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Here is why you MUST visit "Some Assembly Required" -- every day.

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Samples from today:
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New Facts: You would have thought the CIA/Pentagon/White House would have decided on the story line before they executed bin Laden. Sigh.

Kitchen Sink: The sky is falling... sell oil, sell gold, dump silver... and you should have sold your house yesterday, maybe the day before – according to Gary Shilling, who sees another 20% drop in prices. Others agree.

Recount: Unemployment claims were up 10% this week, reaching 474,000 – a number not seen in several months. Excuses abound, but fail to explain away the steady upward trend in the unemployment data. The consensus estimate was for 400,000 – an 18.5% miss. Pass me the lipstick and hold that pig steady.

Rules: Famously wonkish economist Paul Krugman, muttering something about unemployed goats, is now unfairly insisting that freshwater economists support their attacks on Keynesian economics with some data. Don't know where they'd get any, they certainly never let data get anywhere near their theology.

Peasant Stew: The Irish national pension fund has been forced to sell some of its assets to help the government cover the costs of bailing out Irish banks.

Unskilled Labor: Afraid that illegal aliens are taking all the unskilled jobs – gardeners, roofers, prom dates... Alabama State GOP Senator Scott Beason's recently passed bill prohibits "participation in any extracurricular activity outside of the basic course of study" for K-12 students who aren't legal residents. Beason calls it "jobs bill." – Rent a date?