A Silver "Potato" Story and a Reno Invasion

Late last week, I watched as JP Morgan and a couple of other banks drove the price of gold and silver down as far they could before the Dec. delivery date.

It is so predictable.

It really pisses me off that not only do the CFTC regulators look the other way and absolutely refuse to stop this collusion- but that bankers like JP Morgan get free money via the Fed's counterfeiting  QE schemes... to screw us over with. Stealing our own money which they in turn use to take more money from us. You couldn't invent a scheme as perfect as that. Precious metals are the mortal enemy of our worthless dollar. Ultimately people will pile into precious metals because there will be no other way for people to preserve their wealth.

So I stumbled onto this piece on TF Metals site. It is a must read- especially for Idaho boys and girls.

It seems that Boise's favorite son and potato magnate,  JR Simplot, was driving the price of Maine potatoes down back in 1976. He was shorting the market. When JR couldn't deliver the underlying commodity- the exchange simply eliminated the market altogether. I found this to be a fantastic story. Not only did the market bail Simplot out, but as many of us know, Simplot won the contract to provide the french fries for the entire McDonald's chain. If memory serves me correct- all of that occurred at about the same time. So I guess not everyone winds up like the Hunt brothers.

Seems JR didn't like that potato competition. Like today's banks. http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/4348/simplot-scenario-silver

Idaho's current Governor, Butch Otter, was JR's son in law. JR let him run the Simplot company up until Butch dumped his daughter. That kind of changed things a shade, but Butch had already made his fortune when JR bounced him out. Funny how that shit works. I drive by JR's grave on Latah St. just about every day. Kinda weird. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Simplot

Tomorrow morning, I am headed for Reno and then Tonopah for a couple of days. I don't know what kind of connectivity I will have and I might just take a couple of days off. (or not) I'll be back this weekend.




Comments

Anonymous said…
The soloution is, buy the dips. Gold and Silver will breakout to the upside very soon.
Dealers have seen seven figure purchases since the election. The available supply is tightening. The powers to be cannot hold the beach ball underwater for ever.
December 4, 2012 at 6:52 AM
Anonymous said…
Brian, I absolutely believe J P Morgan and others are doing what you say. What I son't understand is why nobody has grought a class action contingency law suit against the bastards. There must be some hot shot ambukance chasers out there that would be glad to to take the case.
December 4, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Anonymous said…
Quick, hurry, hurry, sell all your gold it's going down to $1500 per ounce. Goldman Sachs announced Wednesday morning to all clients to sell their gold. The price is going down according to Goldman sachs because the economy is getting better and the Fed is going to reduce printing of money. If you want to verify these statements go to Zero Hedge.com Also anyone who is looking to sell gold feel free to place a contact number of e-mail address and I will buy your gold.
December 5, 2012 at 8:40 AM
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