Beiträge von Eldorado

    GOLDMAN SACHS FILES MASSIVE DEFAMATION LAWSUIT


    By Peter Z. Parody
    Financial Freedom Wire Service
    Friday, September 21, 2007


    NEW YORK – Today Goldman Sachs filed a $5,000,000,000 lawsuit against Bill Murphy and the Gold Anti Trust Action Committee (GATA) he chairs. In its suit Goldman Sachs charges that Murphy and GATA have repeatedly and aggressively defamed it for years by accusing it of manipulating the price of gold and thereby stealing billions of dollars from unwary investors.


    Reached for comment, an attorney for Mr. Murphy and GATA issued the following statement:


    Mr. Murphy and his associates in GATA welcome the lawsuit. Heretofore, as a result of being blackballed in mainstream media, GATA has only been able to communicate with a small percentage of investors. With the media exposure this lawsuit will inevitably generate, Mr. Murphy looks forward to being able to reach and warn hundreds of millions of investors world-wide.


    In order to prove defamation of character, Goldman Sachs must establish that it actually has character. That will be a formidable task because it is guilty of dozens of deceptive, deceitful and dishonest actions like, for example, claiming to be bullish to motivate investors to buy gold while selling tens of thousands of contracts short to curtail its price.


    When asked, a spokesman for Goldman Sachs said the company planned to confer before responding. Speculation is rampant that Goldman has scheduled meetings to discuss its response with Secretary of the Treasury, Paulson, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Bernanke, representatives of Morgan-Chase, and a carnal mystic.


    Coeur D'Alene, Idaho


    September 21, 2007


    The Black Helicopter Crowd has descended on Coeur D? Alene,
    Idaho.....


    Since this is the first time a number of you have heard
    from the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committe itself, I
    thought it might be helpful to do some background
    presentation. There are so many misconceptions out there.


    At one point in my career, I was a limit position
    futures trader and is one thing I know a pretty fair
    amount about. Thus, it was clear to me weeks after
    LTCM blew up in September of 1999 (weeks after I opened
    my web site), that New York bullion banks like Goldman
    Sachs, JP Morgan and Chase were acting in concert to
    keep the price from staying above $300 per ounce. My
    colleagues and I had heard from a very reliable source
    that LTCM was short 300 tonnes of gold. Now that they
    blew up, the position would surely have to be covered, which
    should have caused the price to soar. The Gold Cartel
    made sure that did not happen. It was then that I smelled
    a rat.


    All the best,


    Bill Murphy
    Le Patron

    Zitat

    Original von -Adrian-
    Diese Hochrechnungen tönen wirklich gut...


    Und wo seht ihr das Top beim POS, POG in diesem Jahr?


    Die Commercials haben ihre Short-Positionen noch nicht stark erhöht, ich denke, dass wir aktuell noch keine grössere Korrektur sehen werden, auch wenn viele hier auf gute Kaufgelegenheiten hoffen. Bleibe weiterhin mit Physischem und mit OS investiert.


    IMO 800 POG und 16 POS


    Wenn Iran dieses Jahr noch angegriffen wird dann 850 $ POS

    Wir koennen 600 HUI in 2008 erwarten :]


    Warum ?


    Runde Zahlen:


    HUI 2000 -2001 : (40 - 80)


    2001-2002 : (70 - 150)


    2002 -2003/4 : (125 - 250)


    2004 - 2006 : (200 - 400)


    2006 -2008 : (300 - 600) ?


    2008 - 2010 ( fast 1200) ?


    1.55 - 1.70 USD/EURO innerhalb 18 Monaten ?


    USX 0.72 in 2008 ?


    23 USD POS in 2008 ? ( 20 -30 $) Range und Endziel 70 USD in ??


    Warum ?


    Silber ist 70% unter dem ATH


    Gold ist 18% unter den ATH


    Silber ist nummer 1 return und hat potential von 40 USD


    Mal schaun :rolleyes:


    Gruss


    Eldo


    Hier Merriman:


    Longer-Term Thoughts


    So let’s talk about that. When are prices going to rise? When will we see signs of inflation starting to grow? And will it be gradual as we have complacently come to expect?


    If you ask people who trade precious metals, they will tell you that inflation is already here. If you ask people trading in soybeans, wheat, or crude oil, they will tell you the same. If you ask people in the currency markets, they will point out that the United States is for sale, and the dollar is rapidly losing is purchasing value. It’s just a matter of time before business leaders of the world will no longer want to accept payment of the U.S. dollar for its goods. Its days as the standard world currency are slowly fading into the sunset. And a generation after that may be the demise of English as the world’s standard language. One follows the other.


    On January 26, 2008, Pluto will begin a 15-year sojourn through Capricorn. It will conjunct the natal Sun and oppose the natal Pluto of the Federal Reserve Board chart, located at 1 and 0 degrees of Capricorn and Cancer respectively. It will also oppose the natal Venus-Jupiter conjunction located in the early degrees of Cancer in the United States of America chart. Venus rules a country’s currency, and Jupiter with Venus, its wealth. Pluto as a transit can pose a “threat” to the areas ruled by the planets it aspects.


    At the same time (2008-2009), Uranus will pass over 21 degrees of Pisces. Uranus rules the unexpected, and a time in a person’s life when things can spin out of control. Mr. Bernanke’s natal Moon is around 21 Pisces. His natal Sun and Jupiter are at 21 Sagittarius and Gemini respectively. That’s right: they are in a T-square, and Uranus is touching it off. By November of 2008, transiting Saturn will be at 21 Virgo, thus completing the grand square to his natal planets and transiting Uranus.


    So, does this suggest a period of slow, moderate growth, with inflation under control? I don’t think so. It may be fine for awhile, maybe into the first half of 2008.
    But once we get to late 2008 through 2009, inflation could grow like… why, wild fire!
    I wonder what our fire sign “men of action” will do then. Well, interestingly enough, Paulsen’s chart shows no great stress. His term is over, along with Mr. Bush’s. But Mr. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve, and the United States of America are another story. By that time inflation could be in the double digits, Gold could be in the 4 digits, and the DJIA could be in six digits.


    The best quote of the week comes from former FED Chairman Alan Greenspan in Tuesday’s “Wall Street Journal.” In his memoirs released this week, “Mr. Greenspan takes the President and Republican lawmakers to task for presiding over an explosion of federal spending. He also praised former President Bill Clinton’s stewardship of the economy, particularly his effort to slash deficits. ‘I think we’ve lost our way,’ Greenspan added. ‘I think that Bill Clinton was the best Republican president we’ve had in a while.’”


    http://www.mmacycles.com/weekl…nning-september-24,-2007/

    'Mandela is not dead


    '2007-9-21 14:42


    Johannesburg - Former president Nelson Mandela is alive and well after comments on Iraq by US President George W Bush appear to have been misunderstood, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said on Friday.


    "It appears that his statement has been misunderstood and we wish to assure everyone that Mr Mandela is alive and well and enjoying some rest and relaxation at his home in Johannesburg," said Achmat Dangor, chief executive of the foundation.


    On Thursday Bush was quoted by Agence France Presse as saying: "I heard somebody say, 'Now where's Mandela?' Well, Mandela is dead. Because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas." :D


    The comments came during a media briefing.


    Dangor, said, "We know that his statement was made in the context of the difficulty in finding Iraqis capable of resolving the conflict in their country."


    SAPA

    Cops monitor 2010 strikers :D


    2007-9-20 11:52J


    Police maintained a visible presence at the Green Point Stadium on Thursday where about 200 striking construction workers had gathered, Cape Town police said.


    "We are maintaining a visible presence to prevent the kind of violence we had yesterday.
    So far there has been no violence today, although about 200 strikers have gathered at the stadium," Senior Superintendent Billy Jones said.


    On Wednesday, a policeman was injured in a clash with striking building workers at the stadium.


    The workers are striking over travel allowances.


    The site was presently closed, said Pieter Cronje, spokesperson for the City of Cape Town's 2010 project team.


    "We expect work to begin again on Tuesday, after the public holiday," he said.


    The City of Cape Town saw the issue as a labour matter between the contractor for the stadium and the workforce.


    "We won't be intervening," Cronje said.


    The building of the stadium was on track, but time was precious.


    "The contractor and the strikers are meeting today and we're hopeful that if construction begins again on Tuesday that lost time will be made up," Cronje said.


    Green Point soccer stadium will be used during the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup. ;(


    SAPA

    Manuel: Metals boom won't last


    2007-9-21 12:50


    Johannesburg - Commodity-rich African countries should act wisely in order to benefit from the prevailing global boom for the sector, because it will not last, South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has warned.
    Manuel said in a speech at the University of Namibia late on Thursday that the current upswing in commodity prices would "stay in the short-to-medium term".


    "The current commodity super-cycle and boom has lasted for some seven years, and we cannot predict when the trend will be reversed," he said in the speech, posted on the South Africa Treasury website.


    Demand from growing economies such as China and India has pushed up prices for commodities like gold, platinum and oil, which Africa is rich in.


    Manuel said African countries had not fully taken advantage of commodity booms in the past, and warned:


    "To assume that current prices and the current boom phase reflects a permanent shift, rather than a temporary opportunity, would be a naive and risky approach.


    "If our analysis is correct, then the slump will come and it will bring with it a significant decline in commodity prices.
    This could spell disaster for many developing countries," Manuel added.


    Millions of people in mineral-rich African countries still live in poverty, with critics pointing partly to national governments' mismanagement.


    "The suggestion that commodity price upswings might be a curse and not a blessing is an uncomfortable reminder of our responsibility, now, to act wisely and prudently in the interest of future growth," Manuel said.


    Oil-rich African countries such as Angola and Nigeria have experienced unprecedented economic growth from the windfalls of international oil prices, which have risen to record highs.


    Reuters

    Lucky


    Gegen welche Waehrung ? USD :D leicht moeglich das er dort staeker wird.
    Was Euro und SFR angeht sehe ich den Rand fallen, mich wundert es sowieso das er so stark ist bei der Situation.
    Irgend jemand manipuliert diese Waehrung wie Gold auch manipuliert ist.
    Gestern sagte ich noch im Pub seit dem die schwarzen ueberall sitzen ist der Rand stark.
    Stellt ein paar von den in Eure Industrie und Politik vielleicht wird dann Eure Waehrung auch staerker. :D
    Die Chinesen werden eines Tages 5 millionen Menschen schicken die sie leicht entbehren koennen und den ganzen Laden uebernehmen wenn die schwarzen das Land komplett runiert haben und sich gegenseitig den Schaedel eingeschlagen haben.
    Sie sitzen schon in Swakopmund mit den ersten Beobachtern und leibaeugen mit Diamanten und Uran bei Roessing in der Nachbarschaft. :P
    Es geht ein Geruecht herum das Tabo Mbeki bereits milliarden von Rand aus dem Land geschafft hat und in Europa/Schweiz sich bald niederlaesst wenn er nicht mehr gewaehlt wird. Bei dem Waffendeal mit dem Ausland von 60 Mrd. Rand viel einiges in die Taschen der Politiker, jetzt fragen sich welche fuer was brauchen wir 5 U-Boote aus Deutschland mit hauptsaechlicher schwarzer Besatzung und keinen Feind. :D Wie auch immer, erstmal gehts noch weiter runter bevor es besser wird.
    Geh in den Zoo und oeffne alle Kaefige, dann hat man ein aehnliches Bild und Situation.


    MfG


    XEX

    Lucky


    Eine Hund habe ich keinen, wenn ich oder meine Freundin zum einkaufen fahren dann mit Auto von Tuer zu Tuer in der Hoffnung das auf dem weg zum shop oder home nichts passiert. Sicher man kann noch joggen und spazieren gehen aber darf sich nicht wundern wenn dann etwas passiert.
    Ausser Pfefferspray, einen elektro schocker habe ich nichts im Wagen.
    Meine Freundin hat ein Pfefferspray in der Handtasche, soweit zum Schutz draussen.
    Wenn irgend ein drama im shop oder am parkplatz sein sollte dann kann man nur mehr in Deckung oder besser rennen.
    Meine Schusswaffe bekam ich nicht mehr zurueck von der Polizei obwohl ich meine Unschuld und Notwehr im Gericht bewiesen habe.
    Wahrscheinlich hat schon ein anderer meine Waffe fuer 100 Rand im Township von der Polizei gekauft und benutzt die bald beim naechsten Verbrechen.
    Es ist bekannt das viele Schusswaffen verkauft werden aber unter Verlust oder Diebstahl gebucht werden.
    Ich hake auch nicht mehr hinterher denn wenn ich wieder in Notwehr schiessen muss dann gehe ich bestimmt in den Knast und werde abgestempelt das ich ein Rassist bin der gerne auf die armen schwarzen schiesst die mich bedrohen oder ausrauben wollen.
    Alarm mit armed response hat fast jeder, ohne dem schlaft man schlecht.
    Neben dem Bett wieder Pfefferspray, Baseballschlaeger, vielleicht kaufe ich mir noch ein Samurai Schwert um mich zu wehren.
    Wer schiesst ist automatisch schuldig, besonders wenn man das Opfer ist, sofort hat man eine Mordanklage egal wie die Umstaende waren.
    Ich habe nun die falsche Hautfarbe fuer RSA, die Apartheid ist nun umgedreht, so siehts im Endeffekt aus.
    Ich verstehe nicht das man trotz der Lage noch Touristen ins Land schickt und RSA mit Protea und Beach bei Euch Werbung macht.
    Wer nach RSA kommt muss sehr aufpassen und wissen wo er hingeht und sich bewegt sonst hat man Pech.
    Wie schon erwaehnt, ich kann mir nicht vorstellen das unter den jetzigen Umstaenden die Fussball WM stattfindet.
    Da fehlt es hinten und vorne und so viel ""Polizei"" :D hat man nicht um die Besucher zu schuetzen.
    Das ganz Rechtsystem bricht zusammen, wer hier als weissen mit der Polizei oder Gericht zu tun hat der hat schlechte Karten, sagte auch mein Anwalt der am liebsten Auswandern will.
    Die fischen von den Akten erst die weissen Angeklagten raus und handeln die ab, die andern bleiben am Fussboden oder verschwinden gleich. Schwarzer Richter oder schwarzer Staatsanwalt und es ist vorbei mit dem Beweis der Unschuld. Ich hatte Glueck das ich im Court B war und nicht im Courtroom A oder C sagte ebenfalls mein Anwalt.
    Die Verbrecher haben nun gruenes Licht vom Staat, daher steigt die Gewalt und Verbrechen da man keine Zeit und Mittel mehr hat die hinter Schloss und Riegel zu bringen. Aber wehe man ist ein weisser, der hat kein Recht Verbrecher zu sein.
    Wenn Mandela wieder Geburtstag hat dann laesst man wieder tausende schwarze Schwerverbrecher aus dem Knast die wieder zuschlagen und sich eins lachen ueber die 90% schwarze Polizei und ""Rechtssystem"".




    590 000 court cases 'drop away' 8o


    2007-5-29 19:37


    Cape Town


    More than half of the million cases that made it last year on to the rolls of South Africa's lower courts were withdrawn or struck off, said the Democratic Alliance on Tuesday.


    Speaking during debate on the justice department budget vote in the National Assembly, DA justice spokesperson Sheila Camerer told MPs that drastic action also was needed to reduce growing case backlogs.


    "Negative trends in South Africa's 2 000-odd court rooms include steadily growing outstanding court rolls - about 210 000 cases in the lower courts, as well as increasing backlogs.


    "(This includes) nearly 37 000 cases in the lower courts - that's cases more than 12 months old - and 20 000 cases in the regional courts, where most serious violent crime is dealt with," she said.


    Fall by the wayside


    Court sitting hours and case finalisation rates had dropped for three years in a row, and, generally, case cycle times had increased, in spite of the appointment of 260 court managers.


    "Conviction rates and the rate of settlement of cases by plea bargaining are both down, according to the National Prosecuting Authority, and appeals often take five years to finalise - far too long.


    "Perhaps the most worrying aspect of this poor performance is the large and increasing number of cases that make it to court, but then fall by the wayside.


    "Last year, about 590 000 of the million-odd cases enrolled in the lower courts, fell by the wayside because of withdrawals: a quarter of a million cases being struck off the roll; nearly 100 000 cases a non-appearance of the accused; and, about 150 000 cases where warrants of arrest were issued."


    The bottom line was "the courts are not well run", she said.


    'No plan in place'


    Among the reasons for such "dismal performance" was the large number of vacant posts in the department, as well as the "mismanagement" of the salaries of legal professionals within the department.


    "The huge increases given to magistrates last year has led to large numbers of prosecutors (the usual source of magistrates), deserting for the Bench because of the disparity."


    The department had identified the need to do something about this, but seemed to have no plan in place, she said.


    SAPA


    Und wenn Mandela wieder Geburtstag hat dann laesst man wieder tausende Schwerverbrecher aus dem Knast die wieder zuschlagen und sich eins lachen ueber die 90% schwarze Polizei und Rechtssystem.


    Gruss


    Eldo 8)

    Peter Grandich :


    Gold is in the process of backing and filling in a consolidation pattern, which we don’t believe will last too long.
    The next effort will be to breakout over $730 and up to the $760-$780 level, and then on to $850.
    When $850 is reached we will have completed phase one of the long-term gold bull market.
    The next phase will be to the $1,700 to $2,500 level. 8o

    'I am going to kill a white man


    '2007-9-20 10:31


    Port Elizabeth


    "I strangled him."
    "We strangled him."


    "Nigerians strangled him."


    "My co-accused and a friend strangled him."


    These were four versions of events that Natasha Dziwonu, 31, one the alleged killers of businessman Hein Nel, 26, had offered since her arrest.


    Dziwonu and Jongisizwe Mamase, 28, are accused of murder and robbery following Nel's death in October last year.


    Nel collected rent from Dziwonu, who rented his flat in Central, on October 6.


    She confessed initially


    "His body was found under a single bed in Dziwonu's bedroom two days later.


    The Port Elizabeth high court heard on Wednesday that Dziwonu had told inspector Jackie Grobler on the day of her arrest that she had strangled Nel.


    She later told Grobler she and her friends had strangled him.


    However, in a warning statement and a statement made in front of a magistrate, she indicated that two Nigerians had killed Nel.


    According to these documents, she heard Nel and two Nigerians arguing in front of her door on the day of Nel's murder. She opened the door.


    The two men, who had a gun, allegedly dragged Nel into her flat, tied his hands and feet with shoelaces and robbed him.


    They then covered him with a duvet, kicked him, strangled him with shoelaces and hid his body under the single bed.


    On Wednesday, she gave yet another version.


    For the first time she said Mamase and his "Xhosa-speaking friend" robbed and killed Nel.


    According to Dziwonu, Mamase and the friend were at her flat when Nel arrived. She allegedly handed the rent money to Nel, but before he could leave, Mamase and his friend grabbed him and threatened him with a knife.


    They tied him with shoelaces and robbed him.


    They then strangled him with a rope with which she had tied back the curtains, and hid his body.


    Mamase denied this testimony and said he only took part in the robbery, but left while Nel was still alive.


    Mamase's legal representative, James Reily, wanted to know from Dziwonu why she had changed her testimony.


    She said it was the truth, except for the part about the Nigerians.


    Phumeza Ntomi, one of Dziwonu's friends, testified on Wednesday that Dziwono had asked her on October 3 if she knew someone who could drive a car and had a gun.


    Dziwonu allegedly told Ntomi she was going to grab a white man, tie him up and kill him two days later.


    Die Burger

    Robbers hit Kruger Park


    2007-9-20 09:03


    Skukuza - Burglars have not only made off with a safe containing R300 000, they've also nabbed very expensive zebra skins and lots of expensive Scotch whisky from Skukuza.


    Apparently about seven burglars entered the Kruger National Park on Monday, the first day of Sanpark's national campaign to allow all South Africans free entry to the country's game reserves.


    They're thought to have hidden at the rest camp that night, before breaking into the shop at about 02:00 on Tuesday morning.


    Oubaas Coetzer, spokesperson for the police at Skukuza, said the burglars had cut a hole in the shop's thatched roof.


    Shootout with police


    They climbed along the beams onto fridges, where they ripped out the wiring of the alarm system and closed-circuit cameras.


    Several zebra skins, each priced at about R12 000, were stolen.


    Coetzer said clothing, expensive leather shoes and only the top liquor brand names were plundered.


    The thieves broke out the safe and took it along. The entire weekend's takings were in the safe, apparently to be banked on Tuesday.


    The thieves broke open the back door and loaded their loot into three vehicles.


    At the camp gate they overpowered two guards, tied them up and locked them in the guardhouse.


    The thieves then drove on to Kruger gate where they also overpowered the guards, and tied them up.


    At the gate the police found a computer and a ladder that were apparently in one of the vehicles.


    Coetzer said one of the vehicles had had an accident at the gate.


    "It would appear that some of the items fell off the vehicle in the accident," said Coetzer.


    Meanwhile the guards at Skukuza had freed themselves and contacted the police.


    While en route from Mkuhlu police station, the police came across one of the suspect vehicles about 20km from Kruger Gate.


    A gunfight broke out between the police and the suspected thieves.


    The suspects stopped next to the road and fled on foot.


    The police also followed a trail of oil drips from the vehicle that had the accident at the gate, to the nearby Trust Land.


    The vehicle was found later. None of the loot from the burglary was found in either of the two vehicles.


    Police think that one of the thieves was injured during the gun battle with the police, because fresh blood was found in the vehicle.


    Game Reserve spokesperson Raymond Travers said neither staff nor tourists were injured during the plundering.


    Meanwhile the reserve has stepped up security measures in the rest camps.


    Exactly two years ago armed robbers hit the same shop.


    Beeld