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. "

Gray wolves are back on the endangered list

Gray wolves have been put back on the endangered species list.  "For these reasons, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction (dkt #2) is GRANTED. Endangered Species Act...

Will the Hunts buy silver again after selling Hunt Petroleum? « Peter J. Coo...

" Of course, the irony of the 1970’s episode may not have been lost on the next generation of Hunts. They did indeed select one of the best possible investment strategies for that decade, and if they had not gotten too greedy with margin trading their position would have...

Alaska hunters fret about polar bear ruling

Indigenous Alaskan hunters are worried about the US decision to list polar bears as a threatened species. They are concerned that they will not be allowed to hunt the animals that they rely on for food and...

AUSTRALIA: Email spy powers 'a licence for witch hunts'

Here we go again, with that fine line between good government and potential overbearing government, with the potential to spy on people's private emails  - the one and only true open source internet service we have. Our beloved Deputy Prime Minister Julia Dillard has me...

Wisconsin hunter bags deer with 7 legs

"FOND DU LAC, Wis. - Rick Lisko hunts deer with a bow but got his most unusual one driving his truck down his mile-long driveway. The young buck had nub antlers — and seven legs. Lisko said it also had both male...

How Low Will Home Prices Go?

"My younger sister Melissa and her husband Joe are ready to move. Today the couple live in an apartment in New Jersey just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. At 33, Melissa's had it with city life, tired of dragging bags of groceries up steep flights of stairs,...

This Star Search Hunts for Trees Worthy of Memorial

MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP, N.J., Nov. 17 — From the gently inclined open field at Back Bone Hill and Stillhouse Roads, ground zero is 38 miles away. Thirty-eight miles and three years.This is the field where 380 swamp...

Iraq hunts for kidnapped Westerners - The Australian

" By Karim Jamil in Basra SECURITY forces are hunting for two Westerners kidnapped in southern Iraq after an American hostage was reportedly killed but two others rescued. Four US citizens and an Austrian, working as security guards for a Kuwaiti company, were kidnapped on...

Queen Elizabeth hunts for royal IT chief

Buckingham Palace is hunting for a technology director to look after Queen Elizabeth II's computer systems across the Royal Household. The post comes with a salary of 70,000 to 80,000 pounds (about $132,000 to $ 151,000) per year. The new director of IT and telecommunications...

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