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Ukraine Admits Its Gold Is Gone: "There Is Almost No Gold Left In The Central Bank Vault"

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Back in March, at a time when the IMF reported that Ukraine's official gold holdings as of the end of February, so just as the State Department-facilitated coup against former president Victor Yanukovich was concluding, amounted to 42.3 tonnes or 8% of reserves...

... and notably under the previous "hated" president, Ukraine gold's reserves had constantly increased hitting a record high just before the presidential coup...

 

... we reported of a strange incident that took place just after the Ukraine presidential coup, namely that according to at least one source, "in a mysterious operation under the cover of night, Ukraine's gold reserves were promptly loaded onboard an unmarked plane, which subsequently took the gold to the US." To wit:

Tonight, around at 2:00 am, an unregistered transport plane took off took off from Boryspil airport. According to Boryspil staff, prior to the plane's appearance, four trucks and two cargo minibuses arrived at the airport all with their license plates missing. Fifteen people in black uniforms, masks and body armor stepped out, some armed with machine guns. These people loaded the plane with more than forty heavy boxes.

 

After this, several mysterious men arrived and also entered the plane. The loading was carried out in a hurry. After unloading, the plateless cars immediately left the runway, and the plane took off on an emergency basis.

 

Airport officials who saw this mysterious "special operation" immediately notified the administration of the airport, which however strongly advised them "not to meddle in other people's business."

 

Later, the editors were called by one of the senior officials of the former Ministry of Income and Fees, who reported that, according to him, tonight on the orders of one of the "new leaders" of Ukraine, all the gold reserves of the Ukraine were taken to the United States.

Needless to say there was no official confirmation of any of this taking place, and in fact our report, in which we mused if the "price of Ukraine's liberation" was the handover of its gold to the Fed at a time when Germany was actively seeking to repatriate its own physical gold located at the bedrock of the NY Fed, led to the usual mainstream media mockery.

Until now.

In an interview on Ukraine TV, none other than the head of the Ukraine Central Bank made the stunning admission that "in the vaults of the central bank there is almost no gold left. There is a small amount of gold bullion left, but it's just 1% of reserves."

As Ukraina further reports, this stunning revelation means that not only has Ukraine been quietly depleting its gold throughout the year, but that the latest official number, according to which Ukraine gold was 8 times greater than the reported 1%, was fabricated, and that the real number is about 90% lower.

According to official statistics the NBU, the amount of gold in the vaults should be eight times more than is actually in stock. At the beginning of this month, the volume of gold was about $ 1 billion, or 8% of the total gold reserves. Now this is just one percent.

Of course, considering the official reserve data at the Central Bank has been clearly fabricated, one wonders just how long ago the actual gold "dmsplacement" took place.

We get some additional information from Rusila:

According to recent data, the value of Ukraine gold should be $988.7 million. That is the value of gold proportion of gold in gold reserves is 8%. If you believe Gontareva, it turns out there is a mere $123.6 million in gold remaining.

 

The figure is fantastic, considering that the amount of gold at the end of February (when the new authorities have already taken key positions) was $1.8 billion or 12% of the reserves.

 

In other words, since the beginning of the year gold reserves dropped almost 16 times. Gold stock in February were approximately 21 tons of gold, the presence of which was once proudly reported by Sergei Arbuzov, who led the NBU in 2010-2012. So what happened to 20.8 tons of gold?

 

Explaining the dramatic reduction in the context of the hryvnia devaluation through gold sales is impossible. After all, 92% of the reserves of the National Bank is in the form of a foreign currency that is much easier to use to maintain hryvnia levels and cover current liabilities. Besides since March the international price of gold has plummeted. Selling ??gold under such circumstances is a crime. In fact it would be more expedient to increase gold reserves through currency conversion in precious metals.

 

But apparently the result is not due to someone's negligence or carelessness. The gold reserve has been actively carted out of the country, as a result of the very vague economic and political prospects of Ukraine. Something similar happened to the gold reserves of the USSR - when the Gorbachev elite realized that perestroika is leading the country to the abyss, gold simply disappeared in an unknown direction.

The article's conclusion:

As history shows, the reduction of the gold reserves in the context of an acute political crisis is usually preceded by the collapse of the state.

Oddly enough there was no official gold reduction just prior to the time when Victoria "Fuck the EU" Nuland was planning Yanukovich's ouster, and as shown above, quite the contrary. It is a little more odd that it was during the period when Ukraine was "supported" by its western allies that several billion dollars worth of physical gold - the people's gold - just "vaporized."

In any event, now that the disappearance of Ukraine's gold has been confirmed, perhaps it is time to refresh the "unconfirmed" story that a little after the current Ukraine regime took power the bulk of Ukraine's gold was taken to the United States.

As of this writing, The NY Fed has still not answered our March request for a comment whether Ukraine's gold has been redomiciled at the gold vault located some 80 feet below Liberty 33.

 

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Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:49 | 5461457 Mark Carney
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Thats OK! Neither does Canada.

 

I asked Bernak, he said its just tradition.  You'll be fine.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:54 | 5461479 linniepar
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Gold, bitchez! 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:54 | 5461491 hedgeless_horseman
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Gone, bitchezzz!!!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:59 | 5461513 pods
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*poof*

Seriously, for a barbarous relic it seems to get a lot of attention from sovereigns.

Gold for the rulers, paper for the serfs.

pods

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:02 | 5461529 Bangalore Equit...
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Listen.

"Gold for the rulers, paper for the serfs."

Nice one PODS. Indians rule.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:06 | 5461555 linniepar
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1% is tungsten 

1% Is gold, bankers had some heart

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:14 | 5461572 Divided States ...
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wait till Germany finally admits this also

basically this message was a code signal given to the West leaders that Ukraine is fucked and needs assistance fast...real fast.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:25 | 5461628 lordylord
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This chart is BS.  It says US has 8000 tons and China has 1,000 tons.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:27 | 5461641 ParkAveFlasher
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Gold gone missing?  Sounds a job for Gold Shirt Man!  Duhn duhn DUUUUUHN

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:34 | 5461672 BaBaBouy
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"""There Is Almost No Gold Left In The Central Bank Vault"""

So... How Much Better Shape Is The USA CB Fed ???
Im Sure They Will WELCOME An Indepenent Audit Anytime .?.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:45 | 5461734 Four chan
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lol what is the gold to dollar ratio? in relation to that we have no gold either.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:54 | 5461767 Patriot Eke
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The gold was the real reason for the coup.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:54 | 5461775 jaap
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moehahahahaha.... (evil goldmanite laugh)

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:59 | 5461794 Silky Johnson
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Well now we know what they've been using to back the recent hit jobs against Au. I hope the motherfuckers choke on Russian and Chinese dick before this is all over.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:13 | 5461846 outamyeffinway
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Can't let Putin have it. Besides, the CIA needs it for the extension of credit.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:19 | 5461855 COSMOS
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Russia is Target NUMERO UNO.  With its thousands of gold bullion and not to mention gold in them Siberian hinterlands, the USSA and Tel Aviv are salivating like Rabid dogs.

But serioulsy the work Ukranian will go down in history as the equivalent of DUMBASS.  Thank god the people of Donbass Region were not Dumbasses like the western Ukes

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:40 | 5461930 Latina Lover
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RE: theft of Ukie Gold.

We are doing this to protect the children.

Signed:

Goldman Sachs.

 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 16:17 | 5462217 847328_3527
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The Ukrainian gold now sits quietly hiding with Saddam’s gold, Ghadaffi’s gold and the gold form missing flight MH370 probably.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 17:53 | 5462620 Divided States ...
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China should take note of this....if the West succeeds in breaking Putin and Russia and then taking the Russian gold and oil reserves, China will be the next target of the ZATO....

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 19:02 | 5462830 Lore
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Those are the great weakneses of clinical psychopaths with an elitist God Complex: lack of self-restraint, and lack of honor. You do not negotiate or make deals with psychopaths.  Pursuing their reptilian plan for world domination, they will not hesitate to lie, manipulate and backstab EVERYone. (And then things go sour, they don't hesitate to turn on each other.)

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 19:02 | 5462865 espirit
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Nato gone in 3...2...1...

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:53 | 5461986 RaceToTheBottom
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Why such a fuss for a Barbarous relic?

 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 21:05 | 5463204 surfer433
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Why buy the barbarous relic when you can steal it.

 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 23:12 | 5463664 franciscopendergrass
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It's a barbarous relic because Sovereigns use barbarous means for stealing it.  Ask the Incas, Africans, Saddam Hussein, Kaddafi, etc.

Fri, 12/05/2014 - 00:34 | 5519323 Dame Ednas Possum
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We took gold from some folks.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:54 | 5461768 nope-1004
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If the US keeps invading other countries and stealing their gold, how can there ever be a gold standard?  How can other nations be a part of a "Standard" that, by virtue of owning zero of it, immediately disqualifies them?

Interesting US foreign policy going on here.

 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:14 | 5461836 Doña K
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It looks like a patern. No?

Sadam's gold, Quadafi's gold, Ukraine, Syria's next? Greece may have to pay their new secured debt with their 112 tonnes? Venezuela puts up gold colateral with GS and on and on.

And what about Yamashita's gold?

How about the gold removed from building 7 before collapse?

Barbarous relic and tradition?

Gold reign is coming back.

Viva d'oro 

I am holding on to my two coins!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:29 | 5461896 Sorry_about_Dresden
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And what about Yamashita's gold?

 

Ferdinand Marcos found Yamashita's stash in the Philippines and Imelda converted the gold to shoes.


Wed, 11/19/2014 - 10:12 | 5464936 Kobe Beef
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Rumor on the web is something called 'Black Eagle'

look it up, see what you think.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:46 | 5461949 RaceToTheBottom
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Wonder what 40 boxes weigh?  How many guys were carrying each box?  Seems like some calculations could be done from here...

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 17:00 | 5462052 Tinky
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USA=FUx1000

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 19:50 | 5462982 Supernova Born
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How much gold could have left that night?

Name the plane and cross reference maximum load.

The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (NATO name: Condor) is a strategic airlift jet aircraft that Ukraine possesses.

Maximum load: 150,000 kg (or over 3 times as much as the total Ukrainian gold reserves reported by the WGC).

Wed, 11/19/2014 - 10:10 | 5464925 Lawn.Dart
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"Some calculations can be done from here"

 

Engineer on it....

 

42 (US) tons stolen, in 40 boxes is 1.05 tons per box or 2,100 lbs per box.

about 20 men per box is needed.  

I would get a forklift at that point.

since 1 ton of gold takes up 4cuft space or a 1.5ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft box, it would be pretty hard to fit 20 Ukrainians around the perimeter of this box.  Unless the boxes were WAY to big for the load- which is highly not typical for a plane since space is of the essence.

 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 18:24 | 5462731 JamesBond
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the numbers in the equation change on such factors as, which men when carring?

 

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger or 

Barrack Obama

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 16:49 | 5462341 Syrin
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Remember, WE'RE the good guys.   See, what happened is we needed some gold, so we went in and took it.   Now do you understand?

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:58 | 5461790 economics9698
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The “Peoples Revolution” financed by the western bankers just fucked the Ukrainian people hard.  Dumb assess should have never trusted the tribe.  

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:14 | 5461843 COSMOS
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The other 99% of the Gold is in Tel Aviv the J-mafia wouldnt trust the Swiss with their stolen gold.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:54 | 5462156 Citxmech
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I love how we can get Ukraine's gold TO the US no problem - but we can't get Germany's gold OUT of the US because it's so "complicated."  

If they're all in LBMA good delivery form, why not just ship Ukraine's gold to Germany and just make an adjustment to the leger?

I swear, anybody who actually believes any of these gold reserve numbers is a fucking idiot.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 16:18 | 5462233 agstacks
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+55,000

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:59 | 5461784 knukles
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If you're a country with both oil and gold, you're fucked.
Like Libya, etc.
If you're a country with Just Gold, you're fucked but MAYBE (but not exclusively) not so much
Like Ukraine (fucked) or Mali (not so much)
If you're a country with just oil, you're due for a regime change

And Henry Kissinger is calling for a new world order.

Betcha that the problem is that the Annanuki are coming back for the rest of the gold and if it ain't there, then tPTB are fucked.

That or it's more than just a tradition.

It's all fucked.  The 4th quarter, PTB policies, elections, leadership, institutions, GMO, Geo-engineering, "security", privacy, whatever.... just fucked.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:51 | 5461977 topshelfstuff
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Libya was a haul of 143.8 Tonnes of Gold, all the OIL, and much more like the largest non-GMO sed bank in the world

the usual formula with the MSMedia first demonizing the target resulting in destabilized region

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:19 | 5462044 COSMOS
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Hey Tops I know there is the seed bank in Norway but I never heard about one in Libya???

Wed, 11/19/2014 - 08:49 | 5464671 topshelfstuff
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i know its too late to post this now, but for the record i should leave 2 links. of course there is so much that ner makes the Contolled MSMedia here and what we do hear, most of us know is BS

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkTUDw0mjMA#t=25

Gaddafi The Truth About Libya- Documentary

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COdKmHkPoOo
 

Libya and Gaddafi - TRUTH NOW!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 22:17 | 5463400 GoinFawr
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Hunh, I thought it was all about  'being' a nation without Debt, because slaves are fucked regardless of what they think they have squirrelled away; technically they 'have' nothing.

Sure are a lot of 'em.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 23:54 | 5463885 IronForge
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With all the Gold to be taken from the rest of the World, Team_USA can probably replace/supercede/"top off for the 0.1%" the Greenbacks with "Goldbacks" - their "modern" version of a Gold Backed Currency - all held INCONUS.

One example - Goldbacked PetrolDollar.  Oil sold in Goldbacks or Greenbacks.  Notice that we don't have Oil traded Euros Yet - so EU/NATO, and all its Trading Vassals - er - Partners will be forced to rely on the Goldbacks Standard...

Another - Goldbacked Dollars being the basis behind IMF'/World Bank's SDRs.  

Why else would USA keep all of Europe's Gold? 

Just thinking...

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:01 | 5461662 BaBaBouy
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Tue, 11/18/2014 - 22:27 | 5463437 Stone Shot
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Of course this chart is BS, it was complied by the World Gold Council.  They're in the business of perception management, nothing more.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:34 | 5461676 PT
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Let that be a lesson to yer - always store your gold in a form that is difficult to steal.  Errrr, I'm still trying to figure out what that form would be.  Evenly distributed amongst your countrymen?  Melted into a fine spray and sprayed across the whole country?  Booby-trapped to explode?  Keep tungsten bars in the vault and hide the gold somewhere else?

At the bottom of a lake?  (Yeah, I know.  Too obvious, but I had to chuck it in there for completeness, tradition).

Phuket.  Let's all just kill ourselves and then the thieves will have to do their own work for a change.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:14 | 5461847 COSMOS
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Best way to store gold is to leave it in the mountains instead of mining it.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:47 | 5462133 ImReady
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One 40 ton block oughta do it.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 16:57 | 5462376 Volkodav
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East of the Urals.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:36 | 5461685 Socratic Dog
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This story is incredible on so many levels.  Why the fuck do people just not get what is happening?  Could it be any more blatant than this?  People ask me where I come up with my garbage conspiracy-theory  information from, I  tell them they need to shoot the fucking TV and try using the power of the internet to actually educate themselves, they look at me like I have two heads.  When this shit appears on CNN, or facebook,  they might finally believe it.  I'm not holding my breath.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:52 | 5461758 PT
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Yeah, it's got me fuggered.  They seriously don't want to know.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:34 | 5461913 Took Red Pill
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Most people don't want to hear the truth. It's too depressing. Better not to think about it. Ignorance is bliss. 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 17:53 | 5462615 SeattleBruce
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Blue pill or red pill?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/quotes

Morpheus: This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:13 | 5461840 lunaticfringe
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People are not interested in these things. They see no useful purpose nor can they effect any change if they do. They see people like you and I as nutjobs. My father thinks I am completely batshit crazy anytime I tell him that the world's bankers are all in collusion and driving PM markets down to support the asswipe they are offering us as currency.

None of this will matter until it's too late. Fuck em. Do what you need to do to prepare. 

Check this link out. The toast doesn't realize it's toast. 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/eamonnfingleton/2014/11/12/obama-in-china-taking-candy-from-a-baby/?partner=yahootix

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:39 | 5461934 Socratic Dog
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I'm a bit stunned to be reading this in Forbes.  America more corrupt than China?  I thought Forbes was a pillar of the establishment?

I guess the elite is getting very different info to what the sheepla are getting.  Funny that the elite get the same as is offered up here.  Suggests that the whole thing is intentional, not just the result of incompetent leaership.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:58 | 5461996 Cacete de Ouro
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Question to Forbes: "Why are the Rothschilds not on your rich list?"

Forbes: "eh... We're working on that. We did some analysis...ehhh, We'll need to get back to you on that. It's kind of complicated".

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:25 | 5462056 square wave
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I get the same looks when I point out the streams of white geo-engineering spray coming out of jets in the sky that fans out and whitens the sky for the whole day. People think I'm crazy that the gubmint would even think about trying to engineer our climate for the benefit of HAARP, commodities trading and population control.

But I know I'm right, and I stopped pointing it out to people. If they want to know, they'll educate themselves. If not, then oh well. Nothing I can do for them.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:09 | 5461562 pods
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Getting Bangers and Mash on your chin all those years from the Empire taught you guys something right!  

You should have seen the eyes of all the indians at work when I brought in gold that I panned myself.

They were as excited as I was.

pods

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:29 | 5461649 Bangalore Equit...
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Listen.

Sounds real nice. Tangible results!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 17:16 | 5462466 meistergedanken
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Now, if only the average indian had proper plumbing fixtures...

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:07 | 5461535 ebworthen
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The Brussels Bandits and Wall Street Warlocks have been busy!

It's only a barbarous relic if held by us mortals.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:14 | 5461582 PT
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I told yas ages ago that was how they could manipulate the price of phyzz.  Sell it, steal it back (under the cover of war of course), then you can sell it again and steal it back again.  Secretly sell it to the people you don't like so the peeps don't notice that the actual point of your wars is to give cover when you steal it back again.  Soldiers get paid in paper so it's always economical to steal it back again.

But fair enough, I still know nothing.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:35 | 5462064 Kirk2NCC1701
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Great wit and repartee aside by us keyboard comedians, note that...

1. The extremely high % for countries in deep economic trouble, and under attack from the Squid & Tentacular Friends (at the Fed, State Dept, NSA, CIA); e.g., Greece (75%), Portugal (84%), Venezuela (72%), Cyrpus (59%).  Note also that Russia is friendly with Venezuela and Cyrpus, and that the Chinese get oil from Venezuela and are buying up massive amounts of RE in Portugal.  Interesting.

2. Also note the suspiciously low % values for some countries -- when compared to tonnage and % of the US;  E.g. Russia (1035 tons =7.9%), China (1054 tons = 1.1%)  Really???  And yet the US Reserves of 8134 tons = 70%.  WTF!?  Doesn't anyone do basic Sanity Tests anymore?

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 17:00 | 5462361 Mercuryquicksilver
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Skewed because China has more gold than reported and china holds disproportionate amount of foreign currencies like US treasury bills, government bonds, corporate bonds and equities and foreign currency loans.  China assists the Fed to suppress gold price by purchasing shit currency from the Fed. This allows China to obtain physical gold at knock down prices. Symbiotic and psychopathic.

 

When China is done and bottom falls out of USD, then those percentages will align much closer. It will be US, Germany, Russia, China and IMF creating the next NWO currency... the SDR.

 

This is assuming US and Germany can convince the others that they still have gold. Convince....

 

Instead of multiple shit currencies determining human value and skimming labor + savings.... it will be just one group of super elites... IMF and its shit currency. Gold and silver will be crushed as they are directly in opposition to the IMF.

The elites from the country with the most gold have higher leverage at the IMF and beyond. Countries have been stealing gold since forever. There can be no fucking suprise here. Between western biblical writings and 7th grade history books.... countries/tribes steal gold and kill whomever gets in the way.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 17:34 | 5462540 explosivo
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I don't buy this SDR crap. It's a pipe dream sold by front-man Rickards. After the shit hits the fan people will be willing to learn about real money.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 19:08 | 5462876 Mercuryquicksilver
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LOL after SHTF people wont have "real money" nor any access to it. You have way too much confidence in people.

 

Rickards brings about good discussion, but he is a statest. He explains all the problems with central planning AND why his central planning would be superior.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:22 | 5461613 Uber Vandal
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Debt for the slaves

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:44 | 5461956 maneco
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Silver for gentlemen!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:16 | 5461589 Agstacker
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In other news, the Federal reserve is sending over 20 tons of gold to the German Bundesbank for the gold repatriation...

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:39 | 5461935 Haus-Targaryen
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<p><p><p>Link?</p></p></p>

Mon, 11/24/2014 - 15:56 | 5482659 combatsnoopy
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That's triple what it was in February.  Still over 600 tonnes to go. 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:40 | 5461997 Kirk2NCC1701
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"Some folks got Corzined."

Wed, 11/19/2014 - 04:36 | 5464388 takeaction
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You know what is insane..I just gave APMEX  approx $12,000 in cash...and all I get is a little hand full of 10 coins.   Isn't that weird to you??  I feel way safer with my handfulof metal...it doesn't burn.  Seriously though.....where else do you invest?  Properties are way to high, Real estate is way to high....Metals are on closeout.

Wed, 11/19/2014 - 12:46 | 5465670 cooky puss
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... aaaaaand it's gone!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:54 | 5461482 thunderchief
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The price of new western Friendo's Ukraine. Go cry to the Germans and see who cares.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:11 | 5461575 Chupacabra-322
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Total Complete Full Spectrum World Domination. That's the Global Criminal Oligarch Cabal Bankster Intelligence Crime Syndicates goal.

Wash, rinse, repeat throughout hundreds of years.

The Few Gobal Elite will stop at nothing creating World Plundering, Havok & death.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:54 | 5461486 Miffed Microbio...
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Strange for something that is simply considered a tradition, they refuse an audit of our holdings. Perhaps they lost it in a freak boating accident and are embarrassed to admit it.

Miffed

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:18 | 5461592 TeamDepends
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Don't tell anyone, but it's located right next to Bin Ladens' body.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:03 | 5462011 Winston Churchill
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His crypt is a Goldman Sachs vault ?

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:39 | 5462012 Kirk2NCC1701
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"Do not panic, it's all under control" (of the Central Scrutinizers).

"Ukraine's security is backed by its Gold Reserves, just as Iraq's rebuilding is secured by its oil." -US State Dept.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:59 | 5461489 TruthInSunshine
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The world is the most FUBAR I've ever seen it, and it's not my 1st Rodeo.

Similarly, many of my acquaintances, clients and friends, some of whom are appreciably older and have been to more Rodeos than I have, also comment to me frequently about how they have never recalled the world being so "broken, confusing, unsettling, and fucked up beyond all recognition."

FUBAR. Shit will break hard soon. Count on it.

There are no magic central bankers just like there are no Magic Negroes

Missing gold, again, bitchez!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:01 | 5461531 Seasmoke
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What about Magic Johnson ??

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:22 | 5461612 TruthInSunshine
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Nope.

Not the dude from The Green Mile, either.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 16:14 | 5462211 silverserfer
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how about reggie middleton when he was 19 here... at 40 seconds in.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-1qas-CL14

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:31 | 5461665 pFXTim
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I got a magic johnson...at least that's what the ladies tell me...

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:01 | 5461804 Silky Johnson
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Abracadabra......no AIDS nigga! That's pretty magical.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:31 | 5461893 TruthInSunshine
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AIDS is soooo 1980s & Late.

With Tom Hanks, on the Streets of Philadelphia.

There's an Obala virus now on the loose. Don't eat bush meat.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:00 | 5461798 Silky Johnson
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It's my first rodeo and I tell you what, I'm getting tired of all the BULL SHIT!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:30 | 5462070 Tinky
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Right on. The idea that the category 7 (on a scale of 5) storm that is on the near-horizon will somehow not arrive for 5, 10 or 30 years is ludicrous. The irony is that the very same "TPTB" who, some claim can, and will keep the current system going for a long period of time, have already lost control!

Fasten your fucking seat belts.

 

 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 16:23 | 5462243 blazinrabbit
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Most here think that the Wall Street algos are screwing the stock market and only serve TPTB. Have you ever thought about the algos that run on the CIA's servers?  If you haven't thought of them much that's ok; because they are surely thinking about you, your friends, your family, your next move.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 22:37 | 5463481 conscious being
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NSA servers, but wgti.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:57 | 5461504 SMG
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It's almost like gold is really valuable and some will do whatever it takes to steal as much as they can. 

But that can't be true, entries in a digital leger are what's valuable right?

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:14 | 5461586 Amish Hacker
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Exactly, Comrade. One percent of our gold reserves are in the form of element 79 on the Periodic Table, and 99% are in the form of paper promises. So we're modern, just like London.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 16:24 | 5462253 Volkodav
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Mendeleev Principles of Chemistry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Mendeleev

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:45 | 5462121 Christophe2
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What about having the power to take what you want from anyone, as well as being base enough to actually do it - how 'priceless' is anyone's gold compared to that?

...  Is the kind of thinking that works for a while, 'till suddenly it doesn't. 

I prefer to value personal happiness above all else, and I deeply enjoy making the world better and making friends of other real, symbiotic people, and gold/etc. is nothing more than simple tools used to achieve greater purposes.  They can't steal my skills, or my knowledge (which is freely shared), or my happiness either: at best, they can only wreck it, which only serves to motivate me even further against them...

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:59 | 5461515 geologyguy
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"Those are not gold bricks.  Those are IOUs!  Like here, 90% for bureaucratic hot air during Russia's invasion of Crimea...might want to save that one."

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:06 | 5461551 Meat Hammer
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Golf clap

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:36 | 5461688 TruthInSunshine
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Maybe whoever Madoff (it's a verb now) with Ukraine's physical gold left some paper IOU redemption coupons in its place.

Benevolent, glorious bastards!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:56 | 5461993 HardlyZero
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Putin' Putin's Put...Gold.

Buy Gold then wait.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:03 | 5461536 midtowng
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They should buy stock in Amazon instead. That's better than gold

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:10 | 5461570 kchrisc
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Neither does the DC US, despite what that chart says.

An American, not US subject.

 

"And it's gone ("leased")!"

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:43 | 5462117 Kirk2NCC1701
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"Leased".  Yeah, "99 year" and "999 year" Leases.  /s

Even so... consider: If such long Leases exist in RE, then why not for PM?

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:26 | 5461643 ejmoosa
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Neither does the US.  How else can one explain the nation with the largest reported holdings of AU saying that they are just a relic?

That's no way to protect the value of an asset.  

If you do not have it, there's no reason to protect it, is there?

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:40 | 5461708 graymnzrc
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The fact that someone said "the Americans took it" (paraphrase) means that it was almost as likely to have been taken by someone else.

If I were a betting man (I am), I would be just as likely to take "the field" vs America on this one.

Wed, 11/19/2014 - 01:18 | 5464138 OW My Balls
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In application of your logic, might I suggest starting with the 'dual citizenship' [un]crowd?

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:50 | 5461755 Exponere Mendaces
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It better be more than 40 boxes:

20.8 tons of gold missing / 40 boxes = 0.52 tons = 1,040 lbs per box.

Yeah, unless they had exoskeleton suits and were battling acid spewing aliens at the same time, it would have had to been more than 40 measly boxes. But then again, we're dealing with hearsay and what-the-fuck-ever second hand reporting.

Hey, almost like that Ebola story. Speaking of which, is your neighbor spitting up blood yet? No? Guess ZH missed the boat on that one. Airborne my ass.

We now return you to your regular peanut "bitchez" gallery, man.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:42 | 5461943 Aeternus
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This is how much gold Ukraine has left now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od9D6TECSa0

 

 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:26 | 5462062 Perimetr
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Funny how the US can arrange for gold to be transported overnight BACK to the US, but it takes years for it to be removed FROM the US vaults!

Go figure . . .

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 18:31 | 5462760 kowalli
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You don't know about it. You steal gold, not delivered gold to usa, it can go straight to china...

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 23:57 | 5463898 Buck Johnson
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I know, Canada's gold is about gone too.  Did you remember that story a few years back about Canadian gold being gone.  The rats are leaving and taking the gold before it all collapses.

 

Wed, 11/19/2014 - 07:10 | 5464499 Jannn
Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:50 | 5461463 AccreditedEYE
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We'll keep it safe, you betcha!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:58 | 5461509 Bangalore Equit...
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Listen EYE.

When you have central bankers and fiat, who needs gold?

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:07 | 5461553 Meat Hammer
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3 people don't get sarcasm.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:24 | 5461593 oddjob
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No, 3 people are tired of 'Listen', so played. Plain sailing sarcasm is patronizing at best.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:25 | 5461631 Bangalore Equit...
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Listen Zero's.

Don't listen to this guy!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:49 | 5461744 Global Hunter
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The "listen" troll is trying hard today to behave and blend in a bit better but the thumbs down are because she is an annoying troll who adds nothing to the conversation here and starts every post with the word "listen" despite the fact we are reading the comments rather than listening to her.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:49 | 5461465 IronShield
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Gold; who wants that relic?

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:50 | 5461467 Dr. Engali
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Mysterious plane? It didn't happen to come from Malaysia and take off with a westward trajectory did it? 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:24 | 5461614 Paveway IV
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No - it would have suffered difficulties during the flight from many high-energy fragments.

You really don't want to smuggle anything on Malaysian Air. Trust me.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:25 | 5461629 Dr. Engali
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Wrong Malaysian plane.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 20:37 | 5463133 Paveway IV
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Are you sure? Nobody knows where the Kiev plane went, but it could have easily made Schiphol. Who does security at Schiphol? 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 22:43 | 5463520 conscious being
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The same people doing it at Logan, Boston on 9/11/01.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:50 | 5461468 Bam_Man
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Not to worry - it's being held for "safekeeping" along with Germany's gold in the basement at 33 Liberty Street.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:31 | 5461664 FeralSerf
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More likely in Tel Aviv.

It's the golden rule. They have the gold; they make the rules.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:45 | 5462123 Kirk2NCC1701
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They are merely Leasing it.

For 666 years.

Wed, 11/19/2014 - 01:22 | 5464148 OW My Balls
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dog years or lizard years?

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:51 | 5461471 vegas
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I'm SHOCKED, how about you?

 

www.traderzoo.mobi

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:52 | 5461472 kowalli
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Here we go, like in Lybia - gold was stolen by USA

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:50 | 5462141 Kirk2NCC1701
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It was "Leased" to its Sponsors of the Revolution.  For leverage over said Sponsors.  ;-),

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 18:28 | 5462748 JamesBond
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It pays to liberate gold, oil, and coming soon, water.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:51 | 5461474 sun tzu
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Just Libya we helped liberate them from their barbaric relics. Freedom USA USA USA!!!!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:55 | 5461499 trulz4lulz
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Its such a heavy burden to bear, let us help you with all that. Thanks!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:53 | 5461478 SickDollar
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and you will never see it again

 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 16:31 | 5462284 rejected
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aaannnd,,,,  it gone!

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:54 | 5461480 BiteMeBO
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Ocean's 14?

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:07 | 5461554 Panic Mode
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Look more like Ocean's 69 to me.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 15:51 | 5462154 Kirk2NCC1701
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I hereby invite the Ocean's Team to my next gold-transport, boating party.

;-)

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:55 | 5461481 JustObserving
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Is anyone surprised?  Ukraine will have no gold for decades

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:53 | 5461483 ejmoosa
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That's why the Central Bankers like Fiat currency

Someone steals your paper money, you just print more.

Someone makes off with your gold and you are screwed.

And just how many times ihas this happened for a "worthless relic"?

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 14:51 | 5461974 COSMOS
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Classic Smash and Grab, they busted up the capital with a coup and then they grabbed the gold.  Damn these Ukes are the biggest morons I have ever seen.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 16:14 | 5462208 Volkodav
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If you exclude the far west Pollacks, the Ukraine citizen are less moron than average american, who is -100 IQ now.

 

 

 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 16:30 | 5462281 rejected
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americans got the gold... How do you determine IQ. Idiot Quotient?

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 16:53 | 5462358 Volkodav
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No..Is not in America. It is not about Americans...

I.Q. is meaning Intelligence Quotient result based on testings

Recent testing shows American average IQ well below 100

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:55 | 5461487 besnook
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what are they worried about. the western bankers told me gold is a barbaric relic, unneccessary in a golden fiat world.

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:55 | 5461488 Schaublin
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One percent left? Someone was not doing their job. 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:23 | 5461615 Jim in MN
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I bet the 1% was left stacked neatly in front of the door to confuse anyone who peeked in into thinking the vault was full.

Or else, laid neatly into a smiley face pattern on the floor. 

Tue, 11/18/2014 - 13:45 | 5461719 Two Face
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The 1% left is the single LBMA good delivery bar they used as a doorstop to keep the vault doors open while they looted the place.  They forgot to look down on their way out.

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