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    Crock of...

    NFP today - +244k jobs? Birth/death model accounts for: +175k McDonald's job fair accounts for: +62k so, the rest of the economy accounted for 7k jobs? And this is good news? Seriously? And more from the BLS: ....while the labor participation rate remained flat, the total number of...
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    Interesting read on OBL and his death>>>

    http://www.oftwominds.com/blogmay11/what-empire-creates5-11.html
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    Interesting....

    Now the Dems are looking at limiting collective bargaining.... http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/30/business/economy/30massachusetts.html :0corn
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    OBL's 'mansion'

    A powerpoint presentation from the Pentagon on the region and his abode. http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/Graphics%20for%20background%20briefing.pdf And from Iran.....here is WHY the US killed Bin Laden.. And here is Fars News with a radical counterexplanation of what really happened...
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    Paging Mr. Obvious....

    http://4closurefraud.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/captain-obvious.jpg The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday requested public comment on a proposed rule under Regulation Z that would require creditors to determine a consumer's ability to repay a mortgage before making the loan and would establish...
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    CBO's report on the Prez's budget

    Here's the link: http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/121xx/doc12130/04-15-AnalysisPresidentsBudget.pdf If you do not want to read the 53 pages, CBO says the President's budget proposal raises the deficit by 41% over the next decade. So, the CBO canned Ryan's budget and apparently, Obama's as well
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    Where are YOUR tax dollars spent....

    Cool link: http://www.whitehouse.gov/taxreceipt?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl there are assumptions in each level that you can pick if you do not have your info handy.....
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    Goldman-Sachs

    At least read the yellow and green highlights in the link copy. FBI closes down online poker sites and is going after a couple of billion? Go after these f*ckheads who nearly brought down the global financial system. http://www.scribd.com/doc/53199080/Anderson-Cooper-Transcript Politicians...
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    errr...maybe this one should have stayed private...

    Remember this one: from March 20, 2006: (Obama) "The fact that we are here today to debate raising America?s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can?t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from...
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    One example of why I hate Wall St (and you should too!)

    From Rolling Stone magazine: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-real-housewives-of-wall-street-look-whos-cashing-in-on-the-bailout-20110411?print=true So many on Wall Street and in politics who should be in jail over the crap that has gone on since the financial mess as well as the...
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    Here is a link to one of the guys I read:

    It fits in with some of the previous threads on public unions and pay: Two links: The business of education: http://www.oftwominds.com/blogapril11/students-exploited4-11.html (hahaha - he is bitching about higher education yet has a Univ of Phoenix ad on his page - hahaha) Public teacher...
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    Getting real tired of this....

    This is beginning to really irritate me.... The city of Cleveland will send out 260 layoff notices next week, mostly to younger employees who work for the police and fire departments, as well as EMS. Here is the entire link...
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    The Fed

    Guy I know couldn't get a small business loan but the FED loaned $5 billion to a Libyan bank? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-01/foreign-banks-tapped-fed-s-lifeline-most-as-bernanke-kept-borrowers-secret.html Are we there NOW trying to get our $5 Billion back? The Fed just released most...
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    Coming to a store near you......

    http://www.moneynews.com/Economy/Wal-Mart-CEO-Sees-serious/2011/03/31/id/391315 You can thank Ben and the Fed.... Here is a link to the adjusted monetary base. http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/usfd/page3.pdf The more money in the system, the higher prices (inflation) will go.....
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    US Debt and Social Security....an idea

    My thoughts on the US Debt and Social Security?.. A ?fix? for both. United States Deficit Bonds. Very similar to the War bonds sold for WWII with a longer duration. Bear with me ? just trying to flesh out this idea and any thoughts are appreciated. I was thinking about this late last night...
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    Response to Chadman>>>

    Thanks for the nice post in another thread. I enjoy reading your threads. If I wanted to engage in a profanity filled rant....well, that is what I have a wife for! hahahaha English is a beautiful, expansive language - I think swearing tends to weaken a person's point of view rather than...
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    Japan>>>

    Interesting article re: looting in Japan. http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/stimulus/2011/mar/14/where-are-japanese-looters/
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    Endgame

    I will be buying this book. http://www.amazon.com/Endgame-Debt-SuperCycle-Changes-Everything/dp/1118004574/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1299767101&sr=8-2 I am a subscriber to Mauldin's weekly newsletter. The guy is honest, straight-forward and it is well worth the 10 minutes per week it takes to...
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    Facebook to video stream

    All Things Digital reports: "The social media giant is taking its first step to connect you with movies and TV shows, while collecting a fee in the process. It?s going to let users rent movies directly from the site, using Facebook Credits to pay for the transaction. First up is ?The Dark...
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    Grapes

    Ever get a bad bunch of grapes? Maybe kinda sour or old? Instead of throwing them out, put them in a bowl and put them in the freezer. They make a great frozen snack and freezing them changes the texture and flavor a bit and instead of wasting the $3.00/lb on bad grapes, they are edible...
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