The Vig

There’s a very interesting little nugget in Andy’s blog this evening.
If you’re wondering who has been writing the longer features on www.winterhawks.com, that has been the Hawks new PR and Media Relations hire, Graham Kendrick. Graham moved to Portland recently with his wife and has worked in the NBA with the Memphis Grizzlies. [...]

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Goldy visits Fry’s on Black Friday.
The 19-inch HDTVs? Gone. The picture frames? Gone. The 32GB USB flash drives, which I didn’t really need, but how could I pass one up for only $29.99? Gone. Not that it really mattered, as there was no way in hell I was going to [...]

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In a church basement on the South Side the week before Thanksgiving. Why do I get the feeling we’re going to be seeing this a lot over the next four years?
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Since the government began insuring money market funds, they’ve made $232 million in premiums and paid zero out.  We’re still early in this mess, but it’s still interesting.
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Citi and GMAC are both offering some pretty nice rates on their cds right now.  Both, of course, could use the cash right about now and are willing to pay to get it.  What they don’t tell you though is if they fail and the FDIC takes over, the government will be under no obligation [...]

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Looks like our new Commerce Secretary moonlights as a college basketball player up in Lacey.  Where does he find the time?
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People in the know about this economic crisis of ours’ point to 1907 as the closest thing to what’s going on now and not 1929.  I looked the subject up on Wikipedia last night and found it quite interesting.
Henry Paulson is no J.P. Morgan.  Of course, I think Morgan would have been smart enough to [...]

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Starting December 7, Aaron “Geek in the City” Duran and  a cast of thousands will be writing and performing live radio dramas each Sunday night on KCMD AM970 (radio home of your Portland Pilots!).  The first two plays sound spectacular:
The first play, A.Z. (After Zombies), takes place in modern-day Portland, Oregon, with one crucial difference: [...]

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I took my friend’s daughter to see Bolt 3D over the weekend.  She’s all about her Tommy time, and its impossible to say no to her.
“Tommy?” she asked as we walked down the driveway, “I have a question for you.”
“What’s that, Miss M?” I replied.
“Do you like dogs better or do you like cats better?”
“I [...]

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