I fooled myself. I had to. Everybody has to. If the good had been twice as good and the bad only half as bad, I still ought to have seen it. But I didn't want to see it, because I would have then had to think about the consequences of seeing it, what followed from seeing it, what I must do to be decent. I wanted my home and family, my job, my career, a place in the community.”
Milton Mayer, They Thought They Were Free, 1933-1945
"The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate themselves into the imagery of our consciousness, and the fabric of our lives, as not to be perceived as tyranny. The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominant political mythology."
Michael Parenti
“'I just got this down from upstairs — meaning the Secretary of Defense’s office— today.' And he said, 'This is a memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.' I said, 'Is it classified?' He said, 'Yes, sir.' I said, 'Well, don’t show it to me.'”
General Wesley Clark, Seven Countries in Five Years, 2007
"Be not deceived, for God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man sows, so shall he reap."
Galatians 6:7
"The wealth of another region excites their greed; and if it is weak, their lust for power as well. Nothing from the rising to the setting of the sun is enough for them. Among all others only they are compelled to attack the poor as well as the rich. Plunder, rape, and slaughter they falsely call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace."
Tacitus
Ladies and gentlemen, another intraday wash and rinse for the stock index option expiration.
The Dollar rocketed higher, and gold and silver were slammed.
Stocks plunged.
And by the end of the day everything was all flat again, except for gold and silver perhaps.
The VIX fell again into the diminished expectation of uncertainty.
There will be a precious metals option expiration this coming Tuesday the 25th on the Comex.
Need little, want less, love more. For those who abide in love abide in God, and God in them.
Beware the leaven of the Pharisees, which is a hollow, pretentious hypocrisy.
Have a pleasant weekend.
