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With gold hitting new all-time highs yesterday in dollars, euros and pounds, today King World News interviewed legendary trader Jim Sinclair and Dan Norcini to get their take on where things stand in the gold market. When Sinclair was asked about the action in gold he stated, “Gold at $1,764 is as important as gold at $524.90, and above $524.90 the gold market went into a runaway. It’s the exact same setup at $1,764, but having said that $1,764 should bring in some significant supply.
However, a move above $1,764 would be the equivalent of $524.90 in the sense that you would go from the runaway that was born at $524.90, into a hyperbolic market. The key to all of this is $1,764 and you will go above that level, but what that does is lock in five figures on the price of gold. A move above $1,764 brings into focus prices as high as $12,000, so we are are approaching the most critical milestone in the entire gold bull market.”
Apologies for my lack of podcasts lately. I’ve been terribly busy and haven’t been able to find time to get these pushed out. So instead of sitting on them any longer, I’m just going to release all of them now.
105 – Talking about the two BBC Series called “Survivors.”
106 – Community, not Commune.
107 – What I would do differently if I was starting my preps over again when I was younger.
108 – Talking about the National Geographic show on Doomsday Preppers.
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Why close the airspace? Especially if they keep telling us there’s nothing to worry about.
Another illustration on how you need to be able to take care of yourself and get your own information. Hopefully, the people living downwind of this plant aren’t being irradiated right now.
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Airspace Over Flooded Nebraska Nuclear Power Plant Still Closed
Power Plant Still Closed Ricky Kreitner | Jun. 15, 2011, 4:02 PM | 55,438 | 64 A A A inShare 139
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A fire in Nebraska’s Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant briefly knocked out the cooling process for spent nuclear fuel rods, ProPublica reports. The fire occurred on June 7th, and knocked out cooling for approximately 90 minutes. After 88 hours, the cooling pool would boil dry and highly radioactive materials would be exposed. On June 6th, the Federal Administration Aviation (FAA) issued a directive banning aircraft from entering the airspace within a two-mile radius of the plant. “No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM,” referring to the “notice to airmen,” effective immediately.
With the recent series of extreme disasters that we’ve been seeing around the world, now is a good time to update your preparedness plan and make sure you have a plan for even those events that aren’t likely to happen. Case in point, the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster that’s still happening in Japan and the “worst case scenario” tornado that hit Joplin, MO.
While some seem to ignore this basic fact, the earth has a history of cycles. Sometimes things are calm and sometimes things are chaotic. To me, it’s fairly obvious that we entered into a chaos period several years ago. The earth and sun go through cycles and these cycles manifest in ways we typically associate with everyday weather and sometimes as disasters: earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc. and, of course, climate.
In the past few years, we have seen more major disasters. Ten years ago, having a 9.0+ earthquake was extremely rare. Currently, four of “The Ten Largest Earthquakes Since 1900“ occurred in the past 7 years. We’re also seeing weather extremes that haven’t appeared since the first half of last century.
Looking at the list above, the four most recent earthquakes on the list above occurred, in reverse chronological order, in 2011, 2010, 2005 and 2004. The fifth oldest earthquake on this list occurred in 1965. The period from 1966 to 2003 was a calm period, as far as major earthquakes go.
When looking at these patterns, my concern is that it’s not just earthquakes that is changing, but other earth phenomenon, like tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, drought, etc.. A I write this, two tornadoes have hit Springfield, MA causing many injuries and extensive damage, according to initial reports.
It’s been mentioned in several recent podcasts, but it’s worth mentioning again. You should review your plans or thinking on what’s possible to occur where you live. If you’re not in an earthquake area, you should start thinking of what happens if an earthquake hits your town. If you live in an area that doesn’t normally get tornadoes or hurricanes, perhaps you live in a fringe area, you may want to brush up on what you’re going to do if one suddenly appears.
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