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Just got a call from my best friend, He got up to the bathroom and appears to have dislocated his left foot..or perhaps worse. He is heading to the ER soon as he can manage to get to his car... a short prayer for him would be nice.. he is freeper "Mr Head"

I have reason to suspect that the "monetary transmission mechanism" is full of rocks (again), and we are about to have another instance of what could colloquially be called "fun." (Yes, that's sarcasm.) Here's what we know and what I can deduce from it: JP Morgan's "cash position" was analyzed by a writer who published on SCRIBD, which showed that actual cash held has deteriorated radically. By more than half in the last year. The deterioration is continuing, not slowing. I am hearing repeated anecdotes from multiple areas that foreclosed property held by banks with multiple full-price offers that include...

Job loss worse than the Great Depression's in Milwaukee's urban center By JOHN SCHMIDjschmid@journalsentinel.com Posted: Dec. 4, 2004 First of three parts No major urban center in America has suffered as much as Milwaukee's from the economic upheaval of a globalizing economy, an exhaustive analysis by the Journal Sentinel has found. No other African-American community worked as intensively at manufacturing products that are no longer made here, or was less prepared for a historic shift from unskilled labor. Still Separate and Unequal Special Report Photo/Gary Porter Frank Thompson came from Alabama in 1965 to work at the industrial flagships A.O....