"Where such a shift in power is in favor of the governing elite, Power will achieve its murderous potential. It simply waits for an excuse, an event of some sort, an assassination, a massacre in a neighboring country, an attempted coup, a famine, or a natural disaster, to justify the beginning of murder en masse. Most state sponsored murder occurs under the cover of war, revolution, or guerrilla war, or in their aftermath."
R. J. Rummel
08 October 2010
SP 500 and NDX December Futures Daily Charts
Wall Street is now starting to rally higher on bad economic news, pricing in a new round of monetary stimulus from the Fed. Unfortunately this is being done on thin volumes by cynical speculators, setting up possibly hazardous market conditions.