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Tucker talks to Vlad about the role of the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency. They must have been listening to Purcell and O’Leary … https://x.com/TCNetwork/status/1755748344465342565?s=20 O’Leary side project (Natural Order Podcast) breaks down the entire Tucker-Vlad interview… https://naturalorderpodcast.com/ep18/ Possible definitions of “petrodollar” Revenues from petroleum exports. Dollars paid to oil-producing nations (petrodollar recycling). The currency of oil-producing nations usually fluctuates with the price of oil. E.g.s when the price of oil rises, the currency has more value. Vice-versa … when the price of oil falls, the currency’s value drops. Thus, Petrodollar/Petrocurrency? The pricing of oil in US dollars: currencies used as a unit of account to price oil in the international market. Zoltan Pozsar – Hungarian-American “shadow banker” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoltan_Pozsar Moscow Gold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_gold_(Spain) In the first year of the Spanish Civil War, the New York Times reported on August 7, 1936, that Spanish gold reserves (held in Madrid) were the equivalent of $718 million (US), which was the equivalent to $15.14 billion in 2022 USD.

Reports range from 72.6% to upwards of 90% of Spanish gold reserves were given to the USSR months after the outbreak of the civil war. The communist-backed government of the Second Spanish Republic under Francisco Largo Caballero either sold the gold to the Soviets or placed the reserves in Moscow for the Soviets to act as custodians.

Well, that was a bad move. Largo Caballero and his Republican cause were eventually defeated by the Nationalist side and Spain was left broke, for most if not all of the remaining gold reserves were sold to France for currency.

In the context of the Spanish War, the gold the Soviets ended up with (ostensibly to caretake or use for deposit on future munitions) is known as “Moscow Gold.” The gold taken in by the French is called the “Paris Gold.”


 
King Juan Carlos I of Spainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I
There is speculation that Spain stayed out of the western oil embargo during the 1970s because of the then-prince and future-king’s business dealings with the Arab oil merchants.Juan Carlos abdicated the Spanish throne in 2014 and as of 2020, he now makes the United Arab Emirates his permanent residence. Warren Mosler – It doesn’t matter what currency you trade in … What do you save in?https://moslereconomics.com/https://warrenmosler.com/ Wesley Schlemmer on The Brian D. O’Leary Show https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/building-wealth-with-bitcoin Peter Schiff (is welcome on the program to talk Petrodollar) https://schiffradio.com/ Fountain.FM – Listen to podcasts, earn bitcoin. https://fountain.fm/briandoleary?code=2f1a9cad53

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Don McLean, 76, steps out with his model girlfriend Paris Dylan, 28, ahead of his performance at Manchester Bridgewater Hall
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January 27, 2024
Wesley Schlemmer – Bitcoin Bay Ep. 94  
Wesley Schlemmer is a leading bitcoin (₿) evangelist and educator in the Tampa Bay region. One of the goals of his 501c3 organization — Bitcoin Bay — is to create a circular economy with bitcoin at the center of it all. We had Wesley on the show a few months back to talk about “taking the orange pill.”
 
Wesley is a born-and-raised “Florida Man” who is working to Make America Florida.
Links and topics mentioned: Bitcoin Bay ·        https://www.bitcoinbay.live/
·        ₿itcoin Bay 𝕏-Twitter - https://twitter.com/bitcoinbaytpa
·        ₿itcoin Bay Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bitcoinbaytpa
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Florida Beef Initiative ·        https://floridabeefinitiative.com/
·        The mission of the Florida Beef Initiative “is simple yet profound: to create a self-sustaining local economy where wealth circulates within the community. We achieve this through a blend of traditional practices and modern innovations.”
Price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies ·        CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
Fountain.FM ·        We are big fans of Fountain.FM at the Brian D. O’Leary headquarters. Earn bitcoin while listening to podcasts… who wouldn’t love that?
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Monero ·        Monero is a private, decentralized cryptocurrency that keeps your finances confidential and secure.
·        Monero is not bitcoin. “It’s a whole separate blockchain.”
ByteFederal ·        Find bitcoin ATM locations worldwide
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SATSCARD ·        Like cash in hand, pass physical Bitcoin along multiple times. Gift. Anonymous. Trust no one.
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RoboSats ·        Learn about Robosats at robosats.com
Mullvad VPN ·        The VPN that Wesley mentioned https://mullvad.net/en
The Sound Money Soiree ·        The offical grand opening of The Bitcoin Bay Foundation and the grand unveiling of Tampa as the next Bitcoin City in the United States.
·        February 3, 2024.
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·        I’ve heard that if you try coupon code WOODS it may get you a deeper discount
 
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December 5, 2023
Jason Purcell – The petrodollar system (Part 2) Ep. 93  
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We welcome financial analyst Jason Purcell on the program for the second part in a series on the history of money and banking. We’re talking about the “petrodollar” once again.
Jason is working on a book on the topic which includes a chapter about his theory of the “Petrodollar System.” You can find the first episode at our Substack page (and on all podcatchers):
https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/the-petrodollar-system-part-1-w-jason
Jason will be on the show again soon to complete his analysis of the petrodollar system. Once we complete the discussion, we’ll have a longer compilation episode and more robust show notes page for you.
 
Topics discussed: A Spate Of Recent Deals Raises Chatter Of A Fading Petrodollar (Forbes) ·        Jason mentions this article as an entry point into our discussion.
Petrodollar-Saudi Axis Is Why Washington Hates Iran ·        Gary Richied article that Jason mentions.
"Petrodollar" search at Mises.org ·        https://mises.org/search-mises?search=petrodollar
·        Several mises.org articles reference “petrodollar” (36 at last count). Take some time and read the free resources.
·        Jason’s theory runs somewhat counter to what you’ll hear in Forbes or mises.org, but it helps to have the background
Not So Fast My Friend! ·        Lee Corso autographed 8x10 poster (eBay)
OPEC ·        OPEC countries include: Algeria, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela
o   The host was unaware that Nigeria was a part of OPEC. It is!
·        OPEC+ is a loose grouping of countries that includes Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Russia, South Sudan, and Sudan.
 
BRICS ·        Governments represented are from countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
Dollar hegemony (Monetary hegemony) ·        Monetary hegemony is an economic and political concept in which a single state has decisive influence over the functions of the international monetary system. A monetary hegemon would need:
o   accessibility to international credits,
o   foreign exchange markets
o   the management of balance of payments problems in which the hegemon operates under no balance of payments constraint.
o   the direct (and absolute) power to enforce a unit of account in which economic calculations are made in the world economy.
Key Currency ·        a currency which is stable, does not fluctuate much, and provides the foundation for exchange rates for international transactions. Because of their global use, key currencies tend to set the value of other currencies. Also, these currencies tend to have a stable valuation over time. A key currency usually comes from a country that is financially strong, economically stable and developed, and one that is involved in the global market.
Currency Converter (Yahoo!) ·        https://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/
Petroleum refining in the United States ·        (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_refining_in_the_United_States
Bank Charter Act 1844 (Peel Act) ·        Also known as the “Peel Act”
Bearer Bonds, et cetera in Die Hard ·        Die Hard (1988)
·        Bearer bonds and how they figure into the plot (a McGuffin, if you will)
o   Bearer Bonds
·        Die Hard $100,000 American Bearer Bond.  (eBay)  This was a real movie prop.
·        A more modestly priced replica of the “Nakatomi Bonds” available a