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The Greatest Hip Hop Video Of All Time… Do you Dispute it?

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And so appropos, no?   Can you dispute I got a million ways to get it?

Who holds the Jacksons, still?  Which of you?  

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I took some silver off today, specifically SLW, PAAS and EXK.  My positions in these were fecund and preposterous.  They were an insult to God, they’d grown to such metastisitic proportions.

So I reset on some.   But I keep all of my SVM, MVG, and SSRI, with an eye on adding again to all of them.

And even more so with the gold juniors.   Some have asked me, “what of IAG?” 

More of it here, good sir?

Yes, good sir, yes, yes.    And NG and IVN at any scant opportunity.   But above all, constantly feed RGLD

Outside these of the Precious, only MON, UPS and ANDE are attractive to me right now.  

Go on now, I’ve given you enough! 

Go!

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Laissez Le Bon Temps Rouler!

Karl

 Indeuuuud!

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Don’t get me wrong, silver will pull back almost immediately here. And gold should have a nice refrain as well. But all the Glenn Beck modalities aside, let’s not lose sight of the big picture here.

Don’t let the closet commie Keynesians who are currently plaguing the Fly ward you away from the nose in front of your face. It seems there are those who would hew to the belief that the sovrereignity of our currency will remain, unmolested by the tenets of common sense or basic economics. In the words of Lewis Carroll — “Callou Callay, oh frapjous day!’

Nothing to worry about here right?

But then, there’s that old bogey “empiricism,” creeping up to spoil their party once again. One example?

Does this indicate an overbought investment?  Well, sure.  For the last ten years now.   In fact, that’s why perhaps the silver sister has finally begun catching up, and the ratio between the two has begun shrinking.

But there’s still quite a bit of room to go:

Even silver looks a bit overbought right now, doesn’t it?  Yes, in fact, I may take some of my leverage off early this week as a result.  That means I’ll likely sell some of the AGQ I re-purchased in the $93 and $96 ranges, and maybe even sell my SLW December $25 calls as well. 

It’s not like I’m going to sell any of my core positions.  That would be foolish, given the disposition of our currency.  The DX-Y chart is what you should be watching, rather than the ephemeral explanations of the “cake and eat it” economics students who’ve recently appeared like noxious mushrooms on these internets.

Don’t let their quibbles with Glenn Beck or any other broadcast polemicist stay you from your review of the empirical data.  The dollar will bounce, likely at $74 or so.  But that gato will be expired before you can cash your small beer change. 

Friends, the dollar is the Dallas Cowboys of the currency world.  It may have another touchdown or two in its future, but those brief triumphs will be wreathed by tragedy.

Indubitably.

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I still like EGO, if you’re looking for a latter day saint.  Also, IAG is probably a pullback look. 

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Welcome to Silverhalla!

Norse 

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Come, lads, and feast at my table at long last.   Rest your weary bones in the comfort of my Great Hall–Silverhalla– for it is the hall built by the metal gods Au and Ag for heroes who have fought in the great shield wall of Hard Commoditus, that great preserver of Empires and succorer of innocent children and midwives.

Those who have taken up hauberk and helm, shield and scimitar against the armies of the Mad Kings — Inflatus and Deflatus — shall be rewarded this day with an eternity of riches and smooth mulled wines.   Those also who have fought against those fierce Kings’ Champion, Bern Yankee,  and his much feared Quantive Eeze Garrison, will be welcome in my Hall, here and in the hereafter.  

True, it is gold that brings the wenches, and gold that has sated the hearts of  many the currency coveter.  But those who hie to my banner (featuring St. ElTee of the Blessed Rood)  will receive a far more useful reward in the Hall of my Fathers– the Great Hall of Silverhalla, aye.

Those lucky few, those sceptered Islanders, shall receive the Holy Stock Picks of Antioch, and be able to then hurl brickbats of bullion at thy enemies and thereby “snuffe them, in His Mercy.   For now is no time to loose one’s bladder in the shield wall, and cower at the hard paper truncheons of the Que Eeze… no!   Now is the time to strike!  And strike again for the promised marshall glories!

The glories of Silverhalla!   (Puts Silver horn to lips, blows four sharp blasts in succession….)

Behold!

Behold anew!

…and  Behold the next Great Warrior Chieftan of Silverhalla! (Still a mere boy, really)–

Now forth!  Forth for glory, and slay thine enemies and revel in the lamentations of their accountants!

Skol!

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Prepare the Bucket Brigade

Witch
Oh crap, that’s not water, is it?

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Time to throw some water on the charade, ladies and gents.  Time to get back to some sensible economic thinking and, more important, practice.

Are you familiar with the 1099 fiasco attached to the recent Health Care Legislation?  Rather than wax bombastic on the errancy of the bill, it’s probably better I just lay it out here:

Section 9006 of the health care bill — just a few lines buried in the 2,409-page document — mandates that beginning in 2012 all companies will have to issue 1099 tax forms not just to contract workers but to any individual or corporation from which they buy more than $600 in goods or services in a tax year.

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The stealth change radically alters the nature of 1099s and means businesses will have to issue millions of new tax documents each year.

This is just one provision of the 2,500 page healthcare law that was snuck in by conniving tax eating Dems looking to play hardball with the millions of American businesses.   That the 1099 provision would be an inefficient saddling of our business community with tonnes of useless paperwork is not even the most egregious quality of this directive…

No, the worst of it is that it reflects a fundamental distrust of the American business community.  A distrust so inbred and incapable of “change” that it results in laws that will not only throw sand in the cogs of our great commercial structure,  but will also create larger barriers to entry for the small business entrepreneurs that have ever been the font of innovation and new employment in our economy.

These are the kommisars, my friends.  They have come to take control, via oversight of your healthcare, and now of your commerce.   Tomorrow I may speak about the bill they are currently bruiting about that calls for a 1% transaction fee on all financial transactions, even simple banking measures.  

No worries, however, that 2% roundtrip tax on the deposit and withdrawl of your weekly paycheck is merely in keeping with “fiscal responsibility” and “deficit reduction.”   Because, as we all know folks, that’s the Democrats’ main priority, right?

Don’t tell me there’s no difference, folks.  

MORE ELECTION COVERAGE TOMORROW AND TUESDAY… stay tuned! 

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Gold’s holding up.  I will look to lighten on some of that massive ANV call position, probably tomorrow.   I will annouce any sales in The PPT and then in this blog.    Best to you all.

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The Crackboys vs. the Boxer

Romo hammered

This is good…

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This might be even better….

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C’mon California!  The Giants have done the hard part and dispatched the Crackboys for you.   This leaves the NFL safe for Niner and Charger domination.   Who knows?  Even the Raiduhs are showing signs of life…

Now all you have to do is get rid of Barbara Boxer and reclaim one of the greatest states in the Union.

I know you can do it.  God speed.

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If you were on The PPT today, you saw that I added a tonne of metal back to my portfolio.   AGQ, EXK, GSS, IVN, RGLD, and even FRG were all added at favorable prices.

I also got rid of the last of my hedges at a slight profit. 

Last, I added to my PBR, my favorite long term earl play.   Yes it’s Brazilian, and someday it will be worth a Brazilian bucks to my family.

That is all.   Keep watching that dollar.   My best to you, especially those people in Kelly-Phonia, who can once again give direction to the U.S. with the right move here.

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Thank You, Great Pumpkin

 Great Pumpkin

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This is pretty incredible, especially considering it’s from CBS’s 60 Minutes…  Watch the whole thing if you can.  Sobering.

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Feel free to pay attention to all the goings on in this weekend’s G-20 Meeting in Seoul, South Korea.  It’s said they will “contain” this current race-to-the-bottom devaluing fest we’ve seemed to have ignited in order to keep our mortgage market afloat.

I have other ideas, however.

I will instead sacrifice a small goat in a special backyard Harvest Celebration in hopes the the Great Pumpkin will descend into my wife’s tomato gardens, and fix all of our U.S. currency iniquities without locking us up in a stockade in the Hague or sending us to plantations in Dominican Republic to hack tall cane for short beer.

I really believe this is the wiser strategy, and what’s more, it seems goats are running three for six dollars down at the Kroger this weekend.  That leaves two for milking as a bonus.

The dollar markets are already returning to form this evening, and they are down below $77, again, as I type this.   Here’s what’s got me scratching my ribcage like I’ve got a needle-sharp case of the Shingles:

The prospects for the plummeting dollar may change by tomorrow morning, but as for now, I’m planning on giving thanks to the Great Pumpkin (a god as powerful, some say, as the Turkey gods themselves!) and putting back on most of my precious risk trades….

And mooooooooaaahh!

And yes, that includes going back to AGQ, and adding to all of my silver hordes, including EXK, PAAS, EXK and maybe even some MVG.   I will also be adding IVN as mentioned, and more GSS, and RGLD if I can get it quickly enough.

Watch yourselves this week, folks, and watch that vid to get a taste of where we really are these days.   My best to you all, especially my friends in California.

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