Dear CIGAs,

I am counting down the days to my 70th birthday this coming weekend.

My thoughts have been on what would be appropriate for a gold trader, gold explorer and now gold miner.

I used to relax flying twin, single, land and sea planes, as well as rotorcraft with turbine transition. In between, I raced a purpose built world challenge Mustang with 750HP, weighing a mere 2000 pounds.

That has led me to the perfect gift to me, by me. That is flying in an F-4 Phantom jet at mach 2 at 47,000 feet. I will let all you readers in Texas know when I am up in the air.

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Jim Sinclair’s Commentary

Which is better, the devil that you know, or the devil that you do not know? Which one do you keep closer?

Who are the Libyan rebels in the first place? They look a lot like mercenaries to me.

The results of this will be higher oil, higher gold, a lower US dollar, more Middle East dislocations and greater hatred for the US in that part of the world.

Cycles become meaningless when the bullets fly. We used to look before we leaped.

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