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 Don Synstelien     cleaningupmylife.blogspot.com     Graphic_subscribe   

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Obama roasts McCain 10/17/08   —  I didn't know that Obama could be so funny. If he hadn't passed away, I would swear that this was written by Dean Martin.Part one:<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xk5YJkhizRs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allo...
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Stop paying your mortgage? 10/16/08   —  Sad but true. It's come to this. I know that the article is a rant and does not propose that as a real solution, but after reading, I found quite a few articles that do propose that as a real workable solution.Anyone else here feel like a sucker?I propose a new law. Let's just shoot on sight anyone w...
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Stop paying your mortgage? 10/16/08   —  Sad but true. It's come to this. I know that the article is a rant and does not propose that as a real solution, but after reading, I found quite a few articles that do propose that as a real workable solution.Anyone else here feel like a sucker?I propose a new law. Let's just shoot on sight anyone w...
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RIP: Wall Street, Main Street, and any other street. 10/16/08   —  I guess that there will be no value in business after this week.Maybe every ounce of value is gone. No company that has a ticker symbol will make it through even the next few months. It's all just over. Maybe we have reached a point that is unrecoverable. Not in terms of a short term stock market hit...
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RIP: Wall Street, Main Street, and any other street. 10/16/08   —  I guess that there will be no value in business after this week.Maybe every ounce of value is gone. No company that has a ticker symbol will make it through even the next few months. It's all just over. Maybe we have reached a point that is unrecoverable. Not in terms of a short term stock market hit...
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New Macbook Pro 10/15/08   —  I do wish they had announced the 17 inch. I was hoping to move to a larger screen resolution. But I need a new computer so bad that I had to make the leap. I'm tired of the little spinning beach ball. I have to say, this computer that I'm using now has been a champ. Back when I was freelancing full t...
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One picture is worth a thousand words. 10/15/08   —  Found on Flickr...
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I hate being a fanboy - But I need a new laptop 10/14/08   —  And of course, the object in question can be seen here. (perhaps, if true).Here is a list of Apple liveblog locations for today's "The focus turns to Notebooks" event you will find me watching these today as I'm taking a day off to try and finish up some needed tasks at home. (um... taxes for last ye...
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News from the 1929 Stock Market Crash 10/13/08   —  This country is fundamentally sound and the economy is strong.Hmm... Sound familiar?<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MTCKxye9_so&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="al...
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WSJ - what history tells us about the market. 10/12/08   —  We're at a strange time. Financial advice has essentially turned to prayers and shrugged shoulders. Financial news sites are reporting on events that have few living witnesses not because there was massive death at the scene, but because most alive at the time have passed on from old age.That's not a...
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Interactive bear market chart NYT 10/12/08   —  The NYT does it again with an awesome chart showing this bear against all other bears. Looking at this chart, it looks as if we have a while to go, but possibly the worse is passed and now truly is the time to look for bargains.I'm still in AAPL, and I feel they are at a bottom. I'm playing a lot wit...
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Zombie Saturday 10/11/08   —  After the financial Armageddon, I'm sure the zombies will come. Personally, I'm fortifying the house with zombie proof barricades, shotguns and many more defensible items I recently gathered frm my local Walmart. And to practice my defenses, I've been playing these two awesome zombie killing games.Mi...
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Awesome 10/08/08   —  YouTube in "Super HD"er... Sorry.
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Suddenly, SNL is relevant again. 10/08/08   —  Believe it or not, Saturday Night live has come back on the radar. It seems that everywhere you look, there is a clip or link or comment about something political. The amazing thing I just noticed is that they all seem to be from SNL.Aside from the first season DVD's that we picked up, I haven't watc...
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McCain and Keating via Obama 10/07/08   —  I watched this last night and I wanted to pass this on to do my part.This is a video paid for by the Obama campaign that details some of the interactions that John McCain had in the "Keating five" Savings and Loan issue.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.y...
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Did social media just cause the second great depression? 10/06/08   —  By now, everyone knows that we had a huge bailout that did not pass and then did pass.One of the stated reasons for the bill not passing the first time by many representatives was the high number of their constituents who contacted them saying that this bill should not pass.In this video, congresswom...
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What will monday bring? 10/05/08   —  The hoopla about whether the bailout should be passed has passed and now we must focus on all new hoopla about what the fallout from passing the bill will bring. Will our taxes skyrocket? Will our stocks drop or rise? Will banks get enough money to survive or will they all fail anyway?Considering tha...
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Steve Jobs heart attack rumor is a "fail" for citizen media, big media and blog media. 10/04/08   —  On Friday, October 3rd 2008, CNN proved how costly "citizen" news and blogs can be.It cost a 10% drop in AAPL in about ten minutes. 10% adds up to about 9 Billion Dollars of their market cap at today's prices and is an awful big hit to take from an untrue rumor spread by a blog.By allowing news stori...
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Who won the VP debate? 10/03/08   —  Liberal blogs are saying that Biden kicked ass. Conservatives are thinking that Palin proved the winner. Honestly, my opinion is somewhere in-between.Biden is clearly the best VP candidate. He's more knowledgeable, experienced and capable in almost every way that I can conceive. However, Palin came a...
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When Rome was sacked, did it look like this? 10/03/08   —  <embed class="castfire_player" id="cf_5f02a" name="cf_5f02a" width="460" height="291" src="http://p.castfire.com/fcieq/video/26078/26078_2008-09-25-215549.flv" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>This is a very sad and depressing video that hits the nail of...
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