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Has anyone heard of this latest idiocy? The other day at the local Wally World I was chatting with one of my lovely daughter's co-workers, a Black guy, who told me WalMart employees sre not allowed to use the term "Black Friday" because it's offensive. He himself said, "this is the biggest bunch of BULLSH!T I've ever heard"!

Main Street may be about to get its own gigantic bailout. Rumors are running wild from Washington to Wall Street that the Obama administration is about to order government-controlled lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt of millions of Americans who owe more than what their homes are worth. An estimated 15 million U.S. mortgages – one in five – are underwater with negative equity of some $800 billion. Recall that on Christmas Eve 2009, the Treasury Department waived a $400 billion limit on financial assistance to Fannie and Freddie, pledging unlimited help....