As I mentioned on Friday morning, despite the awful jobs numbers it was likely that the stock markets would find support into the FOMC meeting, which is tomorrow. I also suggested that despite the moves higher, gold and silver would be capped going into this meeting. Check and double check.
The story being promulgated by the oligarchs, with a strong lead from Robert Rubin and friends, is that the economy is doing well on its own and recovering, and no stimulus is required, except for tax cuts for the wealthy and for corporations.
This is America today, and that theme utterly dominated the conversation on Bloomberg television with hardly a dissenting voice from any of the guests.
Even the NY Times can only manage to squeeze out a piece of corporatized news such as this, The Rise of the Perma Bears.
Every empire in its official discourse has said it is not like the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest 'mission civilisatrice.' Edward W. Said