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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 the Voters Get Whacked Again

Yesterday, at opening bell, stocks paused for a moment and then barfed all over themselves.  After that, they did it again…and again.  When it was over the DOW had plunged 512 points and Wall Street had fully freaked out. Is … Continue reading

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Making Obese Debt Levels Possible

Make no bones about it…this economy sucks eggs.  Just ask anyone who’s looking for a job and they’ll tell you, ‘no one’s hiring.’  Despite official decree from the National Bureau of Economic Research that the Great Recession ended in June … Continue reading

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