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Antal Fekete: The price of gold is headed for extinction. I for one don't believe that the price of gold is headed for five digits. Long before that might happen, permanent backwardation* would shut down the gold futures markets. Gold could no longer be purchased at any price. Gold would only be available through barter. World trade is facing an avalanche-like transformation flattening out monetary economy into barter economy. Practically all economists, financial writers and market analysts have missed this possible scenario. They don't see the greatest economic contraction ever staring them in the face. They don't see the coming tsunami of unemployment. Very few see deflation as indicated by the progressive disappearance of cash gold. It never occurred to Bernanke that the new Federal Reserve notes he is printing galore could also go to purchase physical gold, causing the gold basis to shrink. Once the gold basis* goes permanently negative, the total U.S. debt, all $16 trillion of it, will not be worth one ounce of gold. That will pull the rug from underneath the international monetary system. Barter is the ultimate in deflation, and that is what the world economy is getting.
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
reply to post by Rosinitiate
There was a Tweet from @FDNY confirming there was a fire in a commercial vault. Anytime there is a structural fire it is reported in the news and yes the mainstream news.
yeah and there was also a tweet a hour later saying it was under control....
again....
this is not a news worthy story.
Originally posted by Plugin
I wonder if this massive gold ''sell off'' has something to do with ''Gold backwardation'' as mentioned in this thread:
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Karen Hudes speakes about gold backwardation going to happen probably in a few weeks at the start of this month.
Explantion about gold backwardation:
www.thedailybell.com...
Antal Fekete: The price of gold is headed for extinction. I for one don't believe that the price of gold is headed for five digits. Long before that might happen, permanent backwardation* would shut down the gold futures markets. Gold could no longer be purchased at any price. Gold would only be available through barter. World trade is facing an avalanche-like transformation flattening out monetary economy into barter economy. Practically all economists, financial writers and market analysts have missed this possible scenario. They don't see the greatest economic contraction ever staring them in the face. They don't see the coming tsunami of unemployment. Very few see deflation as indicated by the progressive disappearance of cash gold. It never occurred to Bernanke that the new Federal Reserve notes he is printing galore could also go to purchase physical gold, causing the gold basis to shrink. Once the gold basis* goes permanently negative, the total U.S. debt, all $16 trillion of it, will not be worth one ounce of gold. That will pull the rug from underneath the international monetary system. Barter is the ultimate in deflation, and that is what the world economy is getting.
edit on 21-7-2013 by Plugin because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Rosinitiate
Here is a video:
Originally posted by new_here
reply to post by Rosinitiate
I can't find any other reporting on this story but 20+ firetrucks? Really?! Was it just a massive fire or over reaction?
For real! Sounds more like The Gold Rush than fire-squelching. ("Dere's gold in dem derehillsvaults, Leroy!")
On a serious note-- what good is a bank vault if it is not fire-proof? Geez.edit on 7/21/2013 by new_here because: (no reason given)
and who are you to say what is news worthy, and what is not? every day on mainstream news i see some fluff news about a cute animal or an old person that does somthing out of the norm, are those news worthy? I ask, since you seem to be the self proclaimed messiah on what should be news and what shouldnt.
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
reply to post by DocHolidaze
and who are you to say what is news worthy, and what is not? every day on mainstream news i see some fluff news about a cute animal or an old person that does somthing out of the norm, are those news worthy? I ask, since you seem to be the self proclaimed messiah on what should be news and what shouldnt.
Well if you are one of those people who think that every office fire should be reported in the MSN then i guess i don't really have much of a retort to that statement......
FDNY it seems had the whole thing under control and the only person who seems to think that it was some kind of big deal was the guy behind the camera.
Also I would direct your question right back at you, who are you to say that this story IS newsworthy?
Originally posted by jhn7537
It really pisses me off that the media stations like CNN, FOX, etc. are not even writing about this, but the story about the lady who fell off a roller coaster in Texas is making headline news... God I hate the MSM.
Prime Exampe of CNN right nowedit on 21-7-2013 by jhn7537 because: (no reason given)