"Show me your ways, O Lord, and teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth, and teach me: for you are the God of my salvation. Remember, O Lord, your tender mercies and loving kindness, as they have ever been of old."
Psalm 25:4-6
"'For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'
And they will ask, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?' Then he will answer, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'”
Matthew 25:42-45
"A new commandment I give you, to love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."
John 13:34
"There was a scholar of the law who had come to test him and said, 'Rabbi, what must I do to inherit eternal life?' and Jesus asked him, 'What is written in the law? How do you understand it?' The scholar replied, 'You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.' Jesus replied, 'You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live.'
But because he wished to justify himself, he asked Jesus, 'And who then is my neighbor?'
And Jesus replied, 'A man fell victim to robbers, as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho...'"
Luke 10:25-30
Stocks had their usual funny, highly contrived trading day.
Most of the action on the tape seems very 'handled.'
Gold was hit after a huge overnight spike up to a new near term record high.
Silver just meandered around. I think the physical delivery situation will sustain silver to a certain degree - because the Western central banks do not have any silver in their reserves to lend out at key moments.
The Dollar chopped around and ended mostly unchanged.
VIX dropped quite a bit. We are back into relative complacency.
If one ignores the sturm und drang of the contrived culture conflicts, it is difficult to understand who is really running things in the US political system, and why basic transparency and reform seem to be so illusive. contrived contrasts of the culture conflicts,
Here is an interesting discussion of the American political scene since WW II and the growth of the 'Deep State' for your weekend viewing.
Have a pleasant weekend.
