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Daily Archives: June 17th, 2011

Friday Night Music

Friday, June 17, 2011

This one is the fruits of free association. I suppose this is sort of a 60s cliche, but I still love the song, and these group songfests are always fun. The main players here are Paul McCartney, Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson, and Rod Stewart, but if you’re an aficionado, you’ll be able to […]

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There they go again

Friday, June 17, 2011

From Pro Publica: There are yet more delays in implementing financial reform. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has said it needs extra time to write a set of derivatives rules required by Dodd-Frank, and others that were scheduled to go into effect automatically next month may be deferred until the end of the year—leaving the […]

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Glad I didn’t join

Friday, June 17, 2011

I am, I confess, chronologically eligible to join AARP, though I haven’t done so. I hold grudges, and I haven’t forgiven them for their position on the drug benefit and Medicare Advantage. Plus, I can’t face up to being old. Anyway, my obstinacy may be vindicated, if it’s true that AARP’s about to announce a […]

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