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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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Monday, June 05, 2006

More Fantasy Baseball fun...

GOP and the City put the week 9 summary up pretty quickly. I guess that means I'll actually have to find something real to blog about tomorrow...

bRight & Early - 6
Wookies Will Win - 6
Wookies are on suicide watch as Pujols is headed to the DL. The Magic 8-ball says things "don't look promising". Wookies are in 1st place by only 3 games, B&E is in 2nd.
MVP - Jermaine Dye OF (8R - 3HR - 6RBI)
Goat - Albert Pujols 1B (6K - 4/17 - on DL)

The impossible has happened. Pujols is on the DL. I went to the free agent market and picked up 2 players to hopefully cover for the God among men that is Albert Pujols; Garret Anderson and Phil Nevin. Both were available and combined might equal the productivity of Pujols. I also have Carlos Delgado as my backup first baseman; too bad he's hitting .192 over the last 30 days... I'm not on suicide watch, but I do have Jack Bauer ready to kill Albert should he even think about being on the DL for longer than 15 days. Jack's pissed that something as trivial as an oblique would keep Pujols out of the lineup. Jack's calling you a wuss Albert... watcha gonna do about that?

Any way, last week's matchup was a tough one. B&E is #2, I'm #1, and to be quite honest I was lucky to escape with the tie. I was losing the entire week, by an average of 8 to 4 all week but managed to get the score to 6 to 5 on Saturday, so I was now only losing by one. What put me over into a tie was Matt Clement's hard fought win which broke the tie in that category. Overall my pitching saved me this time; I took 5 of the 6 categories. I didn't have stellar pitching stats, but it was enough to save my ass since I lost 5 of 6 offensive categories...

In my family league, it was no contest. I slaughtered my competition, 10-0. This one really wasn't close, especially in the batting stats. I had an across the board, even attack there; I had 9 different player hit HRs, five players with more than 5 RBIs, and every player had at least 2 RBIs. However, my big stud for the week was pitcher Chris Young. He had 2 starts, got 2 wins, with a 0.00 ERA, a 0.38 WHIP, and 12 K's.

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