Many thanks to Richard Phinney, who writes: “Thanks for posting a current pic. Bless you for all you have done. My children are smarter because of you.” Unfortunately, if accurately, the subject line on his email is: “Geezer.”

“Uh-oh,” writes Wes Baker. “It looks like the Federal Reserve has some serious competition.” UPDATE from Bill Watkins: “When I read the article about counterfeit currency in the KC Star over the weekend, a couple of thoughts crossed my mind. First, I thought it was remarkable that the MSM would so casually mention the possibility that the CIA might be behind the counterfeit notes and the fact that the CIA engaged in economic warfare against Soviet countries in the past by counterfeiting their currencies. Second, I had to wonder if the elite are beginnig to lay the groundwork for blaming … Continue reading Uh-Oh

Iran is now selling 65% of its oil in euros, 20% in yen, and only 15% in dollars, and even that 15% it plans to switch to “more creditworthy currencies” such as the UAE dirham. With the Bush administration threatening fullscale war against Iran almost every day, and taking any number of other warlike steps (sanctions, funding of terrorism, etc.), political reasons are enough to explain this pricing decision, but as an Iranian spokesman noted, there is also “the fluctuations of the dollar on the currency markets and the depreciation of its value since 2004.”

“If you want additional proof that we’re in a bubble, here it is: young people are trying to get into the venture capital business again.” By Guy Kawasaki, author, venture capitalist, former Apple Fellow.

Writes Gary North: “The yield curve inverted on September 13. This points to a recession in 2007. It’s not written in stone, but it’s written in wet concrete, which is drying fast.”

Rapturo-fascist Cal Thomas loves killer movies and also the new Oliver Stone flick: “I have a long list of favorite patriotic movies, including ‘Victory at Sea,’ ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ and ‘Sands of Iwo Jima,’ but Oliver Stone’s ‘World Trade Center’ is right up there with the best of them. It is one of the greatest pro-American, pro-family, pro-faith, pro-male, flag-waving, G-d Bless America films you will ever see….”

From Roderick L. Long on his Austro-Athenian blog: On LRC “Pat Buchanan writes: ‘Since Henry Wallace, then, 60 years ago, no vice president has been dumped.’ Um … what about Gerald Ford dumping Rockefeller for Dole in 1976?”

3/29/2004 2:58:14 PM E-mail alert from Southern Living magazine From: Southern Living Magazine To: Date: 3/27/04 4:19:02 PM URGENT NOTICE REGARDING POTENTIAL FIRE AND SAFETY HAZARD IN RECIPE FOR ICEBOX ROLLS ON PAGE 154 OF THE APRIL 2004 ISSUE OF SOUTHERN LIVING Please DO NOT USE the Icebox Rolls recipe. Combining the water and shortening as described in the recipe may cause the mixture to ignite, is extremely dangerous, and could result in fire and safety hazards. The correct recipe is currently available on our website, southernliving.com. It will also be reprinted in the May issue of Southern Living. If … Continue reading Uh Oh

“People like people like themselves. That’s the conclusion of a study by Cornell University researchers.” (Thanks to Ralph Raico.)