Is Jim McTague aware that gold has been in a bull market for the last 10 years and that Ron Paul predicted the housing collapse, the plunging dollar, and most obviously, the rise of precious metals?

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Obviously, the prospect of inflation caused by Quantitative Easing (QE) drove precious metals higher.

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Obviously, the soft tissue decayed long ago, and the skull itself is too precious to cut open.

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