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FROM THE DESK OF JIM COOK
CRIME WAVE
Our
newspaper reports that a woman who embezzled $3.75 million from her employer
will face no jail time, only probation. In other words, you can steal almost 4
million dollars in Minnesota and go unpunished. That no doubt explains why
crime is setting records. For example, there were over a million car thefts
nationally last year. That’s double what it was only a few years ago. If you
can steal a car and not face jail time, why not steal another car? It’s safe to
conclude that crime will keep rising because there is no punishment for many
crimes. You can shoplift, burglarize, rob and steal what you want without the
police arresting you. If you are unlucky enough to get pinched, the judge will
set you free.
It’s hard to overlook the tremendous price volatility that occurred on 4/12, when both gold and silver established new recent price highs, only to fall precipitously by the close of trading. At the time of the sharp selloff, the only market open was the COMEX, with markets in London, China and everywhere else closed. Therefore, it is beyond question that the selloff was COMEX-arranged. Since the only beneficiaries of a price selloff are those short futures, it can be concluded these shorts were behind the selloff. Further, it’s no secret that the shorts in COMEX gold and silver futures had been taking it on the chin. Before the selloff the total open loss to the shorts in COMEX gold and silver was $17.5 billion ($13.5 billion in gold and $4 billion in silver).