Breakfast Links

Posted by Jeff Carter
on October 5th, 2012

I have had fat fingers, but not like this. Another flash crash. When markets are interconnected, a flash crash in one can lead to a big crash in another. Dominoes.

Yes, they want to raise a trillion dollars in taxes. Biden says he wants what’s fair. And if you believe that they won’t be raising them on the middle class, I have a bridge and some swamp land I could sell you.

Central planners always blame someone else. Iran blames economic conspiracy on its troubles.

Get used to $4/gallon gas.

Farm and ranch families are very worried about the fiscal cliff. Death tax could kill them.

Data on some trading in Kraft. ($KFT)

If you didn’t understand the Chicago Way before Obama was elected, you got a pretty good taste of it based on how he used crony capitalism in the White House. Now you will see how they get re-elected.

Chicago political powerbroker gets 366 days in jail. Say hi to George Ryan and Blago.

Turkey and Syria, sitting in a tree….how come if neither side wants war they are shooting at each other?

Whiskey to fuel cars. Wonder what the exhaust smells like?

The homeless billionaire.

Obama has a donor scandal. Doesn’t surprise me in the least. Machine politicians are above the law, until they need to be the fall guy.

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