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For the Optimists:Click to enlarge.It's a sure thing! Can't lose!For the Pessimists:Click to enlarge.It's a sure thing! Can't win!I sure wish there was a way to break the tie between the optimists and the pessimists. I could probably start by pointing out that the optimists have at least one thing wrong. Constant growth really should be using an exponential trend and not just a linear one. Here's the problem with a...

Asa GeorgePolice investigating the death of former CBS 58 anchor woman.By H. Nelson GoodsonSeptember 11, 2013(Updated)West Allis, WI - Asa George, 34, apparently died days before September 6, when police found her decomposing body at her home. Her body was discovered in a bath tub full of water at her residence, 2300 block of S. 58th St. just before 11:00 a.m. on Friday after they went to check on her welfare....

Click to enlarge.The noninstitutional population of those aged 16 to 24 divided by the noninstitutional population of those aged 25 to 54 is shown in blue.The employment level of those aged 16 to 24 divided by the employment level of those aged 25 to 54 is shown in black.If you look closely, you can see that there is a divergence between the two series starting in 2000. They no longer generally move in the same direction.The...

Click to enlarge.Start with retail sales. Subtract off motor vehicles and parts (mostly purchased with excess credit), gasoline station sales, food sales, and nonstore retail sales (since nonstores tend to hire non-employees). Adjust for inflation and divide by the population. The chart shows what's left. It's the perfect recipe for MaxedOutMama's disturbing Utterly Schizoid NFIB Report.In my opinion, the core economy...

Click to enlarge.The National Financial Conditions Index (NFCI) measures risk, liquidity and leverage in money markets and debt and equity markets as well as in the traditional and “shadow” banking systems. Positive values of the NFCI indicate financial conditions that are tighter than average, while negative values indicate financial conditions that are looser than average.Warning: Not necessarily suitable/safe for...

Saturday was a peaceful day. The hubs and I had both had long, stressful weeks and we had zero plans for the weekend. A rare treat. The girls slept in and the sun was shining. Life was good. If I was in a Disney movie, I would have been singing in a field with a blue bird on my shoulder.We went out to breakfast and were heading to the park for some quality playground time when we drove by my favorite Saturday sight...

19 of the suspects were arrested on Tuesday, while four of the suspects were already in federal custody, according to a federal indictment.By H. Nelson GoodsonSeptember 10, 2013Milwaukee, WI - On Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that 19 suspects had been taken into custody and charged in a federal court with conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with the intent...

by: Les CarpenterRational Nation USALiberty -vs- TyrannyInteresting possibility from the NEW REPUBLIC.This, apparently, is how diplomacy happens these days: Someone makes an off-hand remark at a press conference and triggers an international chain reaction that turns an already chaotic and complex situation completely on its head, and gives everyone a sense that, perhaps, this is the light at the end of the indecision...

Click to enlarge.Why would we need more repairs? What's the worst that could happen?Yeah, it's been getting worse and worse. Oh, it's taking forever to flush. It's like it's stopped up. We've been dumping a lot of sand in there from our floors.I'm putting in support beams right now, posts in the basement... so we can go ahead and cut these joists out.Have I mentioned lately that I have no desire to be a landlord? ;)Evil...

by: Les CarpenterRational Nation USALiberty -vs- TyrannyAny questions? If so perhaps the obvious is just to difficult to understand?Read the entire sordid story HERE.Via: Memeorand...

Click to enlarge.FAIL.September 6, 2013Consumers rely on car financing more than everLoans now average $457 with payments over 65 months, putting the average amount financed on a new car at $26,526.Subprime loans to customers with less than a 680 credit score saw an increase, rising from 25.4 percent of loans last year to 27.5 percent in 2013.Extending payments past four years, and well beyond the typical new-car bumper-to-bumper...

There’s a TV commercial featuring a ventriloquist named Mr. Slick and his dummy, named “Dummy,” promoting the wondrous benefits of ethanol, not by actually listing those specific benefits – as one ought to do if one has real benefits to tout – but by implying that the evil oil companies don’t want you to know about them. Dummy answers questions that make the oil companies look bad, and Mr. Slick, portraying an...

VIEW MORE... ALICE + OLIVIA S/S 2014 Dannijo S/S 2014Alice + Olivia S/S 2014 - MINT CONDITION by sportandfashion-news featuring a pink nail polishNYFW - Day 5- It can be felt in the air the vivid energy that surrounds this city right now and the designers seems to embrace this energy all year long and concentrate all the interesting - colorful and printed pieces in one collection. Watch the Dannijo and...

Beyond the Farthest IslandThe Mars One ProjectA Commentary by J. D. Longstreet*****************I read an article recently that would-be space pioneers are signing up in droves to be the first humans to rocket to Mars -- and remain there for the rest of their lives.  No round trip, and no way back later, either.  At last count over 30,000 US citizen had already signed up to go, well, APPLIED for a seat...

Man was last seen alive on August 30th, his body was recovered from the river a week later.By H. Nelson GoodsonSeptember 9, 2013Milwaukee, WI - On September 6, the body of a 52-year-old man visiting the city during the Harley-Davidson 110th Anniversary from Kansas City was recovered by police in the river near the Water Street Bascule Bridge, according to the Milwaukee Medical Examiner's Office. Someone spotted the...

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of real currency in circulation per American nonfarm payroll employee (July 2013 dollars).Click to enlarge.As seen in the chart, I think it pretty much goes without saying that this is not 1982. It does look a bit like World War II though. Is there another world war right now that nobody told me about?I have not filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for...

Click to enlarge.We have a new pet. She's a 10 pound Shih Tzu and her name is Coco...

Click to enlarge.The record high of 11.03 hours per capita was set in April of 2000. I see very little evidence that a new record will ever be reached.From a long-term perspective, we are currently in the illusion of prosperity's unwinding phase. Put another way, we're in a cyclical bull market within a secular bear market. It's just an opinion of course. Your opinion may vary.September 18, 2007Suze Orman vs. Warren...

The following chart shows the 24-month moving average of average weekly hours of private production and non-supervisory employees. I have added an exponential trend line in red.Click to enlarge.The next chart shows the deviation from the long-term trend. I have added recession indicators in blue.Click to enlarge.The next two charts provide a short-term look at that same data.Click to enlarge.Note that the 24-month moving...

I'm over at The Green Room Interiors  today, pimping Kimberly's dollhouse. Check it out and see my boards for her living and dining rooms. There was no budget and she provided some amazing pieces to start with so basically I went hog wild.And don't forget to enter the AO at Home giveaway for your chance to win a $200 gift card from Target!Happy Monda...