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Any moron can run for office. If you got the Republican nomination in your district it would scare me, though. Couple of poli-sci classes at Northwestern. Okay, that pretty much says it all, no?

Was that guy serious with the Greeks in the coffee shop analogy? How narrow a world does this guy live in?

Just a coda, and I am going surfing; the publisher of the Times was raised by his mother, who was Episcopalian, I believe. He's not Jewish, in other words. If you think the distinction doesn't matter, then you are defining Jewishness as a race not a religion issue per your argument, and I guess...

Ok, this guy is clearly a nut job who has an amateur's knowledge of politics probably gleaned from Hannity or something. His anti-semitism? Who knows where that comes from? He honestly doesn't even see it himself and will deny it. We all know the type. Sad. Pointless to continue talking. If I...

Apologies, I just felt I had to call the guy out; it's the American thing to do; I'm not an ideologue.

Most Jews are to the left? Left of what? I was in the SDS in college long ago. My idea of the left is fairly anti-Zionist, pro Palestinian, Jesse Jackson, Nader, etc. Not necessarily me, but that's my idea of the Left. Obama left? You gotta be kidding. Look at that cabinet. Look at the money he...

Yeah, I have to agree, and I am not Jewish, nor a huge fan of Israel these days. But that Jews in the media crack was at best unseemly and beneath the obvious intelligence, although I disagree with some of it, of the author.

You're right. Why the Times Magazine or the New Yorker at least Columbia Journalism Review hasn't pounded these guys with long thoughtful cover stories about how the network is basically a Wall Street shill mill, a suck up, is beyond me. These are pretty awful days for old media though, it's...

Here is the bottom line, guys, and I was a journo for a long time (NY Times). If CNBC was truly a serious journalistic operation firing off hard questions with deep reporting and skeptical commentary, then no CEO, or PM or anyone would ever go on. Why would you? Think about it, Youare a...

Can someone post a link. I am abroad.

I bet -- just a hunch, a dream, a speculation -- that Cramer does a Spitzer or something, maybe even something requiring jail time, like Martha Stewart, at some point in the future. It's like karmic. You know he's slime; you know it's should happen. But will it? And when? Somebody will set him...

Okay, no one takes Cramer or CNBC seriously. If you do, then you're an idiot. It's bad jokes, a little soft porn and a lot of people talking their books. But, I don't watch much TV. Honestly. Who is the Joe Scarborough asshole on this video? And who is that absolutely mute, fake woman sitting...

Do the math, guys. Serious. You'll be quite surprised. There are much better ways to leverage up long-term. This is one of the dumber ones.

Dude, you say you understand the daily negative compounding risk, but then you say you want to go ahead and do the trade -- very long term. You contradict yourself and I suspect you don not really understand how the daily negative compounding will gnaw away at you, unless you believe FAS will go...

Anybody know what's the grade of coffee (robusta, etc) (and market: London? NYC?) that the futures contract in the iPath Dow Jones-AIG Sub IndexSN is linked to, with regard to the JO ETN? I can't believe this information is so hard to find out. I'm fearing there's a reason.

But how much insurance, $250,000? 1M?

I have some cash in Fidelity Cash Reserves. What kind of risk is there in this? Worse case scenario, AIG under, lots of MM break the buck? What's safer?

What is the iPath® Dow Jones-AIG Coffee Total Return Sub-IndexSM ETN actually linked to: What is the index and what does it track, surely not coffee prices .. If AIG completely goes under, could a position in this ETN be wiped out?

If you can find some broad-based leveraged short ETFs, short em and hold. Worse case scenario is you will outperform the underlying short because of the occassional negative daily compounding, which will have a greater impact than daily positive compounding. (Do the math: You have 10K; it...

How else does one learn? Ask questions. Try with very small lots. Take some losses. UNfortunately, there is little on the web or on Amazon about this that's aimed at Treasuries, shorting and retail investors < a few mil.