Much to this woman’s disgust…
…and, no doubt, to the exhilaration of those watching her and her furless activists parade the streets in PETA’s annual “running of the nudes,” the official Running of the Bulls again took place in Pamplona, Spain, this week. Actually, today was the last “run” in the eight-day event. And, as one might reasonably expect, the hemorrhaging did not issue solely from the bodies of the beasts. A few of our fellow bipeds also managed to spill a pint or two in the name of…ummm…“tradition”?
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Making Way for the Era of Sovereign Default
American investors returned from their Labor Day holiday to face another laborious trading day on Wall Street. As your California editor pecks away at his keyboard this afternoon, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down more than 200 points to within spitting distance of 11,000.
For the first three trading days of September 2011, the Dow has tumbled more than 600 points — or about 5% — the worst three-day start for the month of September in the history of the US stock market. (Thanks to CNBC for this utterly meaningless statistic).
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