Open Thread

hi cobble!

here’s the story:

back in 2004 an unknown state senator from Illinois named Barack Obama was running for the Senate against a heavily favored Republican named Jack Ryan.

Jack Ryan was running a winning campaign.
He also happened to have an actress wife named Jeri Ryan:

http://www.toomanymornings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/seven-of-nine.jpg

She played the super-hot “Seven Of Nine” on Star Trek,
generations. Great series.

Anyway, somewhere in the middle of the campaign, a sex-scandal broke out about how the Senator to be had a thing for public this and that, and how she was involved being his wife and of course this was all over the papers and played against his candidacy big time. Apparently these were only allegations, but were effective enough to derail Jack Ryan’s candidacy, allowing Barack Obama to step right into the Senate seat from which he would leap two years later onto the national race for President two years later.

The rest is history. 😉

quote:
Why do you have to like him rob???

i guess because my morals dictate so? i dont know. it’s just how i am.

*rob*

“Did you ever hear about how one super-hot,
Star Trek hottie was responsible for the
election of President Obama? True story.”

This, I have to hear. Do tell, legion! : )

It’s Official: Fed Governors Are Starting To Worry About A Double Dip

Provided By Business Insider June 15, 2010:

“According to WSJ, the debates have begun inside the Fed about what it should do in the event of a double dip.

With the market swooning, and Europe clearly having problems, with the potential to put a drag on the economy, not to mention nascent domestic issues, it’s absurd to imagine the Fed isn’t beginning to wargame the scenarios.

So, what does the Fed do if the data really starts to get bad again?

Almost certainly the resumption of aggressive asset purchases. That’s basically its only tool, and though it has a few ways of going about that, something along those lines would probably done. Bear in my that the Fed has always said it was keeping the door open to this move in the future.”

Dip dip dip…Granolaaaaaaa diiiiiiip…Remember those commercials?

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