An interesting article just posted on the site of "Soverign Man" titled "How bankrupt governments will confiscate your gold". http://www.sovereignman.com/ Step 1 fits in with the observation I was trying to make about squeezing the line of access to gold. Step 2 seems obvious with the current correction in PMs With Step 3, I don't think its only "terrorism" that may be linked to Gold. I wouldn't be surprised to see the US dominated western media outlets start trying to push a view that it is somehow China's fault that the US economy and US$ are in jeapody with that line of B/S somehow linking China building up its gold reserves with China's calls for a New world reserve currency.