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The Daily F Bomb, Thursday 10/10/13

Interrogatories

Did you ever do any of those jobs they used to let kids do, like newspaper delivery? Do kids still deliver papers where you live?

Have you ever been tempted to cheat on your taxes? Have you ever been audited?

Do you have good negotiating skills? What do you use them for?

Do you enjoy any porridge like foods (oatmeal, malt-o-meal, cream of wheat, etc.)? Which ones? Do you add stuff like sugar and raisins?

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Thursday Morning Herd Check-in

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A History of the United States Economy (in Pictures)

The United States economy is a subject that is very much on the mind of Americans today. It’s also a very obviously influential part of the world; the American consumer market, for instance, often sets trends around the world.

Let’s take a look at the history of the United States economy. How did the American economy become as big and influential as it is today? We begin two hundred years ago, in 1800. Note that the next post will look at three specific moments during the American economy.

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More below.

Janet Yellen Nominated as Federal Reserve Chairman



Transcript: Remarks by the President in Nominating Dr. Janet Yellen as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Reuters: Obama picks Yellen for top Fed job, urges quick Senate approval

President Barack Obama nominated Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen on Wednesday to run the world’s most influential central bank and urged the Senate to confirm her without delay.

Yellen, an advocate for aggressive action to stimulate U.S. economic growth through low interest rates and large-scale bond purchases, would replace Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, whose second term ends on January 31.

The nomination will put Yellen on course to be the first woman to lead the institution and the first to head a central bank in any Group of Seven industrial nation.

The Daily F Bomb, Wednesday 10/9/13

Interrogatories

Did you have have to wear braces? If so, was your school one of the ones where braces were cool, or not?

Do you have any techniques for falling asleep when sleep eludes you?

Are you mechanically or technically inclined? Did you ever take things apart to see how they worked? If so, were you able to successfully reassemble such things?

Do you like the sound of motorcycle or other engines?

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Wednesday Watering Hole: Check In & Hangout for the Herd

Good morning, Moosekind. At least it’s Wednesday morning where I am as I post this. Hopefully you’re asleep and it’s real Wednesday morning by the time you read it.


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The common Moose, Alces alces, unlike other members of the deer family, is a solitary animal that doesn’t form herds. Not so its rarer but nearest relative, Alces purplius, the Motley Moose. Though sometimes solitary, the Motley Moose herds in ever shifting groups at the local watering hole to exchange news and just pass the time.

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President Obama’s Press Conference: “We Can’t Make ‘Extortion’ A Part Of Our Democracy”

President Obama held a press conference today where he discussed the shutdown and the impasse over the debt ceiling.

The President:


This morning I had a chance to speak with Speaker Boehner. And I told him what I’ve been saying publicly, that I am happy to talk with him and other Republicans about anything — not just issues I think are important but also issues that they think are important. But I also told him that having such a conversation, talks, negotiations shouldn’t require hanging the threats of a government shutdown or economic chaos over the heads of the American people.

Transcript of the president’s remarks follow.

If Barbara Jordan was alive, this is what she would say, again


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I make no secret of the fact that I think Barbara Jordan was one of the most brilliant women, and politicians of our time. She was “the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction, the first southern black female elected to the United States House of Representatives, and the first African-American woman to deliver the keynote address at a Democratic National Convention”. She is one of my all-time sheroes.

I was driving in my car the other day, listening to my local public radio station (WAMC) and there was her voice coming through the speakers.  

The Daily F Bomb, Tuesday 10/8/13

Interrogatories

Have you ever had a major fire come close you where you live? Did you have to evacuate?

Do you often go to the theatre (not movies, live performances)? What is the last play you saw?

It’s National Fluffernutter Day? Do you even know what that is? Is this something you would actually buy and use?

Has the government shutdown personally affected you yet? In what ways?

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Tuesday Morning Herd Check-in

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