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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@Jamie_Hart_ Thank you for the follow. Please check out & maybe follow sidestreetjournal.blogspot.com & slimviews.blogspot.com Thank you, Sincerely, Slim

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@JoslinDiabetes Thank U 4 the follow. Please check out & maybe follow sidestreetjournal.blogspot.com & slimviews.blogspot.com Thank you, Sincerely, Slim

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PS.  I know I am not Paul Harvey; however, I am open to working as a paid blogger, commentator, or columnist.  Slim

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Side Street Journal Wednesday 29 June 2011

Commentary on Global Political and Economic Events by Slim Fairview

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California Democrats Move Forward without help from the Governor. See how easy it is?

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http://lnkd.in/EUVNV8 Please wish me luck. I just uploaded my book to Amazon. We'll see how I did in 24 hours. Thanks for this...

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Optimism on Greece lifts the Euro. Maybe they have been reading my blog. [The EuroCrats, not the investors.] sidestreetjournal.blogspot.com/2011/06/side-s…

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Campbell Soup Leaves Russia. Mmmm Good. Mmmm Good. [Behind the news. Campbell refuses to sell borscht. ]

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France: Socialist Leader Joins Presidential Race. Oh, boy. Socialism today, Austerity Measures Tomorrow. Let's discuss the bailout now.

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New Alliances against Karzai. This is getting worse than a soccer match.

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China vows 2 buy EuroBonds. Is this a good thing or a bad thing. Western Investors Perplexed. They want to sell their bonds & hold them too.

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The Success of China's High Speed Train attracts crepe hangers. Quick, find an excuse to criticise the success rather than copy it.

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Qatar benefits from rising gas prices--Natural Gas. Will this depress oil prices & hurt MidEast Neighbors? I predict diplomatic talks soon.

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Greece Erupts over Austerity. Too much too soon, perhaps? Every action has an equal & opposite reaction. The EuroCrats will fix it. Slim

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Stocks Boasted biggest gain: Into Double Digits. From .9% to 1.2% (I suspect this is a leading indicator of a better economy.) Slim

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SEC intensifies scrutiny of non-exchange REIT's. Now regulate this strategy. slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/frank-… Regards, Slim

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First Term Republicans Try 2 Legislate From Experience. slimviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/busine… In olden days, we learned more from novels than from textbooks.

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Brit plan 4 post Gadhafi peacekeeping based on WW II report. Use gestapo 2 keep the peace after Hitler is ousted. As long as there's a plan.

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Wall Street Layoffs as trading down. Quick way to save $1 Billion. Layoff a dozen brokers. Or 10,000 secretaries.

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Fed Lending to EuroBanks. This sounds like SubPrime Lending 2.0 Let's hope EuroBanks do better than US Banks. Specially in Greek Crisis.

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IMF Names Christine Lagarde as director. After all that agony they did what was obvious from the Start. Why are grown men such drama queens?

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Congress / White House talk Free Trade. If the law needs provision to help US workers who lose their jobs, is it a good bill?

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Side Street Journal Tuesday 28 June 2011

Commentary on Global Political and Economic Events by Slim Fairview

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SPECIAL ATTENTION:  The EuroCrats and the Greek Debt Crisis.

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EuroCrats Discover that Insurance companies invest in Shaky Euro Gov Bonds. & these portfolio managers are financial experts, Right? Slim

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The French have great Ideal. Check out the umbrella. After that, call the experts to disparage the idea & kill any chance of success. Slim

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French parapluie: Bonne idée. Read all about it in the WSJ. [IF Greek Economy grows faster than expected?] IF? No IF. Make it happen!

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French Banks have an umbrella proposal for Greek Bonds. Sounds interesting: en francais, parapluie. Alors! je comprends (en petit peu) Slim

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Will Greek Parliament Agree to Austerity Package? Did the EuroCrats make the Austerity package agreeable? Is it Do-able? Pensez! Slim

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Then: Camel is a cow designed by a committee. Now, Camel is a bailout designed by a committee. I said it before! Limit the experts! Slim

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Finance Ministers from all 2,650 Euro Zone Nations to meet. How can that many people get any work done? Trick question. They can't Slim

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Private investors will cash in Bonds if they see no future in rollovers. Will EuroCrats guarantee bonds? Won't make market position strong.

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Private sector 2 bailout Greece? Bad Plan. Do better job making austerity measures do-able, ok? Will pressure on investors drive them away?

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Opposition in Syria -- Split among Activists.

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Who'd a thunk it? Court News: CONSERVATIVES UPHOLD & EXPAND FREE SPEECH. Liberals don't know whether or not to hold protest demonstration.

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Greek Privatization plan will work if Private companies can enjoy free market options. Do Investors agree? We shall see! Regards, Slim

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NM Nuke Reactor in danger from Forest fires. Nuke Reg Agcy said, it wants Nuke Plants built in deserts not near oceans. Or was that desserts

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California budget assumes $4 billion in new revenue. As the Peanuts Gang responds to Charlie Brown: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

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Gov. Brown abandons tax $$$ legislation. He's not going to tax and spend. He's going to tax and invest.

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Bachmann campaigns. Says she is voice of Americans disillusioned with Obama. The other GOP candidates supported by Americans who like Obama

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The Hague Criminal Court issues warrant for Gadhafi. Defence attorneys claims it was the meter reader who found the bodies.

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Former Citigroup employee charged with embezzling $19 Million. And I can't even balance my checkbook.

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Head of Central Bank flees Afghanistan for US fearing fraud probe. & he's coming to US? You're coming to the right place, Sir. Bienvenue

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Exit Thins Regulatory Ranks. Some may call that pruning. That may be a good thing considering how things have been going. Slim

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US Companies spending hoarded cash. Making capital investments. That suggests they see an ROI. Leading indicator of bon temps. Roulez?

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No Sub-Prime Credit Cards For these companies. Please see posting below. Sincerely, Slim

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Banks Bombard Consumers with Credit Card Offers. (Targeted at rich.) You mean they are giving credit cards to people who can afford them?

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China Gives Lagarde Full Support. (I really do want to believe that they read my blog postings about Mme. Lagarde.) Sincerely, Slim

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China: Local Govs. debt = to 25% of Economic Output. That sounds like spreading the risk factor. Many eggs, many baskets. Slim

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"Now that I am at an age when I need the sugar & caffeine to keep me going, I drink Caffeine-free, diet PEPSI." Slim

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US Stocks closed higher...ho hum. Next? Pepsi launches New ad campaign. Call them public service announcements. Slim

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For Immediate Release: Sweden and Singapore visited slimviews.blogspot.com Thank you, welcome, Sincerely, Slim - 60 -

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Side Street Journal Monday 27 June 2011

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Special:  Middle East Perspective

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[ In Reverse Blog Order ] 

Egypt and Others—A New World Order: A world without borders

http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/egypt-and-others-new-world-order-world.html

Egypt and the Failure of Global Diplomacy

http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/egypt-and-failure-of-global-diplomacy.html

The Business of Egypt is Egypt

http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/business-of-egypt-is-business.html

What is To Come in the Middle East?

http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-is-to-come-in-middle-east.html

Netopia, Blogging, and the Libyan Crisis

http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/netopia-blogging-and-libyan-crisis.html

President Obama’s Home Grown Diplomatic Conundrum (In Egypt, he’s doing fine.)

http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/obamas-homegrown-diplomatic-conundrum.html

The Fallacies of US Diplomacy in Libya

http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/04/fallacy-of-us-diplomacy-in-libya.html

The Impending Failure of US Diplomacy in the Middle East

http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/04/impending-failure-of-western-diplomacy.html

The Failure of US Diplomacy in the Middle East 3.0

http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/failure-of-us-diplomacy-in-middle-east.html

The Middle East.  Problem?  Solution!

http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/06/middle-east-problem-solution.html

Commentary on Global Political and Economic Events by Slim Fairview

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WSJ: Special Report. GERMANY. Uh, oh. They must have been doing something right & finally we are starting to notice? Strong economy perhaps?

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Trichet to Banks on New Regulations. You want to double your money? Fold it in half and put it back in your pocket! Way to go

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Investors face losses on Strip Mall investments. 85% of all small businesses fail in the first year. Now, what were the investors thinking?

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Charles Chao creates the Chinese Twitter. Will there be a translation version? Slim

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Pepsi hands out free soft drinks & chips 2 boost sales. You sly rascals....Okay, I'm in. Caffeine free diet Pepsi, Please. Slim

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Looking forward 2 launch of Recipe magazine. (Serving up savings.) After all this eating well, perhaps we can start 2 eat good. (For less!)

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Finance chief worries over oil prices. Tupperware head keeps eye on prices. Hey, folks: "Don't get mad, get Glad." (It's a joke, counselor.)

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Africa Economy Awakens aided by Free Trade. Economic advancement. A good thing. Slim

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China -- Vietnam Reach agreement on Sea dispute. That was quick. See how simple it is when you focus on the goal. Regards, Slim

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Weber Slams Rescue Effort. Idea. Let's sit down with Axel Weber listen 2 his views. Draw graphs, extrapolate. Prognosticate. Plan. Slim

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Nations debts: consumers debts hamstring global recovery. Guess we're all in this together, eh? Zero-sum game strategy days are over! Slim

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Analysts gloating over housing crisis in China? "Laugh before breakfast, cry before dinner." - My Mom. China will do fine. How are we doing?

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IRAN Woos US Allies: Read My Blog Postings on the Failure of Western Diplomacy in the Middle East. slimviews.blogspot.com Regards, Slim

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Let's see? US debt, Euro Debt, Asian markets tenuous, Middle East turmoil? slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/econom… Regards, Slim

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Let's see? US debt, Euro Debt, Asian markets tenuous, Middle East turmoil? slideshare.net/slimfairview/t… Regards, Slim

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Let's see? US debt, Euro Debt, Asian markets tenuous, Middle East turmoil? slideshare.net/slimfairview/g… Regards, Slim

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Let's see? US debt, Euro Debt, Asian markets tenuous, Middle East turmoil? slideshare.net/slimfairview/t… This and the next one. Regards, Slim

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Bachmann & Romney running neck & neck. This is for the primaries. Which Republican has a chance in November? I posted about that too. Slim

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Adult diabetes triples in US. Why? Inactivity & obesity. What causes obesity? Please read "marathoners" below.

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What do marathoners eat 4 days b 4 race? Macaroni! Why? 2 store energy. What is stored energy? Fat. What if you don't run a marathon?

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Nuke plant "flooded" (?) in Omaha! slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/nuclea… Op. cit. "Read my blog." Regards, Slim

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Iran Meets with Arab Leaders 2 forge coalition. Didn't I discuss this in my blog? Yeah, I did. slimviews.blogspot.com Take a peek, folks. Slim

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Stock Analysts remain upbeat. "Good things go to happy people" The Quotations of Slim Fairview. (c) 2011 Slim Fairview

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Obama Plan. New cars will have 56 mpg by 2025. That gives other countries 14 a year head start. Hey, Big 3, get innovating....fast. Slim

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Global Regulators require banks 2 hold more capital. & I thought bankers were the stuffy conservative ones. Double or nothing, guys? Slim

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German ex bank chief calls on all Europe to help Greece. HELLO! I said that weeks ago. Maybe Herr Weber reads my blog? sidestreetjournal.blogspot.com

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France on Greece: Government goes with rollover of debt, how about private investors? Hey private guys. Be expedient. Co-operate! Slim

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Greek Premier tries 2 steer austerity measure through Parliament. Smaller vehicles are easier 2 steer. Be prudent, moderate, sensible. Slim

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WSJ: Tumbling Mortgage Bond Prices have Banks racing 2 lose money. Is there no loss-containment? Loss Minimalisation? Only sell, off & lose?

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Side Street Journal Editorial Sunday 26 June 2011

Facts v. Opinions

Sometimes we want to hear opinions.  Food, clothing, music.  Sometimes we need to hear the facts.  121 degrees centigrade at 15 psi for 15 minutes.

De gustibus non est disputandum.  Taste is not a matter for dispute.  This can also suggest taste is not a matter for discussion.  Some people don’t want to talk about it.  Why not?  They don’t want to talk about that either.

From The Quotations of Slim Fairview

“Why do they want to talk about it?  To convince us to do things their way. Why? We don’t try to bully them into doing things our way.”

“It’s Important!” 

“Everything is important to the person making a profit from it.”

Years ago, my Dad taught me, “No one agrees with someone else’s opinion.  Only his own opinion expressed by someone else.”

I updated that.

“Don’t bother asking me.  You don’t want to hear my opinion.  You want to hear your opinion.”

This leads us to:

“Some people ask questions seeking information.  Other people ask questions so they can interrupt, argue, and pretend they’re right.”

Well, it would seem that there is as much contention regarding facts as there is regarding opinions.

I’ve decided to fall back on the metaphor.

Facts v. Opinions

There are facts and there are opinions. On the other hand, there are facts and there are facts. Here's the metaphor:

A group of wonderful people are going to rehabilitate a 16 unit building in a fancy neighborhood. You know: SoHo, NoHo, BooHoo, one of those places. They invite 16 interior designers (one unit each) to do a complete makeover. Wall treatments, window treatments, floor covering, furniture, accessories, and so on.

Now, the night before the big unveiling, (when no one is around to get hurt) the building collapses. Everyone hurries down to stare (aghast) at the site. There, with his political wisdom and insight, Mayor Bloomberg calls Donald Trump and asks him to come down and take a look at what happened. Upon his arrival, Mr. Trump asks to see the blueprints. The city engineer shows Mr. Trump the blueprints. Mr. Trump shakes his head.

"This is no good," he says. "Supporting walls were removed. New walls were not able to support the upper floors. The floors that were replaced were not structurally sound. The wonderful people who rehabilitated this building should have called me in first to check the plans and make sure the building wouldn't fall down."

What a shame. All those beautiful opinions and no facts. Well, not quite.

• The fact is, the designers were all brilliant and creative.
• The fact is, all the window treatments, floor treatments, wall treatments were tasteful and done with products known to be of the highest quality.
• The fact is, the furniture was tasteful, expensive, elegant.
• And so on.

All facts. None related to the structural integrity of the building.

The argument could be made that the interior design was actually a matter of opinion; what cannot be argued is that the structural soundness of the building was not a matter of opinion. It was a matter of facts not taken into consideration. (Evidenced by the fact that the building collapsed.)

The ability of a manager to filter out the opinions from the facts when dealing with issues is important. Just as crucial is having employees who can differentiate between facts and opinions. Not having opinions included can cause hurt feelings. However, we are not decorating an apartment. We are working to make sure the building does not fall down.

Regards,

Slim

PS. Paul Harvey I am not.  Still, I am open to becoming a paid blogger, columnist, or commentator.  In the meantime, if anyone find my blogs to be helpful, please don't hesitate to send me on of those tricked out Apple laptops and tuck a few dollars into the envelope with the thank you note.

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Side Street Journal Saturday 25 June 2011

Commentary on Global Political and Economic Events by Slim Fairview

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SPECIAL SECTION ON CHINA

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Slim Fairview Will the Facebook Revolution Spread to China? Probably Not. http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/will-facebook-revolution-spread-to.html

Slim Fairview Will the Facebook Revolution Spread to China Part 2 http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/credentialism.html

Slim Fairview Memo to Big Oil (On Energy Matters) http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/memo-to-big-oil.html

Slim Fairview China, The Economy, and a word beginning with the letter P. http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/06/china-economy-and-word-beginning-with.html

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The Daily Begins Here.  Thank you.  Slim

NYC Bureaucratic Nincomperson orders removal of immigrant crops from local park: http://t.co/rpuJU77 Technocrats or Techno-pimples? Slim

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Amanda Hocking (NYT Magazine) Self-publishes. Julie Powell (Julie & Julia) Blogs. 2 inspirational women who have me blogging & going Amazon

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Schools, with their top heavy, management laden bureaucrats, resource specialists, analysts, et. al. Have decided to eliminate librarians.

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nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyr… Is there anything Dumber than what the schools are doing now? They are getting rid of Librarians. OMG, how Dumb!

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http://lnkd.in/r8wFvV I just set up the account for uploading my book to Amazon. There are a few more details to add, then I can upload...

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Canada, South Africa, UK, Ireland, visited sidestreetjournal.blogspot.com Thank you, welcome, please follow my blog. Sincerely, Slim

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Canada, France, Ireland, South Africa visited slimviews.blogspot.com Thank you, welcome. Please click follow. Sincerely, Slim

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New Investment instruments: Government future interference futures. Crunch a few numbers, talk to marketing, get back to me.

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Libya is air show for defence mfgs. Glad we didn't miss product launch season. NATO would have had 2 wait 1 full year to launch offensive.

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Italian Banks sidestep Greek crisis, but fret on lending: economy grows 1%. Fra asken il tilden.

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Private equity pensions go public. Investors worry that managers too focused on short term gains. Uh...fire the managers, hire new managers.

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Goldman - Libya deals lack of basic contracts. Does no one do business on the basis of a handshake anymore. Where is the trust? Slim

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As Willie Lowman said, You gotta know the territory. We are training Afghans 2 b American soldiers. They must b trained 2 b Afghan soldiers.

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Taliban: no trouble training troops. Al Qaida: no trouble training troops. Let Afghan army train Afghan troops. At least give it a try!

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CANADA HOUSING BOOM WAR. Mark Carney (Governor, Bank of Canada) "You don't turn to monetary policy first." Let's Watch Carney's Plan, eh?

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Honk Kong limits births by Mainland women. In Hong Kong it is a financial and a health issue. Here, it is a political campaign issue.

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Thailand: Soccer Diplomacy. How long will it take the US to get into the game? PS (Soccer = Futbol) Man U Premier League Champs. Slim

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OPEC fuss over West Oil Release. You're simply over-reacting 2 get attention. Wait a few weeks & everything will calm down. Summer's coming

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FILE UNDER NO FREE LUNCH. SEE POSTING BELOW. Time to pay the piper. One of my Mother's sayings. Slim

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Dems Squeeze Union workers for Dollars. The Donkey giveth & the Donkey taketh away. To those whom much is given, much will be expected.

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Is Free publicity worth the Mad Ave. Dollar price calculation? I have an idea. Treat the free publicity as a bonus. Run a paid ad tie-in.

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Banks set higher mortgage standards, Inventory of foreclosed houses does not go down. Glad the banking industry has a plan. We were worried.

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$20 Million Fed Funds 4 Chicago Wake up Call 2 School kids 2 get them 2 go 2 worst schools. All right, who said improve the schools? wiseguy

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Grueling 24 hour Race in Vermont. Only 25% finish. Whatever happened to the "Good old boy, no-run run?" Diet Pepsi & a Moon Pie, anyone?

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SEC: expands circuit breakers allows for wider price swings. ARBITRAGE! Oops! I mean good move. slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/frank-… Regards, Slim

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Stocks fell again over Greek & Italy worries. Is anyone not taking the short position? Slim

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Draghi appointed President of ECB. Did France blink or buckle? Mr. Sarkozy, he called you 2 reassure you, eh. You must feel so much better.

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FTC scrutinises Google. I said it b 4, my search engine rankings are running high & I'm a simple middle-age middle -class, suburban blogger.

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US frets. Was oil release news leaked. Yeah, 15 minutes of Global Supply whipsawed the markets. Those unscrupulous manipulators. Boooo

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Durable goods orders rise 1.9% in May. Quick, express doubts, caution against optimism. If that fails, pass some regulations. Regards, Slim

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Peter Falk dies: Excuse me, sir, just one more thing. Just one detail I forgot. Thank you for the wonderful movie memories. RIP Slim

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WSJ: Syria = Turkey Israel relationship thaw. I told you that Turkey would be a major player in Middle East Diplomatic influence game. Slim

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Generic Drug for TB may work on diabetes. My I please hear complaints about the pharmaceutical industry. Not at the moment? Okay. Slim

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House & Senate & White House meet to talk about budget. One question. Where is the analyst? You know, as in analyse.

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House works hard on symbolic gestures instead of substantive gains. Stop fussing over Libya. Work on jobs.

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A Brand New Visitor to slimviews.blogspot.com Who is it? Iraq. Welcome!! Thank you. Sincerest regards, Slim

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Is it a bribe or is it special fee? Ding dong. Avon Calling. ["Do you have any free samples?"]

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OK, here's the plan: Raise corporate taxes, companies move offshore, tax revenue falls, raise taxes, companies move off shore, revenues fall

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Records reveal Bin Laden had concerns about Public Relations problems. Ya think?

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China suggest buying Euro Debt. I believe that is called an investment strategy. Slim

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Forget the Jet, Ride the Rails. Do I ever remember the train from D.C. to Penn Station. ALL ABOARD. Ah, Monsieur Poirot! Bienvenu.

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US slaps sanctions on Iran Airline for moving weapons. You mean, no pat downs? No metal detectors?

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GOP pulls out of deficit talks. People part ways because: a.) One person moves. or because b.) The other person doesn't!!! Regards, Slim

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Yahoo Chairman says board supports CEO Bartz and her team. Was there doubt? Oops!

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Supreme Court rules for pharmaceuticals. Are they gathering my personal information or sales data? Sales Data. Okay, guys, no problem. Slim

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Nader wants Cisco 2 boost dividend 2 fend off shareholder revolt. Also wanted 2 cut military in half because cold war was over. Thanks Ralph

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Regulators to Euro Banks. Take into account--investing in government may cause you to lose money. Uh, yeah. And...?

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EU austerity imposition on Greece? Is it too much cutting, too fast, too soon? Nothing like a last minute scramble to create problems.

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Surprise oil move. Stock prices down. I would accuse govt. of insider trading but politicians make $$ old fashioned way. Election donations

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You can't be elected on the basis of dropping oil demand due to a poor economy, so release 60 million barrels of oil & claim victory!

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In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. Andy Warhol. For now, the world releases 15 minutes worth of oil into the market.

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World release of 60 million barrels of oil blamed for drop in oil prices. It couldn't be the drop in global demand could it? Regards, Slim

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In the absence of protecting consumers & businesses from hackers, the fed is poised 2 investigate Google on ads. oh boy! Thanks a lot, Fed

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Fed Launches Probe of Google. If there is anything you feel you need to know, just Google it. Regards, Slim

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Bulger fled per FBI informant tip off. What are the Pakistanis to think when Congress accuses Pakistan of aiding wanted persons? Slim

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