Whats the word....

for things that just do NOT go together???

Anyway -- Ghostship is on. You may not have seen it - spoiler - everyone onboard dies & becomes ghosts.
And...
A commercial for "Elmo's Restaurant"

Birding heaven!

So it is insanely obvious that winter is coming and a metric shit ton of birds are heading south.
I havent seen hardly ANY birds besides robins in weeks if not months, and now my yard is inundated with about 10 different species so far.

Are you shitting me?!?

According to an article in "The American Journal of Human Genetics," roughly 8% of all men in Asia are descendants from Khan.

Oh good lord! There are a lot of of people in Asia. Even if we only count northern mainland Asia (Ural mountains to Eastern China) that is a conservative 1.5 billion people translating into 120 million descendants of Khan.
The current population of all of Asia is 4 billion people translating into 320 million descendants of Khan. The mongols did make it all the way to eastern Europe and ran roughshod over the middle east as well.

Well I guess this makes sense as we do have one in our midst :)

When I say, "Who's da mastah?" you say, "Sho'nuff!"

LINK

I hate to break it to my boy the 'Uar, but I've never seen the Last Dragon.

One Quarter and Counting

As expected, the Commerce Department announced this morning that the economy contracted in the last quarter. The 0.3 percent contraction was smaller than expected (it approximately equaled the contraction of the third quarter of 2001), but consumer spending declined for the first time in 17 years (and saw the biggest decline in 28 years), and the decline in spending on non-durable goods (like food and clothing) was the largest since 1950; all of which suggests another contraction in the current quarter is likely.

39 steps ? Fail.

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Did I miss out on "Fall back" ???

Half my clocks are at 9:50, including a Windows 2000 laputator and my alarm clock.
I assume that since Congress fucked everything up, last night was NOT the fourth Saturday in October. In fact, I dont believe last night was a Saturday. I'll have to check.
I guess this is one benefit of being on the dole -- having a time frame of reference is for suckas.

Anyway, at least my microwave & thermostat clocks have a slim chance of being correct.

Sweet Sassy Molassy!!!

Papa's on the dole!!!
My first check should be here next week!

Really, truly -- funniest thing Sidekick has ever done.

Her own little Hanoi Hilton

Lest there be any doubt the boy is Tzom's son

Driving around this morning, the radio is on, some catchy tune -- the boy is in the back singing along... BUT.... only saying "Something Something Something Something"

Kind of fucking hilarious.

Update on my Thoughts

Just to keep y'all in the loop on my economic thoughts...I'm getting more and more positive with each passing day. I'm seeing irresponsible credit use stopping. I'm seeing savings go up. I'm seeing a remarkable recession ahead but not as bad as it could've been (think 1981). I'm seeing the bottom drop out of the market one more time as funds and investors game the end of year taxes; then starting in mid-january, a period of flatness where it's ideal to invest.

More than anything, I'm calmed by one thing and one thing only: Wall St. fooked the average American good. But they were respectful enough to fook the average Chinaman, Russian, and Euro-Zoner way worse than us. We're still the world's leader and it's not gonna change this time around.

Also, watch for inflation to pick up in 1-2 years. It'll probably just offset the 2007-2009 deflation but don't get caught off guard. My advice remains this: put all your money into paying off variable rate loans. Do not pre-pay on fixed rate loans (mortgage) but be ready to refi if rates drop more than .5% below your current rate. Keep your cash in State Employees Credit Union money market accouts or cds. Prepare to watch the world starve.

Garden ! Cornfield ! Tallest mountain ! Part Deux

OMG -- so funny going to the Bo -- he was basically singing "Peaches"
"Going to Bojangles. Gonna eat some chicken"
Repeat ad naseaum.

GOOD TIMES!!!

Had a leaf fight -- I pwned him.

Back to watching Dora again.
Since it looks like we're stuck in a time loop, I cant be held responsible for deucing in the training crapper again. LOL

Roadtrip, beeches!!!

Me & C Monster are heading to the Bo for some grub!!!

Fail.

How Not To Unload A Car

Tell you honestly -- Thomas the Train freaks me out

It like a herd of Stepford Trains. At least in 7 Acre Wood, Eeyore was unhappy -- not on this Isle of Trains though.
EVERYONE is happy, except for this guy that wont give James his shoestrings to fix a broken pipe.

Well, thats all for Day 1 of the Babysitter Chronicles.

Elmo apparently has 2 hands

and lives with a fish and next door to a mime.

Just for fun, I tried out C Monster's training crapper. It takes a lot of effort to stand back up, but all in all I think it was an enjoyable experience.

Garden ! Cornfield ! Tallest mountain !

Baby sitting the C Monster - lots of Dora so far.
Swiper ! NO SWIPING !
Oh man!

I would still deport this little undocumented immigrant, regardless of how good her map skills are. My only hope is that the mean ants eat her and her monkey accomplice.

Is House the new Walker, Texas Ranger???

LINKY GOODNESS

Last time I had a 'vacation', I watched an inordinate amount of WTR, and by the end of 2 months I was ready to start arresting felons and deporting messicans.
This time, I think Im ready to start a new career in diagnostic medicine.
I mean, I already have 2.5 years of vet school spousery under my belt, and cats & dogs are sort of like people in that they are all mammals.
Im rearing to go !!!

Anyway. The man has NO sense of decency. He is a word that Im not even sure of, but Im pretty sure it means people that are bad and wont change and have no empathy for the good deeds others do for them.

Oh, and we both love the Class C narcotics.

Thought this was funny

Funny caption contest

Kindle anyone?

We're looking at Amazon kindle as a way to complete our lives. Anyone have thoughts or experience with it? It was featured on Oprah this week and there's a $50 coupon. It seems like a really good thing. . .

Wow. Anyone ever see "Shoot'em Up" ?

I have seen many many many action adventure movies, and I have to say this ranks only behind Commando and Red Dawn in terms of body count.

When did Sharon Stone fall apart???

Ginger in Casino is kind of cute -- now, not so much.

Oh 13th Warrior, how much I do enjoy you

Very few things about the movie I would change.
All in all, quite an enjoyable romp.

Mac and Dee get Married

I thought our Sweet Dee was already married

Mac and Dee Get Married

Right up Sweet Dee's alley.

America's Most Overrated Product: the Bachelor's Degree - Chronicle.com

The Inventor Perhaps?

I'm mean what else could this refer to?

Tough life.

So for some reason, AMC is running the entire Jack Ryan movie-ology on a regular basis.
But Sci-Fi had Leprechaun 1,2 & 3 on yesterday.
Thats right -- I watched them all.
Beeches.

Ok, I agree with South Park now.

Lucas is a serial rapist.
Jedi was just on -- at the end, when the ghosts of Yoda & Obi Wan show up -- he put in the douche from Episodes II & III.
Whatever.

Rapist.

LOL -- thats right! F The Mongols!!!

Black Pistons for life !!!

Disclaimer -- no one on this site is affiliated with either the Mongols, Hells Angels or Outlaws MCs.

Thats right beeches!!!

Its NAPTIME!!!

The Disco Godfather is no more...

Dolemite est morte

Got a jolt of adrenaline last night

Last night I had to work inside the club which was OK since it was pretty damn chilly outside. My job inside pretty much meant keeping the area between the kitchen and the bar clear so that waitresses could walk from one area to the other without stumbling into drunk idiots. Kid of a crappy job because you are basically telling people to move all night long.

About an hour after starting this guy walks right up to bar at the waitress station. I tell him that they will not serve him there and that he needs to move because waitresses need to be able to work exactly where he is standing. He turns around and give me this, "Chill bro! ... You don't fucking know me! Just leave me alone." I walk up on this guy and cross my arms and breathe on the guys neck giving him a few seconds before I remove him. I am probably like 1 inch from this guy. He pretends not notice me looming ominously behind him and reaches into his coat and pulls out his money clip and tries to wave down an bartender to get a drink. I grab his shoulder and tell him that no one will serve him there and that he needs to move and he needs to move now. He tells me that "I have money and bartenders always serve people with money. Back up and leave me alone." He then turns around again. I immediately yell "SIR!" He half jumps and then looks at me. I put my hand firmly on his shoulder and turn him toward the door and push him in the direction of the door. At this point I was fucking mad and I just knew that this preppy assfuck was going to try me and I was soooo ready. I could feel my hands start to shake a little from the adrenaline in my system. He tried to stop walking at one point our our journey out of the club. He tells me that he "didn't do anything" and wants "to know where we are going." I tell him he is done and that he is going home and he bristles up on me. I shove him towards the door and he gets the picture and continues out without anymore bs except to tell me to get my hands off of him. My response was to push one more time.

All in all no real badassery but I haven't felt that a fight was imminent in a LONG time.

MOTHER FUCKER!!!! THEY COMPLETELY STOLE THIS FROM ME!!!!

Calif. brings back music-making asphalt

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist - 10/18/2008 5:09:14 PM Post Reply

Lancaster, Calif. - The folks who silenced the nation's first ''musical road'' are singing a different tune. Workers on Wednesday began carving grooves on Avenue G that will produce notes of the ''William Tell Overture'' when cars drive over them. The high desert city north of Los Angeles placed the grooves on another road, Avenue K, last month for a Honda commercial.

File under "Next Big Thing"

Next Big Future: Superconductor with critical temperature over 200K

From everything I hear from my sources, the two big breakthroughs that will just be life-changing, if they are actually possible, will be long term storage of generated electricity and "room temperature" semiconductors.

LOL -- my "Goodbye" letter to co-workers.

I forwarded a letter from the last lady who left, STRIKETHROUGH of her name & email address.
Left in the parts about spending time with the kids.

Good.
Times.
Out!

Damn. Ravi is a cold hearted snake. Look into his eyes!!!

kh4796(09:11:28): BTW --- anyone who feels the need to nominate me for employee of the month -- dont hold back
rd3406(09:11:42): u are a contractor, not an employee
bc464a(09:11:46): i already did like 8 times
gb4406(09:12:18): don't limit yourself with "technicalities", ravi.
kh4796(09:12:20): game , set & match to mr. Devarasetty. Well played, sirrah

From Gee, to the Admir0l.

Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie,
O, what panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi' bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee,
Wi' murd'ring pattle!

I'm truly sorry Man's dominion
Has broken Nature's social union,
An' justifies that ill opinion,
Which makes thee startle,
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,
An' fellow-mortal!

I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve;
What then? poor beastie, thou maun live!
A daimen-icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request:
I'll get a blessin wi' the lave,
An' never miss't!

Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin!
It's silly wa's the win's are strewin!
An' naething, now, to big a new ane,
O' foggage green!
An' bleak December's winds ensuin,
Baith snell an' keen!

Thou saw the fields laid bare an' wast,
An' weary Winter comin fast,
An' cozie here, beneath the blast,
Thou thought to dwell,
Till crash! the cruel coulter past
Out thro' thy cell.

That wee-bit heap o' leaves an' stibble,
Has cost thee monie a weary nibble!
Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble,
But house or hald.
To thole the Winter's sleety dribble,
An' cranreuch cauld!

But Mousie, thou are no thy-lane,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men,
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!

Still, thou art blest, compar'd wi' me!
The present only toucheth thee:
But Och! I backward cast my e'e,
On prospects drear!
An' forward, tho' I canna see,
I guess an' fear!

So Gee is amazed at how limber I am...

...what with all the kicking of myself in the ass.

No conversions @ AT&T until '09.
No contract extension.

26 hrs until unemployment ver 2.0.


Gee(14:56:21): we got a spare room if you need it
KH(14:56:24): LOL
KH(14:56:28): dude
KH(14:56:32): I have a house
KH(14:56:35): that I dont want
KH(14:56:37): and a dog
KH(14:56:50): I can gut her and sleep in it for at least 1 night
KH(14:56:59): I thought she smelled bad...
KH(14:57:02): on the outside
Gee(14:57:28): fucking tonton jokes?

2nd look at Cloverfield

Thanks to the 'tubes, I downloaded CLoverfield & Ironman

After watching Cloverfield again, I come out with the same feeling -- its a Action Adventure movie from the point of view of Joe Six Pack, and how normal people would react to the end of the world.
Best scene/example of this -- near the end, two central characters are doing a diary, and you hear bombs & screams off to their left and THATS NOT THE POINT.
Kind of awesome.
I would actually be one to argue that even LESS monster would make the movie better.

Fear and Loathing at Lowes Motor Speedway

Here's a salon article that warrants a three-way cross post (assuming you are the type who thinks NASCAR is a sport). Liddy Dole is fooked, they say, and her time at Lowe's Motor Speedway proves it. Seeing as I was there, I will absolutely confirm. When they announced her name, there boos. The booing was comparable to, but not quite louder than, when Jeff Gordon was announced. Cindy McCain had a smattering of boos but nothing serious.

Now the part that qualifies for STRA...I actually saw Liddy Dole and Cindy McCain in the back of Bigfoot the monster truck.

Well, That's One Way to Go

I think the goobernmint waited until we quit paying attention, but bailing out the banks was just the beginning. Now we're bailing out any government that asks us for cash. To date, it's England, Switzerland, and European Union. I got two theories, mang. 1) we're biting the bullet for everyone else. 2) every heard the saying "Owe the bank a million and the bank owns you. Owe the bank a billion and you own the bank."? Basically if owe everyone, the world can't let the US fail without taking down the entire globe. I think #2 has it.

ipod vending machine, dfw

Real DOW Value

Here's a neat chart of the Real DOW price as of January 2008 (meaning inflation is taken out).

At that time, the DOW was at 13,000. To get back to the average, we need a 50% reduction which takes us to DOW 6,500. I would say that such a correction would be in line with that of the Great Depression, maybe a smidget worse when looking at in percentage terms. I would also argue that inflatiion exceeds the official rate, meaning the correct target is DOW 7,000 or 7,500.

Anyhow, the real takeaway here is that Greenspan shat his own bed by allowing a bubble to build in 2000.

Just to Prove I'm the Alpha Bear

Apparently cargo ship captains don't trust the credit market either. Ships are refusing to leave port because they don't believe they'll get paid upon arrival. I've heard this in less reputable areas than Salon.com earlier, but apparently consumer goods aren't leaving China and grain shipments aren't leaving the US. So unless something gets better, Walmart won't have products to sell and Thailand won't have food to eat.

Can I Take My Trough Post Back?

The Lehman Brothers workout is complete and we know the bankruptcy will require a total payment of $240 billion in the credit default swap market. Will $240 billion actually change hands? Not likely. They'll work to cancel contracts and reduce the cash that changes hands. Also, many parties obligated to pay someone are now defunct and can't pay. But given that that number is reduced, how many hedge funds/banks/insurance companies/investment bankers do you think actually have their share of $240 billion? And how many of them will be able to take in stride when their $100 million check doesn't actually arrive?

Oh, and what about the checks due for the failures of Washington Mutual, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Icelandic Banks, and the Nation of Iceland? And the little thing of Ford and General Motors? Oh, and there are also a metric butt load of similar assurances for real estate investments...you know the subprime loans that are defaulting at over 40%?

Read anything by Satyajit Das and you'll be scared right now.

Don't Freak Out

Jim Manzi on the stock market's free fall:

this is a ferocious bear market, but, so far, it is an almost exact repeat of what happened after the collapse of the .com bubble about 5 years ago. In fact, if we were to repeat that experience, we would see further declines from where we are today:

On the other hand, Manzi writes, you should be concerned about:

the ever-growing TED Spread, as per a prior post. It is now well over 400 basis points, or about 50% above its historical peak at the time of the 1987 stock market crash, and about 10 times its “normal” level. It has continued to rise every week throughout the past month, indicating further worsening of the credit crisis, and rising perceived risk of contagion. We’ve injected so much debt into the system over the past decade that not only can’t we borrow our way out of the consequences of the real estate bubble popping, but we’re going to have to start paying off a lot of the existing debt in the face of a poor economy. What Paulson and Bernanke are doing is to make this adjustment only painful instead of catastrophic.

Bold Call

Whatever happens in the DOW today, today is the worst of it. Of course this non-actionable advice...I just want to say 'I told you I knew' if I'm right and for it to be forgotten if I'm wrong.

***Update by worst of it, I mean today is the DOW trough..7,882.51 or whatever today's low is. Mark it. But I think it'll be years and years before we see 10,000 again.

LOL. Customer service, beeches!!!

Dear Mr. Admir0l:

Thank you for your recent email. We sincerely appreciate you contacting us.

Our company would greatly value the opportunity to speak with you. Unfortunately, we have been unable to contact you by phone. Please call our Store Manager, Mrs. X, at (XXX) XXX-XXX as she would truly like to be of further assistance.

Again, Mr. Admir0l, thank you for taking the time to contact us. If I may be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to let me know.

A Leader in Your Community,

Kelly Smoot
Consumer Research Specialist

Ref 2344482/kelsmo

Need some help here

So at lunch for the past few days we have been watching the DOW plummet and we keep asking what INDU and INDP stand for. Also, VOLU, UVOL, and DVOL, TRIN, TRAN? What are these abbreviations? When I looked them up they just kept giving me the most current value for each of these abbreviations.

Talk about unintended consequences !!! LOL x 1/0

Parents abandoning TEEN AGERS at hospitals because of "Safe Haven" laws.

I cant remember th comedian who joked about his mom trying to abort him when he was 10, but that IMMEDIATELY came to mind.

email from my pseudo sister in law

from the mother of my dead brother's daughter

Makes you proud to be an American! If you had purchased $1000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago you will have $49.00 today.If you had purchased $1000 of shares in AIG one year ago you will have $33.00 today.If you had purchased $1000 of shares in Lehman Brothers one year ago you will have $0.00 today.But if you had purchased $1000 worth of beer one year ago drank all the beer then turned in the aluminum cans for recycling refund you will have received $214.00. Based on the above the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle. It is called the 401-Keg. A recent study found that the average American walks about 90 0 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink on average 22 gallons of alcohol a year.That means that on average Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon

Its Jersey Day @ work!!!

Employee morale boosting at its best!
Back & forth w. Ravi.

RD(11:41:56): whats with all the basketball dresses?
KH(11:42:05): its jersey day
KH(11:42:14): mines football
KH(11:42:15): LOL
RD(11:42:40): u always have some days, pirates day, ...
KH(11:43:05): remember --- america has NO history.
KH(11:43:12): We have to make it up as we go along
RD(11:44:24): LOL

HOLY CRAP !!! Is this real ????

Shocking Duel - Sadistic Game of Endurance : Stupid.com

Ummm... I thought that was common sense ?!/!?

The host of CNBC's "Mad Money" went on the Today show Monday and told investors to get out. "Whatever money you may need for the next 5 years, please take it out of the stock market right now, this week," he said. "I do not believe that you should risk those assets in the stock market"

Color me naive, but
#1, who the F invests without knowing what they're doing ?
and
#2 I thought that anyone who needed their money in 5 years is supposed to NOT be in stocks!!!
Even Susie Orman knows that!!!

Can people be sued for their own negligence???

Well, no more shopping at Food Lion

Dear sir,

My MVP # is XXXXXXXXXX
If you want to check and see how much money I spend weekly, generally at store 4317 , thats fine.
I will no longer be shopping there, or at any other Food Lion.
Harris Teeter, while more expensive , will be getting all of my service & money.
I have RARELY bought meat at Food Lion.
This is the 2nd time, both at that store, that I have had bad meat.
I took my purchase back this afternoon -- I dont even want a refund.
All I did was walk in, hand the package, including the green gizzard, back to the manager, tell him it was bad, and leave. I will not be going back.

Thanks,
"Rear Admir0l"
Raleigh NC


***SAN***
Not going to be surprised if I run into my 4th bout of food poisoning in the past 2 ish years. The gizzard sort of "plooped" when I touched it and spooged green ichor on my shirt.
So now I'm trying to decide if I need to vomit up everything I ate before-hand.
Very very angry.

This one is for the Sidekick and his gouty knee!

New knee-replacement technology finding a better fit with patients : Health and Fitness : Knoxville News Sentinel

Well

The DOW is under 10,000. Last time it closed there was in 2003.

I think it's okay to let the dollar-cost averaging stock buy to begin.

Well of COURSE its the Vaticans fault!!

Anyone have any plans for Friday night ???

Ask the Sidekick -- I am the biggest poontang on the planet wrt scary movies.

Hey Congress, F U

You stuck us with a $700 billion bill and all I got was a stock market down 330 points since you passed it. What exactly were you trying to prop up?

***Update 1: the DOW dropped by 457 after the bailout passed. Bastards.

***Update 2: now the DOW is down 1,000 since the pass. That's good for almost 10%.

Comedy

September Madness

How Bizarre

You may remember the failure of Citibank was one of my horesemen of the appocolypse and I thought it was odd that such a weak company could buy Wachovia. Well, I guess their check to buy Wachovia bounced because now Wells Fargo is the owner. Can anyone else recall such a quck about face on who is acquiring who before? Anyhow, my list is secure. When Citibank falls, it's time to make your stock picks and get ready to pounce. Of course, the bailout will change my game plan completely.

Admir0l, prepare to be boarded!

Actually, I was trying to come up with a euphemism for 'get a stiffie', but that was the best I could do. In any event:

Recipe for Saturday's pre-game shenanigans!

Ungeek To Live: The Perfect Bloody Mary

Somebody has been watching "Inside Man"

Armored truck robber uses Craigslist to make getaway

Not that Im the sharpest tool in the shed, but I honestly cant see any holes in this plan.

Any idea how much we drank last night?

I have yet to finish my filet biscuit combo, and let me just say, their fries do not age well.
My manager asked me if I was hung over, and I told him only rookies get hungover.
Professionals get "Lean overs".
I may have also mentioned to him that I was still drunk.

Luckily enough, it appears we are going to do this again in <8 hours.
Thanks guys, you're the best!

***SAN***
5 hours to finish FBC.

Know whose on CNBC Squawk Box today?

Penis Navy...... I'm mean Vagina Air Force, ughhh..... I'm mean Dick Armey.

Much like Uranus (TK). It's funny every time.

Some Interesting Market Facts

Which of the following factored into the 1987 collapse?

A. The market was ebullient despite a lackluster economy, fueled by overexuberant "momentum" investors.
B. The dollar was falling sharply, and worries were mounting about the U.S. budget deficit.
C. Institutional investors relied on automated trading programs known as portfolio insurance that led them to ditch stocks at the same moment.
D. Some combination of the above.

ANSWER: D, all of them, according to John Neff, former Vanguard Windsor manager in his book, "On Investing," who rightly predicted at the time that the drop wouldn't have long-lasting ramifications on the economy.

Who knows if the above will be the case in this situation. On 10/19/87 the Dow was down 23% in one day. On 9/29/08 the market was down about 7%. Which one ends up worse?

Another market fact.

Since 1960, the average bear market has taken stocks down about 31% before they hit bottom, according to Ned Davis Research in Venice, Fla. Was the decline of 1973-1974 above or below this average?
A. above
B. below

ANSWER: A, at 45%. Back then, the Arab oil embargo helped puncture the "nifty fifty" big-company stocks. Stagflation -- a combination of double-digit inflation and economic sluggishness -- proved hard to shake. The Watergate scandal added to the malaise.

Similar to the current situation now. Which will it be? Who knows? That's right. No one does. the media and psychology of the market will determine it.

F You Liddy Dole

Senator Dole,

I absolutely cannot believe the gall of the members of the US Senate. First you and your colleagues are going to stick us with 700 billion in bailout fees, then just because you think we're chumps, you decide to throw in the following:

- Virgin Island and Puerto Rican Rum (Section 308)
- American Samoa (Sec. 309)
- Mine Rescue Teams (Sec. 310)
- Mine Safety Equipment (Sec. 311)
- Domestic Production Activities in Puerto Rico (Sec. 312)
- Indian Tribes (Sec. 314, 315)
- Railroads (Sec. 316)
- Auto Racing Tracks (317)
- District of Columbia (Sec. 322)
- Wool Research (Sec. 325)

Good riddance when you lose the election. At least then, we'll know that we are represented by a D Democrat instead of an R Democrat.
Enjoy your retirement.

Kevin Hudson
Raleigh NC

Two Things

1) Should I be pissed or scared that my US Rep, Brad Miller, emailed me explaining that he votes to pass the bailout and that I should prepare for "many months, if not more, of hardship to come"?

2) Remember about 8 months ago when I said there are three stages to reporting an event like this? To refresh, stage 1 was where the event's impact is largely misunderstood and deemed no threat. Stage 2 is when the reporters have it right. And stage 3 is when the reporters extrapolate current events to go too far? Well, I think we're now entering stage 3 where you should largely ignore the main stream media reports. Take this article about the US Government defaulting on its debt. It goes a bit far. And, for the record, the US Government will never default on its debt because we can print our way out of it. Now, if we were taking bets on US Dollar hyperinflation, I might put a dollar on red.

Interesting idea

I may have to start watching football again.