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Thursday, December 25, 2008

Thursday - December 25, 2008 - Christmas Day - Buffett Outperforms the S&P 500 by 7% This Year, The Worst Predictions for 2008, Detroit Depression

Santa Baby takes home Eartha Kitt at Last Call. She dies at 81

The German navy says it has foiled an attempt by pirates to hijack an Egyptian cargo vessel off Somalia.

Bush Has Built Foundation for Improved Health Care

Man in Santa suit murder count now upped to 6 from 3 earlier this morning. Others injured. Shooter kills himself at his brother's house later today.

The Sounds of Christmas Mass in Iraq

Least competent burglar of the week: one, Randy Lee Shoopman, who played Hansel and Spittle at crime scenes

PC Magazine: 12 steps to help you get maximum peformance in your new PC


Alan Taylor's Big Picture Blog: 2008, the year in photographs (part 3)


Has the SEC fallen down on the job? NYT: Federal Cases of Stock Fraud Drop Sharply

An interesting Motley Fool thread devoted to "Trust in the Global Economic System" and worth your adding your two cents

23 year old Univeristy of Miami Hurricane Antonio Dixon still stutters severely but he has overcome this social impediment and is now a star at college and especially the homeless shelter where he once lived with his mom

"Warm" Christmas day predicted for Winnipeg, Canada of up to -22 when the sun comes up

Gunman in Santa suit attacks party, kills 3 in Covina, California

Two frostbitten horses saved in the mountains of British Columbia!




TSHTF . . . DEPRESSION Now Hitting DETRIOT! Average home price $18,513 - Unemployment rate 21% (click on video above)

4 Us military sons are reunited for Christmas for the first time in 15 years, making their mom ecstatic (video included)

CNNMoney/Fortune Magazine: "Apple stock should shine again" Anaylst says the biggest risk to Apple is Steve Job's health and his lack of successor

Rural Ontario woman buried for three days in snow found alive

Bruised Berkshire Hathaway shares are still outperforming the S&P 500 benchmark by about 7%

The Worst Predictions for 2008 . . . and here's one of our faves at A1A News ------> 5. "No! No! No! Bear Stearns is not in trouble." —Jim Cramer, CNBC commentator, Mar. 11, 2008
Five days later, JPMorgan Chase (JPM} took over Bear Stearns with government help, nearly wiping out shareholders.






Boston Globe's "The Ink Tank" - Roundup of Daily Cartoons from Around the Nation

Tourism Recession: Have you been to Vegas recently? Has the strip gone too high end?

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