Let's see, there's the 19th: deadline for wise investors to have dropped the dollar, warned in Europe some months ago, as I recall. Rumoured abandonment of greenbacks by Saudis
http://www.rense.com/general40/skolnimmf.htm Military-industry exercises, hopefully not the embarassingly timed stand-downs that sometimes accompany. Afghan-Iraq occupation suffering an increasingly organised mujahideen. PNAC's Ahmed Chalabi turning out a key strategist in Gulf War II, Carlyle's Moon a key strategist in Korean War II. ...And financial centers' lights coming back on 'round Tuesday or so.
All moderated by thriving economic recovery and Republican-inspired postwar euphoria, as well as Ah-nold getting on board to silence Enron critisism forever. With his not-so-embarassing Nazi links, his promises of access to property-tax and offshore-oil treasure, past full of images as invincible robopath and terminally obedient freak.
Success.