GOP-Driven Earmark Puts $17,000 Pans On Army Aircraft

WASHINGTON — In the 1980s, the military had its infamous $800 toilet seat. Today, it has a $17,000 drip pan.

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GOP-Driven Earmark Puts $17,000 Pans On Army Aircraft

More Reasons to Despise Liberals

My wife hates it when I say I hate something or someone, but she usually gives me a pass when I substitute the word “despise.” I suppose it doesn’t sound so personal.

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Open Thread: Armed Forces Day

Today is Armed Forces Day.

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Open Thread: Armed Forces Day

A Racial Revolution?

Now that census data show — for the first time in American history — the number of white babies born exceeded by the number of babies born to non-white minorities the question is: What does this mean for the future of American society?

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A Racial Revolution?

BBC Interview with Nassim Taleb on JPMorgan

“It is one of the serious evils of our present system of banking that it enables one class of society, and that by no means a numerous one, by its control over the currency to act injuriously upon the interests of all the others and to exercise more than its just proportion of influence in political affairs.” Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address Rational people keep struggling with the ‘why’ of

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Huge Number Of Jeeps Recalled Because Of Fires

DETROIT — Chrysler is recalling nearly 87,000 Jeep Wranglers in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere due to a risk of fires. U.S. safety regulators say the recall affects only Wranglers from the 2010 model year with automatic transmissions

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DEUTSCHE BANK: ‘Weakness In Services Spending Has Been Unprecedented’

Deutsche Bank’s Joe LaVorgna is still not ready to push the panic button on the economy.

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DEUTSCHE BANK: ‘Weakness In Services Spending Has Been Unprecedented’

Trader Dan on King World News Markets and Metals Wrap

Please click on the following link to listen in to my regular weekly radio interview with Eric King on the KWN Markets and Metals Wrap.

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PHOTO: New York Post’s Scathing Attack On Facebook

Facebook’s first day on the stock market was much more underwhelming than expected , and New York’s most aggressive tabloid wasted no time making its displeasure known. Facebook shares, marred by technical glitches, rose only 23 cents from its initial price — a disappointing debut for the company.

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