Hi gwr1 et.al.

Question one:

Has anyone ever seen the "shell game"?

You know, "find the peanut under the shell?"

Without any kind of audit, this is how the gold vaulting process feels.

Seems that the PTB can say whatever they like and the "shills" follow their rantings.

On a side note, isn't that what happened after 9/11?

Question two:

If Italy is in such poor financial shape, why does it still retain ownership of a large supply of gold, or has the ownership been relinquished in exchange for IMF and EU bailout funds?

Guess we'll never know (because we're too ignorant to understand how TPTB work internally?)

"We live in interesting times"

Good Luck to all!