Well, it should be no surprise in the least that after maniacally capping gold and silver at their new "lines in the sand" at $1,330/oz and $22/oz, respectively, for the past week, they went into hyperdrive this morning - just a day after the strong March COMEX options closes, and three days before their respective "first notice days." Given exploding physical demand, including just 648,000 ounces of registered gold inventory, of which close to 500,000 are already spoken for, did anyone expect the Cartel to act any different than always?