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To: energyplay who wrote (64732)	7/14/2010 3:12:40 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219578

Wise and Creative nations have managed to monopolize the trade through value addition and created thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in revenue when they do not own any serious diamond mine. So Zimbabwe instead of forcing to sell and trade rough diamonds should instead focus on building a proper diamond industry to include polishing, cutting and jewelery making. This is where the money is and not just selling rough diamonds. zimguardian.com Same Angola could do.

To: energyplay who wrote (64732)	7/14/2010 10:42:54 PM
From: average joe	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219578

What diamond mining stocks? DeBeers went private eons ago. DeBeers created not only the value in diamonds but the myth that diamonds were rare. edwardjayepstein.com

To: energyplay who wrote (64732)	7/14/2010 10:45:27 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 219578

Gold Standard Gold and economic freedom are inseparable, . . . the gold standard is an instrument of laissez-faire and . . . each implies and requires the other. What medium of exchange will be acceptable to all participants in an economy is not determined arbitrarily. Where store-of-value considerations are important, as they are in richer, more civilized societies, the medium of exchange must be a durable commodity, usually a metal. A metal is generally chosen because it is homogeneous and divisible: every unit is the same as every other and it can be blended or formed in any quantity. Precious jewels, for example, are neither homogeneous nor divisible. More important, the commodity chosen as a medium must be a luxury. Human desires for luxuries are unlimited and, therefore, luxury goods are always in demand and will always be acceptable . . . . The term “luxury good” implies scarcity and high unit value. Having a high unit value, such a good is easily portable; for instance, an ounce of gold is worth a half-ton of pig iron . . . . Under the gold standard, a free banking system stands as the protector of an economy’s stability and balanced growth. In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value. If there were, the government would have to make its holding illegal, as was done in the case of gold . . . . The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. This is the shabby secret of the welfare statists’ tirades against gold. Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the “hidden” confiscation of wealth. Gold stands in the way of this insidious process. It stands as a protector of property rights. If one grasps this, one has no difficulty in understanding the statists’ antagonism toward the gold standard. Alan Greenspan, “Gold and Economic Freedom,” Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal,

To: energyplay who wrote (64732)	7/15/2010 3:19:29 AM
From: elmatador	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219578

I have always taken diamonds as useless pieces of rock. Although many try to tell me: “Yes, is useless pieces of transparent rock, but the value is in the cutting and the end product the jewel. By the way, I find jewels useless too. But it is no less just product of great marketing from a bunch of Jews! The usual people, women, always emulate someone above themselves. All the time is: a more beautiful, successful or rich woman. The normal woman slavishly emulate the more beautiful, successful or rich woman. The bunch of Jewish exploited that: A time when the Americans and Europeans were hogging capital like there was no tomorrow, they wanted to milk that money with a trick.- Thus putting Marilyn Monroe in diamonds are best girl friends creating the slogan Diamonds are forever was a master piece of marketing.

To: energyplay who wrote (64732)	7/15/2010 11:37:27 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219578

Get a Grip on the iPhone 4 Antenna Issues. Consumer Reports’ engineers have just completed testing the iPhone 4, and have confirmed that there is a problem with its reception. When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone’s lower left side—an easy thing, especially for lefties—the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you’re in an area with a weak signal. Due to this problem, we can’t recommend the iPhone 4. seekingalpha.com Pretty soon dirty cheap iPhone 4's will invade African markets...