Got gold?Mission Control must be working like the devil on gold today but can only get it down a few bucks on options expiry. In the good old days $20 was no problem. Theyre doing a little better with silver because the desperation is greater but then, there are those billion ounces at JPM. So, Venezuela is flying its central bank gold to UAE. Can you imagine the pressure behind the scenes for the US to get its hands on that? Every scrap of the real stuff is coveted now. With 200 to 1 leverage, they can fix the futures markets for a while yet methinks. On the other hand, Russia and China might have an interest? Hmmmm. Guess the masters of the petro dollar will be doing a lot of negotiating. With China closed next week it could get interesting.