Weekend Top Story: U.S. asset managers worried Obama could confiscate gold

Read entire article here:

" While in Mineweb's view such a move is unlikely, one needs to bear in mind that President Obama is a keen follower of Roosevelt's views and policies and that the very fact that some asset managers controlling huge volumes of money feel that such a move is possible is a significant factor - and one that is perhaps heightened by the huge amounts of money flowing into gold at the moment in both ETFs and bullion"
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Note: If they could get away with it why wouldn't they do it? Been done before.

Mayans, Money, Mayhem

UPDATE MAY 10, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18018343
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In light of recent doomsday predictions based on one of the Mayan calenders I took a look into the issue to see for myself what all the hype is about. As usual there's a cast of characters with diverse information presented- from scaremongers to scientists, from the spiritual to the charlatan - who knows the truth?

Below are some videos and a link to a NOVA website that may fascinate you and help you to understand what all the hype is about. The video at the bottom, featuring Ian Lungold, is where you may wish to start for the deepest understanding - but it takes 3 hours to get through the whole two vids. What is fascinating is the precision by which the glyphs are claimed to mark time - and the comparisons the speaker makes with pivotal events in history and the sea changes in life as we know it throughout the ages. Are the conclusions accurate?

If you are concerned mostly about investing check out the one with Carl Calleman - again there are no real answers although the man claims accurate predictions can be made about the collapse of the present monetary system and shifts of power in the world. Everybody has opinions, this gentleman is careful about giving out advice. What the heck, why NOT listen to his predictions based on the Mayan calender - it's got to give better unbiased information than CNBC on money or Glenn Beck on politics - that is if you compare the performance of the two systems side by side. At the very least it's fun and there's no shouting. Also the exercise encourages the questioning of our own dogmas - rather than our present prognosticators who discourage questioning that which we are to accept undubitably as fact.

If you just want to look at the glyphs and hear them spoken, check out the NOVA site. Pay close attention to the mural found - a most recent discovery with glyphs that predate those so far decoded. Another fascinating mystery to ponder. See my note at the bottom where I conclude the fate of the planet based on this mural.

To see the trouble one must go through to get to such treasures see the video "An Amazing Mayan Discovery."

What did I learn that I didn't know?
1. The Mayans divided each day into 13 hours, then further divided by 13 into "min", then 13 "sec", infinitely: while the number 13 is considered an unlucky number in the "Western Culture."
2. The Mayans didn't use fractions.
3. The Mayans account for billions of years of time.
4. The Mayans had three calenders -
HAAB: 365.25 day calender (fractions when expressed in terms of our "days" not theirs)- used only for taxation - agrarian society therefore based on length of solar year.
TZOLKIN: "count of days" - 260 "days" long - astrological calender of the Maya - or the "personal calender" of the Maya intermeshed with 13 "intentions" - one may visualize this as two intermeshed gears - explained in Lungold vid.
Go here for Tzolkin page: click here
TUN: The "Divine" or "prophetic" calender - this is the one we hear the prophesies about - this is the calender the pyramids immortalize - you can learn about this in the Ian Lungold video. I commend the video if you wish to understand the basics - and watch a nicely prepared and delivered talk- click HERE to see the calender superimposed onto a pyramid so you can visualize the symbolism.

5. The day the Mayan calender ends is October 28, 2011, according to the folks I've chosen to believe - while I've heard through most fear-based American media that the end date is in 2012.

6. Every 52 TUNs the Mayans would put out every fire and spark in their entire civilization for a night - then fire was relit at the temples in the morning by priests, and this fire was spread via runners with torches to spread fire anew throughout their entire civilization.

7. How central something we take for granted, like a calender is, to our entire belief system, and the limitations it may impose on our very ability to perceive.






Cracking the Mayan code - look at the mural and decoding of the stele

Ian Lungold: This video may fascinate... it's the most boring-looking from here - but purely amazing and explains a lot

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Note: I'm going to take a leap here and get everyone mad, but if you pay attention to the information available and try to sort it all out - the comet theory looks good as depicted by the snake with the Maize god on it, and the birth scene to the left in the mural at the NOVA site. What are your theories? Either way I suppose I'll continue with business as usual - we'll see what happens when the day gets here.
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Update Feb 17, 2010 One of the commenters pointed out that this video is valuable - it is from one of the linked sites above - but in case you don't find it yourself here it is. Thank you commenter. (Sometimes I don't link the videos directly because the most interested readers will find it at the links - helps the researchers out and keeps the vid in the context intended - but I agree it's a good idea to put it here.)

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UPDATE FEB 17, 2010 Note: I had the link for the TUN calender on the wrong line yesterday - it was under TZOLKIN- I moved it to proper location today. There was a link at mayanmajix under "daily TZOLKIN" where one could see the two wheels intermeshed depicting the TZOLKIN astrological concept. It isn't working now as I write this but maybe they'll fix it. It was while trying to work that link into the paragraph that I made the errors. Sorry 'bout that.

GATA sues Fed to disclose gold market intervention records

Read more here:

" The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and targets Fed records involving gold swaps, exchanges of gold with foreign financial institutions. In a letter dated September 17 this year to GATA's law firm, William J. Olson P.C. of Vienna, Virginia, (http://www.lawandfreedom.com) Fed Board of Governors member Kevin M. Warsh acknowledged that the Fed has gold swap agreements with foreign banks but insisted that such documents remain secret:

http://www.gata.org/files/GATAFedResponse-09-17-2009.pdf"
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Note: I understand there is a role to control "panic" but the "crisis" is independent of "panic". This mess is so big and the clowns running the circus drunk - have made such a mess - except for their own bank accounts - ...anyway - what does this mean for the true value of the commodity in question? It means that the price has been manipulated DOWN -

Jim Rogers Interview: "Become a Farmer" (with notes)

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Notes:

1. Abolish the Fed - market will raise rates before the Fed - Fed will follow - watch for currency market turmoil as trigger.
2. Tim Geithner wrong about the solution to our problem being to try to spend our way out of this mess - which is what got us into this. Why are we listening to Tim Geithner when he's been consistently wrong?
3. Gold is already high - not a buy right now - wouldn't think of selling now - buy at $1,000-central banks around world are shifting to buying gold - several thousand an ounce in the next decade
4. Silver-rather own silver than gold, agriculture probably best buy - ?How to buy? he says buy indexes - but the best thing to do is become a farmer. Food inventories lowest in decades - water is a good commodity - water companies - India and China have water problems - find a way to solve their water problems and you can become rich.
5. Could be a rally in the dollar in the short term - sell at that time - then buy yen, swiss francs Can. Dollars - or commodities
6. Paper money (all over world) not to be trusted.
7. UK not going to keep its triple A rating - he owns no sterling.
8. China turns out 10 or 15 times as many engineers as USA - remember what happened with the Japanese auto industry overtaking USA.

Video: How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash

"The Beckers fell months behind on their mortgage and finally found it was Goldman after their house November 1, 2009"

Nixon on International Money Speculators

Wow, do we have to add Nixon to the long list of so-called "Conspiracy Theorists?"

Where should I invest my money? 2009 August

UPDATE DECEMBER 18, 2009 Jim Rogers: Become a Farmer-video-with notes
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Some forecasters with decent track records for your consideration: By the way Jim Rogers says that six

Gerald Celente
Jim Rogers
Mike Whitney
Paul Craig Roberts



Peter Schiff

Just a few for you to look at. Celente invests 1/2 his money in American dollars, 1/2 his money in Euros but has 80% in gold. Doesn't add up to me from the interview - I don't know if he was able to fully explain due to time constraints- but my two bits says to get any money you need liquid and can't afford to lose into gold coin because it will retain its value regardless of the currency value of the country you live in. The best place to position seems to be commodities.
UPDATE AUGUST 30, 2009 NANOTECH Scientist use atomic-force microscope to imaged molecule for the first timeTHIS ARTICLE REMINDS ME OF THE PROFITS IN LIQUID HELIUM I think are possible
UPDATE AUGUST 27, 2009 Hummel: The US Will Default On Its Debt
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Our American Train Wreck - By Accident or Design?

It is my firm belief that the Average American Family is in for some big shocks and some hard times with regards to their savings, civil rights, and the future direction of their country. And if these Americans shrink from their duty to get involved they won't have to worry about the country their children will inherit - because somebody else will own it.

I base these opinions on information available mostly on the internet. Yes - the internet - the last bastion of free speech where even a JackRabbit can express views for the consideration of others. Will it last?

The election of Obama demonstrated that the public knows what they want - but for some reason they can't get what they want. How is it possible to have elected Obama yet the war plan accelerates? Once again we get a smooth-talker who, exactly like GWB did upon election, acts in opposition to campaign promises. If you remember the debates - it was obvious who the corporate owned media deemed worthy of debate time and who they didn't. Is it a coincidence that corporations benefit from Obama's actions and the public suffers? Hmmm - how many times the president's salary was spent getting him elected? No profit-first corporation spends money unless they expect a return on investment.

Jack Rabbit's opinion - your average Joe-6-pack is oblivious to the geopolitical situation because he and wifee are working working working- paying usurious and arbitrary interest to monopoly lenders - paying for private school, paying ever-rising-prices for food as inflation kicks in, getting robbed on gasoline, car repairs, phone bills, car rental bills - basically everything. They are also completely in the dark because their media has been usurped by corporations with no interest in the public good - but in siphoning money into the CEO that runs the slum-like corporation. We used to call them slumlords - but somehow they've become great American heroes these American corporate CEOs - yes the robber-barons - perhaps because they, the robber-barons are the owners of the very media that treats the American public like mushrooms - keep'em in the dark and feed them sh#t. There is no longer any regulation of anything in the United States to the benefit of the average worker. As far as contracts are concerned the party who entered into the contract who is more well-heeled makes the rules. Those rules are the golden rule. Those with the gold rule. Speaking of gold - 2009 should be a good one for gold (IMO)- the metal you can hold in your hand. Liquid for sure. But six-pack Joe has no cash - just credit - which is worthless if you wish to purchase American Eagles.

What's the problem? It's complicated! Risking sounding "crazy" I'll come out and say that it appears to me that we are being sold out in such a way that will ultimately end in one-world-government unless YOU become active to prevent it. The monetary crisis will provide the perfect lens with which to focus the masses to submit to emergency measures required to "fix" the problem - these measures, naturally, will require the surrender of RIGHTS. Is this a conspiracy theory? So what if it is? If it walks like a duck... I don't know if it is or not but it seems reasonable to me that if group A wants to steal everything group B owns - that conspiracy is a given. There is plenty of info on this blog and those linked under Enlightenment. We Americans have tortured. We Americans are imprisoning people without trial. We Americans are firing missies via drone aircraft into sovereign nations. We Americans are occupiers. It is time to wake up -wise up - and stand up. Forget the money wasted on these misadventures of mass murder for a minute - think instead about sending kids to wars based on lies so corporations can profit. Take the most patriotic true believers - put a uniform on them - hand them a machine gun - and make them kill somebody else's kids who are doing exactly the same thing. I ask you reader - what are you getting out of all this militarism? Hmmm I guess if you are employed by the war industry a paycheck. I hope it's worth it.

Somehow the North American Union is on the Way (NAU) with or without public approval. This merging of Canada, USA, and Mexico seems to build itself as anyone you ask about it will deny it. Yet highways are planned. Our borders are unprotected. With the NAU, like the European Union preceding it, is rumored a new currency called the Amero which will be "necessary" (unConstitutional as it is) to solve the financial crisis. Oh and about the financial crisis - mostly a crisis for anybody who has to continue payments on their mortgage at the bubble-market prices. No relief in sight for us - but the banks get bailed out. I've read that 9.3 Trillion Dollars would have payed off EVERY MORTGAGE IN THE UNITED STATES - but whaddaya know - that's not what was done with the phony "bailout" money - it went, it seems, to the same crooks that caused this mess in the first place. If this sounds crazy to you perhaps you can explain what you got out of the bailout - that is unless you work for Goldman Sachs.

Iran - Who the hell wants to send their kid to die in Iran? Send me your name, I'll put you on a list, so the rest of us know not to mourn for your contribution to the conquest of sovereign nations with OUR OIL UNDER THEIR SOIL! I'm sorry for the rage - but what are you going to get personally out of an invasion of another country except higher taxes and the status of a modern-day Nazi in the eyes of the rest of the world. If you consider this writer paranoid - then is it reasonable for me to ask what word can be used to describe the American war on terror - where essentially we have to preemptively strike others (with real missiles killing real people) because of what they might do? How sane is that?

Iraq - WTF? WMD, blah blah blah. Yeah - Powell holds up a test tube of corn starch in front of the world at the U.N. and presto we go to war. Come to find out it was all fabricated, false, fake, lies. That's what we were told and parents all over the U.S. sent their kids into a meat grinder. Lies. We are supposedly concerned about Iraqi civilization. Then WTF happened to all the antiquities from the museums of the cradle of civilization when America's armed forces wrecked the place? The loss of Iraqs artifacts couldn't have done much to help them understand their history any better could it? But our prez did specifically warn them not to burn the oil wells in Iraq when we attacked them without cause. Do you remember that? Meanwhile irreplaceable, priceless artifacts vanish thanks to an absolute disregard to their importance. We're from the American government and we're here to help. To the average person it may seem too sick to fathom that anyone would invade another country for natural resources - after all we are talking about human life here. Is it possible that our leaders don't share our values?

Afghanistan - This is an easy one - Opium poppy. Pre-911 Taliban wiped this crop out. America moves in- banner crop every year. I'm also old enough to remember when the Soviets tried to take the place - what a bloodbath - but now Amerika moves in because we are so much braver etc... than the rest of mankind including antiquity. Pat Tillman died in Afghanistan and we were told numerous lies about the circumstances - now it seems the man in charge during that fiasco - is - no - not demoted - put in charge of the whole place. Yeah that makes a lot of sense to me - NOT. What can explain such actions of our leaders?

Federal Reserve - don't talk about this topic or your head may end up back and to the left.

Council on Foreign Relations - I prefer to call this the Presidents club. Get their podcast - see if you can predict the future of every single American decision before it happens! Give it a try!

911 WAS AN INSIDE JOB - yes, I'm finally able to understand that the American masses don't have either the education or the time or the energy to understand the scientific findings pointing to nano-thermate and where such a thing comes from. The masses have also ben conditioned for many many decades to see no evil, speak no evil, and hear no evil when someone is called a "Conspiracy Theorist." That's really a testimonial for our education system which is ........bad word. There is much evidence gathered via the ever-growing grassroots 911Truth movement demonstrating that the official conspiracy theory the American government fed to its mushroom-masses was a myth. Much info on this blog and the sites linked. This is not a small issue. Ignore at the risk of basing all future decisions upon false premises.

Military-mercenary-industrial-educational-lawenforcement-corporateprison complex - 1 in ten Americans live behind bars so we and they can BE SAFE. But I wonder how a pot-smoker can be safe sharing a cell with a murderer, rapist etc...????? I suppose I'll have a chance to find out since the bullsh*t hate speech laws aimed at bloggers like myself who dare to exercise their right to free speech may eventually shut my "microphone" off. Great! Now you can get all of your information from the same "news" shills who simply serve the propaganda bleat of the day from their corporate masters. Do you really think someone on NBC can say something that will negatively effect the GE stock price? If you do I've got a bridge for sale. Our rights are inalienable - yet the wise men in our feckless fascist government are paving the way to silence critics via "hate" crime. How pathetically childish. Somehow it suits the majority of the mushroom-like American public. I'm sorry for the sarcasm but how many times does one have to be robbed until they can identify they are dealing with a robber?

Yes the U.S. Media Monopoly - well not a monopoly - maybe a tri-opoly? It's that bad. The FCC is a toothless facade. They are not worth the expensive office space they consume. The FCC has failed in their mission - period. They don't even have the courtesy to quit, go home, and stop sucking off the government teat. No, not teat, they are bloodsuckers - because as they drain public funds their inaction undermines the public good by depriving the VOTERS of opportunities to hear dissenting voices - by allowing media consolidation. The result? Even those Americans who try to inform themselves are stuck with paid corporate liars posing as newspersons. Dig around on this blog - consider these seemingly radical ideas like free speech and independent thought. Glen Beck says 911 truthers wanna' kill Jews - this is more than a lie - this is disinformation aimed at diverting and confusing the public. Some news eh? Jack Rabbit thinks there is almost ZERO on TV, RADIO worth watching or listening to. Why? Just look at your stocks - it's the economy stupid! If they are worth anything why weren't you warned about your ENRON stock etc...? AIG? Perhaps a coincidence - yes that's it! Popular Mechanics is a great example - do they get any ad money from the war industry? Do they work hard to "debunk" 911 Truth? Hmmmmm. Wait....I'm in business too... lemme think about this - lots of military ad money - nano thermite/thermate (unreacted) found in WTC dust - nano thermite comes from military-industrial-educational-mercenary complex - a connection? Absolutely NOT since this would imply a conspiracy. Forget that. Sorry.

Torture - On this topic - I am stuck. I cannot reconcile OSHA regulations and Torture chambers. Maybe it's just me but all I can say is that OSHA needs to be disbanded because Americans don't care about torture - unless that is - their precious little one is held captive in one of our occupied countries - then - suddenly - this becomes a horrible, medieval practice. Pure witchcraft......but don't we have to burn them with cigs to get fake info to embark on corporate resource wars? Yes - I want cheap gasoline to go the beach which I never get because they raise the price every tourist season - but my kid is being tortured. That's wrong - but I don't care if they torture "terrorists" who've been named terrorists without a trial because they are Muslims - where is my Happy Meal?

Americans - my fellow "citizens" (and I use that term loosely) - WAKE THE FLOCK UP! Your country, and most importantly, your Bill of Rights is being stolen from you for the interests of... Who? Israel is one for sure. The answer to this question you will have to figure out for yourself. The answers are on this blog, at the sites linked, and possibly apparent on your credit card statement.

Finally - a word of encouragement. The powers manipulating the American system are those who take the time, interest, and money to do so. The American system works perfectly - the most involved parties overcome. If you are not involved - you will be overcome by those who are. That is the absolute bottom line. Don't forget it.

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UPDATE July 27, 2009 IMF buys gold at $42.20 per oz. Video RevPoltx
UPDATE JULY 27, 2009 Blackwater-Xe into Pakistan Earth News
UPDATE JULY 27, 2009 Wash Post on Xe/Blackwater
UPDATE JULY 28, 2009 Obama says economic crisis is over! "The Fire is now Out"
UPDATE JULY 28, 2009 BUSH considered sending troops into Buffalo
UPDATE JULY 27, 2009 Government by Goldman Sachs - vid
UPDATE JULY 27, 2009 NOW what exactly was the change you Obama voters hoped for? Check the list of links at bottom
UPDATE JULY 29, 2009 911 Truth Disinformation exists
UPDATE JULY 29, 2009 WASHPOST - Babylon's ancient wonder lying in ruins
UPDATE JULY 29, 2009 Judge: Swine flu is reason to suspend constitutional rights
UPDATE JULY 29, 2009 Request for more troops in Afghanistan likely, source says
UPDATE JULY 29, 2009 How robot drones revolutionized the face of warfare
UPDATE JULY 29, 2009 Great article by former trooper on militarized police
UPDATE AUG 1, 2009 Former FBI Translator: Bin Laden Worked for U.S. Right Up Until 9/11
UPDATE AUGUST 3, 2009 LOU DOBBS reporting on Obama going for NAU
UPDATE AUGUST 8, 2009 OBAMA DECEPTION MOVIE
UPDATE AUGUST 14, 2009 The Pentagon Wants Authority to Post Almost 400,000 Military Personnel in U.S.
UPDATE AUGUST 14, 2009 Paul Craig Roberts says economic recovery not real
UPDATE AUGUST 14, 2009 It's a Planned Demolition
UDPATE AUGUST 15, 2009 Americans funding Taliban
UPDATE AUGUST 16, 2009 AUDIO on AIPAC from boiling frogs
UPDATE AUGUST 18, 2009 Attorney: FBI trained NJ blogger to incite others
UPDATE AUGUST 25, 2009 Of the Criminals, by the Criminals and for the Criminals
UPDATE AUGUST 26, 2009 Larry Flynt Common Sense 2009
UPDATE AUGUST 29, 2009 VIDEO shows Media condemnation of 911Truth


UPDATE SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 The latest case accuses Blackwater founder Erik Prince of personally directing murders from a 24-hour remote monitoring "war room" at the private military company's Moyock, N.C., headquarters.
UPDATE OCTOBER 6, 2009

UPDATE OCTOBER 28, 2009 NAU Explained by official
UPDATE NOV 3, 2009 Gold hits new record high
UPDATE NOV 27, 2009

Ron Paul on Economy and Fed + Bernanke non-disclosure Video

Ron Paul cannot be grouped in with the general term "Republican" - so if you can get past the labels this may be worth your time.

Part I


Bernanke won't disclose? Where is the oversight then? Bernie Sanders is a good guy. Bernanke says it's on the website.



And another great wrap-up of precious advice from CNBC:

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

CNBC Gives Financial Advice

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things With Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Joke of the Day

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Newsweek - Gold bars suddenly good investment