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I am still away from Chicago. Down in Oxford, Mississippi. Here is a video of the square. Lots of good shops and restaurants there.

Did what every good southerner does this time of year in the south. We went and watched a little spring football practice. For Lent down here they give up laterals.

Here is a walking tour of Oxford.  Square Books is there, and is a famous book store.  A lot of William Faulkner, but a lot of other really cool books there.  I love Amazon, but there is something nice about walking into an independent book store with some well chosen volumes. ($AMZN)

Taken from Instapundit, US Air Force pilots talk about Libya.

Election day was yesterday.  Wisconsin Judge Prosser is in a nail biter. The new pro work law in Wisconsin hangs in the balance.
In Chicago, we have several new alderman, but don’t count on anything to change. Your services will go down, taxes up, and the drumbeat of the machine goes on. This election was heads the taxpayers lose, tails the taxpayers lose. The unions won. (SEIU)

Ryan unveiled his budget. Democrats whined. They trotted out the typical stuff. Conservatives are stealing money from kids, old people, education and the rich are getting more. It’s all posturing.

With all the unrest in the world, and the expansion and contraction of some countries economies, this post by Gene Fama is interesting.   Optimal Country Weighting Scheme ($SPY)

Worried about your spring manure application?  Here are some myths and realities. If you don’t farm, use it on the tomatoes in the backyard. ($HE_F)

Hormel introduces “Spammy” to fight childhood malnutrition.  No idea if he sings the Monty Python song or not. ($HRL)

Have a good trading day. I have a sneaking suspicion that the Fed will be raising rates come December. The air might come out of the balloon on commodities if that happens. ($ZB_F,$ZT_F,$CL_F,$ZQ_F, $GE_F,$GC_F )

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