Photo of an Obamaville [1].
Loyal contributor John R. sent us a capacious pile o’ links:
Paul Ryan Speaks on the “Catastrophic Trajectory” of US Deb [2]t – ZeroHedge
Our Peculiar State of Suspended Animation [3] – Charles Hugh Smith
What Will Happen When QE2 Ends? [4] – Dave Cohen
Obama’s debt-limit truth-twisting [5] – Stephen M. Meister
Kicking the Can to the End of the Road [6] – John Mauldin
Social Security ‘Trust Fund’ to Add $5 Trillion to Debt [7] – Investors.com
Items from The Economatrix:
Stocks Follow LinkedIn IPO Higher [8]
Commodity Rally Sends Stock Indexes Higher [9]
Central Banks Snap Up Gold in First Quarter [10]
US Postal Services Threatens Again to Not Pay Retiree Benefits [11]