"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
28 December 2012
SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - Out on the Lows
The fiscal cliff approacheth.
As I have thought from the beginning, I think any deal will come in January. It is much easier to 'lower taxes' than to raise them.