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Dearth of volume is the old standard for mid-August. That's a good sign. Maybe it's calm before storm but everything has been moderated back to reset. Reset 2000. We're lucky we've got the averages we had ten years ago. How long had we been at 1000 Dow before Reagan et al figured out how to get it off the rock. But that's 20 years from 1000 to 10000. So 10 years of "consolidation" isn't absurd. Sure we're impatient. We want money money money. Well, that only happens for Goldman. Ha. Being facetious, as usual.

All I'm saying is let's count our blessings. And THEN may we move forward. With clean energy, nanotech, biotech, whatever tech we got. And new tech. O... I wax pedantic. But really...

Sham lead offs: HYDB up 81 on $200 trade. HYEG up 40 on $900 traded. Who do they think they're kidding? TSPG up 34. Well, they've been up and down. And, actually, seem to have business. RVBF up 32. Maybe the same story. UBRG up 22. CCGI up 19. ASYS up 13. More real deal than others. Jump back to their highs. ACPW up 12. AWNE up 11.

OOGI, CCTC down 29. GTLL down 25. AFPW down 21. WWPW down 21. NCEN, BEHL down 13. BWEN down 12. XSNX down 11.