So I was obviously not kidding around when I wrote to you about the developing economic storm times!

Yes, it was before the collapse of the biggest Wall Street investment banks, WAMU, and of the AIG Insurance monster, but I'm a good navigator and the coming storms were apparent. What's more, there are further worse storms on the way - no matter what spins and tricks they might try in DC or Wall Street. Mark my words. To avoid the worst, you need good navigation in these times. . .

A good navigator will guide his ship - and everyone aboard - through the dangers of storms and rocks and reefs with the least damage and to the safest haven available. I'm going to try to do that for us. Not only for me, but for you too . . . guide us to the safest havens available in the tough times ahead.

Cigarettes and Tobacco News -

Yes, there is a lot of the usual kind of ridiculous normal tobacco news: Tax hikes in the works by greedy and desperate politricksters, junk science claiming ludicrous "links" between tobacco and every evil known to the human race, devious bans and political moves to drain the last bits of freedom from a once-free country. The news, in short, is flooded with more stupidness, and more manipulation - pretty much the same 'ol same 'ol. So I'm not going to burden this update with much of that; I'll just provide a couple of links to relevant articles of interest.

Using Credit Cards SAFELY for Smokes -

Many of my friends who are members of SSO (Sovran Solutions Online) will find this of interest. And other friends who are not yet in SSO may see yet another good reason to get on the inside with us. . .

The use of Credit Cards to buy cigarettes online has been a very BIG NO NO for a couple of years already: If you purchase tobacco directly with a card you're either paying a high price because you are already being taxed when you use it, or you are having your purchases reported to your state's taxman. Don't do it.

But there IS a safe way to use Credit Cards - indirectly - to buy tobacco online IF you are an SSO member. Read on. . .

AlertPay:
Surprise! AlertPay is can be good news for SSO Members -

SAFE use of Credit Cards for Smokes? YES!
You can use credit cards - safely! - for cigarettes purchases, with no purchase reporting or tax problems IF you do it with Alertpay and SSO. . .

Here's how:
SSO members save and stay tax-safe by not using outside payment methods and only buying their smokes with our private, internal SSO funding mechanisms.

So, you fund your SSO Private Payment Account or your private SSO Card using a credit card that's listed in your Alertpay account. This funding method can sometimes be a good convenience. It's fast - normally one business day - it's done conveniently online, it allows purchases via your credit card, etc.

But - CAUTION - using AlertPay will COST you in added AlertPay fees!

Here's the short and sweet of it:
If you use AlertPay to fund you SSO account/card, you can FORGET about these kinds of issues:

Internet Banking Bill Pay hassles
Mailing delivery delays and uncertainties when mailing funds
Wasting gas money and time to buy and mail Money Orders

It can be very FAST.

AlertPay lets you fund your SSO account directly from a credit card that's listed in your Alertpay account.
You can open a new Alertpay account in a matter of minutes and list a credit card or two.
You can then make a payment with the card immediately. With no waiting!
AlertPay will ask you to list a bank account too. Do it, but verifying the account will probably take a week. You CAN use your card in the meantime.

Once you have an Alertpay account with at least one credit card listed:

Log in to SSO and visit your SSO Private Office.
Select Funding Center
Select the third option: AlertPay
Enter the amount you wish to fund and proceed from there.

Here's the down side:
Like all payment processors, Alertpay is a "facilitator" and they take a piece of the action for facilitating your payment. But the Alertpay fee may be worth it for the greater ease, time and gas savings, the ability to use credit, and the convenience they provide. That's up to you to decide.

Select this to Signup or Login to Alertpay
Or this: http://snipurl.com/3vka5

Several cautions about signing up with and using Alertpay:

READ the instructions when filling out their forms - it will go faster.
Be SURE to record and keep the TWO PASSWORDS you will create.
Bank account verification may take up to a week because of slow banks.
Alertpay has a reputation for frustrations, and it's possible you may encounter some - so beware, and if they're too much of a pain, just drop them! That's my personal caveat about them.

- The Economic Storm -

Do you recall how I recommended moving any excess cash you might have away from dollars and into precious metals? Well, since I last wrote to you the financial world experienced a month they are now referring to as the Perfect Storm.

Gold and Silver dropped about 25% percent. There were huge corrections and, even more significantly I think, huge price manipulations by the major Central Banks. They brought prices crashing in a way that shocked just about everyone. Stock markets around the world, of course, plunged to amazing lows. And then rebounded just as suddenly, only to fall back again. The name of this game is: volatile and dangerous.

Several things became very clear:

Stocks and other "paper" markets are on quicksand
Metals prices in the short term at least, are being manipulated and are not good for shorter term investments.
The only investment arena with excellent promise in all current conditions is skillfully traded FOREX. In fact, it gets more lucrative when the markets are more volatile.

So, I still think it's folly to sit on paper money and that long-term funds should be in Gold and/or Silver. There's info and resources:
http://www.nativeblend.net/metals.htm .

About the only kind of investment that made money - and can do so consistently no matter what happens in other markets - is very skillfully executed FOREX currency trading.

Forex trading is, of course, one of the fastest and most certain ways for amateurs and students to loose their shirts. It is NOT recommended to them.

That said, Forex can also be extremely lucrative, if it's approached correctly.

I can point you, for example, to an offshore - private - forex fund that's been making around 7% per week, and compounding weekly. It's been doing this for the last several months that's I've been aware of it. And, in fact has been around for over 10 years and has been performing like that for the last several years. You can participate for under $150, and it carries a guarantee of 100% minimum earnings per year.

Take a look at this astounding graph. It's what happens in two years with a pretty realistically attainable 1% per day (less than I've seen over the last few months), trading 21 days per month, with a $100 investment. (Be sure your email is displaying graphics, please.)

Of course, it's basic and it must be said:
Past performance does not necessarily indicate future performance.

Forex and Robbing Banks -

Yes, Robbing Banks, this is in fact a rather cute way of describing what expertly managed forex trading actually does!

Use this for the Fund
and to LEARN how to Rob Banks LEGALLY

Find the download link at the bottom of the page for the three books. Select it and fill a quick form to get to the books. Painless and private. They cost nothing. Zipdeedoo.

You'll get the knowledge and the contacts in these short, easy-to-digest e-books that explain the whole thing. Pay special attention to the one called HOW TO LEGALLY ROB BANKS, and be sure to use the link at the end of the book.

It's entirely possible that these books could save your skin! You'll learn this stuff and more from them . . .

how to legally rob banks
how to make the banks pay off your debts
how to make the banks finance your robberies
how to do it all without risk
and other essentials for your wisdom and survival

All three books can be had by selecting the "download" link at the bottom of the page:

http://snipurl.com/3twtm

Need I say it? If you wish, I'll be happy to discuss any of this and to answer any questions you might have too. Just drop a reply to this mail.

- More Tobacco News and Related Items -

Smoking Ban Increases Heart Attacks -

Anti-smoking activists claim smoking bans in Scotland and Wales led to immediate, sizable reductions in heart attacks, but these brash assertions are utterly unfounded.
http://www.reason.com/blog/show/127939.html

Big Tobacco and Big Drugs United -

Big Tobacco and the pharmaceutical industry shook hands over freedom's corpse as the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impose FDA regulation over tobacco. While the remarks from rabid anti-smoking Rep. Waxman would lead the ignorant to believe that his bill to regulate tobacco is opposed by the nefarious cigarette industry, the opposite is actually the case. Big Tobacco is part of the problem!

The Doors Of Perception -

We are the most conditioned, programmed beings the world has ever known. . .

Why Americans Will Believe Almost Anything

Want a good smoke for a LOT less?

Get smokes for less than $15 per carton. That's the DELIVERED price. Remember: Most online tobacco retailers add $2 per carton - or more! - to their advertised prices. Compare the cheapest brands with smokers' reviews on my site, then pick the best for the least:

www.nativeblend.net/comparisons.htm

A final word of advice:
Don't just think about it.
Join us as a special SSO member.
https://www.sovran-solutions-online.com/?ref=100048

Nativeblend is for smokers:
http://www.nativeblend.net