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U.S. National Savings Rate breaks a bad barrier

Our National Savings Rate Is Embarrassing [Fool.com] January 17, 2007

Wow… this was surprising to me:

…consider these historical numbers for the U.S. personal savings rate:

* 1984: 10.8% * 2001: 1.8% * 2003: 1.4%

Do you see a troubling trend? So do I. Care to guess where we landed in 2005?

* 2005: (0.5%)

That’s right — negative savings!

Is that unprecedented? Well, not exactly. We hit negative levels for two years — during . . . → Read More: U.S. National Savings Rate breaks a bad barrier

“Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi”

Slice of Scifi – Science Fiction TV & Movie News, Interviews & more » The New R2D2 Projector

Got a home theater? Don’t care about picture quality, but want your own Astromech droid? Check out the link.

I want one just so I can have it follow me around the house…

[tags]R2-D2, Star Wars, home theater, projector, novelty items, robot[/tags]

A not-so-Genius move

Kilmer plans Genius return – Movie news – Movies – Virgin.net

Okay, Real Genius was a pretty funny Val Kilmer movie. For the 80′s. Making a sequel 20 years later… not so bright.

This does, however, give me the chance to post everyone’s favorite quote from the original:

Mitch: You know, um, something strange happened to me this morning… Chris Knight: Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god . . . → Read More: A not-so-Genius move