Monday, November 2, 2009

Psssst! Hey Buddy! Wanna Make a Fortune?

Check it out. The Chinese are at it again. First they racked and stacked the frequent flier miles buying up oil contracts. Now they have decided that the precious metals in their possession may be too precious to sell to us mere mortals. Or at any rate at the current market price. Talk about sticker shock!

Transitioning

Shameless PlugTransition Rogers Park MeetingNovember 5 @6:30 PM - 8:30 PMRogers Park Library on Clark StreetWhy should you attend? Keep reading.One of the issues I have with members of the Progressive set (I consider myself a Centrist) is their penchant for rosy scenarios. They are the ultimate optimists and I sometimes wonder how they deal with reality when it bites them in the fanny. When

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Harvest Woes

The Wall Street Journal has posted an article about the harvest. It's pretty bad:The combination of a late planting season and an unusually cool, wet fall is causing one of the latest harvests in recent memory. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said just 20% of the corn crop had been harvested in the major corn-producing states, compared with 58% on average by this point in 2004