In short, we have lost public control over the creation and distribution of our money, and it has fallen into the hands of very clever and determined people without conscience.

Stocks rallied hard in the morning but faded badly into the afternoon as the euphoria of Davos man returned to a more ordinary consideration of our circumstances.

Gold and silver gained back much of their early losses. The Dollar gave up much of its early gains.

"Gold is at all-time highs versus 2011 in: Aussie Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Euro, Pound, Yen and Rupee.It is ~ 20% below it’s all time high in US Dollar.Wait for it— When we take out $1,900 the world changes." - Lawrence Lepard

Things may not always be as they are portrayed for us. Let us just leave it at that for now.

I am informed that N95 and better filtration face masks do offer some protection from viruses. Not the ordinary surgical masks, however.

As you might expect there already has been a 'run' on face masks even here in the US. Some jokers have been buying them up in size, with intentions of selling them at usurious markups later on places like eBay and Amazon. Nice.

Never fear. I am sure Trump and His Merry Pranksters have a plan for protecting us all. Besides cutting funding for medicare and the CDC. 

Three of the four prosecutors in the Roger Stone witness-tampering and obstruction of justice case have resigned after political interference in the sentencing process.

There is a virtual riot of bad governance around the globe. Not only in the so-called third world, as is traditional, but in many of the developed nations, and especially among those that are no longer very developed, but are merely faking it.

One might say that lying and the breaking of oaths by the self-appointed elite has become fashionable. All the worst people are doing it.

And the contagion for this abuse of office is carried through force and example by the great empire of power-wielding sociopaths.

Things that have been hidden will be revealed.

Have a pleasant evening.

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