Are the markets open tomorrow?

[Pale Blue Dot]

That's it. That's my only question.

[Nite Owl]

1. Nope!

:bounce:

[Pale Blue Dot]

3. Thanks. I didn't think so , but I wasn't sure.

And given how things are going overseas, it may be a good thing that we have the day off.

[mcscajun]

2. Nope. Neither are Post Offices, Gov't offices, nor most banks.

:hi:

[tuckessee]

4. Foreign markets are.

And they don't look good.

[Celebration]

5. understatement n/t

[fed-up]

6. excuse my ignorance and bad memory-what's the holiday? nt

[Celebration]

7. MLK Day n/t

[CGowen]

8. MLK Jr. Day passed by Congress in 1994, 5 years before a court found gov. agencies were parties in

his assassination.

...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day became officially a day of service in 1994 when Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act 11 years after the holiday was created over the opposition of President Ronald Reagan and many conservatives who didn't want another federal holiday.

The idea of making the day about service has been slow to catch on, according to former Sen. Harris Wofford (D-Pa.), who spearheaded the effort.

"We've come a long way, but we still have a long to go," he said. "If Dr. King came back today, I think he would not be happy to see it as a day off rather than a day of action."
...
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nymlk215546499jan21,0,2109900.story

In 1999, Coretta Scott King, King's widow, along with the rest of King's family, won a wrongful death civil trial against Loyd Jowers and "other unknown co-conspirators". Jowers claimed to have received $100,000 to arrange King's assassination. The jury of six whites and six blacks found Jowers guilty and that "governmental agencies were parties" to the assassination plot.<38> William F. Pepper represented the King family in the trial.<39><40><41>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr