“Thus, it should be understood that when pro-US figures use the term, 'rules-based international order,' they are not referring to anything analogous to the rule of law. Quite the opposite, they are using Orwellian language to describe a system in which essentially no rules can be established and/or observed, given that the dominant state has the prerogative to violate and/or rewrite “rules” at its whim.” Aaron Good, American Exception
13 February 2009
SP Futures Hourly Chart at Market Close
The short covering rally from yesterday failed at overhead resistance and fell back in a wobbly day that sold off harder into the close.