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I wonder what that is all about. dkf Jan 2013 #1
Doesn't sound good whatever it is! Dont call me Shirley Jan 2013 #3
Trillion dollar platinum coins with a penny's worth of metal in them? Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #25
Hmm...yeah that sort of thing does not get us a vote of confidence. dkf Jan 2013 #26
$200 billions worth. dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #2
Sounds like a couple month's of our WARS. nt valerief Jan 2013 #11
How much you wanna bet it ain't there? Iggo Jan 2013 #4
I'm thinking that the Bush Crime family got their hands on that long ago. Just a hunch olddad56 Jan 2013 #5
I just seen too many "caper" movies. Iggo Jan 2013 #6
Thats the reason for repatriation dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #8
Wonder if they will accept a platinum coin instead. nm rhett o rick Jan 2013 #14
I'm sure they would, if the amount of platinum in it hughee99 Jan 2013 #18
Not what I meant. They are currently talking about minting a $1 trillion dollar platinum coin to rhett o rick Jan 2013 #19
I figured. I was just being a wise ass. hughee99 Jan 2013 #27
What? Why are word is our bond. Oh, wait, I bet they are pissed because we tried to sell rhett o rick Jan 2013 #29
Hah! Ghost Dog Jan 2013 #34
funny olddad56 Jan 2013 #20
Or open it and eat the chocolate. rhett o rick Jan 2013 #21
Whoa. zonkers Jan 2013 #28
Pirates november3rd Jan 2013 #7
Somalis probably can't make it... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #30
Much ado about nothing DFW Jan 2013 #9
Yep. eallen Jan 2013 #15
Thanks for being our man on the spot there, DFW. The USA lives on hysteria these days. freshwest Jan 2013 #16
Wasn't That Stuff in the WTC's Basement on 9/11? triplepoint Jan 2013 #10
It was in WTC 4 hack89 Jan 2013 #13
Possession is 9/10s of the law ... MindMover Jan 2013 #12
Kelly's Heroes, in reverse JBoy Jan 2013 #17
“We do not have the slightest doubt that our holdings...are also made up of the purest fine gold,” Purveyor Jan 2013 #22
Tungsten NCthraxman Jan 2013 #23
Do the Swiss or Japanese hold gold for anyone else? muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #24
The impression I got yesterday was that the bank bowed to public pressure dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #31
He who controls the spice controls the universe. lunatica Jan 2013 #32
Physical proximity and the idea of control Blandocyte Jan 2013 #33
The United States is still far ahead in terms of gold stocks Franker65 Jan 2013 #35
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