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		<title>Canada gets top rank for soundest banking system</title>
		<link>http://www.dirtsimpleblog.com/2008/10/09/canada-gets-top-rank-for-soundest-banking-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Economic Forum has ranked Canada number one in the world for the soundness of its banking system.
Canada ranked just ahead of Sweden, Luxembourg, Australia, and Denmark.  The United States ranked 40th, and Britain, 44th.
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		<title>How about a Social Security investment fund?</title>
		<link>http://www.dirtsimpleblog.com/2008/10/07/how-about-a-social-security-investment-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I see today that the Federal Reserve has stepped in to start buying commercial paper, and this seems to be garnering some cautious praise in the financial community.  By offering to step in to the role traditionally played by money market funds, the Fed is not only trying to prevent a seizing of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too Big to Fail</title>
		<link>http://www.dirtsimpleblog.com/2008/10/06/too-big-to-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of weeks, I&#8217;ve written several posts in which I asserted that Governor Sarah Palin was not sufficiently qualified to be the Vice President, nor, in the event of some calamity, President.  I even went so far as to suggest that she step down, and I suggested that John McCain had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Economic Crisis in Plain English</title>
		<link>http://www.dirtsimpleblog.com/2008/10/05/the-economic-crisis-in-plain-english/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dirtsimpleblog.com/?p=303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent a lot of time during the past two weeks poring over the financial news, trying to wrap my head around all of the events that got us to where we are today.  It isn&#8217;t easy to understand, and the financial media does a horrible job of explaining it.  Fortunately, we have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I found one thing upon which I agree with Palin</title>
		<link>http://www.dirtsimpleblog.com/2008/10/03/i-found-one-thing-upon-which-i-agree-with-palin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit, I listened to last night&#8217;s debate intently, half wishing for another train wreck a-la Katie Couric interview.  Alas, it failed to materialize.  While I am still not convinced that Palin has the necessary qualifications to be Vice President, and God forbid, President, I&#8217;ll concede that she did a better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress passes bailout package</title>
		<link>http://www.dirtsimpleblog.com/2008/10/03/congress-passes-bailout-package/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The party is back on!  Everyone please resume your normal irresponsible spending behavior.
I can see why this bill was passed too.  What was missing from the previous bill was tax relief for Oregonian arrow makers, and Puerto Rican rum.  Key sticking points, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll agree.
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		<title>To hell with reality</title>
		<link>http://www.dirtsimpleblog.com/2008/10/02/to-hell-with-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I continue to be amazed by the number of people clamoring to the defense of Sarah Palin, such as those who have been attacking a conservative columnist for suggesting Palin step down.  But then, I&#8217;m continually flabbergasted by American politics in general.  We Canadians are much more fickle in our political allegiances.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This American Life episode explains the subprime crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.dirtsimpleblog.com/2008/09/30/this-american-life-episode-explains-the-subprime-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dirtsimpleblog.com/2008/09/30/this-american-life-episode-explains-the-subprime-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been spending a lot of time studying the current financial crisis, and trying to come up with articles that put it all in terms that regular people can understand.  Well, today I stumbled upon an episode of This American Life, called The Giant Pool of Money.  The episode was broadcast back in [...]]]></description>
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