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Al Gore says global warming is YOUR fault!
"He betrayed this country! He played on our fears!"
You don't say...

September 18th, 2007

Fed Cuts Benchmark Rate Half Point, Seeking to Forestall Recession in U.S. - "The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a half point to 4.75 percent, the first cut in four years, to protect the U.S. from sinking into a recession sparked by fallout from the housing-market collapse. 'Today's action is intended to help forestall some of the adverse effects on the broader economy that might otherwise arise from the disruptions in financial markets,' the Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement after meeting today in Washington. The central bank will 'act as needed to foster price stability and sustainable economic growth.' Stocks surged, two-year Treasury notes rose and the dollar fell to a record low against the euro. The larger-than-forecast reduction suggests Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is prepared to leave himself open to criticism that he's rescuing investors from bad decisions for the sake of saving the six-year expansion."
U.S. Producer Prices Drop More Than Forecast; Foreclosures on Homes Double - "The 1.4 percent decrease, the biggest since October, followed a 0.6 percent increase in July, the Labor Department said today in Washington. So-called core prices, which exclude fuel and food costs, rose 0.2 percent after a 0.1 percent gain the month before. Slower inflation gave policy makers room to cut their benchmark rate today in an effort to sustain the expansion in the face of a housing recession. A drop in fuel expenses pushed prices down in August and cooling economic growth will continue to restrain raw-material costs, economists said."

September 14th, 2007

U.S. Retail Sales, Output Rise Less Than Forecast, Adding to Rate-Cut Case - "The 0.3 percent increase in sales during August followed a revised 0.5 percent gain in July, the Commerce Department said today in Washington. Purchases excluding automobiles unexpectedly fell 0.4 percent. Production gained 0.2 percent, with factory output declining for the first time since February. While a report from the University of Michigan and Reuters Group Plc showed consumer confidence increased, their sentiment index remained near the lowest level in a year. Treasury notes rallied after the retail sales and production reports, before losing the gains."

September 13th, 2007

Greenspan Says He Didn't Foresee Credit Rout, Endorses Bernanke, CBS Says - "Current Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke 'is doing an excellent job,' Greenspan said in an interview on the 60 Minutes program, according to excerpts e-mailed by CBS today. The show is scheduled to air on Sept. 16, a day before the publication of Greenspan's book, 'The Age of Turbulence.' The remarks come amid criticism among some investors that Bernanke has failed to be as forceful as his predecessor in responding to financial turmoil. Greenspan in 1998 cut interest rates three times after a Russian debt default rippled through global markets. Bernanke's Fed has refrained from lowering its benchmark so far, relying on other tools to provide liquidity."
Commercial-Paper Market Decline in U.S. Slows as Concerns Over Credit Ease - "U.S. stocks rose and Treasuries fell after the Federal Reserve reported short-term debt dropped by $8.2 billion, compared with a decline of $31.3 billion a week earlier. That coincided with Countrywide Financial Corp. obtaining new financing and banks finding buyers for loans to fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s buyout of Alliance Boots. Issuers with the biggest chance of default had stopped trying to sell commercial paper, rekindling appetite for short- term debt, said Tony Crescenzi, chief bond market strategist at Miller Tabak & Co. in New York. 'Investors have already pushed out the weakest issuers,' Crescenzi said in an e-mail. 'The commercial paper that remains is a relatively more respected crop.'"

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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

OK, OK... so maybe Audrey Raines isn't a traitor...

Kate Mara

Though she's still being held in suspicion since her nose is still a suspect.

Anyway, Jack pulls another Mission Impossible moment out of nowhere as he interrogates the hot Russian hooker/spy. "Russian hooker, you've never seen me very upset. Don't dis Scientology again, you glib SOB." So Jack threatens the hot Russian hooker/spy and smacks around the US Marshall to get to her. Jack really has a big set of brass ones, I tell you. Seriously. Don't piss Jack off. He doesn't care who you are; he'll shoot first and ask questions later.

In other happenings Truffle Shuffle's replacement shows up, and she's a wakling sexual harassment suit. But at least she's hot; a definite step up from Truffle Shuffle. So I think we ought to call her "Jail Bait". It's not that she's underage, you just can't talk to her without her slapping you with a sexual harassment suit. I mean Chiggy Killer is hardly trying to feel her up when he patted her on the shoulder congratulating her on a job well done. Thank God she took Chemistry 101 at her local JC before getting hired as a temp at CTU.

Jack Bauer Kill Counter

Jack Bauer Kill Counter

And when Jack and Coke got to the natural gas plant, the shit really hits the fan, and the kill counter takes a big leap. 12 body bags were needed this episode. And the best part is, the only way to stop the gas was to blow up the plant. Sweet. Cut to typical good guy running, trying to escape, as successive large explosions get closer and closer.

So Jack drags Bierko into the cop car to save them both (insert bad Brokeback joke here. I don't mock Jack. I don't want to die).

And now your Jack Bauer Moments of Zen^TM:

~~Chuck Norris~~ Jack Bauer once passed a kidney stone the size of a baseball. The stone is on display as a moon rock at NASA.

~~Chuck Norris~~ Jack Bauer is the first black man to have white skin and red hair.

~~Chuck Norris'~~ Jack Bauer's urine can burn through steel.

Heh.

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