“Economic relations with our East Asian satellites have, for example, hollowed out our domestic manufacturing industries and led us into a reliance on finance capitalism, whose appearance has in the past been a sign of a hitherto healthy economy entering decline”.

Chalmers Johnson, Blowback

Stocks regained their 50% retracement from the recent steep decline today.

Stock market option expiration for May tomorrow.

The dollar strengthened while gold and silver declined.

A cartel of Banks led by Citi were fined $1.2 Billion for manipulating the foreign exchange market.

Over the past twenty years, a cartel of traders manipulating almost every market have been exposed, one by one. 

These are serial felons, career criminals. That we tolerate their drain upon society is a remarkable testament to the corrupting power of big money.

Have a pleasant evening. 

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