Dollar to stay anchor of China's reserves: Chinese official

Whew! That was close.

The US dollar will remain the anchor currency of China's massive foreign reserves despite suggestions that they were too heavily skewed toward the weakening greenback, a senior Chinese central bank official said here Wednesday.

Via AFP.

Stop this idiocy

A couple headlines. OK, I'm fucking lying. There are several headlines and links. Jesus H Christ on a beach blanket, but its fun to have such unlimited control. Muahahaha.

Obama Takes Lead In Money Raised

For Romney, a Fundraising Drop-Off

McCain cuts staff as funding woes build

Fund-Raising Woes

With fundraising apprently drying up, Romney writes himself a check

Senate Q2 Fundraising Numbers

Fund Raising Totals May Signal Changes Among Upper Tier Candidates

Stop it. These headlines and links could go on ad infinitum. Media seems to believe, as do too many bloggers, money accumulation identifies viable candidates. If so America is in the shitter.

Money is important, but as Henry Tyroon (James Garner) says in Wheeler Dealers (1963), "You don't go wheelin' 'n' dealin' for money. You do it for fun. Money's just the way you keep score."

Don't do it. Money is not your god. Money is a convenient way to trade, but it is no deity.

Quit equating money infusions with political strength. I don't know, but suspect Abe Lincoln didn't have tons of money.

While we're at it, forget the Libby stuff. Its over and done unless Fitzgerald can nail him in appeal, but Bush would just commute his sentence again so all is right with the world.

Forget Paris Hilton.

Forget the botched and totally amateurish attempts to attack London and Glasgow.

Blog about your cats.

Am I the only one who finds it interesting Lee Remick would be billed ahead of James Garner in 1963? Guess ol' Jim hadn't hit is stride. Or Women aren't cherished after a certain age.

Hmmm.

Interesting Article On New York City Economics

This article is fascinating, but terribly depressing for me.

Anyone who has ever lived in New York City... or even just imagined living in New York City... has wondered: "If I were to open such-and-such business, what kind of money would I make?" New York Magazine has put together a list of 20 standard/common (or not-so-common) businesses in New York City, and how much money one can reasonably expect to earn with them.

Want to open a Pizzeria? Expect $18,000 profit plus salaries for your hard-working family. Diner? $252,000. Four-star restaurant? $1.7 million. For everything from drug dealer ($813,600) to The Yankees ($28 million loss), the numbers are all crunched, and the details are detailed. Exceptionally fascinating.

Don't know about your connection and computer, but the links take forever to load for me.

(stolen in full from Jil in Pattaya)

Must Read IMHO

In an effort to bring all sorts of experiences to my readers, I offer you the following. If this doesn't make you violently ill, you have a problem.

Hey, I didn't promise you all the experiences would be pleasant now did I?

THE PRESIDENT: It’s an interesting question. One of the problems — not specifically on this issue, just in general — let’s put it this way, money trumps peace, sometimes. [emphasis in original]

That may well be the first honest words to come out of that fucker's mouth. Except he should say money always trumps peace.

OK, I'll be honest here. For years I've been unable to listen to the idiot son speak. His voice makes me physically ill. So I limited my exposure to transcripts of what he had to say. Now they produce the same physical reaction in me. I'm working on a way of avoiding any contact with "Bush words" until he's gone. OMG, I'm stuck with the Cartoon Network!

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