You can Occupy Wall St too- from the comfort of your couch

A friend turned me on to this video today. It is eerily reminiscent of Karl’s old credit card mailer idea- maybe he got the idea from Karl? I find it ingenious how people are finding ways to protest.

European Follies

In case you were inclined to believe the rumors that Eurocrats have solved their problems, consider this quote from today’s WSJ:

After a day marked by a brawl among Italian lawmakers, debating cutbacks in the country’s pension system, Italian Prime Minister Silvia Berlusconi took time out from the Brussels summit to call into a popular television show shortly after midnight, criticizing the European Central Bank and dismissing reports he plans to call for early elections.

A sign of the times

Apparently, Hallmark now has unemployment cards:

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And in another, even sadder, sign of the times, Hallmark has ID theft cards too:

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Some thoughts on Greece

So, I recently heard a joke about the situation in Europe. It goes like this (my apologies to whoever came up with it, I can’t remember where I heard it):

Q: How many European finance ministers and bureaucrats does it take to change a light bulb?

Wait for it……