"[Hillary] Clinton tells Maddow that she [Hillary] was an obstacle to Russia's plan to undermine our democracy, and suggests we should be scared of the Kremlin's grand designs. The lengths these people will go to protect their privilege and deflect from their own failures is staggering, and a real threat...

I've said that Russiagate is an act of elite projection. For example: we hear endless warnings that the Russians seek to undermine confidence in US democracy. But what is the impact of Dem elites, like Clinton, proclaiming that 'the legitimacy of our elections is in doubt'?"

Aaron Maté

"The lady doth protest too much methinks".

William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love”. 

Voltaire

The question is not who is worse, and who would be the most damaging to the public, the familiar 'lesser of two evils'. It appears to be a forced choice between competing crime families.

The real question that most independent thinkers have on their minds is: What is wrong with a system that keeps forcing such corrupt, broadly unpopular, and dreadful choices upon us, and what must we do to change it?

Stocks were mixed today, as big cap tech, the lead sled dogs on the way up, continue to churn around and presumably consolidate their gains ahead of the next move.

Gold and silver are rangebound. It is not clear yet which way they might break for the short term. I can see a case on the charts for another plunge lower from a technical standpoint to shake out the longs and let the wiseguys cash in on their shorts before the next move higher.

Have a pleasant evening. 

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