What If There Is No Gold at Fort Knox?Michael Farrell
Henry Knox was a self-made man. He was born into a poor Boston family in 1750. His father was a shipbuilder who abandoned the family when Henry was just nine, forcing Henry to leave school to go to work to support his mother and younger brother. Despite this, Henry ended up owning ...
It doesn't even have to be a major race day for visitors to enjoy historic Churchill Downs. The museum is endlessly fascinating and there's plenty of good food. And yes, there's always a race to enjoy. And a mint julep, of course. ...
Joining the military is a big commitment, not to be taken lightly. Most first-term enlistments require a commitment to four years of active duty and two years of inactive (Individual Ready Reserve, or IRR). But the services also offer programs with two-, three- and six-year active-duty ...
but has been circulating among the "big money" brokers and financial kingpins and is just now being revealed to the public. It involves the gold in Fort Knox -- the US Treasury gold -- that is the equity of our national wealth. In short, millions (with an "m") of gold bars are ...
A great man I once worked for, Command Sergeant Major John Pearce, had a reputation, with those who didn’t know him, as being dumb and loud. He was loud, he was certainly not dumb. He is the only individual ever to be Command Sergeant Major of the 82nd Airborne Division twice. ...
U.S. Air Force Pilot and First Lt. Felix Eugene Moncla Jr. in 1953 was conducting an air defense intercept over Lake Superior near the Soo Locks in Michigan when he—and his plane—disappeared. In what is today known as the Kinross Incident (Moncla was on temporary assignment at Kinros...
Still to come next week is the prize for outstanding work in the field of economics. Uncategorized Posted by:maboulette Sowing the Seeds of Doubt President Trumphas been throwing everything he has at the 2020 election to make sure a favorable result or otherwise damage the outcome: Sowing doub...
With 2,436.94 tons, France has the fourth-largest gold reserves in the world. Former President of France Charles de Gaulle was partially responsible for the collapse of theBretton Woods systemwhen he called the United States' bluff and began trading dollars in for gold from the Fort Knox reser...
A mining firm may borrow gold if it enters into a forward hedge contract in which gold that has not yet been mined or extracted is pre-sold to buyers. If some or all of its buyers expect a physical delivery of the gold bullion, the mining firm may borrow the gold from the bank, wh...