Today's Greece/Portugal downgrade and plunge was one of those weird things that everyone knew would happen but pretended never would (sort of like the resumption of the bear market, which is bound to kick in sometime in the next fifty years or so). I have to ask myself if, as in mid-January, this is the start of something larger.

Take note below of the candles I have highlighted on the S&P. She-Male AJC augments the presentation with a graph of her husband's collapsing testosterone levels after their nuptials. The circle is now complete.

I imagine most of you have heard that GOOG is taking it on the chin by actually adhering to some moral principals and refusing to censor its search results, as demanded by the Chinese government. The amoral BIDU is happy to bow to its "Communist" (ha!) masters and do their biding.

I hope that, in the end, GOOG's moral courage is somehow rewarded. At the moment, it is being financially punished, as you can see comparing GOOG (in blue) to BIDU (in black, to match its soul).