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My father, quietly great

By Richard Cohen

 

NEWTON, Mass. - Harry L. Cohen died early Sunday here after a long illness. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Pearl (Pat) Rosenberg Cohen, two children, two grandchildren and the sweet memories of anyone who knew him.

 

He was 94 years old, and my father. Newspaper obituaries generally are reserved for people of some achievement or notoriety. My father doesn't fit that bill. He was a mere high school graduate who worked almost all his life for one firm. He invented nothing, discovered nothing, wrote nothing and was elected to no office. He was the most ordinary of men - but, God, I have known few like him, and neither have you . . .

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I know exactly what he means. My father, weakened by cancer, finally stopped going to work just a few months ago at the age of 88. He has been married and completely devoted to the same woman for over 60 years. He has never pursued greatness, but he has always taken care of the day to day things that matter, perfectly. He does what he loves to do, without any thought about what others think of that. He has never done, or even said, a dishonest thing in his life.

 

He wouldn't even know how.

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Bloomberg says CPI is forecasted at 0.4% (headline) and 0.2% (core).

 

In the same article, Ben "Wild Man" Bernanke is quoted, saying that more disinflation could be on the way.

 

Cognitive dissonance ... the silent killer. Warn your loved ones!

Do you recall the forecast last time and what we got?

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Latest forecast track makes Isabel less of a threat to insurers, and thus the financial markets, if it holds, with reduced winds, passing over Richmond, and west of DC. Still, flooding could be major problem in NC, VA, MD, PA. However, a slight shift to the right could keep the storm over open water up through the Chesapeake, resulting in a direct hit on DC with hurricane force winds and heavy rains. Stay tuned for updates from the National Stoolicane Center.

 

Forecaster Stool

 

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The 12-month rate of change in the CPI is 2.2%. It was 2.1% in June and July. The numbers appear to be smoothed.

 

Laurence Meyer on Crapvision says the Fed may fiddle with the wording of its press release to acknowledge more strength in GDP growth. But employment will be described as weak, and disinflation as a greater risk than inflation.

 

No positive surprises for Wall Street, in other words.

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CMAPS Hit, Stocks Back Down

 

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CTV.ca reporting that we need to keep bad Canadians out --

 

"The days of crossing the United States border with just a verbal assertion of Canadian citizenship may be numbered. The U.S. government wants all Canadians travelling to the U.S. to carry a passport."

 

"U.S Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge insisted last week that the proposed system will not create backlogs at the border, but will keep the wrong people out while letting the right people in without delay."

 

Link -- U.S. wants Canadian visitors to carry passports

:unsure: :lol:

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9:02am FOMC MEETING CONVENES AT FEDERAL RESERVE BUILDING

"Ah, Rookie, glad you could could make it," rumbles Al Green's salutation.

"Oh Al, wild horses..." muses Bernanke, the soles of his feet happily detecting the hum of the printing presses and atomic particle accelerators from the bowels of the Marriner S. Eccles building.

"Spot of tea, Sirs?" interrupts a bow-tied servant, his PhD in economics in awe of the congregation of power standing before him.

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CTV.ca reporting that we need to keep bad Canadians out --

 

"The days of crossing the United States border with just a verbal assertion of Canadian citizenship may be numbered. The U.S. government wants all Canadians travelling to the U.S. to carry a passport."

 

"U.S Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge insisted last week that the proposed system will not create backlogs at the border, but will keep the wrong people out while letting the right people in without delay."

 

Link -- <a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1063639184414_22/?hub=Canada">U.S. wants Canadian visitors to carry passports</a>

:unsure: :lol:

Canandians must present passports to visit the US

 

Mexicans must present a valid Ca drivers license or their social security cards in order to enter US

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