are turning cycle up !   ,,,last week I called a bottom in Shipping and it looks good.   even national bank greece is showing signs of life ! (nbg)

Dollar about to turn down….EURO turning UPPPP Russia turning upppp British Pound turning up soon !

U.S. Silver & Gold reports second quarter financial and operational results

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-silver-gold-reports-second-215100652.html

TVI Pacific Provides Second Quarter 2014 Financial and Operational Results

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tvi-pacific-provides-second-quarter-213000619.html

Fortuna Reports Consolidated Financial Results for the Second Quarter 2014

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fortuna-reports-consolidated-financial-results-222654284.html

Tahoe Resources Reports Strong Second Quarter Earnings

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tahoe-resources-reports-strong-second-200200358.html

Klondex Reports Net Income of $4.4 Million, $0.04 per Share, in 2Q2014

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/klondex-reports-net-income-4-203000050.html

Golden Minerals Announces Acquisition Of Santa Maria Mine In Mexico And Drill Results From Los Azules

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/golden-minerals-announces-acquisition-santa-211000739.html

If there were an attack of some sort on the Continental USA who would determine who caused it  ?   The Government ? The Media ?

I find the Arab mind is something no one in the West will ever understand. I was all for Iraq II, thinking that anyone would be grateful to be rid of So’Damninsane , but hell no they hated us for it..go figure.

There were old hands who said don’t do it, they were right.

My own view now is leave ’em to it…but if they ever commit any attacks etc near us then we come down like a ton of bricks. No holds barred etc. but they will, so at some point we have to clean the yard.

What we should not be doing is pissing off Russia and China, as they both have the same problem, together we could eradicate it….but CNN etc would need smelling salts.

What we are really dealing with here is a reason to go to war. This economy cannot go on much longer especially if hyperinflation sets in. War will do two things, distract people from local problems and keep the world economy under the control of the Rothschild’s. But war against who. Not China and Russia. The puppets in control of the media say the Arabs, who will cause untold amount of 911’s here in the USA. Doesn’t anyone realize at this point  it is the Arabs still fighting each other as they have been doing for centuries. If makes no sense to support one side in one area and be against the same side in another.  But this is what the controllers are doing. And as far as destroying the USA , should false flag operations break out they will be more than likely be controlled by “you know who” as were the World Trade Center attacks.

The problem as I see it is this. Do the forces in Turkey, Jordan or even the Kurds fight against the devil they don’t like (ISIS)? or for the devil they don’t like (US & UK)?

We’ve done so much damage in the region it’s hard to get these folks to trust us. Why would they? Makes it hard to have motivated troops.

Anyhoo, believing more and more in your theory about the paper killers trying to drive down the oil price to hurt Putin and Russia. Makes a lot of sense.

Wonderful, great comedian …and I am saddened by it. I love all the comedians. Abbot and Costello, Sid Caesar, Milton Bearle…so many names that I have left out. The greatest, imo, the best? Well that’s a matter of conjecture. But, for little ole me, there was one stand out comedian that at least, deserves a spot in the top ten. His name was Peter Sellers.

You have @ 20 k of yr forces at some base in Jordon, that’s where are a lot of the stuff going to the Kurds is comming from, also the Jordanian Armed Forces are pretty serious as well, we have very close links to them.

What we need is leaders that let them loose, with no limits and no media.

Ps the short pm stox/long gold spreaders have gotta be feeling pain here.

Absolutely right about ISIS and the Turks. They’d be nuts to try and take on the Turks at this point. I’m not sure they could even defeat the Kurds right now. They’d be better off heading to Jordan.

Bummer day for pm’s. Tough to swallow after such a nice open. Boot continues to be on the neck.

Interesting!

I agree … they would take a severe beating if they go in that direction. I hope they do.

Precursor of what will come at a later time

Revelation 16:12

And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

They smashed oil as well earlier and have had Silver and the GDXJ under the cosh all day…..

They had to wait until Europe had gone home before makeing their move.

as the Scum still can’t get their beloved Stock mkt plus, they could throw a huge tantrum at the PM’s.

that is an awful big casino ..on the Titanic..!

ISIS is getting way ahead of itself, if they think they can beat up Jonny Turk. The Turks are about as tough a soldier as you can get, they gave us hell when we were running the whole Globe !!!!

“The true sign of a top is when you have these new structures piling up,” said Lawrence McDonald, a chief strategist at Newedge USA LLC, and author of the book “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense” about the 2008 demise of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. “At the top of the market in 2007, there were these types of innovation and many investors didn’t realize about it at that time. These products are a clear risk indicator.”

JPMorgan joins Goldman in designing derivatives for a new generation

Submitted by cpowell on 09:01AM ET Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Section: Daily Dispatches
By Sridhar Natarajan and Alastair Marsh

Bloomberg News
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-12/swaps-reincarnate-boosting-debt…

Derivatives that helped inflate the 2007 credit bubble are being remade for a new generation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is offering a swap contract tied to a speculative-grade loan index that makes it easier for investors to wager on the debt.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is planning as much as 10 billion euros ($13.4 billion) of structured investments that bundle debt into top-rated securities, while ProShares last week started offering exchange-traded funds backed by credit-default swaps on company debt.

I think that there is a good possibility, that the shares will lead again, not very long ago I posted some performance charts, when i look at how undervalued the miners are compared to the metal itself, well i cant help but think “Bargain” priced.  this is just My humble opinion only. all should DYODD before investing.

https://www.goldtentoasis.com/2014/08/07/some-performance-charts-of-gdxj-gold-silver-the-hui-gold-bugs-index/

If any asset class has disappointed investors over the last three years, it has been gold. Many on Wall Street are just now starting to reexamine gold for investors’ portfolios. Years of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve and other central banks have started to accomplish their goal of re-inflating economies. The problem is they may have reinflated too much, and inflationary pressures could already exist — ask any person who has shopped for meat and groceries these days.

The technical team at Oppenheimer sees big upside in gold miners going forward, and analysts are actually more bullish on the miners than the precious metal itself. In their new report, Oppenheimer analysts cite an exchange traded fund (ETF) and three top stocks to buy in the gold mining arena.

more http://247wallst.com/commodities-metals/2014/08/12/oppenheimer-has-gold-miners-as-a-top-trade-idea/

China Begins Direct Sales Of Fruit & Vegetables To Russia

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/12/2014 11:04 -0400

Despite the ongoing mainstream media meme that Russia is becoming ‘isolated‘ from the rest of the world thanks to Western sanctions, it appears they have found a few new ‘old’ friends to become un-isolated with. On the heels of Russia’s food-import-ban sanctions last week, Russian and Chinese officials have announced an agreement that China will start selling fruit and vegetables directly to Russia via a special logistics center in Russia’s far east. Notably, this week saw Russia’s GDP beat consensus expectations, Ruble rally, and stocks jump as German confidence plunged – can you say blowback?

As RT reports,

China will start selling fruit and vegetables directly to Russia, and Baorong company plans to set up a special logistics center in Dongning on the border with Russia’s Far East to do it.

 

The 70,000 square meter wholesale market and 30,000 square meter warehouse, fitted out with refrigerators and other equipment, will be in a special cross-border customs zone, ITAR-TASS cites the head of the Association of Applied Economy of the Heilongjiang Province Zhang Chunjiao.

 

“Direct export of fruit and vegetables to Russia will be organized from it,” she said.

 

It will cost $9.7 million to construct. Customs clearance times will be reduced, and there will be no need to double-check the cargo because of video surveillance in the warehouse.

 

A Chinese company Dili, also intends to create a similar cross-border trade zone by the end of 2014, Zhang Chunjiao added.

 

The announcement comes after Russia introduced a 1-year ban on imports of some agricultural products from the EU, US, Australia, Canada, Australia and Norway last week. If it lasts, it could cost European Union members $16 billion, Vygaudas Usackas, the EU ambassador to Russia, estimated.

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We assume payment for these imports will be in Rubles or Renminbi… not US Dollars.

 

Islamic State militants have directly threatened Turkey with violence as they swore to “liberate” Istanbul in order to reopen a dam on the Euphrates River. Water flow to parts of Syria and Iraq is at a record low.

The apparent closure is especially unfavorable to the terrorist group, as its new ‘capital’ Raqqa, in northern Syria, is in that zone. This is creating a humanitarian catastrophe as water levels plummet in nearby Lake Assad.

In a new Vice documentary episode on the IS militia, one member warns that if the Turkish government doesn’t open the Euphrates Dam back up, the group will do it for them by “liberating” Istanbul.

“I pray to God that the apostate [Turkish] government reconsiders its decisions. Because if they do not reconsider it now, we will reconsider it for them by liberating İstanbul,” Abu Mosa, the spokesman for the group, tells the camera during the filming of the five-episode documentary in Raqqa. He makes sure to identify this as “a clear threat.”

more http://rt.com/news/179352-euphrates-is-militants-turkey/

I’m shocked at the strength in the shares considering silver is down and gold’s only up $6.

Ten years ago the shares used to lead the metals, could it be happening again?

Ukraine Blocks Russian Humanitarian Convoy, Accuses Kremlin Of Sending “Disguised Military Gear”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-12/ukraine-blocks-russian-humanitarian-convoy-accuses-kremlin-sending-disguised-militar