and follow this blog!

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

HEY! THIS IS HOW YA KNOW YA GOT THE PARENTING THING RIGHT !

http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/maine-girl-returns-lost-money-gains-awesome-reward-192000010.html

This news article had me chokin' up like I was back in Camp Killsumwon, and we were having Government Peanut Butter and Block Cheese Sandwiches for dinner !!! Huh? What do ya mean? WHAT TEARS???!!??  I can't explain the tears... (Like I owe anyone an explanation... You ain't my probation officer!)  All seriousness aside, This is how you can rest assured that the world DOES NOT TOTALLY SUCK! Because there are people like Abbie Jacobson in the world...and parents like her parents!

JACOBSONS, YOU ALL ROCK OUT LOUD !!!

Abbie, hope you enjoyed the JB concert!

DVV

Monday, September 3, 2012

THIS IS THE ONLY WARNING YOU'RE GETTING !!!

Hi!   I am going to use this as a vehicle to share my thoughts, feelings .... You know,  to whine and moan and generally RANT about crap!  I hope I move you just a little bit, but if I don't, well,  that will just kind of bite!
I will be discussing the Criminal Justice System, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Satan, Thieves, Religion and Spirituality, Alternative Health, and a lot of other stuff! I'll amend this as I become much more eloquent and a lot less scatter-brained!

Vic