30 DEC 2011, Friday

• Above...US military bases worldwide.  A bit much, I'd say.
• On a market note...SP500....2010 closing price was 1257.64...2011 closing price was 1257.60.  Don't think that the market is controlled by folks with a sense of humor?  Remember the 666 low for SP500 in MAR09???  Can't get much closer to unchanged than that.
• Rip Van Winkle would've woke up after this year and said "Gee, I guess nothing happened!" which belies the roller coaster sideways year this was.