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It’s now official, Ranting Andy Hoffman and I are extremists. Why, because we favor a return to the Gold Standard and believe that the United States went bankrupt as a result of Nixon’s decision to abandon the remnants of the Gold Standard that were still in place in August 1971. The FBI is warning local law enforcement that people who consider themselves to be sovereign citizens, who object to EPA regulations, who resent the IRS, could be prone to extreme violence with no warning. If we’re extremists, then we hope you will join us and together we can show the...

Ranting Andy is back, relaxed and a little calmer after the new year. We got right down to business. Bob, a listener wanted to know why there’s no apparent shortage of silver in the marketplace now. Andy explained that while the paper prices were certainly depressed, the current premium on Eric Sprott’s Physical Silver ETF has hit a new historic high of over 30 percent. Sprott’s ETF is unique in that holders are permitted to convert their shares into physical silver. This means that investors are willing to pay higher premiums than are charged by metals dealers in the physical...