Valerie At Large

After 4 months of what seems like endless ruminating, I have finally figured out a way to get prepared and survive a great depression. Let’s just say that I have spent a lot of money on trade publications, joined too many forums with people that draw blanks on the question, and, I must be bored. [...]

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I went to a “Meet and Greet” breakfast organized by my PTA this morning. I know what you’re thinking: “Valerie at a PTA meeting, as if….” Okay, in my defense I was pushed by someone to go, because everybody knows how I feel about PTA-type functions: not my bag. Anyway, I showed up and was [...]

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On my way home, I saw a bumper sticker reading “Nobama“. Caught my eagle eye. Since I was bored in traffic, I started thinking about how Obama has been really in hiding for a while. I mean he’s done virtually nothing with the BP disaster, nobody is having political discussions in traffic or in the [...]

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How to cure a recession: depression! Krugman, stop the madness already and let nature take its course. The sooner we get our feet in the deep mud, the sooner we’ll get out. Disinflation is almost over, quantitative easing is useless and we’re slowly but surely entering a deflation phase, so the game’s over, people. Let’s [...]

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