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It's the end of the year, the eve of the debut of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and the start of the primary season. That means the men of GLoP must fire up their Skype and bring their punditry skills to bear.

This month, a mediation on what it means to be a member of the "establishment." Suffice to say, it has a very different meaning than it did 40 years ago. Also, some thoughts about guns, predictions and hopes for The Force Awakens, choices for the best of 2015, and Rob's medication of choice for the new year. Tune in, turn on, and drop out. See in 2016 for our live show in New Hampshire on February 6th.

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  • listeningin@listeningin
    Warning: This may get deleted because it deals with a Ricochet advertiser, but my experience with Lear Financial: I sent $25,000 for gold somewhere around 2007...they charged me $5,000 for the privilege of buying it for them, so I technically got $20,000 of gold in rare coins (they told me that, if looking at the highest purchasing price for each piece, it would be worth $60,000.) While my American eagles had gone up between 20-60% in fluctuating worth since then (overall they have gone up about $400 per ounce, except for a dip right now when the gold market is way down, so it is actually a good time to buy), my Lear rare coins went down such that when I sold them last summer, they were worth less than $12,000 total. In the midst of realizing what a rip off the rare coins trade is (unless you are going to do a lot of work in buying and selling yourself), Lear called me and tried to tie the worth of their rare coins with the rise of the price of gold, which was manifestly dishonest because my gold from them had lost worth at the same time my American eagles were gaining. Before using Lear, please consider more ethical companies, and if you are going to use Lear, get bullion or American eagles (though it looks like they are overcharging on their website if I am reading it right).
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