Steve Quayle’s Hot Headlines

Private Property Now Subject To Seizure: There’s the punchline — let nobody claim that Jesse buries the lede! If this went over your head, let me explain (and go read Jesse’s article on it) — the bankruptcy trustee is now apparently either attempting to or actually has seized customer property held in gold and silver vaults if those bars were transacted through MF Global! A warehouse receipt is not an unallocated, nebulous claim. It contains a serial number of one or more specific bars sitting in a warehouse. You are in fact charged a storage fee for the service of maintaining security over your property and you have had to tender payment in full as well. more

Medvedev on US: ‘If They Continue To Push Us Around, We’ll Push Back’ President Dmitry Medvedev has spoken out after a telephone conversation with his US counterpart, saying Obama’s comments on Russia’s recent parliamentary elections were “unacceptable”. Speaking to a number of United Russia MPs, Dmitry Medvedev stated that, correctly delivered, thoughts and comments on a country’s electoral process are acceptable – and welcome. But when they are reminiscent of Cold War-era statements, it is outrageous. more
Week of Dec 12

Pentagon Report: China Military Build-up in Preparation for War Over Taiwan at Pat Dollard? One of the saddest things that I’ve had to report on my web site is China’s rush towards total war with the United States. I’ve been describing this for years, but it was always in the distance. A new report by the Pentagon makes it clear that this war is no longer distant, and an attack within the next 12-18 months is a reasonable expectation. morego to archives