I found this article linked at The Drudge Report: Food Prices Rise to Near-Record as Inflation Accelerates [1]
John R. recommended a piece by Martin A. Armstrong: The Next Wave [2]
B.B. sent this: Mexican Central Bank Quietly Buys 100 Tons of Gold [3]
Jim Rogers: Oil Price Will Keep Rising; Silver to Fall [4]
Debt-Ceiling Brinksmanship: Treasury Will Hit Legal Limit When It Borrows $13.86 Billion More [5]
Items from The Economatrix:
Any Chance of Gold Confiscation? [6]
Precious Metals vs. The USD [7]
10 States Where Pensions are Running Out of Money [8]