Archive for October 4th, 2011

The Qatari Royal family plans to spend up to $10bn (£6.4bn) buying stakes in gold producers through their sovereign wealth fund, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. By Garry White Telegraph.co.uk The fund is seeking to invest in a range of natural resources, but gaining access to physical gold is its top strategic priority. On... »

iStockAnalyst.com As we anticipated earlier this year, commercial shorts including JPM are finally within grasping reach of covering their positions and transitioning to net long. For more than a decade, the large commercial trading banks have been trapped with an enormous short position in silver as the price has risen from its lows near... »

JESSE’S CAFÉ AMÉRICAIN A few people have asked me about the recent story concerning France banning cash sales of gold and silver. The story originated here but was picked up by quite a few other sites last week. I was waiting to get some additional information before I posted it as well. This is... »

by Eric Margolis LewRockwell.com The US is now risking a military confrontation with old ally Pakistan that is both highly dangerous and unpredictable in the extreme. It’s awfully hard for the world’s greatest power to admit its high-tech military forces are being beaten in Afghanistan by a bunch of lightly-armed mountain tribesmen that we... »

by William Norman Grigg LewRockwell.com The links connecting Anwar al-Awlaki to anti-American terrorism were entirely suppositious, forged through unsubstantiated official assertion. He was, at most, a clerical propagandist who never exercised command authority. For that matter, no evidence has been presented that he ever had an operational role in a military force of any... »

by Bill Bonner LewRockwell.com Where’s the Bastille…? The Dow got a boost Thursday – up 143 points. Gold remained where it was – about $1,617. Dear Readers know what we think. The Great Correction has a lot of work to do – there are so many things that need correction. And it will take... »

By Paul McGuire October 4, 2011 NewsWithViews.com In 1962, Singer Frank Sinatra starred in a movie called “The Manchurian Candidate.” A softer version of the film, starring Denzel Washington, came out a few years ago. In the original movie, it is clear that the political assassin was programmed by the Communists. For the first... »

By NWV News writer Jim Kouri October 4, 2011 NewsWithViews.com While boasting about his White House’s transparency, President Barack Obama’s reelection team is plotting its next move in secret — mapping swing states, training volunteers, and raising big funds. And while the Democrats and their news media echo chamber are telling Americans that the... »

by WashingtonsBlog.com October 4, 2011 Wall Street Protesters Target the Federal Reserve The “Occupy Wall Street” protesters have targeted the Federal Reserve as one of their central platforms. The “Occupy San Francisco” branch of the protests is taking place – not in the Financial District, where the big banks are located – but in... »

by Washington’s Blog October 3, 2011 Corruption, Soaring Food Prices and Unemployment As I documented in February, soaring food prices, corruption and youth unemployment are leading causes of the “Arab Spring” of unrest in the Middle East. And I’ve repeatedly pointed out that it is a global – not Arab – revolution: The worldwide... »