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“If you don’t know who the mark is, you are the mark.” Good advice for any poker game. Sometimes you might think somebody else is the mark, but an elaborate ruse has been created to fool you. This mostly happens in movies, like The Sting. Other times your partner might double-cross [...]
Tom Smith gets it right:
But isn’t it obvious? This is not about whether Cramer picks stocks well or not or has a good crystal ball. It is about the fact the Cramer dared to criticize Obama harshly and effectively from his very prominent pulpit. Mad Money has a huge audience, and Cramer went off on [...]
It appears that Obama has found a slice of Chicago corruption here in New York, specifically the Bronx, a golden land of opportunity for corrupt politicians. So says the Daily News: Buildings sprang up as donations rained down on Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion.
The man who is President Obama’s newly minted urban czar pocketed [...]
From a Blog at the Chicago Tribune.
Mayor Richard Daley said today Chicago has compiled a wish list of “shovel-ready projects” to spend federal economic stimulus funds on should Congress approve a plan.
Unlike hundreds of other cities, however, Daley said Chicago won’t make its list public.
“Yes, we do, we have our list, we’ve been talking to [...]
via The Anchoress.
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House. One is from Chicago, another is from Tennessee, and the third is from Minnesota. All three go with a White House official to examine the fence. The Minnesota contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then [...]
