Intraday commentary on the twitter inspired flash crash here.
The market is rising on thin volume and skittish positions.
The volatility index, which is a measure of risk perception, is trending back towards complacency.
"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