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To: jimss who wrote (10263)	6/19/2008 9:35:32 AM
From: SliderOnTheBlack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50198

Naked short selling is against the law, and it's despicable. But, I didn't see any gold bugs coming to overstock.com's rescue? Or, to the defense of the homebuilders? Or, speak up about the abuse in the subprime lending stocks? Or, bitch & moan about the one way trade in our own US Dollar? The naked short factor is being GREATLY over-exaggerated in the mining stocks. And to the degree that it is being done... I can GUARANTEE you that over 95% of the naked short sellers, are the very same touts, and pundits who pumped these stocks to you, all the way up. This is the pump n' dump kettle, calling the pot industry black. Sinclair's rants are just that... rants. And trust me... "I" knows a rant when I hears one <vbg>. Sinclair is like the nutty uncle you're glad you have. He's fun to watch. You love listening to his stories. And when he wanders too far into the conspiratorial abyss... you just put him in the corner, wipe the dribble off his chin every 20 minutes, ignore him, and let him continue talking to himself. Do yourself a favor and draw out a longterm chart for gold. Then plot the following Sinclair rants against the gold price: -- "Hold Tight" -- "The Free Put" -- "The one million dollar bet on POG" -- and the "$50k reward" for naked short sellers Do you think that "just maybe" all those "bogeyman" short sellers (called making money in both directions) just might be using Sinclair's puffery as - calls to action? As to Naked Short Sellers... As I said before: Beware the Enemy within. Mo later, SOTB

To: jimss who wrote (10263)	6/19/2008 10:14:12 AM
From: SliderOnTheBlack	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50198

PS: The TRUTH on the gold juniors.... I can't keep from laughing when I read all this BS from the old line permabull gold bugs on kitco, gold-eagle, and 321 gold, about how the juniors are a bargain, ready to explode ...yada, yada, yada... Their "failure to launch" is NOT because of "naked short sellers".... it's because of all of the other choices today's investors have... with equal upside, but with much less risk. Not to mention that financing is tight, and that costs are rising exponentially. Today's hedge fund traders, and fund managers have all these ETF's to choose from, with much greater liquidity, and transparency. They can buy everything from natural gas and oil, to grain and ag baskets - not mention the pure plays available in gold and silver via the GLD and SLV ETF's themselves. Now sure, there are legitimate exploration plays, with tremendous upside... but, anyone who does not recognize that the market for "junior mining stocks" in THIS commodity & metal cycle in 2008 - is much, much different than the one 30 years ago... is drinkin' vintage 1978 Kool-Aid. There are just too many other, bigger, better, and more transparent risk:reward plays for today's managers. What you are really seeing is - desperate pump & dumpers up in Vancouver scared shi!less that THEY are going to get caught holding the bag this time...and they're pushing the usual suspects... the carnival barkers to bring YOU back into the junior tent - so THEY can get the hell out. And it's a sad, damn day... but, none the less, an honest take on the state of the gold bug nation, that no one will come out and tell you what's really going on with the junior mining stocks. There are no bogeymen, or naked shorts to blame. This time, the pumpers got stuck holding the junior bag - because there are just too many other choices -period. SOTB