The next spike in corporate defaults will be a doozy.

So today I figured I'd share a bit of my Stand-up Material... Yeah, I do it, but not often, and usually only when I get a babysitter and open mic night to line up properly...

So, I present you, The ABC routine:

There's an old saying "It will be a great day when the schools get all the funding they need and the Army has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber."

You ever stop and think what that would actually look like?

yeah well lunachickie made me do it!
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My father told me, lying on his bed of death,
"Boy," he says, "woman she's gonna make it, don't fool your self
'Cause she's got something to make a man lay that money, uh, right in her hand
And the very thing that makes her rich will make you poor
The very thing that makes her rich will make you poor
That's right!

Hello, welcome to the Friday Open Thread. I'll throw some chum in the water to start the feeding frenzy. Plus, Jim Campilongo and The Little Willies!

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

~William Shakespeare~