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Federal Reserve opens credit line to Europe

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Bob Levin5/10/2010 4:20:49 pm PDT

I hear what you’re saying, and maybe Charles will put in a feature that tells us someone has commented on our entries—I’m sure this has occurred to him.

Regarding the house afire—it’s been smoldering for quite some time, but it is held up by belief, and it’s been like that for a very long time. The beliefs are complex, on the one hand there is optimism in our inventiveness, and caution, which is how you make a living, as you say. The good thing about predicting the future is that no matter what you predict, it’s going to be wrong. Reality is always a few steps beyond our conception. You know the saying, Man Makes Plans….

You could substitute the word predictions for plans, and you get one giddy deity.