"Hell for all eternity, for so little in exchange. The gates of Hell are terrible to behold, are they not? The lofty mind of man can be imprisoned by the artifices of its own making. If there are damned souls in Hell, it is because men blind themselves.”
E.A. Bucchianeri, Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World, 2008
"The dangers of fascist politics come from the particular way it dehumanizes segments of the population. It limits the capacity for empathy among citizens, leading to the justification of inhumane treatment, from repression of freedom, mass imprisonment, and expulsion to, in extreme cases, mass extermination."
Jason Stanley, How Fascism Works, September 2018
"We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. It is not merely that at present the rule of naked force obtains almost everywhere. Bully-worship has become a universal religion."
George Orwell, Review of Bertrand Russell's Power, 1939
"What is the good of saying you are on His side, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream. For it will be God without disguise; so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love or irresistible horror into every creature. It will be too late then to choose your side. It will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realised it before or not."
C. S. Lewis, The Case for Christianity, 1944
"And because of the increase in lawlessness, the love of most will grow cold. But those who stand firm to the end, will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the world as a witness to all nations. And then the end will come."
Matthew 24:12 -14
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Behold, your house is now yours, but is made desolate."
Matthew 23:37-38
Stocks were a bit wobbly today, digesting their recent parabolic gains.
VIX continues to drop into relative complacency.
The Dollar has slipped off the 98 handle.
Silver staged an impressive rally today, gaining back all of its recent losses.
Gold remains political, as it is a genuine currency held by the world's central banks, whose role is evolving.
The hegemon views it unfavorably, because it is beyond its obsessive control.
But the world is now multi-polar, and the times they are a-changin'.
Donnie is meeting with Putin this week.
I think Putin has a very clear and oft stated set of conditions and objectives.
Donnie is transactional, and wants to come away with a big headline, either with a cash number associated with it, or a peace deal to further his Nobel aspirations.
I don't think he can forge a true peace deal. Europe and the Ukraine are sticking points in this.
So let's make a deal.
Anything for a headline that distracts from the ongoing Epstein scandal.
It's most likely worse than you think.
And the credibility trap demands it is not likely to see the light of day.
But for the cultists, real things don't really doesn't matter.
Each cult forges its own rules.
For some, murder is not murder, even on a grand and open scale.
And for the cult that enables the grifters, everything is doubt and deflection.
There is a great temptation to abuse power for those in high places.
These days it is au courant for the superior class to give in, as a validation of their exceptional privilege.
All the finest people are doing it.
Have a pleasant evening.
