According to Anderson Cooper, 50 Cent= Republican Party. Who am I to disagree with the man? A Deflated RIAA. It doesn't sound nearly as good as I expected to be. Now you can pay for your ridiculous festival tickets via installment plans!!! I mean, I get it....but part of this makes my fucking blood ...

The Law of Unintended Consequences March 6, 2009 By John Mauldin Unintended Consequences The I-Factor Rating Agencies Gone Wild Knights to the Rescue ~~~ Rules have consequences. And sometimes they have unintended consequences. If I told you that the US government was going to give multiple tens of ...

It's been just over two months since the CTA finished it's "three-tracking" project at Fullerton and Belmont on the Red, Brown and Purple lines. On Dec. 20, the CTA opened the fourth track at Belmont, signaling the official end of the three-track project. To its credit, the CTA fin...

Buy and Hope Investing February 27, 2009 By John Mauldin More About the Long Run Stocks for the REALLY Long Run If You Don’t Like the Numbers, Then Change Them Buy and Hope A Few Thoughts on Taxes and Budgets Nouriel Roubini, Yahoo Tech Ticker, and Me New York, Las Vegas, and La Jolla ~~~~ Thi...

When I sit down each week to write, I essentially do what I did nine years ago when I started writing this letter. I write to you, as an individual. I don’t think of a large group of people, just a simple letter to a friend. It is only half a joke that this letter is written to my one million ...

February 13, 2009 By John Mauldin Time for a Reality Check World Trade Is Falling Off a Cliff European Bank Losses Dwarf Those in the US Geithner: “You Can’t Handle the Truth” Earnings Will Get Even Worse Orlando, Colorado Springs, New York, and Las Vegas ~~~~ It is not just the US...

Friday roundup of transit news: Stimulus bill: Until both houses of Congress approve the stimulus bill, it's hard to say definitively what the final provisions are for mass transit -- or anything else, for that matter. But Talking Points Memo reports that "Mass Transit Gets More Transit Lov...

Trading With the Big Boys January 30, 2009 By John Mauldin This week we are going to do something a little different. I am in Bermuda taking a little weekend R&R after a speech, as well as working on my book. There is not the time for the usual letter this week, but I have asked Barry Ritholtz t...

Improv Everywhere enjoyed another successful No Pants Day on the CTA in Chicago Saturday. I uploaded this video from Improv's Facebook page. Good stuff. Congrats to all participants on a cold, snowy day....

Unlike most Wii controller gimmicks, this one brings a new feature to the table: a laser sight. And they tell me it's historically accurate to boot. You simply pop 2 AA batteries in the handle and suddenly get infinitely better at Link's Magic Bean Shooting Challenge, or whatever the hell it is. In ...