American political corruption was the buying up of legislatures and assemblies to keep them from doing the people's will and protecting the people's interests; it was the exploiter entrenching himself in power, it was financial autocracy undermining and destroying political democracy."
Upton Sinclair, The Brass Check
"The media is plain stupid — quick to accept guidance from economists on Wall Street, for example, who have a vested interest in making everything wonderful."
John Crudele
"This is the revenge of reality."
Heinz Guderian, as quoted in Images of Kursk, July 1943
"If you have not chosen the kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead.”
William Law
Stocks were wobbly to gyrating this morning, but managed to stabilize and rise higher in very light first of the year volumes.
In the end, things are looking up and covid and its variants are no problem for the moneyed interests.
Everything is grist for their mill.
Gold and silver were mugged at the open.
The Dollar was higher.
Markets were acting like the yield curve will steepen and rates will rise-- except for stocks of course.
They're different this time.
A big chunk of physical gold took a walk in Hong Kong.
Have a pleasant evening.
