[e-gold-list] new improved

2001-06-09 Thread peelpee
hey-- you gotta love the recently new and improved, even 'shonkier' e-gold/OSgold/any-old-gold discussion list, eh? best, pp --Worth 2 cents?-- http://2cw.org/103300 --View my no OSgold, no shonk, purely e-gold directory at: http://members.tripod.com/~lowell_potter/ "God is dead"-Nietzche

[e-gold-list] Re: Another thought on the nature of freedom

2001-06-09 Thread Craig Spencer
Julian Morrison wrote: > > Craig Spencer wrote: > > > > > In that spirit, I understand very well that they need money to support the > > > Party, but I don't think they need it until 2006. I'm going to send them a > > > post-dated check--dated 15 April 2006--along with a letter explaining why. >

[e-gold-list] the US tax cut

2001-06-09 Thread jpm
Re the US "tax" snicker "cut" snicker. US taxes were 28%. The Golf War came along and they were raised for "emergency" reasons to higher levels, and have gone up since. We assume that one of these days the Golf War Emergency will be over, and the tax rate will be returned to 28%. Then, they

[e-gold-list] Re: America, no longer the land of the free.

2001-06-09 Thread jpm
I suggest the e-gold list is probably NOT the place for a long discussion of political matters! I'm an offender, let us keep it to pithy comments so Jim doesn't have to bring down the email list police on us :) --- "Great ventures creat

[e-gold-list] Re: Invest in Rhodium

2001-06-09 Thread jpm
>Kitco.com says "Invest in Rhodium", because its price may rise: > >http://www.kitco.com/charts/rhodium.html > >Did e-gold Ltd. ever consider adding this metal to their reserve? (i.e. >"e-rhodium") > >Would anyone of you fund an account with e-rhodium if it were available? > That stuff is hard

[e-gold-list] More shonky operators!

2001-06-09 Thread Graham Kelly
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[e-gold-list] Re: Another thought on the nature of freedom

2001-06-09 Thread Julian Morrison
Craig Spencer wrote: > > > In that spirit, I understand very well that they need money to support the > > Party, but I don't think they need it until 2006. I'm going to send them a > > post-dated check--dated 15 April 2006--along with a letter explaining why. > > > > I encourage others to do the

[e-gold-list] Re: Another thought on the nature of freedom

2001-06-09 Thread Craig Spencer
> In that spirit, I understand very well that they need money to support the > Party, but I don't think they need it until 2006. I'm going to send them a > post-dated check--dated 15 April 2006--along with a letter explaining why. > > I encourage others to do the same. Another feature of the "cu

[e-gold-list] Issuance Server status report

2001-06-09 Thread Bob
Subject: Fwd: [Webfunds-users] Issuance Server status report (problems fixed). Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 17:22:53 -0400 From: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Digital Bearer Settlement List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- begin forwarded text Date: Sat,

[e-gold-list] Another thought on the nature of freedom

2001-06-09 Thread Samuel Mc Kee
I recently got a letter from the Republican Party asking me to give them money, since I should be so greatful for the, u, "giant" tax cut they've just enacted, and a thought occured to me. Hardly any of the tax cut is happening this year, the cut being "phased in" gradually, with the actual r

[e-gold-list] MetalSavings Website Question

2001-06-09 Thread brooksd
I'm having difficulty accessing some of the pages on the MetalSavings website. Using IE 5.5 w/128bit security, I am unable to read the pages on 'News About Metalsavings' and 'Questions about Metalsavings'. I get an error message similar to this: "You don't have permission to access /ms3/news

[e-gold-list] Re: US bank fees on international transfers

2001-06-09 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 9 Jun 2001, at 4:29, Graham Kelly wrote: > Well, guys, I've discovered that most US banks "extract" $10 USD for > an incoming wire... I noticed that as well. Canadian Banks do same but on occasions. I think that it depends either on the amount of the wire or the presence or not of a corresp

[e-gold-list] Re: America, no longer the land of the free.

2001-06-09 Thread Bob
Craig Spencer wrote: > Increasing the politicians have been trying to prevent this. There are > now exit taxes and other punitive measures to try to prevent people from > leaving. Remember when this sort of thing was condemned when it was > done by the USSR? Now that you mention it, ain't that

[e-gold-list] Re: Invest in Rhodium

2001-06-09 Thread James M. Ray
At 01:14 AM -0400 06/09/2001, Alexis Golzman wrote: >Kitco.com says "Invest in Rhodium", because its price may rise: > >http://www.kitco.com/charts/rhodium.html > >Did e-gold Ltd. ever consider adding this metal to their reserve? (i.e. >"e-rhodium") ... I don't believe they ever did, for a coupl

[e-gold-list] Why can't they ALL be this easy?

2001-06-09 Thread James M. Ray
I was reading the Wall Street Journal the other day, and I saw an article about what looked like a good cause. I figured it was worth a short email. Here's a description of what they do: The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native sp

[e-gold-list] Re: America, no longer the land of the free.

2001-06-09 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 8:55 AM -0400 on 6/9/01, Craig Spencer wrote: > Why do you think that the state of the world is that there is a trade > off between freedom and wealth?There is little freedom and there is > comparative wealth but that does not mean that there is an either/or > connection between the two.

[e-gold-list] Re: America, no longer the land of the free.

2001-06-09 Thread Craig Spencer
Bob wrote: > Usually people give up degrees of freedom to the politicians and > bureaubrats when they are promised/given stolen wealth. Perhaps that IS what Tristan means! > At some point the wealth creators start leaving the legal jurisdiction. Increasing the politicians have been trying to

[e-gold-list] Re: America, no longer the land of the free.

2001-06-09 Thread Craig Spencer
Tristan, > >Yet for some reason that escapes me you still seem to think there is > >some sort of trade off between freedom and wealth. > > There is, with the current state of the world. Why do you think that the state of the world is that there is a trade off between freedom and wealth?Th

[e-gold-list] Re: US bank fees on international transfers

2001-06-09 Thread Frank Zuchristian
Good morning Graham, How is Texas treating you, or are you on the road again? Just to let you know, the Dutch banks have learned this also. In about half the inbound transfers I receive a charge of about $6.50 give or take on USD value. Ocassionally, they really sock it to me on the outboound

[e-gold-list] Re: nature of freedom / wealth / technology

2001-06-09 Thread Dale Pond
Ken Griffith wrote: > > The politicians and > school systems have sold them on the idea that security = wealth. That is > the lie. > Actually, they have been taught to be afraid and that to acquire seeming security comes at specific costs. They've been further conditioned to believe that accum

[e-gold-list] US bank fees on international transfers

2001-06-09 Thread Graham Kelly
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[e-gold-list] Read THESE conditions...

2001-06-09 Thread Graham Kelly
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[e-gold-list] Re: Australian Banks (rant)

2001-06-09 Thread Samuel Mc Kee
> Before complaining about a developed country like Australia, you should > come to know Argentina, where the torturers and murderers of the last > military government are still free. Or try Chad. Ick. I spent a year there and saw things that still curl my hair. People die like flies over there,

[e-gold-list] RE: nature of freedom / wealth / technology

2001-06-09 Thread Samuel Mc Kee
> > >> The key word here is "willing". If technology produces > convenience at the > >> expense of liberty, then the average joe is *willing* to sacrifice a > >> little liberty for a little convenience. > > > > the two things are mutually exclusive and not related. > > Technology, ie human invent

[e-gold-list] Re: FAKE gold bars!!

2001-06-09 Thread Julian Morrison
Luc Van den Borre wrote: > > | I'm sure you could test for this with a "seismic" approach - sound > > Or just hit it with a (small) hammer - I bet tungsten will sound different from > gold. > And you could test the electrical conductivity. This is done in arcade machines > (coin drops past a mag

[e-gold-list] Re: E-Gold->UK exchange?

2001-06-09 Thread Frank Zuchristian
Good morning Rachel Willmer, Euro Gold Line can assist to a degree, unfortunately, we just had to raise our limit on the FREE transfers on cashing in e-gold. However, I think that you will find our rates better than the average. A normal bank transfer, we will deduct $15 (it cost us more) and f