"You know Don't, if they just procecute brokerages for FTDs, that will end the most dammaging shorting. FTDs are a brokerage enabled crime."

Coeur d'Alene proposed a R/S and got it approved yesterday. The announcement alone made shorts (legal and illegal) hurry for the exit during the last 2 months. Even though the SP was under $1, when they proposed it, I believe they did it to chase out the large amount of shorts once and for all.

I wouldn't mind ECU to do a Reverse Split for the same reason. They are financially more stable now and the chance that naked shorts would come back after the R/S is slim, given the (then) higher SP and the good growth perspectives of the company. A 5 to 1 R/S would do.