Is a Second U.S. Stimulus Package Headed Our Way? – By Jon D. Markman – Money Morning ———— revenue source? – Fines for too-tall grass could rise to $1,000 a day in Jupiter – By BILL DIPAOLO – Palm Beach Post   ———— Fed [...]

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I was showing my Dad my cell phone over the weekend. He said, “Son, no one gives a damn about all the things your cell phone does. You didn’t invent it, you just bought it. Anybody can do that.” Life with Dad, always an adventure…

Speaking of buying things, us taxpayers bought us another bank on [...]

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     +    read the last paragraph – NYT: With FHA Help, Easy Loans in Expensive Areas; Barney Frank Pushes for Permanent Higher Limits – Approaching $1 Million – Posted by TraderMark – Fund My Mutual Fund andmore on no money down – The Magic of the F.H.A. – [...]

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  2 items worth reading – Loan Growth at Public Expense; Jack Sustman on the Vortex as Market Descriptor – Chris Whalen – The Institutional Risk Analyst  ———— The New Nostradamus – Posted by: Michael Lerner, Ethan Hill – Can a fringe branch of mathematics forecast the [...]

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