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Abshopious New Year

Published on 31 Dec 2006 at 3:00 pm. Comments Off.
Filed under Politics, The Economy, Good Manners, Words, Credit Cards.

I’ve coined a new word for the New Year: abshopious. I’m going to try to give up (ab) mindless shopping in 2007. Ab-shop-ious. Derived from one of my favorite words: ab·ste·mi·ous [ab-stee-mee-uhs] adjective sparing or moderate in […]

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Humorous Intel

Published on 1 Dec 2006 at 7:07 am. Comments Off.
Filed under Politics, Airlines, Credit Cards.

Buff is back. The truth is that during most of 2006, I was imprisoned in Guantanamo for attempting to bring hummus through a TSA screening checkpoint. My possession of a Middle-Eastern food product made me an obvious terrorism suspect. I’m free, I assume as the result of the mid-term elections. The Rs figure it’s only a […]

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Interesting Hike

Published on 2 Nov 2005 at 2:30 am. Comments Off.
Filed under The Economy, Credit Cards.

As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee raised interest rates another 1/4 point at their meeting Tuesday. This makes an even 12 straight increases, resulting in a 4% Fed Funds rate. I supported rate increases at the beginning, because the historically low rates were not only overheating the economy, they were overheating debt levels for both […]

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