Banks are the new Hunts: highly bullish short position for silver! « Peter J...

"Silver investors owe a serious debt of gratitude to Theodore Butler for alerting the US regulators to the manipulation of the silver market in August by two major banks in one of the most blatant actions since the days of the Hunt Brothers in the 1970s. "

Best outlook for silver since the days of the Hunt brothers « Peter J. Coope...

"Not since the Hunt Brothers tried to corner the silver market in the late 1970s has there been more dramatic news for silver prices than last week’s confirmation from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission enforcement division is investigating the silver market."

Silver market fixing under official investigation « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"This is potentially the biggest thing to hit the silver market since the Hunt Brothers tried to corner the market in the late 1970s. Once the short positions are removed then the upside for silver is parabolic. "

Inflation will follow Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae bail out « Peter J. Cooper...

" Yet we should all be relieved at one level: the US has chosen to go down the path of 1970s style inflation, rather than 1930s style deflation. The alternative route of letting banks fail produced the Great Depression of the 1930s and nobody wants to make that mistake again."

Australian ex-priest faces 90 sex assault charges

It is difficult to belive that a priest could be involved in assault charges but a 65 yrs old Australian former catholics priest have been charged with 90 sex assault cases. The former Roman Catholic priest was already facing dozens of charges  of same nature....

Orphaned children in care abused, beaten

Sad facts in state orphanages and foster homes...nearly half of the children said they have negative experience in care. " VULNERABLE children in Victorian state institutions were treated "as things, not human beings", a disturbing new report reveals. Children were...

Black Monday, all eyes on Western markets « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"Some have interpreted remarks by the European Central Bank chief Jean Paul Trichet last week about raising interest rates as similar to comments from the Bundesbank which triggered the 1987 dollar and equity crash. Last Friday’s oil price surge has echoes of the 1970s and...

Polonium-210 one of world's rarest elements

"LONDON, England (AP) -- Polonium-210 -- the radioactive substance used to poison a former Russian spy in London -- is one of the world's rarest elements, first discovered in the 19th century by scientists Marie and Pierre Curie.  It is highly lethal when ingested, and...

Cat Stevens releases first album since embracing Islam in 1970s (AFP)

" LONDON (AFP) - Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Cat Stevens before he became a Muslim in the 1970s, has released his first commercial album for nearly three decades. "An Other Cup" went on sale in...