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This is pretty cool. Now I know why my mother told me to stay away from power.
 

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Hat tip Prieur du Plessis.
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Dave Granlund, Comics.com

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As a departure from my recent rants on the economy, I offer you this:

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Pretty funny video by SNL characters bringing back a host of former Presidents to advise Obama to protect consumers from the banks.

See the behind the scenes video and the Dana Carvey Dream Sequence too.

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Things are getting heated in the Greek sovereign debt crisis – with the main battle lines being drawn between Greece and Germany. There are a lot of stories in the German press about Greek profligacy and cheating (see German-language links below video). Then there are the stories about Greek boycotts of German products and the [...]

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If you didn’t know, new credit card rules just came into effect. Jon Stewart has a pretty funny take on the industry.
Make it rain, Bank of America, make it rain (credit card fees, that is)!

Also see Learn How Canceling Credit Cards Affects Your Credit Score and Learn The Details of Your New Credit Card Bill [...]

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Double-dip recession may not be far off | Business | guardian.co.uk
With All Due Respect, Arnold Kling | EconLog
Six in 10 Underemployed Not Hopeful About Finding Work – Gallup
Bank Profit Mirage Redux – Annaly Salvos
Night of the living dead banks | Analysis & Opinion | Rolfe Winkler
Why We Return to Bad [...]

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I have read a number of accounts in European newspapers. I am surprised at how many of them simply parrot the Financial Times Deutschland article about Germany bailing out Greece – a line which was later denied by the Germans.  Some did not even write their source as this French language article from Le Monde [...]

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I have shovelled snow for three days straight now. We got over 20 inches (50 cm) on Friday and Saturday. Yesterday morning, I went out for a brief drive to the grocery store. I was astounded how badly the major roads were plowed. There were almost NO patches were one could see actual pavement.
Now, another [...]

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I post this one half tongue-in-cheek (hat tip Scott).  A picture of Ben Bernanke was shown round to players from the Super Bowl’s Indianapolis Colts (once a local team here in the Baltimore-Washington area, but that’s another story).  These guys know their Fed Chairmen – that’s all I can say.
Pretty funny. Take a look. You [...]