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How’s that “too big to fail” thing going?

Not so well apparently, unless you’re a banker. Thank goodness we have Dodd-Frank to help us with this. Obama Bid to End Too-Big-to Fail Undercut as Banks Grow (Bloomberg)Two years after President Barack Obama vowed to eliminate the danger of fina… Continue reading

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Learned a new word today. It costs $3,000.00

Resorb. transitive verb to swallow, or suck in again (sic) to charge an outrageous sum of money to get a tooth fixed Sounds innocuous right? Not when your periodontist uses it. What it means is that the $2,000.00 you just spent to have a tooth rem… Continue reading

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And free to eat Toblerone bars especially when I was pregnant

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do elephants remember?

In 1972, Joe Miller was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Tulsa JuniorCollege.On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing withone leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Joeapproached it very… Continue reading

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Is being romantic like being knowledgeable?

If Knowledge is knowing it, or knowing someone who knows it. And I know someone (else) who is romantic, then……. ! Continue reading

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P**k Phil

Six more weeks of winter, or not. Who cares. Marg goes to Phlorida for a little tennis with the ladies. Shadow this motherph***er. Continue reading

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Maybe Christmas, he thought, is more than a store

Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more. Where is that Grinch DVD. Got to get over to the store and get a new one. Wait, can get the enhanced remastered in 3d version from Netflix instantly on my fancy new tv. Accumulate new stuff traini… Continue reading

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God save the Queen – as long as she’s Anglican

Nice to see religious fundamentalism is still alive and well in the commonwealth. We have separation of church and state so it must be god who only likes Anglicans. The Catholic vs Protestant thing has survived 400 years; pretty impressive given i… Continue reading

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Power currupts, but money corrupts better

Gupta to Face Criminal Charges (WSJ) The 62-year-old Mr. Gupta is expected to surrender to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Wednesday on criminal charges of leaking inside information to Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, accordin… Continue reading

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