"Hell for all eternity, for so little in exchange. If there are damned souls in Hell, it is because men blind themselves.”
E.A. Bucchianeri, Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World, 2008
“When pride comes, then comes disgrace. But with disgrace comes humility, and with humility comes wisdom. The humility of the righteous will guide them, but the deceitfulness of the proud will destroy them."
Proverbs 11:2-3
"For to admit that the Reich was a lie, and a mistake, that they were fanatical fools, and Hitler an incompetent creature of evil would be to admit that one was wrong, a failure, and worse, had become an accomplice to an unimaginable evil. To accept that guilt, to admit one's complicity in such a horrendous assault on justice, to humble oneself and ask for forgiveness, would have taken a heroic act of self-awareness, humility and repentance.
And worse, for these fanatics, it would diminish their pride, which was at the foundation of the most fervent supporters of such flamboyant excess. That, and a desire to become beasts, to lose themselves in their mindless fanaticism, and escape the pain of being men. And so they struck out, and killed everything that held up a mirror to their darkened souls, and showed them that their pride was based on a lie."
Jesse, Seth the Arbiter of Chaos, 15 May 2018
“There are only two kinds of people in the end— those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.' All that are in Hell choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell.”
C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce, 1945
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Behold, your house is now yours, but is made desolate."
Matthew 23:37-38
Stocks turned around their early losses and managed to post a decent rally into the close.
This is all going to end in tears. Like most of the deceptions of madness.
Gold and silver were smacked lower, silver with some particular vigor, as a 'coda' to the recent futures option expiration on the Comex.
These fellows are not particularly clever or adept.
The Dollar bounced back a bit.
The US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is reportedly calling for a new 'Bretton Woods 2.0' agreement.
I think the BRICs will be an interesting nut to crack on that one, Scott.
But I am sure the imperial dependencies can be counted on to fall into line.
Madness.
Have a pleasant weekend.
