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Would the nearly two days of "scheduled maintenance" for Goldman 360 include installing some anti-Shanghai IE bugs perchance? Wouldn't it be ironic if the Chinese could sell just-purchased Treauries using a hacked, third party REDI account.

CNBC's Jim Cramer is back to his usual permabullish batting average: today's sacrificial lamb - Google.

Pray tell, how can anyone in their right mind trust the economic reporting of company that says it is running 13 cylinders of an 8 cylinder engine leading the world to economic recovery when they overtly, and without denial, censor free speech and publicly outlaw research and even Internet searches on government activities?

As you will no doubt be aware, a large portion of our energies here at Zero Hedge are devoted to developing new products and services for our readers. In this tradition, we are pleased today to announce a new partnership with Google.

With everyone's eyes glued to Google earnings after the close, below is a representation of the most active options classes today: the top 3 contracts traded were all near-term (Friday expiration) calls with 550, 540 and 560 strikes. It is not immediately known if investors are setting themselves up bullishly (buying calls) or bearishly (selling calls), although with the price of the entire top 10 complex down, except for the Oct 530 puts, it does appear that bearishness may be dominant. Whether or not the option action is a material factor for Google's underperformance is also not clear.