"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
24 April 2012
SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - All Eyes On AAPL
All eyes are on AAPL which reports earnings and revenues at 4:30 PM.
Tomorrow afternoon is the FOMC rate decision, and on Friday the advance GDP number from Q1.