Opening Stuff:
For all of you out there beyond New England and NY Metro who have yet to pick your team in the Super Bowl, consider this: If the Giants win, Charlie Schumer will be happy. Go Pats!
I'm really starting to feel sorry for daffodils. They think it's spring and many are several inches above ground in some areas. It's a little like relying on the Government instead of your own instincts.
An observer noted that Tom Brady and wife Giselle's new super sized mansion described as being "Eco friendly", probably should be more appropriately called "Ego Friendly".
The Question: The newest data says that 750 US banks are at risk of failing! Which states do you think have the most at risk?
The Headlines:
--Unemployment Drops to 8.3%: 235K Additions Surprise Experts.--Thirty bales Of Marijuana Float In Upon California Beaches.
--Dem Senators Urge Susan G. Koman Foundation To Reinstate Funding To Planned Parenthood.
--Heavy Snowstorm Hits Colorado; Moving East.
--Egypt Gunman Kidnap Two Woman US Tourists.
The woman who sued Honda about gas mileage and won $10K has opened a real can of worms. Everybody who owns a car could probably sue. It appears that the car manufacturers are relying on government statistics which are noticeably higher than reality as tested by private research groups which actually factor in real driving habits like the dreaded lead foot. The Hummer owner could scream, "Hey, you promised 10mi/gal and I'm only getting 9". Everything is relative.
If the unemployment number keeps on dropping (Which is actually fairly natural after three years), let's hope the Repubs are developing Plan B to use against the 0-Man. And no, not the birth certificate.
At the annual DC Prayer breakfast 0-Man suggested that God tells him to raise taxes. Where's the ACLU when you need them! There is an unwritten rule that says leave your politics at the door when you enter this annual, thoughtful gathering. But then, 0-Man doesn't follow the rules, written and unwritten.
Don't go barefoot in parking Lots Department:
Do you ever wonder how much coffee with cream and sugar has been poured out in parking lots? I do.
If you are looking for a a Super Bowl team to root for, consider the Bill O'Reilly segment "Patriots and Pinheads". Go Pats!
I think this new TV show "Smash" could be a winner.
Donald Trump is an odd duck.
Warren Buffet threw a meaningless monkey wrench into the electoral process with his seemingly naive tax differential comments. And, you know he's smart enough to know the difference between his tax payments and his secretary's. And how much in taxes he paid on his original money. Yet we keep on getting badgered with references to the "Buffett Rule". How unctuous is that.
Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--Dan Radcliff effectively moves away from his Harry Potter identity and is very could in this scary movie about strange deaths in a little coastal town in Edwardian England. Radcliff plays a mournig young husband who becasue of his loss is also in jeopardy at his law firm. He is given one more chance to save his carreer and it brings him to this town where all are hiding a terrible secret. He moves into the manison of the towns wealthiest man whee the ghost of the woman in black roams. It's petty good.
--A SciFy thriller follows three high school students with uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn more about them and how to control the Kinetic mind) powers they must also learn to face the reality of an adult world to keep their own from spinning out of control. I'd probably go.
Almost Near: Chapter 60. --"Hi Audrey, this is Samantha Wilcox, again. Any word about Tucker?"
"Not a peep, but then I had the feeling he was near you. That seems to be his pattern lately. Maybe we should be talking more, but honestly..."
"Honestly, you probably think I'm nuts. And maybe I am. But, I feel that more and more things are making sense to me. And then," Samantha paused, "there's the darkness".
Andrey sensed the eerie quiet. "I've learned a lot about you Samantha. Maybe a lot that you don't even know yourself. It must be difficult knowing that so much has happened around you and not really knowing what it has been. I think Tucker, he was Tommy then, has loved you since he was 12 years old.
"Yes, I think I have learned some of that these past several weeks. I don't feel anything deeply about that past, but at least I know it was, and has been an important part of why I am what I am. Whatever that is?" Samantha laughed.
Audrey was laughing when she broke in. "I think I'd like you Samantha..."
''Call me Sam."
"Ok...Sam! You must have some kinda indomitable spirit to have lived through your years with that Quimpierre family." Audrey heard an intake of breath.
The Answer:
The 758 possible failures projected for the next two years is double those that have failed over the past three years! The slow recovery has tested the staying power of these banks to the breaking point. The fact that the Fed is assuming very slow growth through 2014 makes this dire situation real the worst states are Florida (72), Illinois (69), Geiorgia (66), Minnesota (37), Missouri (33) and Tennessee (31). The only states with no banks at risk are Alaska, Hawaii, new Hampshire and South Dakota. Rhode Island has one. I wonder who it is?
There are wars, births, and an inconceivable amount of varied interactions at any given moment being carried out among the billions of citizens on this Earth, and yet only one thing really matters. We will abide the world around us for the next two days until life begins again at 6:40, February 5 in the year of a our Lord 1012. To say that I'm not a quivering mass of raw nerves is to say that 0-Man is bowing out, conceding that Mitt is the only person who can turn around the country.
Go Pats! May the Tids be a happy Monday morning column.
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