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a one dollar bet among thieves sounds about right. Looks like more of the same today.

Another wasted year.

http://www.silverdoctors.com/jim-willie-shanghai-shock-to-shatter-the-gold-market/#more-47958

This remains me of the movie Trading Places.  Two hedge fund CEO’s probably got together and made a one dollar bet if Gold was to finish the year above or below 1204.  So tonight at some fancy New Years Eve party they will settle the bet at midnight.

Say bye-bye to Petaquilla (PTQ.to)

This from Panama’s “Critica” newspaper, linked here. Translation your author:

The government of Panama has initiated the paperwork to revoke the operating permit of the Petaquilla Gold mining company, due to its non-compliance in payment of social security dues to its work force, said the Minister of Work today, Luis Ernetso Carles. Carles said that the legal representative of the company, Richard Fifer, was now under criminal charge from the Social Security Office (CSS) due to the non-compliance of social security payments for the company’s 604 workers, according to a government communique.”The actions of the legal representative of Petaquilla stain the employment opportunities in the country”, said Carles, while informing that Petaquilla Gold currently owes three months of salaries and employees debts that total around U$3.8m. The Panamanian Minister showed his concern of the situation faced by the workers, due to the lack of responsibility for the payment of dues by the Canadian capital company.The Petaquilla Gold company is located in the district of Donoso, in the province of Colón, some 130km West of the capital.
Don’t say we didn’t warn you

http://incakolanews.blogspot.com/

a close above $1204 would imply follow thru from yesterday.

No follow thru is allowed in pm’s.

Zambia mines minister says mining royalty hike will remain

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/zambia-mines-minister-says-mining-185017233.html

In the Golden grasslands of Cheyenne
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=491501

Or no.  Then hear them tell us over and over what a bad investment Gold is.

Rates….flat to down

Oil….on it’s arse

Pm’s …on their arses ( PM stox below their arses)

Dollar….well bid.

SM’s …..Top tick, for the day, year and all time ( Until Fridays new ones ) !!!!!

Lithuania to Join Euro Tomorrow, Despite Currency’s Many Problems

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2014/12/31/lithuania-to-join-euro-tomorrow-despite-currencys-many-problems/

You brought up a good point about how high can the dollar go. Now it looks like Germany will be next due to Obummas squeeze on Russia affecting their exports and immigration for jobs also causing problems there now too. Who else over seas will be affected as well. Swiss and chocolate? Well that will probably be the last to go.
Then I think what Armstrong said about next to be hit will be the public sector and pensions. The public sector is pretty big and includes Heath care which has already been hit and Obama care not gonna do much because of their catch 22 of deductible being met first when you can’t get blood out of turnips. If their smart if the bills big enough they make their own hardship clause and waive the deductibles and see how well that works out for their unaffordable care act. Pay me Obumma your not gonna get out of it.
Those nurses who’ve been around long enough know what cuts that end in cuts in staff as well as pay has done before and even now. Think it’s bad now?
A nurse reminded me tonight about staffing when I was floating around many moons ago via registry while taking classes revolving around forensics.
She couldn’t beat mine. I walked into a long term care facility relieving one licensed nurse for the whole long term care and semi acute hospital where there should of been at least two at night for about 160 people with a lot of things going on. There I was alone on day shift where there should of been at least three but four, the only licensed nurse in the place. Calling the administration all the way down to staff no one answered the phone . The night nurse literally ran out the door which report was another story and figured out pretty quick why. She didn’t want to stay. Well not being staff I didn’t have authority to call registry but no answer from them threw their authority out the window. What staff? I called up a SOS message to X navy seal friend also registry and gonna start his own. Well like they are he was the only one in the world it seemed at the time to come to the rescue. Second time he helped me for one reason or another. Now imagine being a patient and seeing that. Hope those days don’t return again. They think their smart and fly in immigrants but Ill tell yea, they were the ones that didn’t show up that day. That being said they might of been tired of the same who knows. Then there was the issue of time off, no time off cuz no one to replace you or getting stuck working another shift too frequently. At that time nurses moving into registries for that reason.
I don’t know how Armstrong thinks it will only affect the public sector because the squeeze will affect the private when there not buying their products less one of his comments reflect that with all sectors will be affected.