Protesting at the Tea Party!

The wife and kids are out of town visiting family this week, so I decided it was time to let loose and get a little crazy. Yes, I and thousands of other rightwing extremists attended the Houston Tea Party protest yesterday!

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Charts that should scare the crap out of you!

I just came across these charts, which were referenced in an opinion piece in Canada’s Financial Post. The piece poses the question if the political shenanigans we are seeing here in the US will be the end of our country, or at least its status as a financial powerhouse. But the most disturbing part is [...]

The 99.99¢ Only Store?

Here’s one for you that is just kind of funny. I went out the other night to my local 99¢ Only Store looking for a real plunger to help fix a clog in our kitchen sink (the plunger we had is one of those fancy plastic ones with a small mouth that wouldn’t fit over [...]

Another sign of inflation – Huggies getting more expensive

Inflation is squeezing the crap out of American consumers – and now if you want to use Huggies to catch that crap, that will cost more too! Consumer paper products company Kimberly-Clark, makers of well-known consumer brands like Huggies, Kleenex, and Cottonelle, announced last week that they will be increasing prices on items in their [...]

Forget Stocks! Invest in Food!

Not getting the investment return you want from your money market account or certificates of deposit? Well, there is a new investment asset class, and your initial investment is probably already sitting in your pantry. Yes folks, now is the time to invest in food, or at least that is what one WSJ columnist is [...]