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• What Would You Do?
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 22nd, 2012 at 8:10 pm, Comments: 0

  The Syrian government is killing it’s own people. Slaughtering them. What do you do? Beware-This vid is pretty graphic Other governments have slaughtered their own. [...]

• Outrage Over Tax Breaks in Illinois
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 22nd, 2012 at 11:26 am, Comments: 0

  In Crain’s Chicago Business, there was an article that said the $150M in tax breaks for Sears was money poorly spent. “Rather than dole out [...]

• Obamacare Will Blow Up The Budget Deficit
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 22nd, 2012 at 10:42 am, Comments: 0

  Guest Post from Peter Huff: While attention has been paid to Treasury Secretary Geithner’s admission last week that the Obama administration does not have a [...]

• MF Global and CME
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 22nd, 2012 at 10:34 am, Comments: 0

  Today I am doing a lunchtime presentation on CME ($CME) and MF Global at the University Club in Chicago. The staid club doesn’t allow tweeting [...]

• Ash Wednesday Breakfast Links
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 22nd, 2012 at 6:28 am, Comments: 0

  It’s Ash Wednesday for Christians all over the world. This is the most solemn time in the Christian calendar. For forty days and forty nights [...]

• 15 Questions The Mainstream Media Would Ask Barack Obama If He Were A Republican
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 21st, 2012 at 9:23 pm, Comments: 0

  If you deny that there is liberal bias in the mainstream media, you are living under a rock. In 2008, it was Journolist. We saw [...]

• Start Up Ecosystems-How To Screw Them Up
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 21st, 2012 at 7:32 am, Comments: 0

  Attention is being paid to the start up ecosystem by a wide variety of people today. One reason is because our labor participation rate is [...]

• Fat Tuesday
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 21st, 2012 at 7:18 am, Comments: 0

  Enjoy it. King Rex has been named and will lead the festivities today. Eat some Paczi’s, gorge yourself. Ash Wednesday is tomorrow. From the American [...]

• Tuesday Breakfast Links
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 21st, 2012 at 6:18 am, Comments: 0

  The World War Two Museum has a new store website. Check it out. Lots of cool stuff there. The global warming story breaks down even [...]

• Sky High Gas Prices
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 20th, 2012 at 2:54 pm, Comments: 0

  Gas deliveries and electronic consumption are have fallen off a cliff. But prices are up, and rising. There is a lot that plays into the [...]

• Pitchers and Catchers Report
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 20th, 2012 at 8:06 am, Comments: 0

  Spring Training opened yesterday in Arizona for the Chicago Cubs. (good video at the link) Still miss Harry

• Breakfast Links
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 20th, 2012 at 6:53 am, Comments: 0

  President’s Day today. What every government should know about start ups…. Germany drawing up plans for Greece to leave. I called for that last May. [...]

• What It’s Like To Be on a Bombing Raid
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 19th, 2012 at 10:45 am, Comments: 0

  Last December, I met four of the last five living Doolittle Raiders. It was an amazing experience. I loved their stories. As I reflected back [...]

• Bend and Stretch, Reach for the Stars
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 19th, 2012 at 8:07 am, Comments: 0

  We left Chicago this week end for Detroit. Seeing some family and friends. This morning before our drive back, we are going to a yoga [...]

• Sunday Breakfast Links
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 19th, 2012 at 6:04 am, Comments: 0

  I am doing some yoga this morning. Namaste. Did he learn from George Soros? What’s the most important job interview question you can ask? Stock [...]

• Mardi Gras Time
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 18th, 2012 at 7:05 am, Comments: 0

  It’s Mardi Gras time in New Orleans again. Since being on the Board of Trustees for the National World War Two Museum, I have learned [...]

• Saturday Michigan Breakfast Links
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 18th, 2012 at 6:51 am, Comments: 0

  Drove up to Michigan yesterday. I am near Detroit. Brought my armor piercing bullets and night vision goggles. I am in the studio on the [...]

• LIBOR Rate Manipulation
  Posted by Jeff Carter on February 17th, 2012 at 8:40 am, Comments: 0

  Bankers manipulated the LIBOR rate. These are the kinds of things that disgust people about Wall Street. Manipulation makes credible marketplaces look like a sham. [...]