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Soros Warns of Violent Riots In America, Financial Collapse, Government Clampdown: “SURVIVAL IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING”
From time to time we get a peek inside the mind of a true insider. George Soros knows a thing or two about destabilization and far from equilibrium situations. He’s been on the giving and receiving ends of both. From surviving the Nazi occupation of Hungary during World War II, to single handily crashing the currencies of entire nations, the experience he brings to the table should not be ignored.
He has gone so far as to suggest that the consequences for America are a complete breakdown in law and order, riots in the streets, financial collapse, and a repressive government response.
Even the best and the brightest don’t know what to do, other than to duck and cover. It’s coming, and it can’t be stopped.
Mark J. Lundeen has served commentary titled, "Post Credit Crisis Performance Update for Silver."
Just to let everyone know how the post-credit crisis recovery has been coming along, here's a chart for gold, silver and the Dow Jones indexed to 1.00 from their lows of 2008-09. Gold and silver bottomed in October 2008,while the Dow Jones took another five months to hit its bottom (March 2009).
IRAN, WW3 & RON PAUL: "What Have We Allowed Ourselves To Become?"
Jan 17, 2012
Brad Meltzers: Decoded - Fort Knox Part 1 of 3
Jan 17, 2012
Henry Kissinger: "If You Can't Hear the Drums of War You Must Be Deaf"
In a remarkable admission by former Nixon era Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, reveals what is happening at the moment in the world and particularly the Middle East.
"The United States is bating China and Russia, and the final nail in the coffin will be Iran, which is, of course, the main target of Israel. We have allowed China to increase their military strength and Russia to recover from Sovietization, to give them a false sense of bravado, this will create an all together faster demise for them. We're like the sharp shooter daring the noob to pick up the gun, and when they try, it's bang bang. The coming war will will be so severe that only one superpower can win, and that's us folks. This is why the EU is in such a hurry to form a complete superstate because they know what is coming, and to survive, Europe will have to be one whole cohesive state. Their urgency tells me that they know full well that the big showdown is upon us. O how I have dreamed of this delightful moment."
Ron Paul. Romney/Santorum Just Woudn't Get This. Gold & Silver Inc
Jan 12, 2012
Sune Hojgaard - Some thoughts on where we are and where we are heading ...
Happy New Year to you all!
Below are some of my thoughts on where we are and where we are heading - Let me know what you think.
I think that if your look at it simply you can arrive at some conclusions and some fundamental questions;
The so called advanced economies carry too much debt at all levels of society - this debt has been build up over 30 or 40 years through unsustainable channels with the main drivers being:
1. Public spending policies where the magic of debt/credit made constant deficit spending possible - lower real taxation combined with larger and larger spending which has led to governments becoming an ever larger bureaucracy and segment of the economy.
2. Debt as an Asset - the financial sector of the advanced economies has grown to incredible and unsustainable levels in its ever expanding quest for new markets and new ways to make short term profits. This enlarged position within national economies and globally has enabled the financial industry to 'capture' the regulatory and accounting institutional controls, leading to excesses. One person's asset is another person's liability which brings some natural limits to the sustainable expansion of credit.
3. Debt driven Consumption - with the governments promising to provide unlimited pension and health packages to all and the financial industry driving up asset values broadly and specifically the property markets creating a false wealth effect - the consumer of the advanced economies went on a massive debt financed spending spree, increasingly buying things they really did not need with money they did not really have.
As the last 30 to 40 years of rapid globalization was build upon the foundation of advanced economies being the driver of the global economy and the advancing economies acting as cogs in the global supply chain everything has now come to a gradual halt. Hence the problems are systemic on a global scale.
When you have a debt problem the optimal way out is to earn your way out by rapidly increasing your income while trimming back your excess spending habits and allocating your capital effectively. This route is not a real option as we are faced with a broad systemic slow down.
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Jan 12, 2012
Exclusive Interview – James Turk: “There’s Physical Gold and Paper Gold–The Closer You Are to Physical the Higher the Price”
GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk told Bull Market Thinking's Tekoa Da Silva that there are two kinds of gold -- real metal and paper -- and the closer you get to the real metal, the higher the price.
Gold is investors' favorite asset for 2012, and developed markets are preferred over emerging markets when it comes to putting money in stocks or bonds, according to a poll carried out by Japanese investment bank Nomura.
Of the 164 investors who took part in Nomura's poll, 19.5 percent said they would choose to buy gold and hold it until the end of the year. Other favored assets were stocks and investment-grade corporate bonds in developed markets, with about 13 percent of responses.
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Jan 11, 2012
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The Dollar Vigilante: Gold, Silver & Get a Foreign Passport Before the Collapse
Jan 9, 2012
The Dollar Vigilante: Anarchy, Liberty & the Internet
Jan 8, 2012
Dutch central bank admits 90% of its gold is abroad
The Dutch financial writer Jaco Schipper reports today that the president of the Netherlands central bank acknowledged this week on Dutch television that 90 percent of the nation's gold reserves is kept outside the country to facilitate sales. Dutch TV, Schipper adds, also interviewed geopolitical analyst James G. Rickards, author of the new book "Currency Wars," and GATA's longtime supporter Willem Middelkoop, a fund manager and financial writer, who argued for repatriating the Dutch gold to protect it against expropriation by the U.S. government.
Schipper's commentary is headlined "90% of Dutch Gold Reserve Is Held Abroad," carries a link to video of the Dutch TV program "Nieuwsuur," where the Dutch gold reserve was discussed, and is posted at Schipper's Internet site, Market Update, on the link below:
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BIX WEIR: The Gigantic Ponzi Scheme & The Road To Roota
Jan 2, 2012
BIX WEIR: 2012 - A Free Market For Silver & Ron Paul Presidency?
Jan 2, 2012
Gold in 2012
We all understand that the future is unknowable. Events yet to come cannot be predicted. Nevertheless, the outlook for 2012 is probably set in stone, and the reason is simple. The financial crisis imperiling the globe for the past several years has not been solved. Until it is, we can expect more of the same – specifically, serial bailouts of governments and banks that, if not already insolvent are bordering on insolvency. It is a distressing prospect.
Silver & Gold: YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY RANTING ANDY - Part 2
Dec 28, 2011
Silver & Gold: YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY RANTING ANDY - Part 1
Dec 20, 2011
The ramifications of the MF Global collapse
Bix Weir warns: The ramifications of the MF Global collapse are intensifying around the world and investors are waking up to the reality that their assets are 100% at risk if held by another party. The entire electronic financial system is imploding as we speak and this includes savings, checking, CD's, 401k's, stock portfolios, bond portfolios...you name it. All of them are going up in smoke and if you are still "in the game" you are likely S.O.L. this late in the game. Even if you do get your money out before your bank or broker goes bankrupt the bankruptcy courts can exercise "claw-back provisions" to go after the $ you received 90 days prior.