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Recent volatility in the stock markets signals a crash. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns, but every major market meltdown in the history of the world has been preceded by a period of volatility. The wild swings of the last couple of weeks are unprecedented: down 600 one day, up 400 the next, down 300 the next, up 500 the next, and so on. Read it all

If you think the London riots are bad, just wait.

Look, I don't want to scare anybody. I've been warning about the dollar bubble for a few years now. Now that the credit rating of the United States of America is less than perfect, well... it has come to pass. The dollar is screwed. So is the euro and every other "hard" currency. The jig is up. Read it all

Yeah, I know it's not my generation's thing, but I'm still entitled to opine...

Thanks to the oppressive heat, I saw my first Harry Potter movie on Friday night. Judging from the amount of money this franchise has generated, I must be the only person on the planet who has never read a single page of the books or seen any of the movies. All I knew about Harry Potter prior to this quest for air conditioned comfort was that he wore glasses and was some kind of magic dude. If you had asked me what Hogwarts was, I would have guessed that it was some kind of exotic STD. Read it all

This is a serious question.

Seriously, I do not know who these people are or why they're famous. Checking the WikiPedia entry on Kim -- apparently the most famous Kardashian -- leaves me more baffled.

Their father was a lawyer, one of O.J.'s lawyers. OK. Read it all

We lost a revolutionary, but the revolution lives on.

Gil Scot Heron: The revolution will not be televised Read it all

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It's just a few minutes from Grand Central Station and offers superior service at half the price of a crowded, flithy Manhattan doggie day care or kennel.

Dog boarding, grooming, day care in Long Island City, Queens, NY -- (Yes, they are a client of mine, and, yes, like all my clients, they are exceptionally good at what they do.)

Man, that was some weird ass storm! Never seen so many downed trees... weird thing was only one person was killed and property damage was miraculously minimal.