Not really important in the "big picture", but is all over the news here. http://www.latimes.com/ , http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/

It DOES show how much heavy firepower the local cops have and how they can get it   on the street pretty quick.

As many of you know I am very opposed to GMO foods. This is due to the horrific goat birthing season I had last year due to GMO animal feed. There are no words to describe how awful it was.

So now Monsanto is at it again.

Nearly half of the US farms using Round-up Ready seeds are finding they no longer work. So Monsanto has come up with new seeds that also resist harsher chemicals found in more toxic herbicides, like 2,4-D and Dicamba.

The link is here:

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/02/report-spread-monsantos-superweeds-speeds-12-0#13601728156151&action=collapse_widget&id=7869731

I think it is worth your time to read.

We focus here on metals manipulation.

There is another manipulation going on, sanctioned by the US FDA, that concerns your health and the health of your family.

Stacking good Heritage Seeds, is in my opinion, as important as stacking PM's.

This article made me .

When the Freedom Girls are supposed to ship?  It is all I have to look forward to right now since I spent all my stacking money on prepping.

For some reason I can't publish a still at the moment. But I loved Silver Doctor's image of a man contemplating a "precipice of a major upwards move in silver."

The picture rather argued the opposite.

http://www.silverdoctors.com/greg-mannarino-silver-at-the-edge-of-a-massive-breakout/

I'm waiting for a tube of those. Such a great looking coin .

No idea when they ship though, but delivery to the UK was quoted as 6-8 weeks when I bought them about a week ago.

If you get yours sent over to me first I'll check them for quality, weight and all that stuff.

And hey, I'll do it for FREE. Me such a nice chap, eh?

Thanks for the input regarding dealers' views of the world.  My experience with the LCS I deal with is that from their perspective there is no shortage, and their premiums haven't changed in years.  What I'm watching for as an indication that the pricing of metals via paper markets is coming to a close is when those premiums start rising, and the reason I say this is essentially in agreement with your point.  I suspect many of the dealers don't pay much attention to the macro environment, so they're just assuming that supply is available now, as it always has been and always will be, hence the static premium over time.  However, since they're buying in relatively large volumes, they should be the first to notice any real shortage, as they'll have trouble restocking their inventories, and I'm assuming this will be the tip-off to them that they can get away with increasing the premiums.  I suspect this will happen in the context of a falling paper price (maybe even a paper price that breaks the trend and makes it look like the PM bull market is over).  That will be the time to go as all-in as possible.

Sad times for the blog when we have more gun shop reports than coin shop reports.  

"they'll have trouble restocking their inventories, and I'm assuming this will be the tip-off to them that they can get away with increasing the premiums. I suspect this will happen in the context of a falling paper price (maybe even a paper price that breaks the trend and makes it look like the PM bull market is over). That will be the time to go as all-in as possible."

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You might be right, but I would not wait til this might/might not happen.

Think about it--you're a dealer, who suddenly has real trouble getting supplied.  You call your buddies, and they say the same--nothing to buy.  Do you think they are going to worry about whether they can "get away with" raising premiums? 

Not a chance--whatever they have WILL NOT be for sale.  They are not going to sell for a little extra premium.  They know what we know, but likely a lot more.  They will be sitting tight for the Great Reset.

NOW is the time to be going all-in.  Not when the game is over and the dealers are folding their tents.

"Sad times for the blog when we have more gun shop reports than coin shop reports. "

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It's even sadder for this nation and society that it has, unfortunately, become just as important to hear the gun shop reports.

Here is a family story.

Last night, a family member who has served on a city police dept for the past 25 years came home early, extremely agitated, still rushing with adrenaline.  His wife cautiously asked him what was going on (she read all the nonverbal signals)  and what she could do for him. He asked her to get him some ice. He put the bags of ice on his hands, which had bruised knuckles. She repeated her question about him what was wrong and he told her that he just beat the crap out of a low-life he arrested who resisted.  He banged the guys head against the top of the car for good mmeasure as he shoved him in the back door. Normally, he gets off his shift at midnight and has cooled off, slipping into be beside her late at night. As he talked to her, in an instant, she recalled many other occasions when he came home rubbing his fists in pain.

Last year he told her to "keep prepping" after years of ridiculing her efforts. He had been participating in some special training for his city department (hint: 6th largest US city). She was shocked.

A few hours ago, I was chatting with a neighbor across the street (different state) who said he talked to a truck driver delivering a  "riot control vehicle" to a city police department. The driver said he had been delivering these products continually for 6 months.

I don't like what I am hearing on two fronts--1) that city police departments are gearing up for something ugly, and 2) that individual cops are under so much stress that they beat the crap out of  people who merely need to be restrained, cuffed and put in the back of a car.