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When a caterer working for the United States Olympic Committee went to a supermarket in China last year, he encountered a piece of chicken — half of a breast — that measured 14 inches. “Enough to feed a family of eight,” said Frank Puleo, a caterer from Staten Island who [...]

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I didn’t have time to blog about this yesterday, so that’s why this post is just a tad bit late. But I don’t think many people were aware how close this country was to a financial melt down on Monday. I personally didn’t get a chance to watch the news yesterday, but when I found [...]

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Wow.
“THE WOMAN WHO ROCKED NY” from The Drudge Report, a front and center thumbnail and a link from The New York Times. Is this the Scarlet Letter of the 21st century??
I’ve been listening to this Eliot Spitzer thing from the moment this story hit the news wire (thanks to CNBC). Despite the massive public [...]

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I can’t speak for everyone, but I don’t think I understood how bad the writers were getting ripped off until I watched this video from the writers of “The Office”. I was initially pretty disappointed that I probably won’t get to see The Office’s Christmas special this year, but now at least I know that [...]

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Mark December 11th down boys and girls. That could very well be the day that will start a massive chain of very ugly events for the US economy. As the market conditions continue to deteriorate by this credit crunch, we’re not only seeing companies writing down huge amounts off in their books but we’re also [...]

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Now that the Department of Labor has revised last month’s non-farm payroll number from -6k to 89k while this month’s number is a steady 111k, last month’s concern that the subprime mess had spilled into the labor market now appears to be a giant miscount. Or is it?
It also could appear that this could be [...]

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I didn’t get a chance to watch this yesterday in its entirety, but only sound bites from his speeches and Q&A session. Despite the controversies surrounding Columbia’s decision to extend an invitation to President Ahmadinejad to speak, I’d say that it was a good example of the freedom and liberty that this country was [...]

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