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Celebrities are people too and….

May 23, 2017March 9, 2009 by shay subscriber

They make dumb ass decisions just like the rest of us, as evidenced by the fact that apparently Rhianna and Chris Brown have decided to get back together and work on their relationship. I am not a celebrity watcher in fact when the story broke that Chris had physically attacked Rhianna, I really didn’t know …

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Categories Current Events Tags Chris Brown, domestic violence, Rhianna

Where’s the justice?

May 23, 2017March 6, 2009 by shay subscriber

Americans by and large tend to really believe the fantasy that with hard work, we can all become millionaires hence why you end up with schmucks like “Joe the Plumber” who is barely earning a middle class salary and behind on his taxes voting against his self-interest because one day he “might” be rich. Yep, …

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Categories Current Events Tags Bernard Madoff, rough financial times, US economy

A New Reality

May 23, 2017March 1, 2009 by shay subscriber

I had not planned on blogging this weekend but reading this piece in today’s NY Times really left me needing to vent. In this piece the Times spoke with former executives who were used to earning decent salaries (70K and up) who now are having to take on survival jobs. One fellow went from earning …

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Categories Current Events, frugality Tags financial insecurity, hard economic times, NY Times
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