Stop obsessing about the
completely stupid encoded message transactions.

Let me return your attention to something interesting instead:
It seems likely to me that the
Really scary 100K transaction of not-so-impending doom from August 19 was
not sold,
but instead used to build the 100K BTC, Million Dollar Staircase we now see on Gox:

I have nothing to back this up, other than the fact that again, both the timing and the numbers seem to add up
very nicely.
When did the Million Dollar Staircase first pop up? How many BTCs was it originally built with? (Before the $10.20 spike damaged the lower steps.)
Does the Million Dollar Staircase belong to the owner of
1DkyBEKt5S2GDtv7aQw6rQepAvnsRyHoYM?
PS: If BTCST investors want
their Bitcoins back - don't wait around! Buy back a step of the stairs instead!