"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
23 June 2015
SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts
The wash cycle looks almost done.
But it would not do to set a lower high, and they have some room left overhead.
The wheels are not quite falling off the economy yet. But they seem to be on their way.
Let's see how many spins the old gal has left before the next rinse