Tuesday Trifles

I had time for blogging this morning, but there's not much out there. Much of the cyber print is occupied with the economic shakedown: Global markets are falling, and it looks like Wall Street will follow suit in a few hours. So, international stocks are down, and the domestics are going down. Gold has more than doubled in price over the last three years. Where does one invest? I think the mattress is looking pretty good.
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Hillary and Obama go at it. It's a pretty good clip. I think Hillary won, but she's nasty.
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Better late than never: Good review of a good book published in 2006: Look Homeward, America.
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11-year-old Girl Scout earns every single merit badge possible (104 total).