"Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers, with approving smiles."
Simone Weil, Lectures on Philosophy
"Woe to those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter."
Isaiah 5:20
"The truly hysterical part of this cycle is still approaching, and it may get quite a bit worse when it does. Paranoia is almost a given when the exceptional fail spectacularly. There may be blood, if history is any indication, and a great deal of propaganda and distorted information spread by the money masters, without doubt.
Those who have gone before us have stood on similar ground, over and over again. And now it is our turn."
Jesse, Keep the Faith, 7 July 2017
"One great power of sin is that it blinds men so that they do not recognize its true character. God has no pleasure in afflicting us, but He will not keep back even the most painful chastisement if He can but thereby guide His beloved child to come home."
Andrew Murray
"The more a thing may disappoint them, the more it may be proven false, the more readily it is debunked and shown to be a falsehood, or even evil, the more strongly some will embrace it, as if by sacrificing their own integrity, and perhaps even their souls, for something so unworthy will silence the criticisms and redeem it. Pride is the mother of all sin. This is the descent into hell. This is the unwillingness to let go of the lie, for the sake of pride and its power, and cling to evil as it draws one into the abyss."
Jesse, Seth, Arbiter of Chaos, 15 May 2018
"Faith in the dawn arises from the faith that God is good and just. When one believes this, he knows that the contradictions of life are neither final nor ultimate. He can walk through the dark night with the radiant conviction that all things work together for good for those that love God. Even the most starless midnight may herald the dawn of some great fulfillment.
The dawn will come. Disappointment, sorrow, and despair are born at midnight, but morning follows.”
Martin Luther King, A Knock at Midnight, February 11, 1962
As you probably already know the Non-Farm Payrolls report came in on the hot upside this morning.
The Dollar rocketed higher.
Stocks ended up rallying today, which was a bit of a surprise.
Gold and silver were back in rally mode.
VIX fell.
Let's see how next week goes.
Biden's lack of leadership and diplomacy befitting one of the leaders of the Western world is notable.
But his felonious opponent is distasteful to the extreme.
We seem to be faced with Hobson's choice once again in this election year.
I don't have a problem voting my conscience independently. I have been doing it for quite a few years.
And I have stopped watching the network news programs for the most part except for some local shows.
As a people we deserve better.
We had the first earthquake of significance here in NJ and the Philadelphia-NYC metroplex in many, many years.
Nothing broken.
Except our hardened hearts.
Have a pleasant weekend.
