San Bernadino Attack and the Wait
Authorities investigating the killings in San Bernadino have chosen to wait before commenting about motives. They do, however, share facts as they become known. Don't get frustrated about this. Don't, for example, wonder why they're reluctant to pronounce this an act of terrorism committed by Muslims. There's no crime in waiting. They're doing their job. Jumping the gun, speculating, saying the first thing that crosses their mind would be intemperate and inconsistent with their responsibilities as investigators seeking the truth.
As for all the other comments out there, specifically those by the media and various politicians, these can, or rather should, be taken with more than a grain of salt. The main stream media in particular will use these killings as an opportunity to push gun control. Their interest in the truth takes second place to their gun legislation agenda, even third place to their interviews with wounded and families of dead and wounded, which purportedly show them as "caring" about the victims.
Politicians, as you should know, generally spout whatever they believe will connect and ingratiate them to their constituency. Those who believe that constituency consists of those who believe that stricter gun control laws will stop these killings will spit out whatever appeals to such people. Those who pander to those who staunchly support their Second Amendment right will do likewise.
As for the rest of us, despite that bigoted, anti-religious headline in the NY Daily News, we would, in fact, do well to pray for the victims. We should pray for the souls of those who died, for the recovery of the wounded, that God grant some measure of consolation and peace to the families of the dead and wounded. We should also pray that any measures that can reasonable and effectively be taken to stop and eliminate people who would kill innocents be taken; that those who believe that whatever god they worship requires or believes that innocents be killed be refuted, resisted, and - if necessary - be themselves eliminated by whatever means necessary to protect the innocent, and that such efforts be aggressive and ongoing.
As a final thought, no one has connected yesterday's significant drop in the prices of both stocks and bonds to this event. The focus there was on the fact the EU Central Bank did not easy its monetary policy as much as anticipated. I don't know if the market action was connected to the killings. But with San Bernadino now following Paris, don't be surprised when (not if) the next killings occur, things do begin to spin out of control. The stock market, propped up as it has been by distorted central bank policies for so long, is an accident waiting to happen. Worse, the credit markets, already showing signs of stress, may be ripe for yet another crisis. A terrorist rampage may be the trigger.
Meanwhile, we wait. In the case of the San Bernadino killings, we wait for the truth to emerge - and it eventually will, even if certain interests attempt to cover it up. In the case of markets, we wait, as we always do, with vigilance and anticipation.
As for all the other comments out there, specifically those by the media and various politicians, these can, or rather should, be taken with more than a grain of salt. The main stream media in particular will use these killings as an opportunity to push gun control. Their interest in the truth takes second place to their gun legislation agenda, even third place to their interviews with wounded and families of dead and wounded, which purportedly show them as "caring" about the victims.
Politicians, as you should know, generally spout whatever they believe will connect and ingratiate them to their constituency. Those who believe that constituency consists of those who believe that stricter gun control laws will stop these killings will spit out whatever appeals to such people. Those who pander to those who staunchly support their Second Amendment right will do likewise.
As for the rest of us, despite that bigoted, anti-religious headline in the NY Daily News, we would, in fact, do well to pray for the victims. We should pray for the souls of those who died, for the recovery of the wounded, that God grant some measure of consolation and peace to the families of the dead and wounded. We should also pray that any measures that can reasonable and effectively be taken to stop and eliminate people who would kill innocents be taken; that those who believe that whatever god they worship requires or believes that innocents be killed be refuted, resisted, and - if necessary - be themselves eliminated by whatever means necessary to protect the innocent, and that such efforts be aggressive and ongoing.
As a final thought, no one has connected yesterday's significant drop in the prices of both stocks and bonds to this event. The focus there was on the fact the EU Central Bank did not easy its monetary policy as much as anticipated. I don't know if the market action was connected to the killings. But with San Bernadino now following Paris, don't be surprised when (not if) the next killings occur, things do begin to spin out of control. The stock market, propped up as it has been by distorted central bank policies for so long, is an accident waiting to happen. Worse, the credit markets, already showing signs of stress, may be ripe for yet another crisis. A terrorist rampage may be the trigger.
Meanwhile, we wait. In the case of the San Bernadino killings, we wait for the truth to emerge - and it eventually will, even if certain interests attempt to cover it up. In the case of markets, we wait, as we always do, with vigilance and anticipation.
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