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Good evening, and welcome to Saturday Night Video! Tonight no video – but here’s a killer mixtape embed from my friend, the world-famous party-starter Mick and the one and only DJ Jazzy Jeff. For the fourth straight summer they’ve put together the only mixtape you need for all your beach parties, barbecues, etc. The embed…

In the course of my research for a project I’m working on, I came across the following article at the New York Times. Below is the full story, unexcerpted and not taken out of context, from a reporter who attended a charlatan festival in New York City almost twenty years ago. For those who missed…

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All hell is now breaking out across Egypt as Political Islam – in the form of the Muslim Brotherhood – reasserts itself. Under Hosni Mubarak’s rule (1981 to 2011), the MB was marginalized as the dictator sought his fortunes as the leader of a more secular nation with which the West could “do business.” His…

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Today’s Quote of the Day is a classic, emphasis mine: QE tapering is locked and loaded for the September Fed meeting after this morning’s number.  The cut from $85 billion may be less than you think, but the first cut is coming even if it’s not the deepest.  Why?  The jobs picture is a little better. …

I have no idea what will happen in the second half of this year. Which is cool because you don’t either, nor does your brother-in-law who “knows a guy.” Professional forecasters typically embark on one of the following exercises to make their predictions: a) take current trends and extrapolate them out into the future assuming present rates…