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Jeff Berwick on the X22 Report covering: the geopolitical situation in the middle east, a new Pearl Harbor, USA started ISIS, proxy wars, the petrodollar system, global domination toward a one world government, the wholesale removal of individual rights and freedoms, the US is now more communist than Russia and China, the role of central banking,…

Jeff is interviewed by Dave of the X22 Report, topics include: the geopolitical situation in the middle east, a new Pearl Harbor, USA started ISIS, proxy wars, the petrodollar system, global domination toward a one world government, the wholesale removal of individual rights and freedoms, the US is now more communist than Russia and China,…

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The Dow plummeted 367 points on Friday in its biggest drop since September. Did you notice? Hope so. It was the biggest drop since September and when you add it all up, 2015 has been the most volatile year for averages since 2008. In fact, if you add it up, the Dow has just managed…

Jeff interviews Trace Mayer at the Latin American Bitcoin Conference in Mexico City, topics include: internet traffic numbers are higher now than they were during the 2013 bubble, it could be one of the great asymmetric plays even now, a billion dollars in venture capital has been put into Bitcoin this year alone, Bitcoin is…

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The Federal Reserve stayed at 0% interest rates for exactly seven years, to-the-day when Janet Yellen finally stopped dithering and increased rates a whopping 0.25%. Meanwhile, most citizens were preoccupied with a new movie about an orphaned boy who becomes radicalized after a military strike killed his family. ¨This young man  is indoctrinated into an ancient religion,…

We've reported over the years how the US government has instituted nefarious capital controls via the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) which makes it very difficult for Americans to open bank accounts outside of the US.  And currently thrown into the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act (DRIVE) act is an inclusion…

All eyes in the financial world will be once again on Janet Yellen on December 16th, as she announces a decision to raise rates by 0.25% or to leave them at 0%… where they have been for exactly seven years. That's right, the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates to an unprecedented 0% level on December…

Jeff interviews wall street veteran analyst turned crypto, Tone Vays, topics include: Brave New Coin, massive growth in Bitcoin start ups and investment, the challenge of making a profitable Bitcoin business, Bitcoin is not a currency so much as a medium of exchange, friction-less and censor-less value transfer, the fed has no idea what they…

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With less than a week until Grand Wizard Yellen names the proper interest rate for all the world,, the markets looked near collapse. The S&P had its worst week since August, closing down nearly 2% and the Dow Jones industrial average fell 309.54 points on Friday, or 1.76 percent, to 17,265.21 with every component in…

Jeff interviews Dzogchen Buddhist and Iboga Shaman Barry Rossinoff of Iboga Quest, Mexico. Topics include: Barry has known Iboga since the 1960's, the addiction interruption properties of Iboga, its ability to profoundly change people's lives and even heal physical health, its legal status, your relationship with yourself and resetting your habitual patterns, Jeff's own experience…

It's been a whirlwind few hours in the bitcoin world after two tech publications say they have identified bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakomoto. The bitcoin price surged more than $20 in less than an hour to $417 and the Australian police conducted a raid on the supposed founder's house within hours! Gizmodo and Wired became the latest…

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook posted a “Letter To Our Daughter” stating that he would give 99% of his Facebook shares to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative “to advance human potential and promote equality for all children in the next generation.” The New York Times, perhaps the most economically ignorant tabloid in the world, headlined,…

[The following is by Galt's Gulch Chile Buyer Cathy Cuthbert] Probably many if not most libertarians have heard of Galt’s Gulch Chile (GGC), the proposed real estate development originating with Jeff Berwick of The Dollar Vigilante. Jeff and 73 other libertarians, including lucky me, were defrauded in the affinity scam run by a poser named…

Many may recall the libertarian-fashioned community being planned in Chile called “Galt’s Gulch Chile” (GGC). If you’ve been reading here at TDV for years, you know that I had very high hopes for it and was the largest cheerleader of the project as I thought I was a partner in it and had 50% control…

Jeff interviews objectivist polyamorous philosopher Lauren Rumpler, topics include: The Voice of Resistance documentary, martial arts training and freedom through movement, our personal tyranny of the internal voice can be worse than government tyranny, quieting the internal voice, fixing yourself first, the role of psychedelic mushrooms, relationship funerals, non-violent communication, dealing with emotions and needs,…

“I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank.” – Candidate Barack Obama, October 27,…

Jeff interviews well known Libertarian Amanda Billyrock, topics include: going dark and going light again, taking the red pill, Bitcoin, Facebook can be too much, the free state project, assaulted and caged by the authorities, The Daily Decrypt Show, curating and filtering the barrage of crypto-news, doing business in the Bitcoin sphere, competitors to Bitcoin,…

Jeff interviews attorney for freedom, Marc Victor, topics include: Marc Victor to speak at Anarchapulco 2016, fighting to end the war on drugs, no victim no crime, freedom and the right to control your own body, things slowly moving in a better direction, police brutality, anarchy and self rule, getting proactive with the message of…

Jeff interviews medicinal cannabis stalwart Rick Simpson, topics include: standing up and telling the truth and doing what is right, cannabis doing much more for people than any and all pharmaceutical products, amazing benefits, the refusal to prescribe cannabis, external application of cannabis oil to treat skin cancer, massive resistance in the medical industry, medical…

At the beginning of October, nearly two months ago, I wrote a blog entitled, “World War III, the TPP and a New Global Police Force – Welcome to the Fall Crisis Period.” In it I wrote, “Two months ago, Russia and the US were not basically at war, but today they are thanks to Syria.”…