The Real World News and Commentary – October 25, 2012

The moment that the EU no longer threatens our laws, our parliament, our democracy, and our way of life – that is to say, the moment we take the stone out of our shoe – almost all hostility will drain away.

We can all become lovers of Europe again. Good fences. Good neighbours.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100020923/britain-has-left-the-european-union-in-all-but-name/

Der Spiegel: Federal auditors call for inventory of German gold reserves

http://www.gata.org/node/11854

Cash-strapped Cyprus plots Russian exit from austerity

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeffrandall/9625571/Cash-strapped-Cyprus-plots-Russian-exit-from-austerity.html

Yesterday’s top story: What is China really doing in the gold markets?

http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page72068?oid=160593&sn=Detail&pid=92730

Chinese Gold Imports Through August Surpass Total ECB Holdings, Imports From Australia Surge 900%

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-21/chinese-gold-imports-through-august-surpass-total-ecb-holdings-imports-australia-sur

The Economic Singularity By John Mauldin

http://dailyreckoning.com/the-economic-singularity/

The Economic Singularity, Part II By John Mauldin

http://dailyreckoning.com/the-economic-singularity-part-ii/

A former John Deere dealer bought the 80-acre farm plot at a stunning price of $10,600 per acre. Mr. Huntrods had thought it would fetch less than $9,500 per acre.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49518471//

Germany getting suspicious about gold to the point of taking action

http://www.gata.org/node/11848

German gold report reveals secret sales that likely were part of swaps

…the powerful implication here is that German gold in London was sold at the behest of the United States and in exchange Germany took title to United States gold vaulted in the United States — or title to gold supposedly vaulted in the United States. This way the Bundesbank could continue to claim ownership of the same amount of gold without lying, at least not technically.

As for the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department, when you rig every market you can’t worry so much about lying.

http://www.gata.org/node/11851

The Not So Funnies

http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/sites/default/files/resize/Praise the Lord-465×348.jpg

http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/sites/default/files/resize/Ramirez_15-461×309.jpg

Exclusive: Turkish gold trade booms to Iran, via Dubai

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/10/23/us-emirates-iran-gold-idINBRE89M0SW20121023?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+reuters/INlifestyle+%28News+/+IN+/+Lifestyle%29

Ron Paul: Iran Sanctions = Act of War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIO-4v8qpYc

Military Industrial Complex

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUXtyIQjubU

Gran Torino – Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ecW-d-CBPc