Top Five Autumn Rides

by Hunch on August 25, 2011 · 2 comments

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Autumn, my favorite time of year.  The crisp cool air, changing leaves, and the opportunity for awesome dates.  Spending the afternoon on the bank of a pond for a picnic or at a vineyard for a wine tasting or at a park to toss around a football or Frisbee are all great ways to pass […]

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Google and Motorola Mobility, hereafter Motorola, sitting in a tree m-e-r-g-i-n-g. Yes, Google is set to acquire Motorola and I, for one, think it’s awesome. I should preface this by noting that a dear friend is a long and loyal employee of Google so I’m biased to unqualifiedly support Google. This is truly the most […]

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I was speaking with a friend the other day about overreaching. My position is that overreaching is oxymoronic and just can’t be done. If you don’t set a goal, articulate it, plan it, and strive to achieve it you never will. There are several ways to say it; it is better to ask forgiveness than […]

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Okay boys and girls, it’s song time here at Hunchenomics; sing it if you know it.   Will the market grow Will it wobble to and fro Will unemployment drop Will credit flow Are your assets all tied up And you’re feeling really stuck Will the mar-ket grow   What does the market have in […]

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Warning: this is a five part post.  For future reference, “five part” is a term coined by my colleagues that means the beginning and end are so divergent only my confused little mind could connect them; this differs from a five segment post, which is a post divided into five separate entries.   I was […]

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By now even those of us living under rocks must know that S&P have taken the bold and idiotic action of downgrading the U.S. debt rating.  Like most economists I have an on-the-one-hand but on-the-other-hand argument with this particular decision.    On-the-one-hand this should clearly present to the President, Congress, U.S. citizens, and the world […]

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With just a few short days from the looming U.S. debt cap going into effect it seems to me that the negotiations need a kick in the fourth point of contact.  This seems like an apropos time to interject my position.   The rift between our politicians, as I understand it, is basically raising revenue […]

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Smooth As A Baby’$ _ _ _

by Hunch on July 24, 2011 · 5 comments

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If you are a single gentleman of means or a wife or girlfriend looking to give the gift for the guy who has everything can I suggest the Zafirro Iridium razor.  According to the official website the notable features include the following: Exclusivity – 99 numbered units will be produced at a price of $100,000 […]

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Several years ago a friend was dating a girl in Canada; at dinner one night he complained that one Canadian Dollar cost ninety seven cents USD and that the exchange rate shouldn’t be that close to one for one.  He continued to comment about how he missed the gold standard, we’ll just set aside the […]

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