Quote from Ditch:
In recent months there's been suspicious action on several occasions. These assholes must think they are untouchable.
I concur. THe interesting thing is that it is not only Labor Department numbers, but lots of different sources. This suggests to me that the responsible persons are indeed above the law. I mean, let's face it. There are a few hundred individuals on this planet who can have anything they want. If they want Kerry to be president, Kerry will be president. If they want all Arabs exterminated, all Arabs will be exterminated. If they want a few trillion dollars, they just have governments raise taxes. And if one of them wants to amuse himself by taking a couple of hundred million out of the treasury futures market, then he can certainly do that any way he pleases. But why would he? If my theory is correct, then the individual(s) getting rich through these illegal activities are mere pawns. Maybe someone is threatening to buy a few hundred tonnes of gold, and the way to get rid of that guy is to give him some inside information and have him busted for it. This would seem more commensurate in the whole scheme of things. But then again, if that hypothetical guy is smart enough to hurt TPTB where it matters (i.e. has the will and the liquidity to buy tonnes of gold), why would he do stupid trades like this?
The bottom line is, who cares? All you should care about is your own bottom line. Just be sure not to take anything you read or see on TV at face value. But if you are reading this, you probably wouldn't have believed much of it anyway.
I still think it's possible someone with a little money and some decent connections is doing this simply to become even richer. In other words, TPTB have nothing to do with it (except of course they get half of any and all profits made by anyone involved), it is just one raw, stupid, "successful businessman", someone who dropped out of school before third grade, but was so "business savvy" that he made a few million bucks, and now he is trying to find out how far a little money can take him in a world full of employees who can barely read or write, but will do anything for a hundred grand. This "lucky neanderthal" theory is the one explanation that I personally find the most appealing. Let's just hope it goes to trial. I will happily miss Tom and Jerry, Stargate, and even Star Trek if they show that guy on a (so-called) news channel.
