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Gold Sept 6th 2011 - From $1921 - $1863 - $1908 - $1873 ???

09-06-2011 • www.kitco.com

A day to remember

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Doug Casey on the Continuance of the Greater Depression

09-05-2011 • LewRockwell.com

Right now the US Government is spending over a trillion and a half dollars more than they are taking in – but that's as good as it's going to get. We're already in the best of all possible worlds, considering what's happened. It gets vastly worse...

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Wikileaks Discloses China's Shadow Gold Buying Spree

09-04-2011 • Zero Hedge

"China's increased gold reserves will thus act as a model and lead other countries towards reserving more gold. Large gold reserves are also beneficial in promoting the internationalization of the RMB."

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The Attack on Gold Escalates: NYT Columnist Wants to Stop the "Gold Bubble"

08-31-2011 • EconomicPolicyJournal.com

...if regulators are going to stop the next bubble, they will need to act aggressively. Of course, they shouldn’t act in every circumstance, but when we see volatility and speculation as is the case of gold, acting to curb these forces...

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"Liberty Dollars" now subject to seizure, even though feds said they were not.

08-30-2011 • www.coinworld.com

Jill Rose, chief of the criminal division for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte, N.C., told Coin World Aug. 24 that the Liberty Dollar medallions are confiscatable as contraband regardless if they are being exhibited for educational purposes on

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Germany May Want PIIGS Gold as Security for ‘Bailouts’

08-24-2011 • ZeroHedge.com

All major currencies are lower against gold today with the Japanese downgrade and concerns about global growth taking their toll on Asian stock markets. While European indices have eked out gains, some selling of peripheral European debt...

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Gold retreats from record high above $1,900/oz

08-23-2011 • Reuters

Gold prices retreated in choppy trade on Tuesday after earlier hitting record highs as a recovery in appetite for assets seen as higher risk, such as stocks, took the steam out of a rally that many saw as overdone above $1,900 an ounce.

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Gold up 1.3 percent, hits new record on market jitters

08-20-2011 • Reuters

Gold rose more than 1% on Friday, setting a record high ($1,877 an ounce ) for a second straight day and posting its biggest one-week gain (6%) in 2-1/2 years on worries about stalled U.S. growth and Europe's debt crisis.

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Gold strikes record as macro unease jolts markets

08-18-2011 • Reuters

Gold rallied to its second record high in a week on Thursday, driven by growing investor unease over the outlook for the U.S. economy after data showed an unwelcome pickup in inflation, and over the lack of resolution to the European debt crisis.

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Chavez May Take Over Venezuela Gold Mining

08-17-2011 • Bloomberg.com via Kitco.com

“The area is run by the mafia,” said Chavez. “We’re going to nationalize gold." (Isn't this like the pot calling the kettle 'black'?)

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Lew Rockwell on Russia Today

08-16-2011 • youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)

40 years ago today former President Nixon was fighting inflation and overwhelming war costs and with that he ended the last remnants of the gold standard. At that time Nixon claimed he was defending the dollar but his critics said it was one of the m

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The Case for $25,000 per Ounce Gold

08-15-2011 • EconomicPolicyJournal.com

The printing in the U.S. will likely be enough to push gold much higher. If the ECB does the same, we could be very near global inflation---something never seen on this planet before. If global inflation occurs, $25,000 per ounce may be...

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Peter Schiff on Keiser Report

08-10-2011 • MaxKeiser.com

“Don’t get discouraged by silver not doing as well as gold the last couple of trading days, it is building a base for a breakout above $42. Once that occurs….”

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New Gold & Silver Coin Calculator! A Must See! Best Android App of 2011!

08-09-2011 • youtube.com

New Gold & Silver Coin Calculator!

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Gold at record over $1,700; nothing eases debt worry

08-08-2011 • Reuters

Gold vaulted above $1,700 an ounce for the first time on Monday, after the respective pledges by the G7 and the European Central Bank to quell the turbulence in the financial markets did nothing to put investors at ease. Traders said the ECB had m

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Gold !!!

08-07-2011 •

"The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default" said Greenspan

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One Box of Girl Scout Cookies Worth $15 Billion: Any Carbon Source Can Become Valuable Graphene

08-06-2011 • ScienceDaily.com

Graduate students in the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour proved it when they invited a troop of Houston Girl Scouts to their lab to show them how it's done.

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Comex Gold Extends Losses, Down Sharply on Profit Taking, Weak Long Liquidation

08-04-2011 • Kitco.com

Fear and uncertainty are the buzz words at midday Thursday. "When in doubt, get out" is an old trading adage that many traders have adopted...

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Japanese Researchers Build an EV Engine That Contains No Rare Earths

07-27-2011 • Clay Dillow via PopSci.com

With the Chinese firmly in charge of the world’s supply of rare earth metals, the Japanese have been hard at work trying to devise means to reduce their reliance on rare earths in the manufacture of things like electric car motors.

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Gold: Independent Money

07-26-2011 • youtube

Short animation arguing for re-introduction of gold as money because of its independence. Written and narrated by Dominic Frisby. Animated by Pola Gruszka. Sponsored by Gold Resource Corporation.

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The case of the double-headed gold coins

07-22-2011 • The Upshot

It's a case that combines history and mystery--and very valuable gold coins. The stakes were certainly high: One of these rare $20 pieces sold for a record $7.59 million in 2002. Here's the story. A jury decided that a Philadelphia woman, Joan Langbo

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Gold “Fever” In Asia And Central Bank Demand: “Earthquake” In The Gold Market

07-21-2011 • ZeroHedge.com

An interesting analysis article on gold by Reuters confirms massive and growing demand for physical gold in Asia and the risk of dislocations and rapidly rising prices in the gold market due to central bank demand.

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MIT Prof Teaches Game-Playing Computer to RTFM

07-18-2011 • Duncan Geere via WIRED.com

To a computer, words and sentences appear like data. But AI researchers want to teach computers how to actually understand the meaning of a sentence and learn from it.

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Gold Settles Above $1,602, Extends Record Rally

07-18-2011 • CNBC

Gold settled at an all-time high above $1,602 an ounce Monday, extending a record rally as investors sought a safe haven on fears that U.S. lawmakers could fail to raise the debt limit, resulting in a default.