The Side Street Journal Thursday 30 June 2011

Commentary on Global Political and Economic Events by Slim Fairview

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Banks Haunted by Houses. Where are they, Amityville? Sell the foreclosures; finance the deals. Man up or move on.

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Correction: Pay For C Financial O's up 19% to $2.9. How come they get the raises? I--oh, yeah. Oops! My bad. :-o Sorry. Slim

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California Law Taxes Amazon. Violates Federal Law? Amazon 2 close instate affiliates? California Tax revenue drop? How did this get started?

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@GoodLifeReport As Onslow said, "And here I am completely surrounded by no beer."

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Small Business find SB Loans hard 2 get. Explain Econ Stimulus slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/06/econom… & multiplier effect slideshare.net/slimfairview/t… Sincerely Slim

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IDAHO POTATOES: BUTTER UP & EAT. (Mr. Potato Head, call me about a marketing consulting deal. Oops! I mean, Mr. Head Potato. Regards, Slim

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If Virginia wore her New Jersey, What would Delaware? Idaho, Alaska. Speaking of potatoes. POTATOES------>Good. BUTTER UP & EAT, GUYS!

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Sandcastle Building Consultants rake in Big Bucks. From Finance to Sandcastles. Talk about reinventing yourself. Way to go, guys. Slim

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US EnviroFolk back EU Emission Plan. What about our emission plans. Any word yet? Slim

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IMF concerns over 2 Afghan Banks. There they go again. Blaming everything on Bankers. Slim (PS. I'm looking for a job in banking. Anyone?)

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Cuomo and Brown: A few things in common. Is pragmatism one of them? Cuomo Sails, Brown Sinks. Oh, Come on, Slim, let's be realistic. Oops!

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Health Care Constitutional says Judge. Saw the picture. He is wearing a bow tie. You can't really argue with a guy wearing a bow tie. Slim

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In Today's WSJ Read: Capital, by David Wessel wsj.com Regards, Slim

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Military Intervenes in Egypt Riots. Middle East Perspective from Slim Fairview sidestreetjournal.blogspot.com/2011/06/side-s… The business of Egypt is Business!

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France: We supplied guns 2 Libyan rebels. Now why didn't we think of that? Oh, yeah. We were afraid guns would fall into hands of the rebels

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Romney Backers raised more money than GOP rivals. America, we like to root for the underdog, but we like to run with the winners. Slim

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Officials say: Massey could've prevented mine blast--failed 2 disclose hazards. Ya think? Do Safety Officials admit: we don't do our jobs?

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Portugal: Budget gap figures not optimistic. Easy fix: Sit down with 25 column accounting paper, some pencils, & crunch some numbers. Slim

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2011: Greek approves austerity plan demanded by EuroCrats! 2014: Congress approves austerity plan demanded by China's Bank Heads. Slim

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Balanced Budget Amendment, eh? Let's see...2020. Well, we raised spending, we have a balanced budget amendment; That means, Raise Taxes.

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GOP wants balanced budge amendment. No they don't, they just don't know it yet. Double edge sword, guys. Sharper on the backside. Slim

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President calls on GOP to end tax cuts to rich. GOP says, Hey, that give me an idea. Okay, we'll do it. (Who said, November 2012?)

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Hedge Fund Manager launches consulting business. Leverage contacts in investing & sports. Okay, whatever. $5 on the Yankees to win. ;-) Slim

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BJ's Wholesale club bought for $2.8 Billion. I'm guessing this is wholesale price. Sorry--too bourgeois. I prefer a private club, like Sam's

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Newscorp sells myspace at a big discount. Why didn't they try putting it up on E-Bay first?

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TO Merger for TMX scrapped. Door open for home-grown bidders. Je me souviens, eh? (Oh, Canada.) À bientôt. Slim

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Median Pay for CEO's up 19% to $2.9 Million. I wanted to become a CEO but my parents insisted I go to blogging school instead. Slim

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Fed orders banks 2 cut swipe fees 2 merchants in 1/2. Banks relieved: not worse. Fed can do that? We wonder why Fed waited until now? Slim

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Am Air 2 buy planes. Boeing or Airbus? Can't we all get along? Cooperation is the new competition. Do I feel a group hug coming on? Slim

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Just as Fed is about 2 declare Victory & leave treasurys market, they snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Win some, lose some, eh? Slim

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Greek vote buoys markets. Stocks climb. EuroMoney: 2 week hi. Investors remain wary. Why? Due 2 having made bad investments in past perhaps?

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Lehman files revised plan. Has broader support. You can't fool all of--oops! I mean, you can't please everybody. But they are trying. Slim

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SEC 2 protect investors from tricky trade instruments. If they do it only half as well as they protected investors from--oops! Poor example.

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