The Internet shills have twisted 2847 into some type of doomsday machine.
So... BUY GOLD, SILVER, INVEST IN FRACKING COMPANIES, etc. THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT IS (not) COMING TO AN END.
More Porter info here
Porter Stansberry and ‘the Stansberry scam’
http://briandeer.com/stansberry/stansberry-research-scam-1.htm
The fraud allegation
As for what Porter Stansberry did, the first clear description was set out in April 2003. That was when Karen L Martinez, Thomas M Melto and Brent R Baker of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Salt Lake City office filed a complaint with the federal district court in Baltimore, Maryland, where Stansberry’s investment newsletter business was located. They alleged:
“1. Defendants engaged in an ongoing scheme to defraud public investors by disseminating false information in several Internet newsletters published by Agora or its wholly owned subsidiaries such as Pirate. Through various publications, defendants claimed to have inside information about certain public companies. Defendants suggested that its readers could cash in on the inside information and make quick profits. The defendants offered to sell the inside information to newsletter subscribers for a fee of $1,000.