"You made this monster, and as long as things were going well you gave him whatever he wanted. You turned Germany over to this arch-criminal, you swore allegiance to him by every incredible oath he chose to put before you.”
Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen, Diary of a Man in Despair, 1947
"So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is a sin."
James 4:17
"I’m not against business, or profits, or becoming wealthy. I have no problem with people becoming billionaires—if they got there by winning a fair race, if their accomplishments merit it, if they pay their fair share of taxes, and if they don’t corrupt their society. But that’s not how most of the people mentioned in this book became wealthy. Most of them became wealthy by being well connected and crooked. And they are creating a society in which they can commit hugely damaging economic crimes with impunity, and in which only children of the wealthy have the opportunity to become successful. That’s what I have a problem with."
Charles Ferguson, Predator Nation, 2012
"If you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not act proudly and tell lies against the truth. This 'wisdom' does not come down from above but is worldly, unspiritual, and demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is lawlessness and every kind of evil."
James 3:14-16
"If there are damned souls in Hell, it is because men blind themselves.”
E.A. Bucchianeri, Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World, 2010
The big news in the markets is the remarkable rebound of gold and silver from the opportunistic decline managed by the Banks in the latter part of October.
Silver in particular is in a very strong bull market.
What do you think that global market participants are telling us with this resilient strength in the price of gold and silver?
The Dollar is muddling along.
VIX is sleepwalking along the rim of a volcano.
Bitcoin is still in harvesting mode, with the big market players shoving the price back and forth in a fairly well-defined trading range.
Hang on. It's going to be a rough ride.
“So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing which they conceal that will not be revealed, or hidden, that will not be made known. What is spoken in the dark will be heard in the light; what is whispered in the ear will be shouted from the rooftops." Matthew 10:26-27
Have a pleasant evening.
