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I disagree in part. Inflation benefits those with fixed rate debt payments like mortgages, student loans, the US govt etc. You can plan for inflation by moving money into the proper instruments (equities, gold etc.), then selling and taking advantage of muni/gov't bonds paying 10-15%...a once a generation buying opportunity. In a debt deflation scenario, you just try to avoid losing everything and the only asset worth anything is cold, hard cash.

My wife just went on maternity leave. She prosecutes child abuse for NYC. To process all the forms etc. for her maternity leave, NYC verifies that all required forms are on file. Apparently, she never filed a proper change of address form. The citry let her know by sending the entire package of forms to our current address. Arer you f----- kidding me??? The person could not simply pick up the phone and verify her current address (which was filed on several forms, she just missed one). Good ghawd, these people need a private ssector job where they are actually held accountable for what happens.

You drive a Wrangler right? Same as me. The windshield design is especially vulnerable to cracks from kicked up stones on the highway. Get the glass coverage on your insurance. It will be an extra $5-10 a month, but you will give thanks you have it at least once every 2 years.

03/2009 Dow at 6000....can we really go to 5000 after 1Q earnings?

How about Serbian? Kafana NYC, located at 116 Avenue C, at 8th Street. Fantastic food. Been there three times since it opened and plan to continue going. http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/kafana/ Great reviews.... http://www.yelp.com/biz/kafana-new-york

After the abysmal Carolina game, they had better come out flying!

Bill With all due respect, this is far worse than 1980. Consider the following article... http://www.minyanville.com/articles/CHINA-...i/index/a/21152 Chump Change got it right...we're f*cked. S&P will be in the 600s by the ides of March.

Today's Mallard Fillmore accurately sums up my feelings... http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp

Speaking of...have they released the passenger list yet? If anyone gets it, a link would be appreciated.

Amusing live blogging by WSJ of the public lynching today... http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2009/02/11/live...l/?mod=yahoo_hs EDIT: Who the f--- voted for Maxine Waters? Seriously? She really may be the dumbest person in Washington, and thats saying something. I mean...wow, just wow...talk about bat-sh*t crazy... Anyone else think she looks like Rick James in drag...am I wrong?

Thats a really tough call...kinda depends on what you are in the mood for. I've had one of the best bone-in-ribeyes of my life at Sparks, served of course, with NYC panache and fine wine/scotch; I've had the freshest lobster in my life on Pinel Island (off the coast of St. Maarten), where the local pulled the lobster trap from the ocean, walked to my table and said "Which one?," then grilled it over charcoal, while I drank a cold beer..wow; I've had some of the best French meals at either Le Cirque or LaGrenouille in NYC, fantastic food, elegance and different every time; I've had Dungeness Crab, very fresh and delicious right out of San Francisco bay, a truely rare treat...I can continue. I guess many meals stand out, not one stands alone.

Nelson had a great Senior Bowl. Raji would be awesome in the 1st. I'd be very happy if this was our draft.

$500, which was cheap, field championship level, Box number 62 (7 rows behind the Yankee dugout), Diamondback at Yankees, 2001 World Series, Game 4. Yanks down 3-1 in the bottom of the 9th, about to go down 3 games to 1 in the Series, BAM! the Tino HR to tie in the bottom of the 9th. In the 10th, Jeter becomes Mr. November winning it with an opposite field dinger. Greatest baseball game I ever saw. Yankee Stadium shook like no event I had ever attended that night...so much raw release of emotion after 9/11.

Who? What? Or is it just none of my damn business, which is fine as well.

Tommorrow's hearings are going to be a public lynching. Frank etc. are frothing at the mouth and want blood. Its not going to be pretty.

when the market is down 400, porkulus is passed and Treasury fumbles the bank bailout.... Bar Refaeli!!! So thats why we support Israel?!!! Thanks SI!

If I was this guy, I might just favorite the site below and look to make a purchase... Tanks for Sale

Wonder if Obama will define "middle class" the way this report did? Middle Class in NYC = 123k a year... http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/02/0..._six_figur.html

If we assume Sully was facing south, and the plane was over the GW bridge (since that was the direction he was traveling when he "landed" on the Hudson), Teterboro is NW of where the plane was, Newark is SW. If Sully's momentum was heading S, then Newark may have been more feasible than Teterboro, even though Teterboro is much closer in distance to the GW bridge.

FAA released the cockpit recordings...Capt. Sully was cool as ice...WOW! http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/0...omed_us_-4.html

Damn...taking me back...Brazillian girls....lots of fun, spent 4 weeks partying my a$$ off in Brazil in the mid-90s...then proceeded to Argentina for 4 weeks of R&R. After the constant party in Brazil (which absolutely rocked), 4 weeks in Argentina, meeting classy, more sophisticated women was a lot of fun. They can party too, you just have to loosen them up a bit. Wow, hadn't thought bout those 2 months in a long time before reading your post. South America is so much fun. No experience with Columbian girls, I'll have to take your word for it.

Just to take a stab at answering your query... Yes, it is the norm for folks to smoke weed. In my experience the peak ages would be 16-25, after 25 folks tend to be more cautious in acquiring it, thereby leading to less smoking of weed. I know I am generalizing, but this has been the experience of myself and many friends who enjoy the occasional toke. As to whetehr it is "all right...after all its just pot," that really is a matter of personal choice. I have many friends who have never smoked pot and some who still enjoy it, daily. In this country, weed was legal until the mid-1930s. The outlaw of marijuana is clouded by rascism and yellow journalism (see link below), in the US. I'm not certain of its history in Canada. IMHO, I will see it legalized, taxed and regulated for recreational use in my lifetime. Given this history, I never had a problem enjoying a good toke. Decent read below... http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/200...anaIllegal.html

True, I was hoping for a "I already am worth over $100 mil, so yeah, every now and then I enjoy a toke. So what?"

Single malt is definately the way to go. In addition, to the LaGavulin mentioned (my fav) and Balvenie Doublewood, also try LaPhroiag or Bushmills 16 year...both excellent. As far as blends, the only blends that can really compare (in quality and complexity) to a single malt that I have had would be JW Green/Blue or Dewars 12 yr., as far as likely to be readily available.

The $9,000 would be great....for six months, tops. After those six months....time for round 2....