"There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas— every idea subverts the old to make way for the new. To shut off subversion is to shut off peaceful progress and to invite revolution and war...
All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out."
I. F. Stone
Stocks finished off a bit, and gold and silver gave back some of the gains from yesterday.
The FCC voted to overturn 'net neutrality.'
And so the third-worldisation of the US continues.
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) just said that the Dems 'do not need a message' for the 2018 mid-term elections. It is enough just to run on a referendum on Trump.
They'll never learn. Because they don't want to. It's the credibility trap.
Have a pleasant evening.
