As we all know these are not free trading markets. The invisible hands may be arthritic but they still maneuver...heck with so much Oxycontin around, Im surprised we don't see quilting bees. Well, maybe we do.

Anyway, I was wrong on my call for G&S to take a "prompted dive" today...and Pic had it pretty well nailed...which I am glad to see...good on you Pic...even though you ignored my emails. I'm afraid I have succumbed ( big word for me) to the head fakes and the jitters... and I still can't help myself for flinching more often these days. I thought "they" would nail the PMs before the elections and NOW rather than muster up a fake terrorist scare. Will they bomb us ( the PMS) Monday or Tuesday? Doesn't look like it because they let the PM stocks move up today. It could be their ultimate, last gasp trap, couldn't it? ( I say to myself, trying to snatch a morsel of credibility). I told you I had the jitters...no, maybe its paranoia now. ( Are you staring a ME? ARE YOU? )

Let's not forget that the big banks took over the QE from Brokeback Bernanke yesterday and told the US Gov. to issue QE at specified clumpets of only $500 billion...to begin with...but every 3 months. That otta settle everythng down! For Chrise sakes American friends, how much more of this shit are you going to take? Professor Black says that you only owe $200 Trillion now. Then I hear that Israel is doomed because the US is broke and can't defend anything beyond its borders. Holy shit! That must mean we Canadians are screwed! Hey, it's bad here to chums. Our Gov. is getting lambasted for trying to buy upgraded fighter jets for a lousy few billion. Geezuz, Sweden could take us over! How pathetic is THAT!? Never mind...our national health care budget is now over 20% of our GDP. We're going to go down healthy!

Sorry, got off topic. All those on margin, especially retailers, have been dealt with today as brokers did their ugly. Hey, with all those high speed trades and algorithims the fast actors can make dough first short and then long...all today. I love it the way those expert bashers on the BBs always make $...in their wildest dreams, poor buggers.

Well, you might well ask: "what the hell kind of life does that Sinbob doink have if he's posting at cocktail time on a Friday night?" HMMM. It won't happen again.

Have a good week-end all ECU longs. We are all going to have a very, very good Christmas... and that goes to all my good Jewish friends as well.