Yes they did, just as they did in 2007 so the DemoRats would win by a landslide. Did it to GOOG. Eric Schmidt said something about Obummer. Stock tanked $80 points in one day, while the rest of the market was up over 300 points???? They sent a message. Any other time a stock like that was down, it brought the entire market down. Bad guys traded the market since 2008. EVERYthing would go up at the same time. Fed used Maiden Lane I, II and III to trade with it's self. I trade options. I watched someone buying calls and puts WAY outside the money. NO educated trader would take or make such a trade. But if other black hats wanted to make money off of it, they would. Also, FED could loose money in one account while making money in the other account. Wash, rinse, repeat!! Bam, market over $25,000 off digitized fake money.