14-11-2009, 10:00 AM
This is really very curious. I thought it was now standard practice to drill random gold bars on delivery to determine if they are, in fact, solid gold and haven't been salted - because forging bars is an old trick that dates back hundreds of years. This is demonstrated by the fact that in 2008 South Africa returned a delivery of gold from Ethiopia after they were discovered they were made from gilded steel (see HERE)
I also have some problems about the alleged deposit of tungsten fake bars to Fort Knox. Why bother doing this? Who is the target of this fake? Presumably the Clinton Administration faking itself? As I recall it, there has not been a proper audit of the Ft. Knox depository for decades and that this was one of the bones GATA has been gnawing at for a long time. For all intents and purposes Ft. Knox could be empty and no one would be the wiser. Prof. Tony Sutton, just before he died, conjectured that Ft. Knox only had a little coin melt in it.
Is there any established evidence that the Bank of England stepped into help out JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank?
I mention these points because I am somewhat cautious when gold traders make statements that cannot be proven or have no basis in fact. Starting rumours in the market to effect the price of a commodity is another old and well established trick and those in the precious metal industry are more than skilled at it.
I also have some problems about the alleged deposit of tungsten fake bars to Fort Knox. Why bother doing this? Who is the target of this fake? Presumably the Clinton Administration faking itself? As I recall it, there has not been a proper audit of the Ft. Knox depository for decades and that this was one of the bones GATA has been gnawing at for a long time. For all intents and purposes Ft. Knox could be empty and no one would be the wiser. Prof. Tony Sutton, just before he died, conjectured that Ft. Knox only had a little coin melt in it.
Is there any established evidence that the Bank of England stepped into help out JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank?
I mention these points because I am somewhat cautious when gold traders make statements that cannot be proven or have no basis in fact. Starting rumours in the market to effect the price of a commodity is another old and well established trick and those in the precious metal industry are more than skilled at it.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14