for the folks that actually had a life this weekend. here's a quick summary of the weekend posts pertaining to venezuela and mining.

1. china is providing venezuela with $20bil in "soft loans"...

2. according to chinese media, some of this money is destined for the ven mining industry.

3. jose khan announced the impending creation of a venezuelan gold industry corporation. complete with a state assay office and some type of "jewelry dept?" in the bolivar state...

4. GW is convinced "the man" is going down and gold will hit new highs..

5. EZ and cjr are racist pigs...

6. rmbonger will probably be re-joining us...

7. i probably forgot some good stuff, but thats the basics...