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meanrevolutionrevolving creditrule of our warfaresafest bankssaudi arabiaschwarzmansecond coming Yeatssecond liensecuritizationselfish indifferenceservitudeship of foolssilver fundsilver importssilver price trendsilver standardsilver wheatonskewslwsnaressnarky cartoonssocietal panicsorows of empirespokesmodelsstarość nie radośćstate downgradestock returnssufferingsuicide squeezesurvivalismswap linesswap spreadstakers and makerstaxestech valuationstechnical tradetender merciestension tapethe big skimthe irresponsiblesthe lawthree stoogestitus brandsmatombstone mentalitytrading rulestrading systemstrading tipstragic falltrend following beta monkeystriple digit oiltwilight of the godsunderclassunholy Trinityunrestrained capitalismus consumeruseful idiotsvolumevon Moltkewarwar crimeswash tradeswe become what we hateweekend viewingwhat we servewhore of babylonwhy it matterswindow dressingworst yearswristslap finesÜbermensch"Peace cannot be understood as the forced silence of the people. Ideologies based on lies and violence collapse; they bear evil fruit and moral devastation. It is not enough for a Christian merely to condemn evil, lies, cowardice, enslavement, hatred, and violence. A Christian must be a true witness, spokesman, and defender of justice, goodness, truth, freedom, and love. He must courageously demand these values for himself and for others." Jerzy Populesko, <i>Solidarność</i>, May 27, 1984http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Jesse)Blogger10562125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-1540249197823169092Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:18:50 +00002026-07-20T16:51:26.879-04:00&nbsp; “One of my greatest pleasures in writing has come from the thought that perhaps my work might annoy someone of comfortably pretentious position. Then comes the saddening realization that such people rarely read.” John Kenneth Galbraith, A Life in Our Times, 1981 "Legitimate power always includes attentiveness to justice, When power is not attentive to justice it cannot endure.&nbsp; Thishttp://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/07/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts_0186666910.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-2691851595898537743Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:56:44 +00002026-07-17T20:40:05.049-04:00&nbsp; "They do not see the image of Almighty God before them, and ask themselves what He wishes. And, for the same reason that they do not please Him, they succeed in pleasing themselves. Hence, they become both self-satisfied and self-sufficient; – they think they know just what they ought to do, and that they do it all; and in consequence they are very well content with themselves, and rate http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/07/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts_0518773861.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-3359257494907237721Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:08:44 +00002026-07-16T21:56:36.558-04:00&nbsp; “It is better to be a child of God than the king of the whole world.” Virgil Cepari, Vita del Beato Luigi Gonzaga, 1606 "Granted that the easygoing optimism of yesterday is impossible.&nbsp; Granted that those who pioneer in the struggle for peace and freedom will still face uncomfortable jail terms, painful threats of death; they will still be battered by the storms of persecution, http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/07/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts-god.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-5028853596822942152Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:23:13 +00002026-07-16T08:35:23.780-04:00&nbsp; "Pride is the beginning of all sin. Every sin is a contempt of God, and every contempt of God is pride. It is pride which brought down the angel into devil. It is the origin of sin when with malice and envy the devil pursued man, who was yet standing in his natural innocence. It subverted him in the same way in which he himself fell. For the serpent sought for the door of pride through http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/07/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts-among.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-1397408989575532232Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:21:17 +00002026-07-14T19:56:21.776-04:00&nbsp; “He speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.” http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/07/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-5699860031791883377Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:37:57 +00002026-07-13T16:57:21.274-04:00&nbsp; “To live in truth is to be in harmony with one’s conscience.&nbsp; Truth always unites and bonds people.&nbsp; The greatness of truth terrifies and exposes the lies of small, fearful people.&nbsp; For centuries, an unbroken struggle against truth has been waged.&nbsp; Yet truth is immortal, while a lie dies a quick death. To master the technique of systematic lying many people are needed.http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/07/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts_0129580029.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-4382381435496753489Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:26:55 +00002026-07-10T16:46:00.423-04:00&nbsp; “Lawlessness has come out of Babylon, that is, from the elders who were to govern the people as judges. They perverted their thinking; they would not allow their eyes to look to heaven, and did not keep in mind just judgments. How you have grown evil with age. Now have your past sins come to term, passing unjust sentences, condemning the innocent, and freeing the guilty." Daniel 13:http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/07/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts_0947379767.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-4886210435512572774Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:05:08 +00002026-07-09T19:21:55.217-04:00&nbsp; "When we read of organisations in trouble, we often hear the sad confessions of executives who tell of moving away from natural laws and principles for a period of time and begin overbuilding, over borrowing, and over speculating, not really reading the stream or getting objective feedback, just hearing a lot of self-talk internally. Mahatma Gandhi said that seven things will destroy us.http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/07/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts-power.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-5863563797595812504Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:01:56 +00002026-07-09T09:57:42.455-04:00&nbsp; "To this war of every man against every man, this also is consequence; that nothing can be unjust.&nbsp; The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice, have there no place. Where there is no common power, there is no law; where no law, no injustice.&nbsp; Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues." Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651 “When Fascism came into power, most http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/07/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts-sans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-5761333759771839124Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:41:46 +00002026-07-07T17:26:52.279-04:00&nbsp; “But what is liberty without wisdom and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. Those who know what virtuous liberty is, cannot bear to see it disgraced by incapable heads, on account of their having high-sounding words in their mouths.” Edmund Burke, Letter to a Member of the National Assembly, 1791 http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/07/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts_02071024896.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-275837174633262827Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:22:51 +00002026-07-06T16:22:51.047-04:00&nbsp; "The Panama Papers opened yet another window on the global system of financial corruption, showing how political leaders and businesses use shell companies in secrecy havens like the British Virgin Islands and many US states to evade taxes and hide corruption and other crimes. Yet the system of corruption depends on another factor beyond secrecy, one that is perhaps even more important: http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/07/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-1988330929377388830Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:52:14 +00002026-07-02T16:59:29.663-04:00&nbsp; "I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, to be wary of those who sow divisions among you, and undermine the faithfulness of the people with controversies concerning the teachings that you have received.&nbsp; Avoid them, for these people do not serve the Lord, but their own passions and schemes.&nbsp; By their lying tongues and smooth flattering they deceive the naive and the unsuspecting."http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/07/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts-to-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-4419902895944262843Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:17:07 +00002026-07-01T16:50:53.181-04:00&nbsp; "Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’” Matthew 9:13 "Seek good and not evil,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;that you may live; Then truly the Lord, the God of hosts,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;will be with you as you claim. Hate evil and love good,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;and let justice prevail in your courts; Then it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/07/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts-seek.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-1761922313182244818Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:34:10 +00002026-06-30T20:38:00.767-04:00&nbsp; That Iranian requirement for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon before talks can proceed is a stumbling block. Just now from The Hormuz Report on X: BREAKING: Iran's top negotiator Ghalibaf directly contradicts JD Vance's technical talk claim—declaring Iran is "ready for war" and "negotiations with the US are now finished" until frozen funds are released and Israel fully withdraws from http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-latest-on-iran-us-war.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-5162029942704811945Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:47:24 +00002026-06-30T17:07:57.806-04:00&nbsp; "From the moment Christ named Peter the rock he was so steadfast in faith, so courageous, such a confessor, so brave, so expressive, that among the Apostles, he was the first in faith.&nbsp; When our own faith diminishes, let us run and mentally fall at the feet of the Apostle Peter, and beg him to add to our faith, to increase our faith, and to help us. He easily forgave those whohttp://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/06/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts_01633473579.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-8558221241749423159Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:27:59 +00002026-06-29T17:08:03.477-04:00&nbsp; “We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds; we have been drenched by many storms; we have learnt the arts of equivocation and pretence; experience has made us suspicious of others and kept us from being truthful and open; intolerable conflicts have worn us down and even made us cynical. Are we still of any use? What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or cleverhttp://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/06/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts-hope.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-1208062255310519642Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:36:58 +00002026-06-29T16:07:52.847-04:00&nbsp; Is this just another 'Market Pumping Monday?&nbsp;I find it hard to believe the claims that an Administration could be blatantly manipulating the US stock markets for their own profit under a guise of controlling oil prices.&nbsp; It's very base and greedy behaviour unbecoming of any leader of a Western democracy.&nbsp;&nbsp;Let's see if Iran's claims are false.&nbsp; This is tiresome andhttp://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/06/why-are-us-equities-rallying-this-monday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-116444159308020987Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:09:17 +00002026-06-26T17:44:39.434-04:00&nbsp; Personal Copy From My Library"There was time when average Americans could be counted upon to know correctly whether the country was going up or down, because in those days when America prospered, the American people prospered as well.&nbsp; These days things are different.If you look at the middle of the 1930's (the Depression) up until the year 1980, the lower 90 percent of the populationhttp://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/06/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts-great.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-6685790035273812336Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:59:23 +00002026-06-25T17:17:12.213-04:00&nbsp; "The Lord requires you to act justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8 "The dazzling and consuming act of pride that transformed the angel of light into a prince of darkness condemned him to an insatiable, desperate to acquire. The loss of the wellspring of life gives rise to an essentially inextinguishable thirst. The entire world can not fillhttp://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/06/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-6359416026536585731Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:34:09 +00002026-06-24T16:54:44.790-04:00&nbsp; "It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought." John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society, 1958 “War, a struggle between 'our people' and 'the enemy,' creates a polarized world in which 'the enemy' is easily objectified and removed from the community of human obligation. What the conservatives conceived of as http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/06/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts_01667004040.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-4056719117015777884Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:55:59 +00002026-06-25T20:25:33.778-04:00&nbsp; "While everyone enjoys an economic party the long-term costs of a bubble to the economy and society are potentially great.&nbsp; They include a reduction in the long-term saving rate, a seemingly random distribution of wealth, and the diversion of financial human capital into the acquisition of wealth.&nbsp; The case for a central bank ultimately to burst that bubble becomes overwhelming.&http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/06/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-5618625990523186793Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:25:28 +00002026-06-22T16:32:21.926-04:00&nbsp; "Self-regulation is a vulnerable strategy in any human concern involving trust, but is absolute folly in an industry where the emphasis and incentives are based on the ruthless pursuit of performance at any cost, and where such behaviour is rewarded. There is little doubt that strong personality types can hijack an organization, a political party, a sub-culture, or even for a time a http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/06/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts_01246406451.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-5808214498532320098Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:50:06 +00002026-06-19T18:09:58.176-04:00&nbsp; "Federal regulators are proposing changes to bank capital requirements, potentially reducing them for many U.S. institutions by altering risk-weighted asset calculations and G-SIB surcharges. While proponents argue this simplifies regulations and frees up capital for lending, rating agency Moody's warns of potential risks. Moody's emphasizes that lower capital requirements could lead http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/06/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts-storm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-238320303439904037Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:42:25 +00002026-06-17T16:43:42.777-04:00&nbsp; "Our wagon is prepared, and time revives us. All’s well that ends well. Still the fine’s the crown. Whatever the course, the end is the renown." Wm. Shakespeare, All's Well that Ends Well Act 4 No comments, just charts.It was an FOMC day.&nbsp;The usual shenanigans in the precious metals.Other than that, I did not pay much attention.&nbsp;A triple witch stock option expiration on http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/06/alls-well-that-ends-well.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-5692272447787155730Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:27:17 +00002026-06-16T17:55:00.140-04:00&nbsp; "Edge, Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon — was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-long project that cloaked eugenics, race science and sexual misconduct in Ivy League respectability. Whatever Edge was supposed to be, it became something sinister. The salon played yenta to billionaire money and http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2026/06/stocks-and-precious-metals-charts-its.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)