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To: TobagoJack who wrote (116626)	2/25/2016 9:10:48 AM
From: ggersh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217847

Have a look... Message 30472752

To: TobagoJack who wrote (116626)	2/25/2016 11:37:46 AM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Recommended By Elroy Jetson Respond to of 217847

I have grown to like such black humour over the last several months: <for what can possibly go wrong? > Things are never so bad that they can't get worse. And often they do, once there is some momentum into a downward spiral which people seem to choose every generation or two. But on a positive note, evil can only exist after good has already brought into being something to be evil against. Evil is always smaller than good. But it can win for a while. Mqurice

To: TobagoJack who wrote (116626)	2/25/2016 12:18:52 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217847

Donald Trump and his "All your data are belong to me" attack on Apple and Tim Cook is obviously not too interested in the constitutional origins of the USA. He is more King George of American revolutionary times than Thomas Jefferson. Back then the state was to be the servant of the people, not the reverse. Trump could well kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. We can guess what Trump thinks of our estimable hero Edwards Snowden. Trump is akin to Made in China emperors for whom the glory of the state is their prop. As he soars in Air Force One, he will feel on top of the world. I prefer Queen Elizabeth II as ruler than Donald Trump. The revolution has reversed. Now the monarchy led by Queen Elizabeth II intrudes not at all into my realm. But the over-bearing megalomaniac Americans nearly got me shot down over Ukraine a couple of years ago and I could see it coming as we neared the border in my A380 - I couldn't believe they were actually going to fly over. But we did. A couple of weeks later, the Malaysian airliner was shot down, thanks to Obama, John Kerry, Victoria F-Bomb Nuland, Valeria Jarrett, Hilary Clinton, [the Harpies], damn Zbigniew who is still trying to get revenge on Stalin. They started and continued that war and continue it still with a cold war on Russia. They also got Syria's carnage going. Not far from Armageddon actually. Trying to wrest Crimea from Russia was a bad idea. Now the Prosecutie presides there. I would like Victoria Nuland and co to be tormented for years in den Hague as they did to Milosevic = the process is the punishment. QEII = Quantitative Easing II = interesting observation. I hadn't noticed my reference to Queen Elizabeth II and ancient verities of Virtuous Victorian Values forming that acronym. Gold is more VVV than is QEII. Trust in Gold, Trust in God or Trust in QEII? That is the question. Queen Elizabeth II says "You can all sort that out as you like". Donald Trump says "All your data, and your money come to think of it, are belong to me." My preference is to Trust in God as represented by the four forces of the apocalypse = strong, weak, electromagnetic and gravitational, bound together by that ineffable thing called consciousness. The peculiar dichotomy of being causal = probability 1 reality, while arising from a supposedly randomized quantum soup with probability zero for any particular outcome. When the buyer and seller agree, that quantum soup and the four forces of the apocalypse create reality of probability suddenly 1. From 0 to 1 in an instant. A binary kind of thing. There are 10 kinds of people, who understand binary = those who do and those who don't. Neither gold nor QEII is the monetary way to go. Bitcoin is a half-baked first binary effort with intrinsic inefficiency though pretty good and better than anything I actually did. Good intentions are not enough. The rubber must meet the road. Maybe bitcoin will succeed on the basis of "any port in a storm" as QEII is tossed on giant wave functions and steers into a titanic iceberg. To mix a metaphor or four. Mqurice

To: TobagoJack who wrote (116626)	2/25/2016 8:26:38 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 217847

I traded Canadian mining shares for almost 30 years. I used to be pretty good at it. But I've been out since 2008. I told everybody at that point, I could no longer figure out the markets and was taking a break. But I intend to get back into it this summer so I am trying to reeducate myself as to the micro and macro variables affecting the Canadian mining sector. My old buddies onepath and lone clone and some of the others on that thread I know can be of great help. They've continued to dog that market although I think they've gotten pretty beat up over the last eight years. Given all the international chaos we could have a new bull market could be coming up pretty soon. As well, modern technology keeps using more and more gold and silver for green energy and other modern uses. Anyway, I sort of have to start from the beginning. It will be interesting to see how much I remember, and how much the markets have changed. I don't have a clue at this point.