FAKE FAKES

FAKE FAKES

THE ECONOMIST (2010) JUNE 26

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Subjects were given $300.00 upscale premium

sunglasses. Half were told that the glasses they received were fakes (knock offs that looked real but are cheap. ) The other half were told the truth that they had high quality glasses. They were given a number of exercises to see if the fakes made the individual fake. It appeared that the glasses had an effect. Further, the ones who had were told they wore fake glasses also felt more alienated.

FEMALE VIAGARA

THE WEEK (2010) JULY 9TH, 19

A new pink pill increases the chances that those who use the medication will have two more

orgasms per month. The FDA turned it down as

not sufficient. However, it did not take long for the FDA to pass Viagra. Critics indicate that what is good for one sex is not good for the other. Women with modest libidos lose out on this med.

TOP 5  PERFORMING STOCKS

BLOOMBERG/BUSINESS WEEK (2010) JUNE 27,

56-58

Findings are for this year only.

THEY ARE:

PRICELINE.COM

INTUITIVE SURGICAL

SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY

APPLE

SALESFORCE.COM

NEWSWEEK (2010) JUNE 21

MURPHY 30-31

To deal with the Depression, a growing force of

conservatives are demanding that taxes be cut and services be cut even further.  Obama’s first budget was tax cuts and government stimulus.

If states go further into debts, that means more tax cuts and more workers laid off and a downward spiral occurs. Whatever the arrangement the not so well off really get hurt.

At any rate, the "pain caucus" is in ascendancy.