fforest: read that Jim Willie piece and Sinclair and a host of others. The bad boys in the US do not control the world any longer. Much of the physical gold now lies in other strong hands. They are growing angrier by the day re the gold COMEX pricing and disparity with reality, supply and demand...and the inflated US debased, debt-dollar about to crash. The "furenners" are furious re the rape of their capital via Greenspan' s et al deceitful initiatives over the last 20 years.

They will pay dearly for their crimes. When? That's the only real question that remains now. The forthcoming rage building in the American people will be terrifying to behold ...in my humble opinion. Will it erupt suddenly with some crisis exploding like the simultaneous, eruptive piercing of a thousand boils, or slowly, as the systemic infection insidiously slows down all the vital signs while much adoo-doo is made about curing the symptoms in an attermpt to mask the fatal disease? Life support remains the only positive on the horizon.

As for the new upstarts about to dethrone the king...China's 2009 growth is on track for 9%, Russia and India 8%, Brazil 4%. Seems to me the oil price thingee is wuite another crock of dung. I wouldn't be surprised to see oil back at $150 by Christmas.