{"id":469,"date":"2010-02-18T07:34:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=469"},"modified":"2010-02-18T07:34:10","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T14:34:10","slug":"soros-and-the-ultimate-bubble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/18\/soros-and-the-ultimate-bubble\/","title":{"rendered":"Soros and “the ultimate bubble”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lessee … he calls it “the ultimate bubble.” Then a couple of weeks later, George Soros doubles his gold holdings<\/a>. What’s that about, I wonder?<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

Writing to you from today’s first airport, where I managed to get through “security” with nothing worse than a pat-down search and a hand swabbing. And why did they choose me for a pat-down? Because the baggy Thai-style pants I was wearing had large (obviously empty) pockets. The hand swabbing, apparently, is now part of the routine.<\/p>\n

I changed from pants to skirt as soon as I got through Checkpoint Charlie<\/a>. Don’t want to have to go through that again when I pick up the international flight on another airline later today. It’s not clear to me whether I’ll have to go through security all over again for that. Probably will, since I’ll have to switch terminals between arrival and departure. Lovely.<\/p>\n

Every time I see a TSA screener — even the ID checkers wear the blue gloves these days — I think “two by two, hands of blue …”<\/a><\/p>\n

If you’ve seen “Firefly,” you know what a happy thought that isn’t …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lessee … he calls it “the ultimate bubble.” Then a couple of weeks later, George Soros doubles his gold holdings. What’s that about, I wonder? —– Writing to you from today’s first airport, where I managed to get through “security” with nothing worse than a pat-down search and a hand swabbing. And why did they choose me for a pat-down? Because the baggy Thai-style pants I was wearing had large (obviously empty) pockets. The hand swabbing, apparently, is now part of the routine. I changed from pants to skirt as soon as I got through Checkpoint Charlie. Don’t want to…<\/p>\n

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