TIDBITS: THIS WEEK’S HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Well, you may have gathered from this previous week's blogs, that I didn't say one word about the American presidential and federal (s)elections. That it's because I didn't get tons of emails about them, but rather, because I just couldn't resist the other stories. But this week's honourable mentions include quite a few election-related stories, and a few that are not. Again thank you all who take the time to send articles and stories. This week's thanks for the following stories go to T.S., E.G., V.T., G.B., E.E.,
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Large Hadron Collider Breakthrough: Quantum Entanglement Like Never Before
Is anyone getting that Ronald Reagan deja vu sense that we've been here before?"
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Aborted Be careful what you wish for
German Government Collapses As Mass Strikes Grind Economy To A Halt
Notre Dame welcomes arrival of 3 new bells as cathedral reopening nears
Gold Gone AWOL? The Curious Case Of Foreign Central Banks' Gold Stored In Canada
Swiss researchers find unwanted CRISPR side effects
Scientists Are Investigating a Puzzling Underground ‘Anomaly’ Near the Giza Pyramids
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Regarding gold holdings, it is notable that the weight of gold held at the Bank of England has increased significanlty over the past 12 months. This graph shows the gold holdings.
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/gold
Also, note that the gold bars that are held must meet certain minimum fineness and weight. A typical gold bar weighs around 400 troy ounces (12.4kg).
Reading the Zero Hedge article, it doesn’t say why some Central Banks would choose the Bank of Canada to store their gold, rather than use the the far bigger and longer established Bank of England or New York Federal Reserve Bank.
I’ve known for quite some time that the Bank of Canada had sold off its gold reserves through several successive governments, but I had no idea any foreign gold was stored there. I wouldn’t bet one penny that any of it is still in existence. At least not an that location or any other close by. What a quaint little ‘out of the way’ hideaway to store it. Oh well, Canada has always been great at projecting it’s ‘ain’t I a good little boy’ persona to the rest of the world.