Junkdrawer
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Thu Aug-05-04 06:00 PM
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NYSE dropped 163. CNN's top stories are: |
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Two seized in missile buying sting
MORE TOP STORIES
• Arrest in Chicago truck bomb plot
• U.S.: 'Senior' al Qaeda leader held in Britain | Video
• Anti-Kerry ad accuses candidate of betrayal | Video
• Kerry hits Bush response to 9/11 attack news | Video
• U.S troops join battle against cleric's forces | Video
• Peterson trial delayed while defense probes new evidence
• Father: Mark Hacking confessed to brothers he killed wife
• Key to life on Mars in Earth's deserts
Was a time when that might make a bit of news.
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Thu Aug-05-04 06:01 PM
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1. That was then. This is now. |
burythehatchet
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Thu Aug-05-04 06:11 PM
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EVERY FUCKING THING dontchaknow
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brokensymmetry
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Thu Aug-05-04 06:09 PM
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2. There's nothing to see here. |
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Just move along now. There's a good Citizen. (All delivered in a brusque, official voice, naturally)
The economy - notwithstanding the official numbers - is not in good shape. We're spending as if there's no tomorrow. We produce, essentially, nothing - and we import almost everything.
We've got a war that I hope is ONLY a quagmire and not quick sand. Oil's price action suggests that Peak Oil is upon us. The social security generational disaster is being ignored.
So I suppose it's just as well that they give us entertainment and diversion. Reality will hit soon enough.
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Thu Aug-05-04 06:11 PM
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4. Don't worry too much, it's not going unnoticed |
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desite their best attempts at cover-up. Everyone I talk to seems to be worried about the state of the economy.
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Thu Aug-05-04 06:12 PM
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5. Those stories are more sensational and... |
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Edited on Thu Aug-05-04 06:20 PM by Bleachers7
163 is still only about a 1% drop. The fact that it's under 10,000 is more symbolically significant. I think it will make more noise tomorrow if it closes under 10,000 going into a weekend.
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Thu Aug-05-04 06:16 PM
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7. Let's see what Oil does overnight... |
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Edited on Thu Aug-05-04 06:16 PM by Junkdrawer
So, how fast can Saudi Arabia ramp up? Did I hear two months?
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Renew Deal
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Thu Aug-05-04 06:21 PM
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9. I thought they were tapped. |
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I think part of the problem is that no one really knows what's going on.
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Thu Aug-05-04 06:14 PM
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6. They only report on a down market if they can blame it on a Democrat |
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Like when Kerry gives a big speech or gets nominated.
When it can't be blamed on a Democrat, it's not news.
That's the U.S. media.
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Thu Aug-05-04 06:20 PM
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8. Its all the fault of whistleass |
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I think it was because of Bush's speaking today. Seems everytime he gives a speach or some significant event that he makes comments on...like the 417Bil signing today, the stock market goes down. Anyone else notice that?
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Thu Aug-05-04 06:22 PM
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10. I was just going to post something similar... |
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All day they had the Albany, NY terrorist story as the lead story. I live and work in Albany, NY. At the office today, the talk was the slumping stock market and sinking 401k's. For the most part, people could give a rat's ass about the two arrests.
But the media is going to do anything it takes to hide any bad news about this misadministration.
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