I got twenty dollars out of the bank today. What should I get: two shares of Fannie Mae stock, or four Happy Meals?
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Yet another sorry chapter in the banking crisis. Remember: we need banks and bankers, but why we kept these banks and these bankers in business still perplexes me.
Mean-spirited reactionary politics below the fold. If you're a kind-hearted liberal here for the physics, you might want to skip this post, have a nice tea instead, and calmly meditate on Obama's recent rise in the polls.
I cannot sleep - great joy is as restless as great sorrow.
- Fanny Burney
Toward the end of last week, the
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Go buy two copies of this week's New Yorker magazine with the goofy Obama cartoon on the cover (it will be a collector's item some day), then treat yourself to a happy meal. Order ice tea with no sugar so you can claim to be doing something healthy.
Actually, I got a turkey sandwich and some fruit juice. Still have money left for a rainy day.