CNN Smears Those Who Question the Corporate Media Narrative as 'Extremists'

I find it a disturbing trend that the corporate media continues to attack alternatives to their attempts to manufacture consent, lumping them all together as 'extremists.'   That is a smear tactic, and it is being used to defend the corporate narrative from questioning.

Was this intentional fear-mongering, or just their usual sloppy reporting? I don't think they care one way or another.  And this appears to be a trend among the corporate media mouthpieces.

But at any event, this is a truly disgraceful example of 'journalism' and upholding freedom of the press. 

And it fits all too well with the DNC establishment's lawsuit against Wikileaks for daring to engage in journalism.  If the Democratic bosses are so concerned about how they lost the last election they should sue themselves for being almost shockingly out of touch with their base and the electorate.

These are fine examples of the credibility trap in action.  And if unchecked it lends itself to paranoia and retributive persecution against any and all dissent.

Caring Corrupted

"The perpetrators were scholars, doctors, nurses, justice officials, the police and the health and workers’ administration.

The victims were poor, desperate, rebellious or in need of help. They came from psychiatric clinics and childrens hospitals, from old age homes and welfare institutions, from military hospitals and internment camps.

The number of victims is huge, the number of offenders who were sentenced, small."

Commemorative Tablet, Tiergartenstraße 4, Berlin


"But as Solomon said, wisdom enters not into a malicious mind, and science without conscience is but the ruin of the soul."

François Rabelais


"The inability to identify with others was unquestionably the most important psychological condition for the fact that something like Auschwitz could have occurred in the midst of more or less civilized and innocent people.

What is called 'fellow traveling' (collaboration) was primarily business interest: one pursues one’s own advantage before all else and, simply not to endanger oneself, does not talk too much. That is a general law of the status quo."

Theodor Adorno


"The U.S. has the most dysfunctional healthcare system in the industrial world, has about twice the per capita costs, and some of the worst outcomes."

Noam Chomsky


"The system continues unchanged since what dominates are the dynamics of an economy and a finance that are lacking in ethics.  It is no longer man who commands, but money, money, cash commands.  Men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption...In this way people are thrown aside as if they were trash."

Francis I

Power and money have been the two great corrupting influences on mankind throughout history.  We are not immune to this, although we like to think that we are just that much different, and better.

Competency without conscience is especially pernicious in the professional classes, which can come to consider themselves above the conventional restraints suitable only for the common people.

They thereby become more vulnerable to pride, and privileged judgement, and greed made virulent by indifference, and all the evils that thereby follow.

Stocks and Precious Metals Charts - Quiet Stock Option Expiration

It was a bit of a 'risk off' day today, as stocks were showing weakness from the open.

AAPL was leading equities lower, based on reports of slowing orders from their supply chain.

The 10 Year Treasury Yield climbed again today finishing up around 2.96.

The US Dollar Index finished higher at 90.30.

The stronger dollar contributed to weaker prices for gold and silver priced in dollars.

Silver did manage to hang on to the 17 handle.

I have included the economic calendar for next week.

Have a pleasant weekend.