I mean seriously - would it surprise you if the video below were NOT a satire?New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move LessContinuing my Wall Street commentary; Jim Cramer had some comments on the whole (ridiculous) short seller conspiracy today in the NY Times. Cramer is generally a die hard bull, and he definitely knows how the trading markets work. Although ignoramuses will misread Cra...

In November, 2007, after 9+ years trading on Wall Street, I left for the greener pastures, of, well, nothing really. Strangely, being outside of the Wall Street "inside" information flow has allowed me to get much more in touch with why America has some of the problems we do. My free time allows me to read much more of the propaganda we are subjected to daily (this isn't supposed to sound militant!...

A few weeks ago I wrote my thoughts on the ricockulousness (*ri-cock-ulous-ness* -that's something that's 10x crazier than ridiculous) of blaming speculators for high oil prices. Today, I was very surprised to get an email from Delta Airlines titled "An Open Letter to All Airline Customers" - from 12 Airline CEO's.The contents of the letter are as follows:Our country is facing a possible sharp econ...

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Saturday afternoon I was sitting on the couch with Mrs. Dynamite and Oscar, watching TV, when the doorbell rang around 3pm. Now, in general, if you're ringing my doorbell, you better either be a) an expected guest, b) a friend of mine, or c) delivering something I ordered or would otherwise want. One main annoyance is that my doorbell sounds like Buffalo Bill's doorbell at the end of Silence of the...