BLACK MONDAY LOOMS?

OK, maybe it's not that bad. But in the three months since we've been doing NTCNews.com -- where financial news is something of a specialty -- I can't recall ever seeing the "sell" indicators all lined up quite so perfectly.

Instapundit's enjoying the gloom and doom, but if you think the economic indicators look bad, just wait until I post the cultural forecast: "40% chance of widely scattered fire and brimstone . . ."