It's fine to disagree with somebody, but to think Jim is off the mark because of his view on Nixon re JFK is, I believe, foolish. Unless you're brain dead, you should be aware 9-11 was an inside job or at the minimum involved USG factions. At the minimum. We still don't know for sure who pulled off the JFK murder, but it was obviously an inside job. Many foreign nationals automatically assumed it was a coup from within.  Nixon despised Kennedy and later became president. Many people think those who visit sites like this and believe in metals over fiat paper to be wing nuts. Now  some of you evidence this kind small-mindedness when hearing a view on another issue outside of your own small mental box.  Maybe open you're mind a bit and get an education outside of the metals world.

Nice presentation. Well worth the watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aVJaQ7NWpdU#!

More pain to come, I fear, but the liftoff will be spectacular. Ask anyone who saw the first one.  Sit tight...Be right. 

Kennedys and Bens are excellent stackables...

Sharks are circling the criminals. They smell blood.  More brushfires being lit. Payback is a bitch.

Thanks for what you do TF.

Happy Mothers Day moms.

A shout out to the rabblerousers... Take a hike.... you're spineless, valueless, and you're stinking up the air.

Best wishes to the entire community.  Eyeswideopen

..headline writers.You put too many words into your title and the tip hat gets covered.I can not tip you through these words.

Stack on !

T.Aye

Very interesting interview.

Now, as for the JFK story and the Russian Tsar's gold in those secret chambers under Kremlin ---

JFK -- Yes, president Kennedy lived with Jackie Onassis-Kennedy and Elvis on the island Skorpios in a hospital owned by Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis. However, according to other sources, at first, he was secretly flown to a hospital in Poland. When he emerged from the coma in the late 1960s, he was crippled, frail, and mildly brain-damaged. Then he was flown to Skorpios, to join Jackie and Elvis. In 1971 the European tabloid Midnight ran a photo picturing Kennedy, Jackie, and Kennedy’s two nurses going for a walk on Skorpios. For some reason, Elvis wasn't on that photograph. Well, it wasn't a good photograph anyway, they didn't have Photoshop yet.

So, is it true? Well, based on the fact that Elvis was missing on that photograph, American writer Truman Capote presented his own findings and ideas in a 1971 newspaper article. According to Capote’s version, Kennedy never emerged from his coma and lived in Switzerland, not Greece. Later, being under enormous pressure from many non-believers, Capote retracted the story, admitting that he had intended it as a silly piece of fiction. But I think that he got a phone call from Elvis...

TSAR'S GOLD :-)))

That's even better story (to be continued).

After listening to the podcast I was left with the feeling Jim Willie and I live on different planets, so maybe that alien reference wasn't too far off. Still, always good to be exposed to a variety of opinions so thanks, Turd, for making this happen. One thing is sure, though - I won't be joining his fan club.

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Well, Willie believes that the Tsar's gold is in some secret chambers under Kremlin, and I would say, just for fun, that some of it is in -- Fort Knox, or somewhere around. :-)))) But if it is really here, I would never, and I mean -- NEVER, bring it up. Some people could get very upset. Here is the story, in a nutshell --

Let's make sure that we understand what we are talking about. It is the Russian state treasury gold, the Imperial Russia gold reserves, some 1,600 tons of gold coins and bars (it could be more, according to some sources). Russians are trying to locate it for nearly 100 years already, and they won't give up. There were books on this subject, there are dedicated web sites, wiki articles, newspaper articles, but often -- quite misleading and wrong. For example, here is an article from the British Mail Online, from September 1, 2010 --

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1307750/Has-lost-treasure-Tsars-...

1) Kolchak was a hero in the First World War who later led the pro-Tsarist White Army against the Bolsheviks after the 1917 October Revolution.

It wasn't a pro-Tsarist Army. It couldn't be. Tsar Nicholas was OUSTED in February 1917, then arrested by Duma's Provisional Government and kept under house arrest. Duma is something like the Parliament. Duma named the Provisional Government, Kerensky was in charge. Kolchak was sent from the Great Britain to help Kerensky to fight Bolsheviks. Kerensky gave the gold reserves to Kolchak, to safeguard it, and use it, if needed (to finance the military operations, to purchase guns and equipment).

2) He had a few early successes but was eventually arrested by Lenin’s henchmen and executed by firing squad in January 1920.

Kolchak was NEVER arrested by Bolsheviks. They would NEVER get him alive. It means, if Bolsheviks didn't arrest him, they didn't get that gold. Kolchak was detained by the Czechoslovak Foreign Legions; they were fighting Bolsheviks too. Siberia was under their control, from Ural to Vladivostok. So, what happened to that gold?

The legions had its command in France, and also in the U.S. (the Legion leader, T.G. Masaryk). They were in contact with the U.S. president Willson.

Kolchak sent some gold to France, to buy military equipment, but the French guys didn't send anything and confiscated Kolchak's gold; to pay for some Russian outstanding debt. So here we have some Russian gold, in France. Legions got quite pissed on France and Kolchak, and decided to leave. They exchanged Kolachak, his army and some gold for trucks and boats, and left from Vladivostok; some directly to Europe, others to the United states. Where is that gold?

Not to make this story long, Japan got several boxes of gold, too, when one Kolchak's train with troops surrendered to Japanese. One train had an accident, they were using trucks, and it is possible that some IS in the Baikal lake, as stated in this article.

3) The Russians reneged on a promise to hand him [Kolchak] over to the British military mission in Irkutsk. His body was hidden by revolutionaries under the ice of the Angara River which flows out of Baikal. Had he escaped, it is likely he would have sought exile in London - bringing the gold with him.

Sure. Here we go! :-) They are trying to make a case, that -- IF EVER the gold is found, it should go to the Great Britain.

4) If the alleged treasure has been found, it could spark an ugly scramble between the Russian state, descendants of the last Tsar Nicholas the Second, and countries - possibly including Britain - that could argue they are owed outstanding debts by the fallen Romanov regime.

That's what I am talking about. The problem is, that it wasn't Tsar Nicholas personal gold. I know, there is a picture of the Queen on all Canadian Maples, but it doesn't mean that all the Maples belong to the Queen, right?

5) In 2008, historian Sean McMeekin outlined how the Bolsheviks seized the Tsar's gold bullion - which was Europe's largest strategic gold reserve - then sold it off to help pay for the revolution. In his book History's Greatest Heist, McMeekin claimed Lenin's henchmen secretly auctioned off the treasure abroad.

Sure. :-))) And from whom the Bolsheviks seized it? They confiscated gold from private citizens, their private gold. Private banks could have some. That's not gold we're talking about. Why would Russian keep looking for it till today?

So, where is that gold? I would say -----

From Wikipedia:

"After Russia left the war following the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the Allies sent troops there to prevent a German or Bolshevik takeover of allied-provided weapons, munitions and other supplies, previously shipped as aid to the pre-revolutionary government. Wilson sent armed forces to assist the withdrawal of Czechoslovak Legions along the Trans-Siberian Railway, hold key port cities at Arkangel and Vladivostok. Though not sent to engage the Bolsheviks, the U.S. forces engaged in several armed conflicts against forces of the new Russian government. Despite the apparent innocuousness of Wilson's motives, revolutionaries in Russia resented the American intrusion."

Isn't it interesting?

...It’s only (our) money. I wonder if Harry Reid had any influence here?

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Your Tax Dollars at Work… Canadian Firm Will Receive up to $50 Million Stimulus for Nevada Solar Plant That Employs Two People

It’s an Obama world.
Canadian solar firm gets $50 million in Stimulus cash.

(eBridge)
A Canadian firm will receive up to $50 million in Obama Stimulus cash for a Nevada solar plant that hires two people. And, the energy produced at the plant costs three times as much as energy from natural gas.
The Nevada Journal reported:
The company behind the recently opened Silver State North solar plant is eligible to receive up to $50 million in federal tax credits under the Obama administration’s “stimulus” legislation, even though the plant created only two full-time jobs.
According to a Department of Interior memo, Enbridge Energy Partners, a Canadian-based company with extensive energy holdings in the U.S. that purchased the Southern Nevada plant from Arizona-based First Solar, “can apply for payments of up to 30 percent of the eligible costs of the project — approximately $50 million.”
The payments are available through the 1603 Program, a special exemption in the Treasury Department created by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act to “reimburse eligible applicants for a portion of the cost of installing specified energy property used in a trade or business or for the production of income.”
The program states that the “1603 payment is made after the energy property is placed in service; a 1603 payment is not made prior to or during construction of the energy property.”
Silver State North began service on Monday, May 7. Larry Springer, a community relations manager at Enbridge, confirmed to Nevada Journal the company intends to file a 1603 application for reimbursement.

trading mistakes 

#101:  guessing the top or bottom and over committing

#102:  selling your winners and riding you losers

From what i am understanding of the the podcast the Cartels need fiat for margin calls from sovereign bond and interest rate swap holders (in asia?)  to raise the fiat the Cartel banks sell metals future on the Comex.  This then forces down the price in London on the LBMA which Asian entities then take delivery in large quantities.  This depletes the Cartel banks of their physical gold reserves and leaves them more naked short futures versus their comex position.  this then snowballs until they are out of gold and cannot protect their comex super leveraged short futures with physical ???? i may be completely missing the boat here but this has been a common theme since my boating accident left me without any PMs.

Thanks for posting this podcast, Turd.

For those who suggest that Jim Willie might be a few fries short of a Happy Meal for his JFK theory etc., I'd like to point out that throughout history there have been many people with brilliant minds who have also shown signs of extreme eccentricity. Albert Einstein, Nikolai Tesla and Pablo Picasso are 3 immediate examples I can provide.

Also, studies have shown that there is actually a very fine line separating brilliance from insanity:

http://www.thelocal.se/26708/20100518/

That said, while some of the stuff Willie talks about make seem to be on the fringe of what most of us perceive as reality, I would not discount everything he says as a result.

It seems to me that the prevailing government theory on how to solve the stalled wagon problem is to pile 10 people onto that wagon and have then yell, in unison, to the kid in the striped shirt: "FORWARD!!!"

@TF-The other day Tabberto posted the below. In the interview he states that the excess amounts of debts need to be wrung out of the system. Is this JPM the beginning?

@Tommack - hat tip to you in the above post. I don't believe I have had anyone explain it to me like that. The question I have to you and others is, can your theory be backed up with facts?

Recommend all Turdites be aware of Mr Detlev Schlichter and his site

www.papermoneycollapse.com

I will post links through to his new articles as they are posted, he is an Austrian (although actually German!) - who used to work at JPMorgan of all places!

he has a book of the same title and hopefully TF will do a podcast with him in due course to firm up the sound money cred of TFMR!

Meanwhile this was Detlev on the Keiser report in December

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dab6GkNEMb0

@EO - thanks for the tune. Only listened to it three times.

"Maybe open you're mind a bit and get an education outside of the metals world."

This is my favourite post of the day.