...nary a mention on cable news, but it made front page at Drudge. Top Wall Street Firms Give Millions More to Dems . 7 out of 8 of Wall Street's largest firms donated more to Democrats - some by twice as much ( Read more... )

This movie sucked ball, but the intro was pretty cool:

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Good god this is wonderful. A true treasure trove. One of my favorite hobbies is being "that guy" who corrects viral mythology to the great annoyance of those who propagate them.

Anyone looking for a good online savings account? Check out Savings Square. It's a "high yield" 3.05% account (relatively speaking - Wachovia was paying half a percent last I checked) operated by an outfit based out of Oklahoma. They are one of the few remaining 5-star banks, meaning their liquidity is rated well above that recommended by federal ( Read more... )

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Be sure to pay attention to the eloquent speech given by the gentleman in the front at 1:49

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is investing at least $5 billion in Goldman Sachs, a huge vote of confidence for one of the survivors of the credit crisis that felled two of its investment banking peers.Anyone else a heck of a lot more savvy than me know what's going on here? Buffet is not known to leap into deals. Either A) this is a ( Read more... )

Top Economist: Americans Should Worry About Bank Deposits if Congress Doesn't Act

[...] But Americans are justified to be worried, says Nouriel Roubini, of NYU's Stern School and RGE Monitor, who notes there is already a "slow-motion run on retail banks" occurring nationwide.Don't get me wrong - I'm not a doomsayer, and though I think this will ( Read more... )

Hippies cry over trees

"The Model Millionaire" - Oscar Wilde
From Lord Savile's Crime and Other Stories (1891)

Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. ( Read more... )

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