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Title: Podcast for 5-9-2011
Post by: MrBogosity on May 08, 2011, 03:43:07 PM
Play the Podcast (https://bogosity.podbean.com/2011/05/08/bogosity-podcast-for-9-may-2011/)

News of the Bogus:


Biggest Bogon Emitter: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/bernanke-fed-cant-do-much-about-gasoline-prices-2011-04-27/1BBC868A-BDC9-45A8-A2E4-DEE095DA67B7

Silver Cluon Award: John Papola and Russ Roberts http://econstories.tv/2011/04/28/fight-of-the-century-music-video/

Idiot Extraordinaire: Alex Jones http://youtu.be/3g30VCl_cgk

This Week's Quote: "Hey, I don't want to get abusive here, because that creates enemies. On the other hand, you're already my enemy, so what the hell, you murdering lump of slime!" —Pat Condell, to Osama bin Laden
Title: Re: Podcast for 5-9-2011
Post by: Travis Retriever on May 08, 2011, 04:35:18 PM
Glad to hear this much good news in the "News of the Bogus" today. :)

By the way, Shane.  I've been meaning to ask you for weeks now.  Why do you usually release the podcasts a day before the marked date (e.g. you released this one on 5/8/11 instead of the marked date of 5/9/11)?
Title: Re: Podcast for 5-9-2011
Post by: Travis Retriever on May 08, 2011, 04:36:22 PM
Regarding the price of gas according to that Mises Article.
As I read that, I kept thinking, "what would the price of gas be in terms of gold?" *hears the part about you calculating it relative to gold*
Holy crap that would be cheaper! O.o
Title: Re: Podcast for 5-9-2011
Post by: MrBogosity on May 08, 2011, 05:19:21 PM
Quote from: surhotchaperchlorome on May 08, 2011, 04:35:18 PM
Glad to hear this much good news in the "News of the Bogus" today. :)

By the way, Shane.  I've been meaning to ask you for weeks now.  Why do you usually release the podcasts a day before the marked date (e.g. you released this one on 5/8/11 instead of the marked date of 5/9/11)?

Just to be sure. It's also a time zone thing. It's already the 9th in Guam.
Title: Re: Podcast for 5-9-2011
Post by: AnCap Dave on May 09, 2011, 07:39:16 PM
Hmm....that gas thing really makes sense when you think about it. I thought all this shit going on in the Middle East was the primary factor for gas prices being so high, but then again it's basic economics to reveal the, at this point, obvious truth.
Title: Re: Podcast for 5-9-2011
Post by: Travis Retriever on May 14, 2011, 11:25:45 PM
OK, just for the heck of it, I found the average yearly change in price of gold and silver during the last several years now, using the data provided by Shane's chart source.

For gold, I started around 2001 (price around $270/ounce), and ended off with present day (price around $1510/ounce).  This gave a change in time of about 10 years, for an average price increase in the price of gold of 18.8%.

For silver, I started around 2003 (price around $5/ounce), and ended off with the present day (price around $45/ounce), for a change in time of 8 years.  This yielded an average yearly price increase in the price of silver of 31.6%.

So my question to you, Shane, is this.  Should I be kicking myself for not yet having the money to buy gold and sliver?

*EDIT*  Sources used for figures:  http://www.kitco.com/scripts/hist_charts/yearly_graphs.plx and http://www.kitco.com/scripts/hist_charts/yearly_graphs.plx
Title: Re: Podcast for 5-9-2011
Post by: Toderoc41 on July 10, 2011, 07:55:14 AM
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Title: Re: Podcast for 5-9-2011
Post by: Virgil0211 on July 10, 2011, 08:51:13 AM
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