Monthly Archives: August 2011

Clever Ideas to Fix the Economy

Yesterday’s stock market didn’t seem to give a darn but last Friday a notable revision was made.  An important economic mile marker was shifted down and to the right…realigning the economy onto the road to recession. According to the Commerce … Continue reading

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Hell Bent on Destroying the Currency

We’re in San Francisco today taking a break from our daily labors to ride cable cars up and down Powell Street and traverse through the city’s sundried districts, like Chinatown, North Beach and Fisherman’s Warf, with our wife and son. … Continue reading

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We Are All Screwed

Travels have taken us to Pueblo, Colorado.  Until a week ago we’d never heard of the place. Yet here we are, observing life outside the Los Angeles Basin, and writing to you from the banks of the Arkansas River. If … Continue reading

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When Hell Froze Over

“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” – William Shakespeare, Macbeth On Tuesday, presidential candidate Rick Perry said further money printing between now and the election by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke “…is almost treasonous.” Immediately, … Continue reading

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