“If we go as far as we can into the darkness, regardless of the consequences, I believe a midnight truth will free us from our bondage to violence and bring us to the light of peace.”
James W. Douglass, JFK and the Unspeakable
"The way we may be sure that we know him is to keep his commandments. Whoever says, 'I know him,' but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps his word, the love of God is truly perfected in him. This is the way we may know that we are in union with him: whoever claims to abide in him ought to live as he lived."
1 John 2:3-6
"Watch therefore and pray always, that you may escape all these things that will come to pass, and be among those standing with the Son of Man.”
Luke 21:36
"Along the road to Damascus the light shone brightly. But afterward Paul of Tarsus, too, was sore afraid. He feared that other Caesars, other prophets, might one day persuade men that man was nothing save a servant unto them, that men might yield up their birthright from God for pottage and walk no more in freedom.
Then might it come to pass that darkness would settle again over the lands and there would be a burning of books and men would think only of what they should eat and what they should wear, and would give heed only to new Caesars and to false prophets. Then might it come to pass that men would not look upward to see even a winter's star in the East, and once more, there would be no light at all in the darkness."
Vermont C. Royster, In Hoc Anno Domini, December 24, 1949
“Awake, arise, or be for ever fallen”.
John Milton, Satan Summons His Legions, Paradise Lost
"Let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not return to the city. For this is the time of chastisement in fulfilment of all that has been written."
Luke 21:21-22
Stocks rallied hard into the close.
Gold drifted slightly higher, while silver was smacked back down again.
The VIX is off in the weeds.
FOMC tomorrow.
CPI data in the morning.
Whipsaw watch.
Have a pleasant evening.
