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Debt problem or spending problem ?
03-09-2013, 08:25 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Debt problem or spending problem ?
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03-09-2013, 08:37 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Note the article is satire...
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Economist and columnist Paul Krugman declared personal bankruptcy today (no, not really) following a failed attempt to spend his way out of debt, the satirical Daily Currant “reports.”
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The Daily Docket: - Bankruptcy Beat - WSJ
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03-09-2013, 08:38 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I do believe the article is satire in its purest form but I'll admit, it had me at first.
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03-09-2013, 08:40 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
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Me too, I fell for it... 
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03-09-2013, 10:39 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
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Is the Daily Currant like The Onion? That was a hilarious read.
(Hint - it's spelled currant, not current)
A search on Krugman Bankruptcy shows several sites that have swallowed this hook line and sinker. One blogger bemoans "I so wanted this to be true!" LOL!!
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03-09-2013, 11:45 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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The Iranians bought the Onion article about Ahmadinijad being more popular than Obama among rural whites.
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03-09-2013, 12:50 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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03-09-2013, 04:56 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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03-09-2013, 05:16 PM
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An obvious total fiction was the story about a famous American basketball player hobnobbing with Kim Jong-un. Who would fall for that nonsense?
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And I would never have thought that I would associate Dennis Rodman with Jane Fonda in my convoluted thought process
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03-11-2013, 08:00 AM
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gone traveling
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For me, I wish it was true 
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