“Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it.”
Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
24 February 2012
Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts
This was a relatively quiet day.
The silver shorts did not deliver a 'gut check' to the market as one might have expected.