by Harvey Organ, Harvey Organ Blog:
GOLD UP $5.20 TO $1672.95//SILVER IS UP 10 CENTS TO $1960//PLATINUM IS DOWN $11.00 TO $907.40//PALLADIUM IS UP $47.90 TO $2171.65//JAPAN’S CENTRAL BANK INTERVENES TO STOP THE BLEEDING FROM A FALLING YEN//FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS THERE HAVE BEEN ZERO SALES ON THE 10 YR JAPANESE BOND//FRANCE NATIONALIZES A STRUGGLING NUCLEAR UTILITY//SWITZERLAND AND THE BANK OF ENGLAND RAISE RATES BY 75 BASIS POINTS//RUSSIA RESTRICTS YOUNG MEN FROM LEAVING THE COUNTRY AHEAD OF CALLUP OF RESERVISTS//UKRAINE THREATENS A JAIL SENTENCE OF 5 YEARS IF THEY VOTE IN THE REFERENDUM//RUSSIA WARNS THAT THEY MAY USE LIMITED NUCLEAR WEAPONS IF THEY DO NOT GET THEIR WAY//IRAN HAS THEIR 5TH DAY IN A ROW OF PROTESTS AS FEMALE CITIZENS ARE ANGRY AT PUNISHMENT FOR NOT WEARING A HIJAB
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Right now, most Governments do things that are commonly said to be evil when perpetrated by an ‘enemy’ country but which are simultaneously considered to be okay when one’s own Government does it. For example, the U.S. Government invaded Iraq in 2003 on the basis of 
The FOMC announcement was a big yawner, the dot plot wasn’t.
Russia’s recent “partial mobilization” will call up 300,000 military reservists who, over the next few months, will be trained and put into service in the ongoing conflict with Ukraine. It is now well known — although western nations continue to deny the obvious — that Ukraine’s military offensives are being run by NATO troops, using NATO satellites, training and gear. In essence, Russia is already fighting NATO in a continental war, and Russia realizes that western nations will not be satisfied with anything less than the complete obliteration of Russia as a sovereign nation.