Pat Oliphant for November 14, 2011

A recurrence of the “sweating disease” from the 1500’s?? It too was almost always terminal.

A global epidemic? Don’t worry – the conservatives will come up with a cure to help the rich survive.

Two beds together spell EUR OPE

So did Europe. Don’t worry Canadians, despite the Douglas legacy, Harper will see to it you get it too. Remember, when Uncle Sam sneezes…

I notice the EUR has the euro symbol, while OPE could signify Oil Petroleum Exports. If not, then never mind.

But all we need to do is reduce restrictions on Wall Street, just like what led into this mess, and we’ll get out of it by our bootstraps!

Hey Jackie, Our Uncle Sams ran a long time ago…. Uncle Ronnie, Uncle George 1, Uncle George 2, all of them ran away after creating all of the problems we have today! Hey… Trickle This!!

It appears that Europe will need another ERP, however this America is not only not in a position to fund another ERP, it in fact needs an “ARP” of its own. Money! Hmmmm, Wonder if China has a George Marshall equivalent and a William L. Clayton and George F. Kennan in their State Department to put it together for us and thus save Western Civilization from its own economic folly? HaHaHaHeeHeeHeeHoHoHo!

Off Topic- Thanks for Rawls. Practical Application for my interests requires a translator.

After US Balances its budget, there is an untapped source for paying down the National Debt. Not to be revealed until US gets that far.

No woman in the bed? Where is Merkel?

Nothing is free, y’know.

That’s because Canada doesn’t actually exist. It’s a fever dream of Minnesota…

The way grayhare talks, you’d think he’s a billionaire…

The US controls it’s own currency, which is a huge part of managing national debt. Eventually we do need to pay down our debt, but we have the luxury of postponing. The US is paying about 2% on money it borrows, versus 8% for Greece and Italy. If they leave the Euro Zone, they would be better off in the short to medium term. The Euro is still the best chance of long term growth, but it comes at a price for all Euro members.We’ll see if Germany decides protecting it’s exports is worth saving the Euro. If the Euro fails, their trade balance is not going to look so rosy.

You mean like the imaginary number that Obamacare put forward? Those kind of imaginary numbers?

How about this? Instead of asking me, how about you libtards do you own research? The Canadian tax law tops out just shy of 50%. It’s right there. Google it…

Not an easy comparison, but I’ve read studies that essentially come to the same conclusion. My income in retirement would be somewhere around upper middle income and I pay around 36% including that on income tax return plus federal and provincial sales taxes. And of course this gives me “free” health care coverage.

Imaginary numbers, irrational numbers, and transcendental numbers all have good definitions and uses; but then there are fantastic numbers….

I knew you knew — I’m sure you know more math than I do. (But probably less Greek.) I was just trying to extend math into his world of fantasy. (Now someone is going to tell me that there really are fantastic numbers….)

Definitely fun. I come because of you and my other buddies, not because of the nutcases. A good sense of humor helps one remain sane … in a somewhat crazy time. And life does keep dishing up things to chuckle about.