Steadfast Finances

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This is probably one of the most damning pieces of evidence of American stupidity that I’ve ever seen.
Nixon had Watergate. Clinton had the (white) stained dress. The American public now has this video proving how clueless we are as a nation.
Prepare to have your mind blown!
People sign petition to “increase …

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You know you’re losing a PR battle when Saturday Night Live calls you out for being a “sack”. Guess that’s what you get when your company, somehow, acquires a healthy supply of Swine Flu vaccines while the immunocompromised segment (e.g. pregnant women, cancer patients, etc.) of the population can’t get …

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A fascinating talk on how 72% of the American Gross Domestic Product — consumers — are changing their spending behavior, relying on old school frugality tips to save more money, and deleveraging (e.g. saying goodbye to credit) to reduce their liability and financial risk. Mr. Gerzema compiles an enormous amount …

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If you’ve never heard of Brooksley Born, you’re not alone. I followed the markets fairly closely in the late 1990s while this political battle over regulating the derivatives market was underway, and I honestly can’t remember hearing anything about it.
Like most people, I was probably too caught up with my …

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Leave it to Warren Buffett to distill U.S. national debt, the world’s worst trade deficit and something as boring riveting as Economics 101 in two minutes of easy to understand animation.

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So the question remains… if the concept of national debt is so easy to understand, and …

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NPR has a fascinating report on a Starbucks owned coffee shop which has completely ditched any association to the Starbucks franchise.
No human sized Starbucks logo on the windows. No logos on the coffee cups.
No mention of Starbucks whatsoever.
Just a Plain Jane, “15th Ave. Coffee & Tea” sign posing …

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Most of the world has seen Louis C.K. and his now famous Conan appearance last fall during the stock market crash, but I haven’t seen nearly as much buzz around his post-Conan interview with Time Magazine.
Aside from being one of the best stand up comedians in the business, he …

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I had my first minor fender bender in over a fifteen years yesterday.
Nothing serious.  Just a decent sized crack in my (plastic) bumper thanks to a guy chatting away on his cell phone instead of actually paying attention where he was sticking the backside of his $40,000 SUV.  Apparently, his …

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I’m so sick of this swine flu news that I’m beginning to wonder if CNN and Fox News are overdoing it just to get more Google hits and collect more advertising bucks.
Ugh.
Pardon my frustration, but my first office was one floor above multiple Biosafety Level suites containing the world’s most …

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Every now and then, I pull out a movie from the old DVD collection.  Last night, Scent of a Woman caught my eye and I threw it in the DVD player.
Aside from marveling at the Oscar winning performance by Al Pacino, one particular phrase from his specialty “end-of-movie” tirade captured …

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Call me crazy, but didn’t tax dollars used to pay for services like Fire Departments removing the proverbial cat from the tree or an annoyed state trooper showing up two hours after a minor fender bender?
According to the NY Times, these basic services have gone from just paying taxes to …

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You know it’s bad when folks get nostalgic and fondly reminisce about a time in history when our National Debt was only 9 Trillion Dollars!

It could be worse ya know… how does $10 Trillion and growing look?

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Photos by:
Digiart2001 and Kevin Krejci
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