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Link Posted: 11/24/2014 2:53:32 PM EDT
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Silver and Gold have always been the "real" money throughout history.  The reason? There's no way to create/manufacture new gold/silver.  There is a finite amount on Earth and not a lot of it like aluminum for example.  Until humans figure out a way of modifying compounds and elements to make new gold/silver on the atomic level then it will always be worth something.  Gold/Silver also have unique physical properties that a lot of other metals don't have.

But yea, if everybody all of a sudden decided that gold/silver didn't matter then it wouldn't be "worth" a damn thing...that will never happen though :)
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Being a country that's 99% impossible in effectively invade and having one of the worlds largest military makes it the safest place to store it.

Well that is until you come to understand that there ARE no government ran banks in america and there all privately held, and the government truly has no say on what they do with the stuff you store there.

The store your gold in the US is one of the longest running scams in human history outside of most religions.

Just like the US money scam, the USD is fake money it has no value there's nothing backing it. Well besides the military.  


All money is fake. It's just an idea. Even gold itself has no real value, unless people believe it does. Outside of industrial uses.


Silver and Gold have always been the "real" money throughout history.  The reason? There's no way to create/manufacture new gold/silver.  There is a finite amount on Earth and not a lot of it like aluminum for example.  Until humans figure out a way of modifying compounds and elements to make new gold/silver on the atomic level then it will always be worth something.  Gold/Silver also have unique physical properties that a lot of other metals don't have.

But yea, if everybody all of a sudden decided that gold/silver didn't matter then it wouldn't be "worth" a damn thing...that will never happen though :)



Unfortunately chosen example...  Aluminum was once more expensive than gold.  Now it's so cheap I wrap my dinner in it and throw the dirty stuff away when I'm done.

OTOH I do understand that was a production issue not a raw mat'l supply issue.
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 2:54:49 PM EDT
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All the gold that's (supposedly) in Fort Knox is but a tiny fraction of our $17trillion debt.
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There's a moral there.
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 2:55:31 PM EDT
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Why the fuck would the US steal Venezuela's gold?

That'd be a lovely precedent to set.
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 2:58:37 PM EDT
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Silver and Gold have always been the "real" money throughout history.  The reason? There's no way to create/manufacture new gold/silver.  There is a finite amount on Earth and not a lot of it like aluminum for example.  Until humans figure out a way of modifying compounds and elements to make new gold/silver on the atomic level then it will always be worth something.  Gold/Silver also have unique physical properties that a lot of other metals don't have.

But yea, if everybody all of a sudden decided that gold/silver didn't matter then it wouldn't be "worth" a damn thing...that will never happen though :)
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Bigger question to me is, why are any of these countries having the US, or anyone else, hold THEIR gold?




Being a country that's 99% impossible in effectively invade and having one of the worlds largest military makes it the safest place to store it.

Well that is until you come to understand that there ARE no government ran banks in america and there all privately held, and the government truly has no say on what they do with the stuff you store there.

The store your gold in the US is one of the longest running scams in human history outside of most religions.

Just like the US money scam, the USD is fake money it has no value there's nothing backing it. Well besides the military.  


All money is fake. It's just an idea. Even gold itself has no real value, unless people believe it does. Outside of industrial uses.


Silver and Gold have always been the "real" money throughout history.  The reason? There's no way to create/manufacture new gold/silver.  There is a finite amount on Earth and not a lot of it like aluminum for example.  Until humans figure out a way of modifying compounds and elements to make new gold/silver on the atomic level then it will always be worth something.  Gold/Silver also have unique physical properties that a lot of other metals don't have.

But yea, if everybody all of a sudden decided that gold/silver didn't matter then it wouldn't be "worth" a damn thing...that will never happen though :)


We can already artificially create gold, it's just very, very expensive due to the costs of the equipment and energy required (billions of dollars an ounce).  I predict in the next 100 years (which very well may be within most of our lifetimes given the rate of advancement of medical technology) we'll be able to cost effectively produce any element we need.  Once this is possible, the only thing of value will be energy, and whatever source we are extracting it from at that point.
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Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:00:07 PM EDT
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lol

Another propagandist story for the nutjobs. Germany is getting it's gold back but the US didn't deny them at all. They're recalling and slowly testing gold from all over.

I'm sure that website has some sort of BUY GOLD NOW conveniently at their store.
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:01:41 PM EDT
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I don't understand this either.
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Bigger question to me is, why are any of these countries having the US, or anyone else, hold THEIR gold?


I don't understand this either.

Europe has this extensive history of warfare and looting. USA has never been invaded nor does it look likely their hat above can do shit or the ones to the south.
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:03:38 PM EDT
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Ah, a man of fine taste in classic movies.
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Ah, a man of fine taste in classic movies.


Do you expect me to talk, Goldfinger?

No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to DIE!



that always cracks me up!
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:04:03 PM EDT
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The US only holds a percentage of foreign gold.  The gold is stored near NY for commerce and trade.  
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:04:34 PM EDT
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Europe has this extensive history of warfare and looting. USA has never been invaded nor does it look likely their hat above can do shit or the ones to the south.
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Bigger question to me is, why are any of these countries having the US, or anyone else, hold THEIR gold?


I don't understand this either.

Europe has this extensive history of warfare and looting. USA has never been invaded nor does it look likely their hat above can do shit or the ones to the south.



Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:05:02 PM EDT
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Because for 50 years there was a threat of Russians flooding west. That threat ended and no one saw a reason to change (gold is expensive to move and protect) so there it sat.
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Because for 50 years there was a threat of Russians flooding west. That threat ended and no one saw a reason to change (gold is expensive to move and protect) so there it sat.


Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:05:12 PM EDT
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Europe has this extensive history of warfare and looting. USA has never been invaded nor does it look likely their hat above can do shit or the ones to the south.
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Bigger question to me is, why are any of these countries having the US, or anyone else, hold THEIR gold?


I don't understand this either.

Europe has this extensive history of warfare and looting. USA has never been invaded nor does it look likely their hat above can do shit or the ones to the south.


Incorrect. Although it has been awhile.
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:06:22 PM EDT
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Bigger question to me is, why are any of these countries having the US, or anyone else, hold THEIR gold?


I don't understand this either.

Europe has this extensive history of warfare and looting. USA has never been invaded nor does it look likely their hat above can do shit or the ones to the south.

lulz
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:06:58 PM EDT
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Incorrect. Although it has been awhile.
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I don't understand this either.

Europe has this extensive history of warfare and looting. USA has never been invaded nor does it look likely their hat above can do shit or the ones to the south.


Incorrect. Although it has been awhile.


Some might say its still ongoing.
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:07:24 PM EDT
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Being a country that's 99% impossible in effectively invade and having one of the worlds largest military makes it the safest place to store it.

Well that is until you come to understand that there ARE no government ran banks in america and there all privately held, and the government truly has no say on what they do with the stuff you store there.

The store your gold in the US is one of the longest running scams in human history outside of most religions.

Just like the US money scam, the USD is fake money it has no value there's nothing backing it. Well besides the military.  
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Bigger question to me is, why are any of these countries having the US, or anyone else, hold THEIR gold?




Being a country that's 99% impossible in effectively invade and having one of the worlds largest military makes it the safest place to store it.

Well that is until you come to understand that there ARE no government ran banks in america and there all privately held, and the government truly has no say on what they do with the stuff you store there.

The store your gold in the US is one of the longest running scams in human history outside of most religions.

Just like the US money scam, the USD is fake money it has no value there's nothing backing it. Well besides the military.  

How is the US Dollar "fake?"

You'd have to split gold down to the individual atom to equate the GDP of all the countries in the world. Using gold to back dollars is as idiotic as it is impossible.

Dollars are a currency, a way to exchange the debt of one's labors for another. It's bartering at the town market without you having to bring in two head of cattle to trade for 40 bolts of fabric and the cost to make clothes out of them. Instead, we can simply exchange for a note that we all agree (and gives to) its value.

You store your money in the safest place possible. Generally a bank. The USA acts as one giant bank. Has the largest GDP, military, stability, and best land positioning to be a de facto bank for other countries. It wasn't a "scam." Now what happened to some or all or none of the gold is up to conspiracy theorists.
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:07:57 PM EDT
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Silver and Gold have always been the "real" money throughout history.  The reason? There's no way to create/manufacture new gold/silver.  There is a finite amount on Earth and not a lot of it like aluminum for example.  Until humans figure out a way of modifying compounds and elements to make new gold/silver on the atomic level then it will always be worth something.  Gold/Silver also have unique physical properties that a lot of other metals don't have.

But yea, if everybody all of a sudden decided that gold/silver didn't matter then it wouldn't be "worth" a damn thing...that will never happen though :)
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Until the 20th century,aluminum was much more valuable than gold or silver.
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:10:53 PM EDT
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All the gold that's (supposedly) in Fort Knox is but a tiny fraction of our $17trillion debt.
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$116,000,000,000,000.00

You're forgetting about the unsecured liabilities. Interest on debt, pensions, SS, Medicare, Medicaid, etc...

No one is mentioning that number. 17 trillion, lol, that's a drip of the ocean.
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:13:07 PM EDT
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Note to self:

122 Tonnes = 1 shit ton.


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That's a shit ton of gold.


Note to self:

122 Tonnes = 1 shit ton.




Actually I think it's a more accurate conversion as 122 Tonnes = a metric Fuck-Ton.
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Bigger question to me is, why are any of these countries having the US, or anyone else, hold THEIR gold?


I don't understand this either.

Europe has this extensive history of warfare and looting. USA has never been invaded nor does it look likely their hat above can do shit or the ones to the south.



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Before the federal reserve gold vault, try again. USA has been stable since the end of the 1880s.
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:18:32 PM EDT
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Some might say its still ongoing.
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Bigger question to me is, why are any of these countries having the US, or anyone else, hold THEIR gold?


I don't understand this either.

Europe has this extensive history of warfare and looting. USA has never been invaded nor does it look likely their hat above can do shit or the ones to the south.


Incorrect. Although it has been awhile.


Some might say its still ongoing.

Now we're picking nits. Y'all know what I mean. Did you know the Germans landed on US shores as recently as WWII? No one gives a shit, like no one gives a shit about the war of 1812, civil war, or the revolution.

That's nothing considering the history of Europe.
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And women.
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we should get an arfcom group up and invade Venezuela and take their gold, and oil.


And women.


Now they do have some fine women.  I can attest to that.
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OK, I'll bite.

I think German occupation during WWII constitutes a modern example of large scale invasion and looting in Europe.

The USSR was an ongoing threat of similar invasion during a large majority of the intervening years.

One reason among many to be sure, but it makes sense on its face, so why the "lulz".
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say it ain't so, W!
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Why the fuck did the US allow Hugo Chavez to get back the gold... oh yeah Marxist in office and all that.


The trend towards gold repatriation began with Hugo Chavez bringing Venezuelan gold back to Caracas in 2011


say it ain't so, W!


Wait....wut?

Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:27:40 PM EDT
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There's a moral there.
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All the gold that's (supposedly) in Fort Knox is but a tiny fraction of our $17trillion debt.


There's a moral there.

Gold is undervalued?
Link Posted: 11/24/2014 3:28:46 PM EDT
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Now we're picking nits. Y'all know what I mean. Did you know the Germans landed on US shores as recently as WWII? No one gives a shit, like no one gives a shit about the war of 1812, civil war, or the revolution.

That's nothing considering the history of Europe.
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and there were these guys too...
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say it ain't so, W!
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The trend towards gold repatriation began with Hugo Chavez bringing Venezuelan gold back to Caracas in 2011


say it ain't so, W!



calendars, how do they work ?
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The trend towards gold repatriation began with Hugo Chavez bringing Venezuelan gold back to Caracas in 2011




say it ain't so, W!
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Are you saying Bush was in office in 2011? Because clearly that is not the reason why I said a Marxist was in office.
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Another propagandist story for the nutjobs. Germany is getting it's gold back but the US didn't deny them at all. They're recalling and slowly testing gold from all over.

I'm sure that website has some sort of BUY GOLD NOW conveniently at their store.
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Bullsh*t spewed by a '14er.  It's well known that Germany got 5 tons and then the repatriation shipments stopped.  The other question is why did the Netherlands receive what they asked for and Germany didn't?  Listen to that Dr. Paul Craig Roberts interview.
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Why the fuck would the US steal Venezuela's gold?



That'd be a lovely precedent to set.
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Why the fuck would the US steal Venezuela's gold?



That'd be a lovely precedent to set.
Venezuela is a Marxist Nation... what the hell do they need gold for. Hugo Chavez preached Communism and said the the people didn't need a currency. So then Venezuela doesn't need gold.

 
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The provinces are getting uppity.  
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Bigger question to me is, why are any of these countries having the US, or anyone else, hold THEIR gold?




I don't understand this either.


Europe has this extensive history of warfare and looting. USA has never been invaded nor does it look likely their hat above can do shit or the ones to the south.
War of 1812
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Because for 50 years there was a threat of Russians flooding west. That threat ended and no one saw a reason to change (gold is expensive to move and protect) so there it sat.




Yes, Western Europe feared the Soviets during the Cold War. Nazi Germany looted everyone and the Soviets did the same during WWII.

 
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We can already artificially create gold, it's just very, very expensive due to the costs of the equipment and energy required (billions of dollars an ounce).  I predict in the next 100 years (which very well may be within most of our lifetimes given the rate of advancement of medical technology) we'll be able to cost effectively produce any element we need.  Once this is possible, the only thing of value will be energy, and whatever source we are extracting it from at that point.

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I suspect that the easier option will be to remotely mine in in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.  There is supposed to be a ton of valuable metals there.



 
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So secret its on arfcom
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OK, I'll bite.

I think German occupation during WWII constitutes a modern example of large scale invasion and looting in Europe.

The USSR was an ongoing threat of similar invasion during a large majority of the intervening years.

One reason among many to be sure, but it makes sense on its face, so why the "lulz".
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OK, I'll bite.

I think German occupation during WWII constitutes a modern example of large scale invasion and looting in Europe.

The USSR was an ongoing threat of similar invasion during a large majority of the intervening years.

One reason among many to be sure, but it makes sense on its face, so why the "lulz".

Read the quote again.
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and there were these guys too...
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Now we're picking nits. Y'all know what I mean. Did you know the Germans landed on US shores as recently as WWII? No one gives a shit, like no one gives a shit about the war of 1812, civil war, or the revolution.

That's nothing considering the history of Europe.


and there were these guys too...
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Immaterial as the war of 1812, over 120 years prior to storage

WW2 had a couple bozos hit the mainland. That ain't an army or even a navy. It's a few lost souls.

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Keep reading. Just internet folks picking nits. My point still stands. No real invasion, ever. A couple frenchies tried but failed. I know my history.
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$116,000,000,000,000.00

You're forgetting about the unsecured liabilities. Interest on debt, pensions, SS, Medicare, Medicaid, etc...

No one is mentioning that number. 17 trillion, lol, that's a drip of the ocean.
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All the gold that's (supposedly) in Fort Knox is but a tiny fraction of our $17trillion debt.

$116,000,000,000,000.00

You're forgetting about the unsecured liabilities. Interest on debt, pensions, SS, Medicare, Medicaid, etc...

No one is mentioning that number. 17 trillion, lol, that's a drip of the ocean.


Okay then, even more of a reason to not give a fuck about the gold in Fort Knox or our total gold holdings, etc. They simply don't matter anymore.
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Always funny to see the glenn beck goldline bugs in these threads.
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Wait a minute... Gold doesn't matter.  It's simply a barbaric relic with no practical meaning to finance in today's society... right?  



So why do all these countries care about getting the Gold back?  The Federal Reserve Bank should just print some more digital money and send it to Europe, then they won't have to waste all that time and labor moving a barbaric relic.



Or, really, just don't give them anything, because why bother even paying back something that is so barbaric-y and relic-y?  It's a dumb request.  Tell them to print their own money!






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122 Tonnes = 1 shit ton.





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That's a shit ton of gold.




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122 Tonnes = 1 shit ton.







Arfcom has finally found relevancy in Western Culture by being the creator of weight standards and measures.



Awesome!







 
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War of 1812
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Bigger question to me is, why are any of these countries having the US, or anyone else, hold THEIR gold?


I don't understand this either.

Europe has this extensive history of warfare and looting. USA has never been invaded nor does it look likely their hat above can do shit or the ones to the south.
War of 1812

And WW II  (Kiska).
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There is no gold.
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History.  See World War Two.
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Bigger question to me is, why are any of these countries having the US, or anyone else, hold THEIR gold?




I don't understand this either.


Europe has this extensive history of warfare and looting. USA has never been invaded nor does it look likely their hat above can do shit or the ones to the south.
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And WW II  (Kiska).




 



Yup.
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and there were these guys too...
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Now we're picking nits. Y'all know what I mean. Did you know the Germans landed on US shores as recently as WWII? No one gives a shit, like no one gives a shit about the war of 1812, civil war, or the revolution.

That's nothing considering the history of Europe.


and there were these guys too...
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I remember those guys.....Dresden.




And these guys...Tokyo.

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It really shouldn't, you heard Obama won, right?  Twice.  
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It really shouldn't, you heard Obama won, right?  Twice.  
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Every time we have one of these threads it boggles my mind how many Americans seem to think we should steal the gold.


It really shouldn't, you heard Obama won, right?  Twice.  


Yep. Property? Psh, we're 'Merica, we take what we want.
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enjoy your gold plated tungsten

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The Cinese did not discover then , The Chinese make fakes including fakes of old US $1 coin , not made of silver
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