Cake or Death: 24 racks up the bodies 70's style...

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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, April 11, 2006

24 racks up the bodies 70's style...

OK it was a good episode and all, but did anyone else notice the cheesy 70s, "Charlie Angles", drama-cop thriller music? It was like Bicardi and Diet, Decaf Cola suddenly turned into "Starsky and Hutch" as they tried to escape from the bank as RoboCop's eeeeevil henchmen battled with the police and the National Guard. I half expected Wayne to pop out with a huge fro and Jack with mutton chops. And in the firefight we get 10 more chalk outlines...

President Weasel continues to think he has a sack... Who knows... perhaps all that snivelling was just an act. But ordering the arrest of Jack Bauer? That's not ballsy... That's suicidal. 10 to 1 that Jack has a gun to his head by the end of the season.

And with Chiggy Killer gone and Frau Blucher taking over CTU things are really going to hell. Frau almost had an original thought when she quesitoned the order to arrest Jack Bauer, but it was fleeting, probably only indigestion and she resumed her normal, unquestioning, robotic, conformist persona and BAM...! APB on Jack Bauer. But how did the HLS dork find her car, without a tracking device, with a satelite? What? Is he a good guesser?

But Audrey's turning special agent on us... scanning her car for tracking devices and sending her tail on a wild goose chase in an effort to help Jack. And she sets us up a killer showdown for the B4B FightClub... SecDef Heller vs. President Weasel and his newly discovered brass balls.

My money's on Heller...

And now, your Jack Bauer Moment of Zen^TM...

~~Chuck Norris~~ Jack Bauer is desperately working on a way to have sexual intercourse with himself because he has finally realized that he is the sexiest person on the planet... and everyone knows that ~~Chuck Norris~~ Jack Bauer does not settle for second best.

~~Chuck Norris~~ Jack Bauer once won the Gold, Silver and Bronze in the Women's Bobsled. No one ever questioned how he did it.

~~Chuck Norris~~ Jack Bauer is illegal in 48 states.

Heh.

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