Apparently, the world's leaders weren't getting the message from Imperial HQ: Sit down, Shut up and Do what you're told!
Here, Putin and the foreign minister of Namibia complain about the "cold-blooded killing" of Gaddafi. Of course, the surface criticism is supposed to be directed toward the rabble who carried out the final, bloody mess but the subtext is criticism of the "hidden hand"... the drone strike, the black ops kill team who was almost certainly shadowing the whole operation from a helicopter just over the horizon, and the intellience operative(s) who filmed the killing
Putin and others are loosening their chafing collars a bit after this killing. Gaddafi had apparently been doing everything "by the book"... condemning terrorism, taking "steps" to open to free trade, and so on. But whatever he was doing for the cameras was not enough. Either he disobeyed a direct command from On High or he was just the last victim of the Arab spring sweep which was intended to reset the puppet dictatorships of North African Arab countries, for whatever yet-to-be-revealed reasons the One-Worlders have.
My (conspiracy) theory is that this is part of the "abort mission" that was initiated with the "killing" of Osama bin Laden and resulted from the failure of the 2009 Copenhagen summit. These Arab dictatorships were a mainspring of anti-American terrorism (American-propped dictators have a way of engendering strong anti-American feelings) but terrorism is no longer a useful narrative. It's been a decade and 9/11 has lost much of its psychological power. I believe we are seeing a full reboot of whatever nefarious plans were started in 2001. Of course, the economy remains in total devastation but that's something The Powers That Be could fix almost overnight, and they know it.
2012 is definitely an inflection point. In fact, the Elites have been drumming up 2012 (even making a movie about) for a long time, just like they did Y2K. We'll just have to wait and see what new evil 2012 brings us... in the meantime, I just hope that the schemes of the schemers are failing. I think that by mid- to end-summer next year, we will definintely know whether the Elites are planning some kind of jujutsu move to press on with World Government faster than ever before, or if my theory is correct that this is some kind of Abort Mission.
The implications to gold/silver/etc. prices are important. If this is an Abort Mission, then they may be trying to drive gold into a speculative bubble that they can burst at the time of their choosing. I can't say that that's the case, at this point, my only point is be aware and keep your eyes on th headlines. Never forget that gold, like oil, is a political commodity and careful observation of deep politics (what's actually going on in the world, not just the headlines) is crucial to avoid being burnt in gold investment. If you had bought gold right at the peak in 1980, you would have lost a great deal of your wealth so, no, gold is not always a bargain.
Clayton -
Clayton:Of course, the economy remains in total devastation but that's something The Powers That Be could fix almost overnight, and they know it.
Fix it for whom, exactly? As far as I can tell, what you refer to as "fixing the economy" would leave The Powers That Be in absolute ruins. That alone seems to be sufficient reason for them to do the exact opposite.
My worry is that The Powers That Be will become desperate enough to go "all in" to try to hold onto things. In so doing, I think they could literally take down the entire world with them.
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Elites are moving into precious metals (although they may deny it in public). As soon as they and The Powers That Be are in position, then they could revert to a precious metals standard that would make the precious metals they own have even more purchasing power. Meanwhile, everyone else will be stuck in dollars/euros/etc., bonds, and other paper assets and get wiped out.
They could "fix the economy" as long as they are in position to benefit from it more than the masses.
To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process. Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!" Stephan Kinsella: "Say you and I both want to make a German chocolate cake."
http://m.worldstarhiphop.com/video.php?v=wshhwhraM4UQ7MvsR60y
I think this might have some truth to it.
Also, I think that The Powers That Be may be taking down precious metals periodically to give the Chinese opportunities to exit US bonds and dollars. I wouldn't be surprised if the Fed and its pawns (the big banks) do this as a way for the US government to pay back the money it owes China (and everyone else). Then, perhaps, once the Chinese are out US bonds and the masses are fully in them, then the US government could default.
Fix it for whom, exactly? As far as I can tell, what you refer to as "fixing the economy" would leave The Powers That Be in absolute ruins. That alone seems to be sufficient reason for them to do the exact opposite. My worry is that The Powers That Be will become desperate enough to go "all in" to try to hold onto things. In so doing, I think they could literally take down the entire world with them.
"They" have been running the central banking racket since the early 18th century (Bank of England founded 1694) and really much longer than that if you think of coin debasement as "primitve central banking." They've crashed the economy again and again while growing wealthier each time. They will not experience any losses no matter what happens to the economy. The losses are borne by the taxpaying public. What they can do is lead the public to believe things are going great while they go short and then intentionally crash the economy or, on the reverse, lead the public to believe the world is ending while they buy up everything in sight making the rest of us look like fools once the panic blows over. Either way, they end up holding more and more wealth.
The US government is on the brink of fiscal collapse. This is not the slightest worry to the Elites... if anything, it's good news because it will whip the bureaucracies and teach them who's really boss. Those who still have money and wealth when the economy has crashed and government revenues have gone zilch will call all the shots. The Elites are more than happy to crash an economy and bankrupt a government in order to teach them to Get In Line and Do As You Are Told.
Look further behind the curtain.
@Muffinburg:
The US government will never officially default. They will print the debt to oblivion.
You are right that the elites are exiting paper but I think that doesn't portend an end to paper money... in the end, they still profit more from having a paper money because each national government and its ecosystem of Ruling Elites can use that paper money to pluder the masses with. The run for the exits has more to do with the breakdown of monetary union. In order for monetary union to occur, everyone must bring their assets together in the new fake money. What's happening instead is that the Euro is falling apart and the "global currency" talk that was being floated late 2009 through mid-2010 has disappeared from the news.
So, I see this as a breakdown of a proposed global monetary union (which was to have been ushered in via the economic crisis and cemented with a global carbon tax), resulting in reversion to national fiat paper with the respective elites building their defenses against currency imperialism (specifically, dollar imperialism) by hunkering down in commodities.
It appears to me that the current crisis in the Euro is, paradoxically, caused from the US. Greece and Italy - the two biggest lead-weights in the Euro - were both heavily US-influenced countries... particularly compared to France or Germany. It looks to me like whoever runs the dollar is trying to bust the Euro. I see this as evidence that there is a silent currency war underway, just as there is a silent war over oil (who controls it and whether it is subjected to carbon caps, "green" regs, etc.)
If the US gov't stopped its shenanigans cold turkey (something like the Ron Paul plan), the dollar would literally snap back and gold would go off a cliff. It wouldn't return to pre-2008 levels, to be sure, but we're a very long ways above 2008 gold prices. You think the Elites were "overruled" by company man Paul Volcker, who was plugged in to every Elite circle there is to be plugged into?? You think the Elites were "forced" to cut back military spending after WWII?
The Elites don't care that central planning doesn't work but that doesn't mean that they're dupes who actually believe that it could work, if only done right. In fact, the Elites understand better than anyone else possibly could that central planning doesn't work. They've been doing it for centuries. It's not that they're dumb, it's just that they don't care. They enrich themselves at our expense. That's what they do. Pretending to do it "for the common good" is just the same damn lie they've been repeating since the at least the dawn of history.