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Tide Turning?

- Congressional Budget Office The non partisan CBO came out with its report on Health Care. Both Republicans & Democrats endorse the CBO reports when it favors their side in whatever debate. Here are some of the major points on the proposed plan Increase costs by $940 billion and cut costs by greater $1,078 billion over first 10 [...]

The Last, Last Stand

Mad Hatter/Johnney Depp frm Alice Will Technology Save Us? Using fancy complex technology to do shadow bank financing certainly facilitated a global financial meltdown. However, having now seen Tim Burton (a gifted director) Alice In Wonderland in IMAX 3d I’ve fallen through the looking glass over advancements in 3 D technology again. Two new films “Dragons” (saw [...]

Yankee Bob on Evil

- Yankee Bob on Evil Yankee Bob’s latest comments (yesterday) are today’s feature editorial. Lots of you make really thought provoking and outside the box comments and you should always check out who is saying what about stocks, (see PaulR’s recent comments) economics and politics. Bob’s comments seem to flow from a statement by another blogger D. [...]

YOUR stock list

Is the Volker Rule Dead? Sorry all my time was spent putting an analysis of YOUR stocks together. Many of these stocks have gone up over +20% in the last few weeks. Congradulations! Here’s and interesting editorial on above topic. KISS & Stocks (Keep It Simple [...]

YOUR comments

Head of Lehman Brothers Dick Fuld Friends and Enemies? What countries do your fellow citizens look at favorably and unfavorably? Gallop Poll has some fascinating results with Canada on top and Iran on the bottom. In black and white, over the top terms – who are out top 3 friends and top 3 enemies? Interesting - 90% [...]

The Empire Forever

The Empire Forever-Photo from Atlantic Israel’s Knife in Biden’s Back VP Joe Biden, who many consider the greatest friend of Israel ever had in the US Senate, has spent about a week in Israel. He opened with gushing words of support for Israel. The next day Israel announced 1600 new homes in what Palestinians believe is their [...]

Financial Reform

Senator Ted Kaufman (D DE) Financial Reform Sadly, financial reform of greed based capitalism, shadow banks, and greater market transparency continues to deteriorate. At times it seems as if the 2008 meltdown never happened Steve Forbes, this AM on CNBC proudly announced the list of the world’s richest billionaires has significantly grown in size and money, as real [...]

Corporate Communism

Dylan Ratigan No Brainer TAX Senators Jim Webb (D) and Barbara Boxer (D) are offering a NO BRAINER tax that many other countries have already enacted. If your company took over $5 billion of the TARP funds (our tax money) all bonuses over $400,000 would be subject to a 50% tax for the years you held our TARP [...]

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Bob Herbert- NYT Jobs, Jobs Jobs Agree with NYT’s Bob Herbert, “Obama’s Source of Trouble” is Jobs. The Obama administration from the start has underestimated the depth of this recession and its underlying causes. The end result – JOB LOSS in the USA. Unfortunately, research on YOUR stock picks takes time, and I’ve run out. KISS & [...]

Karl Marx loves Football

Football lover Karl Marx Football and Karl Marx Football is America’s #1 sport. The Superbowl where (economically shattered) New Orleans Saints beat another small market team the powerful Indianapolis Colts, was watched by more viewers here than any other American sporting event. Football reins supreme because there is parity in the league or socialism. There is a market [...]