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By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Thu Oct 13, 2011 at 10:20:52 AM EST
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I've got a busy day at work. Here's an Open Thread, all topics welcome.

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    Finance & Investing News... (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by kdog on Thu Oct 13, 2011 at 01:36:59 PM EST
    A pony by the name of "Hit it Rich" took the 2nd @ Keeneland.  Heavy favorite in a scratch reduced 4 horse field, paid 3.60, but I invested a C-note on that bad boy.  That'll pay for Tedeschi Trucks Band tomorrow...woo hoo!

    And the best part, nobody got foreclosed on, oil didn't get speculated up to cripple the commoner at the pump, no layoffs to keep shareholders happy....Wall St. take note:)

    Or (none / 0) (#3)
    by CoralGables on Thu Oct 13, 2011 at 02:09:14 PM EST
    you could reinvest it all on Winter Memories in the QEII Challenge Cup Stakes.

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    Probably a blue chip... (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by kdog on Thu Oct 13, 2011 at 03:15:21 PM EST
    that one, but I'm gonna lock up the win and parlay on some non-investing entertainment....we've seen what happens when investors get too greedy:)

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    Interesting TV station. (5.00 / 2) (#15)
    by observed on Fri Oct 14, 2011 at 12:00:07 AM EST
    I have one English channel, and it shows RTTV,
    a production of rt.com.
    I believe it is Moscow based, but covers a lot of US news, especially financial news.
    One guy, Keiser, does a segment on financial news which is just  incendiary. A couple days ago he was talking about how the death penalty is a great idea for bankers, as well as showing pictures of Marie Antoinette and guillotines.
    He was explaining in very clear language how the banks have been robbing pension funds for decades, in two particular ways.
    You can probably watch his show if you go to rt.com.
    I recommend rt.com.
    segue: Russia. Heard Gergiev (none / 0) (#17)
    by oculus on Fri Oct 14, 2011 at 02:26:24 AM EST
    conduct the Mariinsky Orch. playing two Tchiakovsky Symphonies.  Very familiar music, but not played in a familiar style.  Wonderful.  

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    I ate my first horse meat last night. (none / 0) (#18)
    by observed on Fri Oct 14, 2011 at 02:48:03 AM EST
    No opera yet.
    Kazakhs say they eat the most meat of any people on the planet. I'm told that in a long dinner, lasting several hours, a Kazakh may eat 3-5 kg. of meat---or more!

    Horse meat was fine. I thought the texture of our cut was something like beef tongue.

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    Ugh. (none / 0) (#19)
    by oculus on Fri Oct 14, 2011 at 02:53:26 AM EST


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