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    Someone new?

    When did he enter the race? http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/584461/201109121802/Half-Of-Americans-Say-Someone-New-Should-Be-President.aspx It really is meaningless and somewhat laughable until there is a real opponent.
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    Banks nationalized....

    Dexia (belguim) gets nationalized Sunday afternoon. Max Bank (Danish) gets nationalized. Proton Bank (Greece) gets nationalized. Greece still does not have approval for the issuance of its next disbursement from the bailout fund. In the latest round of european bank stress tests, Dexia was...
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    5.6% millionaire tax....

    A few days ago, the US closed the 2011 fiscal year having added $1.23 trillion in debt. Approx. $100 billion a month in new debt. So, the 5.6% tax being proposed on millionaires will allow for 4 months of spending. Whoop-de-fricking-do. We do not have a revenue problem. We have a spending...
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    ...oooops.

    Holder said he did not know about "Fast and Furious".... hmmmm. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/4/memo-holder-told-fast-and-furious-early-july-2010/ Now, the White House is saying Mr. Holder misunderstood the question. Really? A graduate of Stuyvesant High School and...
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    ...the rich don't spend their money?

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/dan-snyder-buys-224-foot-super-yacht/2011/10/04/gIQAjSG1LL_blog.html :shrug:
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    Welfare mom....

    and they say it can't be done. Good for her! http://shine.yahoo.com/event/poweryourfuture/welfare-mom-creates-million-dollar-biz-how-she-did-it-2573956/
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    Good article

    http://www.oftwominds.com/blogsept11/layers-of-entitlement9-11.html Most here know I am a fiscal conservative. Charles makes some interesting points here. The thing is, I am not mad at unions or teachers or whomever, who are mad that they may lose their pension or healthcare or even that...
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    Good article...

    Good article here - please take the few minutes to read it. I doubt it will come to pass as the gov'ts and central banks as constituted will do everything in their power to prop this all up but..... It is quite short but the last half has the meat in it...
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    Gary Johnson included in Thursday's debate

    http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/with-1-point-in-polls-johnson-earns-debate-spot/ I hope they give him some airtime.
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    Good article in IBD

    http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/583404/201108311836/Ratio-Of-Takers-To-Givers-Reaches-A-Tipping-Point.aspx
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    Jobs speech

    Have to laugh. O says "and it will all be paid for" My mind instantly adds in (by China). :mj07: He should take a look at the UK - a few of the things he proposed have been tried there and now they are trying to unwind them. Also, the $30B for teachers and $5B for police should be...
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    Amazing>>>>

    Pythagorean theorem: 24 words Lord?s prayer: 66 words Archimedes? Principle: 67 words Ten Commandments: 179 words Gettysburg address: 286 words US Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words US Constitution with all 27 Amendments: 7,818 words EU regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words...
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    FBI raids Solyndra's HQ

    http://www.headlineclicker.com/2011/09/fbi-raids-solyndra-headquarters.html#.TmkQIdQkSSo Cover-up or actual investigation?
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    UK NHS possibly privatized....

    hmmmm.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/05/sell-off-plans-nhs-professionals
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    Unimaginable....

    http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/white-house-backed-solar-solyndra-company-collapses/story?id=14420755 excerpt: The manufacturer of rooftop solar panels opened in 2005 and in 2009 became the Obama administration's first recipient of an energy loan guarantee -- a $535 million federal commitment...
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    Thoughts....

    Could Hillary beat Obama.....?
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    Think it'll work?

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-15/starbucks-schultz-urges-fellow-ceos-to-boycott-campaign-giving.html How long before FDA, USDA, or the EPA launch an investigation into food safety at Starbucks?
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    Selkirk:

    Looked to me to be a liquidation market. Gold sold off as did equities - looks like they had to sell the good to pay off the bad. Any thoughts? I would expect at least a 25-30 point relief bounce on the SnP yet with NFP tomorrow, who knows? We are not out of the woods yet for sure...
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    Great news...

    (off topic and prob should be in general but I have brought this endeavor up in here before so I thought I would mention it) ....300# of tomatoes picked yesterday off 400+ plants. Still have almost 800 tomato plants to pick. Also picked broccoli, green beans, onions, carrots, kohlrabi...
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    Dem Senate debt plan

    ?Winding down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will save $1 trillion.? Reality: The plan relies on the inaccurate assumption that surge-level spending in Iraq and Afghanistan is scheduled to continue over the next decade. An honest budget cannot claim to save taxpayers? dollars by cutting...
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