Around the market close there were reports of shots fired and a vehicle traveling down a bike path the runs along the Westside Highway knocking down pedestrians and bicyclists.

In NY Times Writes Its Own Indictment for the Russia Probe, Pam and Russ Martens shine a light on a very interesting twist in flagship journalism. If it turns out that the reporter had received a leak of the unrevealed substance of the indictment through some source, well then, that is a nice scoop gotten through aggressive reporting.

But if it turns out that this story is just a speculation woven from the whole cloth ofinnuendo without substance, printed as fact by the NY Times to advance a partisan meme of one political party member, then the reporter and his editor ought to resign or be dismissed in disgrace.The credibility of the mainstream media has already fallen low enough without such partisan tabloid antics from the ‘papers of record’.So let us see which it shall be.

Speaking of soulless hypocrisy, the CME has announced it will be offering Bitcoin futures by year end.Bitcoin futures.Good grief.

Dolly and I picked up some autumnal flowers to place on the queen’s grave for the second monthly anniversary of her passing.

The Fed will be making some pronouncements tomorrow afternoon. Donald of Orange may be naming Janet Yellen’s successor on Thursday.