Recent content by DeerePoke

A messed up one where our galaxy is getting sucked into a black hole.

Nah, I'll cash it out for a commodity that will keep up with inflation. Either Gold or Land. If there is a huge gold strike I'm buying land.

In 1933 they had to break from domestic gold exchange because of the industrial revolution. There were literally more products to buy than there was gold to buy them. Mass production broke the gold standard in that case. The exchange rates was the problem. They could trade pounds for dollars...

Official narrative. 1971: International Convertibility Ends: . The Bretton Woods system, established after World War II, linked other currencies to the U.S. dollar, which was in turn convertible to gold at a fixed rate. However, by the late 1960s, the U.S. was facing increasing...

Yes.

The 40+ year old Brook Shields Calvin Klein ads are ROFL at this stuff.