Sick of Presidential elections? I hope not! Here is the one from 1860, right before the country was about to split into two pieces. Pretty amazing, eh? I had never even heard of Breckinridge until I saw this map.

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Sick of Presidential elections? I hope not! Here is the one from 1860, right before the country was about to split into two pieces. Pretty amazing, eh? I had never even heard of Breckinridge until I saw this map.
Interesting contrast in the app dating world. The “mainstream” market must really stink. Check out Match.com (MTCH):
I’ve bailed (again) on silver first thing this morning. The reason is simple. Last night, I looked at the gold futures contract and immediately thought, “What the HELL were you thinking?” It didn’t even occur to me (until after hours) that there was a looming H&S top on gold. And if gold falls, obviously, silver will fall also.