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Just some highlights for the week.

1. Hollywood screenwriters going on strike: Looking at what programming is on the major networks.....I can only view this as a good thing. Call it a garbage reduction program.

2. Speaking of terrible TV programming, the Emperor of White Trash is no more. Dog the Bounty Hunter chokes to death on his own stupidity. My only question is: why was this show ever on in the first place? More to the point, why was it on a network called "Arts & Entertainment"? Maybe it meant "Arts & Entertainment for the Incredibly Socially Retarded". Rumours of grievous mourning in Alabama.

3. Fredericka Whitfield is still a moron. Discussing the flooding in Tabasco, Mexico, "how are emergency response teams able to get into the area....if they have such a thing....." Yes Fredericka, they have such a thing "down there". They've even discovered things like electricity and motorized vehicles. Huaraches are optional.

4. West Virginia: where to go if you're a socially regressive, illiterate asshat. Let's build a fence around it.

5. Food prices increase at unprecedented rates and are expected to increase even more dramatically over the foreseeable future. Meanwhile U.S. farmers are fleeing to Mexico and Oklahoma attempts to deport all available laborers. Don't bother to call me when ya'll get hungry....I'll be sippin' margaritas on my rooftop patio in the altiplano by then.

6. Everybody Hates Hillary. This one rates a huge Whatever award from me. Arguments range between "she's a socialist who'll bankrupt our country" to "she's in bed with corporate America". One or t'other kids, can't be both. On point #1...considering she's made a great deal of money trading commodities I don't think so. On point #2...and the others candidates are not? This one is difficult for me to swallow, 'specially when it comes from people wearing Gap outfits, Bausch & Lomb lenses, Wolverine shoes, and carrying an Apple IPod in their pocket. I still prefer Obama overall but puhleeze, let's get real here.

7. Traders have feelings too, who knew? Todd Harrison nails my sense of overwhelming sadness as I reap profit in the wake of the destruction of my country. Those who saw the storm coming the most clearly are gaining the most....but we aren't terribly happy about it.

8. Retirement planning continues on the home front. Mexico is holding the #1 position and gaining....if this is Hannity's America he can have it back.