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• New at Traces: Rothenberg: Hanna An Unusual Candidate http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14386 #
• WaPo notes the arrival of Tea Partiers in Washington to oppose passage of health care reform, http://bit.ly/afHZsk #
• New at RCCA: Los Angeles: Why Watching Local Politics Is Critical http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10469 #
• New at Traces: Health Care Reform Humor http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14391 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Council Meets New Police Officers http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10475 #
• New at RCCA: Los Alamitos: Parade Participants Sought http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10479 #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13699 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Mayor Tours the USS Dewey http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10483 #
• "The investors’ famine and the government’s feast therefore are not merely coincidental, but causally connected." http://bit.ly/9jwlAh #
• New at Traces: Michael Yon In Afghanistan: Who Owns That Bridge? http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14405 #
• New at Traces: Chile Calming Down A Bit http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14409 #
• If you thought heath care by reconciliation was tub-ugly, wait till you read about health care by Slaughter, http://bit.ly/aZKkvr #
• @dmataconis – hardly alone – tho I'm wistful about Prez B Cool's continued talking after promising the time for talk was over… in reply to dmataconis #
• New at Cockleshells: Seedling Survivors http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1180 #
• New at Cockleshells: California In Winter: Geranium http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1134 #

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• On assignment this morning, I was annoyed to discover that I had lost ANOTHER lens cap. Happily, I just found it on the floor of my office. #
• How California stacks up to Texas, http://bit.ly/8Y4h5K | I'd move to Texas, but my husband would divorce me… #
• Slang terms formed during The Great Recession, http://bit.ly/cqDdtn | via The Big Picture, http://bit.ly/dbQybM #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13695 #
• Gas company discover a dozen shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea, dating from medieval to modern times, http://bit.ly/aRgS2m | watery time capsules #
• New at Traces: Another View Of The Labor Market: BLS Job Openings And Labor Turnover http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14361 #
• @MelissaTweets @PatrickRuffini – Mark Krikorian mentioned the FB group this morning at NRO's The Corner, http://bit.ly/dfLU2b in reply to MelissaTweets #
• New at RCCA: Scott L. Levitt Announces Candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of California http://bit.ly/dac8v4 #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: Photo of Suspect Released In Starbucks Robbery http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10464 #
• The more I read about Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY), the less I want to know. #
• CA gubernatorial candidate Poizner collects another conservative endorsement: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA46), http://bit.ly/dpXIXd #
• LAT: Corey Haim dead at age 38, http://bit.ly/bHesFp #

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• New at Traces: RNC Bad Trade On The Politics Of Fear http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14332 #
• RT @Flap: CA-Gov and CA-Sen: Poizner, DeVore get conservative group’s nod #cagop #catcot http://icio.us/4yoyuk #
• RT @Flap: CRA Endorses Poizner, DeVore, Runner, Steel, Aanestad, Dunn, Strickland, Walters, Eastman, Lenning #catcot http://icio.us/kbramj #
• Rothenberg: "[T]he one thing Obama and Congressional Democrats need is some good news." http://bit.ly/91r7Em | Hard to come by for Dems #
• @greeneyedkat – you're not alone. I live in a household of gals not weeping after Depp. in reply to greeneyedkat #
• Management 2.0 looks at reasons for Apple's string of successes, http://bit.ly/do81QJ | Yes, I want an iPad. #
• Temp hiring is a leading indicator for employment & temp hiring is up, http://bit.ly/dDeyYF | bad news: lead averages 12-18 months #
• Barry Ritholtz: Alan Greenspan guilty of regulatory nonfeasance leading up to the economic crisis, http://bit.ly/9PaD5R #
• New at Prosthetic Device: Logo No-Nos http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/prostheticdevice/?p=1663 #
• Chas Rowley reviews Thomas Sowell's definition of the constrained & unconstrained vision of man, http://bit.ly/aIUPV3 | conflict unavoidable #
• Steve Horwitz posts an update of the employment chart used to sell ARRA, http://bit.ly/a4PfsX | still WELL north of "without stimulus" #
• Breaking: Census Director notifies residents that a head count is imminent, pleads for peaceful cooperation next week. http://bit.ly/fAQDr #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: Police Dispatcher Recognized http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10450 #
• CA state senator arrested for DUI after leaving gay club, http://bit.ly/csF4lZ | He's Republican, he's drunk and he's gay: deal with it. #
• @Lileks – if it was a mocha latté with whipped cream, that could prove hard to explain in reply to Lileks #
• New at RCCA: CA Budget Proposals Get Around Legislative Authority http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10454 #
• @BearTwinsMom – I must confess to feeling splendid, in spite of a full schedule today & the rest of the week. I pray you feel better soon. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• @BearTwinsMom – buckets of happiness – God wouldn't have it otherwise, although I could do without the contrasting hardship. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• RT @politico: Pelosi's grip on House slips. http://bit.ly/czLKO2 | marvelous, if true and lasting #
• @BearTwinsMom – I have been there in the pit of depression. All color & taste & lilt & caress sucked from the world, or so it seems. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• RT @JazzShaw: Dear @JoeNBC : I could have lived the rest of my life without hearing the Rahm / Massa shower story. Thanks. | Me, too. #
• @BearTwinsMom Tears help to wash it away. Engage your senses: smell a rose, or a cinnamon bun, or a young baby. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• @BearTwinsMom – Paw thru the remainder bin at a cloth store, enjoying each different type of cloth. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• @BearTwinsMom – sit still and listen for each sound, identify it and welcome it even if it's harsh. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• @BearTwinsMom – once you've engaged all five usual senses, gear up your kinesthetic sense: move! yourself, other things. Just move. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• @BearTwinsMom – cinnamon buns ARE good. Enjoy! in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: New Director Of Public Works http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10458 #
• @MarcyHernick – I understand the sentiment, but some of us Left Coasters are working hard to bring CA back into the fold… in reply to MarcyHernick #
• New at Traces: Robert Gibbs Blows Smoke At George Stephanopoulos http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14356 #

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• 5.8 magnitude quake near Bio-Bio, Chile, this morning, http://bit.ly/9EXFif | No rest for the weary down there #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13691 #
• Charles Rowley is amused by Rep. Barney Frank's (D-MA) new-found appreciation of risk in mortgage lending, http://bit.ly/9W5yL0 #
• Arnold Kling reads D Brooks & @jonahnro on #teaparty http://bit.ly/c5Bfq0 | Kling sees a basic incompatibility betwn DC & teaparty; me too #
• RT @LATimeslocal: Adam Gadahn, Al Qaeda agent from Southern CA, is arrested in Pakistan http://bit.ly/bPReXW | who owns him, Pak or US? #
• Goodnight to all the Oscar snarks out there. I don't care enough even to snark. At least Star Trek won for make-up. Ha! #
• Yay! @lileks returns to bleating tonight! http://bit.ly/aqxFiW He says he's been up to something interesting… #
• @cheeky_geeky – when they figure out how to combat it… in reply to cheeky_geeky #
• @fredwilson – saw your pic in the MIT Tech Review article on twitter in reply to fredwilson #
• New at Traces: Prez B Cool Gets Advice From Ex-Presidents http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14326 #
• Marin County, CA: 600 Tea Partiers, 2 LaRoucheites and a couple dozen Obamabots http://bit.ly/bQQFmE | via @instapundit #
• Obviously, I went to bed too soon: Sandra Bullock won best actress for "The Blind Side" & "Hurt Locker" won for best movie. #
• Roget L. Simon: "the look on Sean Penn's face when Sandra Bullock won…" http://bit.ly/bALbP9 #

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• New at Prosthetic Device: Font Squabble: Why So Hot Over Comic Sans http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/prostheticdevice/?p=1636 #
• New at Traces: Book Review: "Neon Dragon" by John F. Dobbyn http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14317 #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13687 #
• New at RCCA: Brea: Pacific Residential Financing Facing $2.4M Forced Mortgage Buy-Back http://bit.ly/a43wNQ #
• New at Traces: Consumers Continue Paying Down Revolving Credit http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14322 #
• @kevintylersmith – mmm, pad thai… yum in reply to kevintylersmith #
• New at Cockleshells: Seedling Sacrifice? http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1171 #
• Edgelings throws a birthday party for Photoshop, http://bit.ly/a7rQcN | 20 years and counting! #

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• New at Traces: National Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 9.7% http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14245 #
• New at RCCA: Anaheim: Registration Open For Spring Activities http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10427 #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13672 #
• CA EDD: NFP in CA rose by 32,500 and state unemployment hit 12.5% – more jobs AND more unemployed #
• Jake at EconomPic is looking for a job in the SF Bay area, http://bit.ly/drC192 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Sun American Bank In Boca Raton, FL http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14274 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Bank of Illinois In Normal, IL http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14280 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Waterfield Bank In Germantown, MD http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14286 #
• Tim Hartford lists 5 tips for writing non-fictions, http://bit.ly/dhAd8Q | I do all five, but am weak on #4 for long projects #
• RT @ocbiz: Is your home prepared for disaster? Easy & cheap tips to prepare your home for fire, rain, floods, quakes. http://bit.ly/cUacE1 #
• Mish: Banks not lending to qualified applicants, under pressure from feds: expect many bank failures this year, http://bit.ly/9bFXQU #
• New at RCCA: Liquefaction?!? In Orange County? http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10431 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Pays Out Deposits Of Centennial Bank In Ogden, UT http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14292 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Two New Police Officers Sworn In http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10438 #
• @myvirtualjob – tnx for retweet in reply to myvirtualjob #
• Via a workmate of kid #4 koeksisters http://bit.ly/bCDUNp | sweet fried dough, "like donuts — but better!" #

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• Crowdsourcing author-scouting, http://bit.ly/99Ugoa | free for writers to post 10 pages – run it up the flag pole & see who salutes… #
• Tea Party Nation throwing a 2nd convu, in Las Vegas July 15-17, http://www.teapartynation.com | also calling up opposition to Dodd/Corker bill #
• Tribune Co. leads 3rd round of funding for Perfect Market, http://bit.ly/dqa3Fo | PM does SEO & matches relevant ads to optimized pages #
• Stupak on GMA: "I'm willing to take down the whole health care bill if abortion language not changed." http://bit.ly/92em2r | yay, Stupak! #
• Beware Senators in search of a legacy: Chris Dodd wants financial reform as his, http://bit.ly/92em2r | read the bill's text carefully #
• @jimgeraghty – the longer they wait, the larger & noisier the grassroots opposition grows in reply to jimgeraghty #
• Going AFK to try praline recipe in "Joy of Cooking" – see you when the pralines are cooling! (Yes, this counts as work: I'll post results.) #
• New at Kneadle Work: Pralines: First Try An Edible Failure http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/kneadlework/?p=1269 #
• New at RCCA: CA Sends Cease And Desist Letter To Fox Bank In Hesperia, CA http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10412 #
• Jeri Thompson (Fred's wife) writes in support of Jim Bunning's one-man stand against out-of-control federal spending, http://bit.ly/93PT4Q #
• New at RCCA: La Palma: Animal Shelter Open House http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10416 #
• Wow: CA gets exactly zero "Race to the Top" money for education, http://bit.ly/cScgwl #
• New at RCCA: WSJ: How Green Is Brown? http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10421 #
• @PeanutShelter – tnx for retweet! in reply to PeanutShelter #
• CA City Employee Gives up Job so that Colleague Won’t Be Let Go During Fiscal Cuts, http://bit.ly/cV5CoR #
• Is a promise of reconciliation merely a ploy to get enough votes to pass the Senate version of h/c in the House? http://bit.ly/b8iGM3 #
• Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) mistrusts voting yes on Senate version of h/c, http://bit.ly/9QXsK7 | she thinks reconciliation will fade away #
• Onion: how with the end of print journalism affect old loons who collect newspapers? http://onion.com/bsCzys #
• @stephenkruiser – will Dems follow thru with reconciliation if House votes yes on Senate's version of h/c? in reply to stephenkruiser #
• @stephenkruiser – who has the best hair among California gubernatorial candidates? in reply to stephenkruiser #
• @stephenkruiser – why is the new CA assembly speaker trying to lower the # votes needed for budget bills? in reply to stephenkruiser #
• @stephenkruiser – how can the CA Coastal Commission be reined in? in reply to stephenkruiser #
• Make your travel plans: Washington's cherry blossoms will be at peak bloom March 31 to April 11, http://bit.ly/9qMA6l #
• New at Traces: Rumors Of Treacherous Tactic To Pass Health Care Reform http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14221 #
• Jim Geraghty's whip count on health care in the House, http://bit.ly/9MEwcR | one vote needed to kill the bill #
• RT @jimgeraghty: Ignore what I Tweeted earlier. The current totals are 216-216, not counting any waverers (including likely 1s like Stupak) #
• Because CA has so much extra money, Asm Spkr Karen Bass handed out promotions & raises on her last day, http://bit.ly/cUwIDI #
• Rothenberg: MA 10 moves to "Democrat Favored" following retirement of Rep. Bill Delahunt (MA-10), http://bit.ly/angdoy #
• Peggy Noonan on Obamacare: "What a disaster it has been." http://bit.ly/cTKlL4 | We're not out of the Obamawoods yet #
• New at Traces: Chile: Still Shaking http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14230 #
• New at Traces: Hoyer Suggests "Clean-Up" Bill For Abortion Sticking Point http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14236 #
• New at Cockleshells: Florida Shivers, Tomato-Lovers Weep http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1157 #

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• @mlane – freelancing may be hard, but it's also the Only Job In The World — for me. in reply to mlane #
• @ericjodom – that Nevada Tea Party smells fishy to me #teaparty in reply to ericjodom #
• New at Traces: Chile Earthquake: A Reminder http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14205 #
• Charles Rowley provides examples of political virtue to set out as role models, http://bit.ly/985wHY | Churchill heads the list #
• UK Parliament with no clear majority likely, http://bit.ly/cPCVbG | a hung Parliament means no austerity budget & higher debt costs #
• @benpolitico – 'pointless babble' describes most conversations in reply to benpolitico #
• US taxpayers to bail out Greece? http://bit.ly/aCMwZ8 I can't even afford to bail out California… #
• Jacob Gube at Six Revisions offers "10 Simple Tips For Launching A Website," http://bit.ly/a5PZ6G #
• New at Cockleshells: Save The Seeds http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1138 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Author To Speak at Chamber Breakfast http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10390 #
• New at RCCA: Mission Viejo: Mock DUI Collision at Trabuco Hills High School http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10399 #
• Insane CA Coastal Commission asserts control over private backyard adjoining public beach, http://bit.ly/cvObtF | live on the Left Coast #
• St. Louis Fed unofficially declares The Great Recession ended in June 2009, http://bit.ly/bEbhCg | feel better about having no job now? #
• Gah! Bigstock Photo changed their web interface, http://www.bigstockphoto.com | too bright & clear for this early in the morning… need caffeine… #
• Andy McCarthy: Dems h/c strategy is to pass a bill that will never get dismantled, http://bit.ly/bhoDJ8 | conservatives MUST see, plan, act #
• Page @JonahNRO – WSJ page 1 story on Marine 1Sgt Gunner, a bomb-sniffing dog with PTSD, http://bit.ly/9pAhuQ #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13667 #
• SacBee: new Asm speaker Pérez wants to lower vote req for budget legislation, handing more power to Dem majority & crippling Rep oppo #
• Spending Limit Amendment to federal constitution proposed, http://bit.ly/9wMgl5 | "better than a line item veto!" #
• Tax Day Tea Party moves to Los Vegas, NV, to keep an eye on Harry Reid & John McCain, http://www.taxdayteaparty.com #
• CERC grows from 2M to 2.5M visitors over the last year, http://www.catholiceducation.org | congratulations! (Oh, they need money to keep growing…) #
• Archbishop Chaput on "The Vocation of Christians in American Public Life," http://bit.ly/aFSzLi | 'chaput' like 'shampoo' without the 'm' #
• Gallup: West & East still letting go more workers than hiring; South & Midwest hiring more, http://bit.ly/dbNkpL #
• Crystal Ball peers thru fog to if House & Senate incumbents will indeed be shown the door this year, http://bit.ly/90fdgN | it's THAT way! #
• Dang: Crystal Ball's handy-dandy primary schedule sez the next primary is Indiana on May 4th, http://bit.ly/90fdgN | keep the tea pot hot! #
• @davidfraga – tnx for retweet! in reply to davidfraga #

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• Awesome laptop bag, http://bit.ly/cSMyWo | kind of steampunk, for laptop lovers who love the look & feel of old books #
• RT @WSJ: Chart: After spike, this flu season fizzled… rate is now way below normal http://on.wsj.com/bNeHtx | hand santizer! vampire cough! #
• Good news! Exactly zero Californians will lose unemployment benefits w/o an enacted extension, http://bit.ly/cc6kx2 | 49.6k in Florida lose #
• RT @GregWHoward: Plz help spread word about missing 17 y/o girl Chelsea King from San Diego #findchelsea http://is.gd/9yp0i. Pls RT #
• RT @JimDeMint: Here's video of my statement supporting Sen. Bunning, he's standing up for taxpayers http://bit.ly/aUOPll | me: I'm undecided #
• Oncetime CA Gov. Moonbeam wants another round onstage, this time as farce. #
• @debbitlawrence – NRO's The Corner & Campaign Spot said Rangel out, then maybe not in reply to debbitlawrence #
• New at Prosthetic Device: Turning Orange County Fauve http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/prostheticdevice/?p=1624 #
• New at RCCA: Fauvist Community Center http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10354 #
• Crowdsourcing amendments to block reconciliation of health care reform, http://bit.ly/bMwEQ4 #hhrs #tcot #healthcare #
• New at Traces: Sarah Palin, A Stand-Up Gal In Blue Jeans http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14182 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Shooting Leaves Victim In Serious Condition http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10364 #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: Bridgeport Community Meetings http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10368 #
• @OCFA_PIO – do you know the time of the open house for station #48 in Seal Beach on March 20th? #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: New Fire Station Opening http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10372 #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13662 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10377 #
• New at RCCA: Anaheim: Children's Book Author Raises Funds for Anaheim Family Justice Center http://bit.ly/9cisAU #
• New at Traces: MSNBC Runs Off The Rails Over Tea Partiers http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14186 #

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• Michael Barone on Puerto Rican statehood, http://bit.ly/akwF4U | I agree: ya gotta want it bad – it's not enough that Dems want extra votes #
• New at Traces: Conservatives Need A Strategy For AFTER The November Election http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14173 #
• I recommend today's Afterburner with Bill Whittle to Tea Partiers, Tea Party sympathizers and Tea Party opponents, http://bit.ly/bR9E78 #
• @markknoller – not eating enough veggies from Michelle's garden… in reply to markknoller #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: March DUI Checkpoint http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10345 #
• New at RCCA: Los Alamitos: Police Appreciation Luncheon http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10349 #
• Keith Hennessey on fighting health care reconciliation, http://bit.ly/cA42Ji #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13657 #
• Setting up an email campaign? Updating an existing email campaign? This white paper might help, http://bit.ly/cJajIU (pdf) #

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• Pelosi again misrepresents Tea Partiers as in the tank for GOP, http://bit.ly/apXfdT | politically useful, emotionally satisfying, wrong #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13587 #
• Hot from the oven: neighborhood bakery tweets what's ready right now, http://bit.ly/aLTYhh | Hyperlocal small business marketing #
• $6500 tax credit for homeowners to sell & buy another house has few takers, http://bit.ly/aBK5bo #
• Café Hayek: Medicare crowded out private philanthropy, http://bit.ly/bieJYj | based on an NPR report #
• New at Traces: One Reason That The Recovery Is Wobbly http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14151 #
• Andy Jacksons, Ben Franklins and gold-plated machine guns: loot of a busted Mexican drug lord, http://bit.ly/bQDeDj #
• @calebhays – tnx for retweet in reply to calebhays #
• Steven Horwitz asks why there are no Tea Parties in Europe, http://bit.ly/c4Z06Q | A: not enough parents & grandparents. Demography, stupid! #
• New at Traces: Advice For Prez B Cool: Get Hot http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14162 #
• Karl Denninger understands the politics of power functions, http://bit.ly/bw5lpF | as in exponential growth not Machiavellian strategy #
• Chicago public schools out of money, http://bit.ly/amlcQ0 | union contracts run thru 2012 & call for 4% annual raise – fantasy budgeting #
• 5.8 quake 160mi SW of Santiago, Chile, http://bit.ly/drRUCn #
• @jimgeraghty – not as memorable as Demon Sheep, though in reply to jimgeraghty #
• New at Traces: BEA Releases Personal Income Report For Janary 2010 http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14169 #

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According to an article at eMarketer Digital Intelligence:

A difficult economy has helped spur small businesses to adopt social media marketing in greater numbers, according to “The State of Small Business Report” from Network Solutions and the Center for Excellence in Service at the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business. Social media usage increased to 24%, from 12% the year before.

The most common usage of social media among small business was a company page on a social networking site, followed by posting status updates.

Whether you use Facebook or LinkedIn to host your company site and status updates depends on where your customers live online. If your business is mostly with consumers (B-to-C), Facebook is a better bet. If you sell to other businesses (B-to-B), then LinkedIn may work for you.

What you don’t want to do is slap a business page up with no plan on keeping it up-to-date and answering customer communications. Unless you have prior experience that can inform your judgement, using social media to promote your business and enhance customer service will take up more time than you expect and return less for than investment in time than you hope.

• AOL Noticias has photos from Chile of earthquake damage, http://bit.ly/cHnnGu #
• ETA of tsunami in Hawaii: 11:19a HST http://bit.ly/aXVmTO | All shores at risk – could last for extended period – head to high ground #
• A tsunami advisory is in effect for Alaska and the West Coast, http://bit.ly/162Avl #
• The international airport in Santiago has been closed for 72 hours due to the earthquake, http://bit.ly/bIQt6I (en español) #
• Leading edge of tsunami expected to reach La Jolla, CA, around 2pm PST, http://bit.ly/djgdKB #
• Map of expected arrival time of leading edge of tsunami, http://bit.ly/aBqV3V #
• Correction: leading edge of tsunami expected to reach La Jolla at 11:44a PST, http://bit.ly/dtf7yD #
• Leading edge of tsunami expected to reach Newport Beach, CA, around 12:12pm, http://bit.ly/dtf7yD #
• Leading edge of tsunami expected to reach Santa Monica, CA around 12:45 pm, http://bit.ly/dtf7yD #
• Leading edge of tsunami expected to reach San Francisco, CA, around 1:26pm, http://bit.ly/dtf7yD #
• @EdMorrissey @gretawire – the English vowel sounds in "Chee-lay" aren't the same as the Spanish vowels – just say "Chilly" in reply to EdMorrissey #
• @ethand – meh – if it was sent bulk mail, it was probably out of their hands at the post office in reply to ethand #
• NTARC live tsunami warning, http://bit.ly/2r82wA #
• There have been six (6!) aftershocks of magnitude greater than 6 following the 8.8 quake in Chile this morning #
• @AnnaTarkov – I cover two different city councils for two weeklies printed by the same company – 400-600 words an article on similar stuff in reply to AnnaTarkov #
• @RickMoore – the summit was stage dressing & misdirection in reply to RickMoore #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13584 #
• Tea Partiers should press candidates for an answer to what s/he would do to roll back h/c if Dems ram it thru: AFTER Nov election, do what? #
• @TriciaNC1 – Tea Partiers & GOP need plan for AFTER Nov election – what should be done to roll back h/c leg rammed thru by Dems #teaparty in reply to TriciaNC1 #
• Magnitude 6.3 quake in ARGENTINA, http://bit.ly/9EMMvL #
• New at Traces: 6.3 Magnitude Quake In Argentina http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14122 #
• @ThunderPig – Prez B Cool should convene a summit on fanfic to set guidelines in that sadly unregulated market… in reply to ThunderPig #
• New at RCCA: Feds Paternally Deliver Water To San Joaquin Valley http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10336 #
• Puerto Ricans must get new birth certificates after July 1, 2010, http://bit.ly/9salp3 | old certs voided b/c of identity theft #
• Russe Roberts in the WSJ: "We should expect less of economists." http://bit.ly/9UuJHM | via Café Hayek http://bit.ly/cXXA53 #
• Fannie Mae forcasts continuing losses & asks for $15b MORE federal aid, http://bit.ly/dcLZIw | that would take their bailout total to $75b #
• Ailing hospitality industry sees another rate drop, http://bit.ly/cQr2Ug | but occupancy rate seems to have bottomed… #
• FICO, a "trifling enabler" of housing bubble, notices that folks with high credit scores default on mortgages, http://bit.ly/97fJOQ #
• EconomicPic posts a graph showing what happens when you remove housing subsidies, http://bit.ly/b9ZMii | market forces reassert gravity! #
• Nolan Chart quiz: http://bit.ly/198H | To my surprise, I scored as a modest LIBERTARIAN rather than CENTER RIGHT or CONSERVATIVE. #
• @JonHenke – same reason you exercise daily in reply to JonHenke #
• @ConservativeLA – well, we all know that reformed Leftists are extremists… I like the Nolan Chart but think the quiz unreliable in reply to ConservativeLA #
• @JonHenke – no, silly – enforces discipline and keeps it in mind – esp. helpful in teaching children in reply to JonHenke #
• @dmataconis @JonHenke – oh come now: self-discipline & discipline can strengthen free individuals – pledge inherently is not meaningless in reply to dmataconis #
• Forecasted amplitude of tsunami wave at selected points along the West Coast and coastal Alaska, http://bit.ly/bp0oRU | no observations yet #
• @dmataconis @JonHenke – OK: we'll have to agree to disagree, as I see no harm from my own experience & much merit in reply to dmataconis #
• RT @abcpentagon: If you're a Navy family /w ?s about Navy loved ones in Hawaii, you're asked to call Fleet&Family Support Line 808-474-1999 #
• New at Traces: Observed Wave Amplitudes Of Chile Tsunami http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14132 #
• @GregWHoward – check out the marigrams posted by NOAA: http://bit.ly/bp0oRU | water goes DOWN as well as UP for HOURS in reply to GregWHoward #
• NOAA's data buoys on Google Maps, http://bit.ly/4Vur3P | click on a dot to bring up a graph #
• RT @HeyTammyBruce: CBS News: Some reports of tsunami damage in Ventura, CA. | reminder: tsunami not a single wave & lasts hours #
• @rightcommentary – CBS livestreaming/w video from Hawaii, http://bit.ly/8VJgje | four waves have come ashore so far in reply to rightcommentary #
• New at Traces: Noel Campbell Recommends Bernard Lewis http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14144 #
• Why is NDak's unemp rate 4.3%? The Bakken oil shale formation, http://bit.ly/c47ZM1 | profitable at $50/barrel (oil now near $80/barrel) #
• New at Prosthetic Device: D&AD Design Annual Now Available http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/prostheticdevice/?p=1614 #
• Tsunami Tea Party: defying wind, rain and earthquake-spawned tsnumami to party hearty for liberty, http://bit.ly/9zWlCR #
• Glenn Reynolds interviews Dana Loesch, http://bit.ly/9EzbAD | InstaVision & DanaRadio at PJTV #
• Marketing: Dos Equis' Most Interesting Man harks back to The Man In The Hathaway Shirt, http://bit.ly/bgDuSB #
• Mike Shedlock is not optimistic about employment recovery, http://bit.ly/cTKn3D | job a job? good! no job? sux to be you! #
• Pelosi again slanders Tea Partiers as GOP astroturf, http://bit.ly/apXfdT | emotionally satisfying but factually incorrect #

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Watch this upfront marketing video from Coca-Cola:

Can you do something similar for your small business?

Something that delights your target clientele — leaves them wanting to HUG you — while not bankrupting your business?

• @ritethink – tnx for retweet! in reply to ritethink #
• @AnnaTarkov @emzanotti – that CNN poll on Tea Partiers was based on ->127<- respondent Tea Partiers — way too small a sample in reply to AnnaTarkov #
• Analysis of CNN Tea Partier poll in relation to dismissive LAT op-ed, http://bit.ly/cmFM23 #teaparty #tcot #
• @GregWHoward #ff right back atcha! Tnx! in reply to GregWHoward #
• @NoMoonbeam tnx for the #FollowFriday in reply to NoMoonbeam #
• Just got a call targeting Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-CA50) for opposition to health care reform – ACU 92, Obama carried CA50 with 51% #
• 7.0 quake 50 mi ESE of Okinawa, http://bit.ly/c7AbsJ #
• Tsunami info for Okinawa quake, http://bit.ly/bRg7aS #
• @tomllewis – tnx for the #ff in reply to tomllewis #
• @mikepfs – tnx for the #followfriday in reply to mikepfs #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: Alley Reconstruction http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10328 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Rainier Pacific Bank In Tacoma, WA http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14100 #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: Dewey, Ahoy! http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10332 #
• Zenit ("The World Seen From Rome") running annual donation drive, http://bit.ly/dqqeqz #
• Tea Partiers should read & discuss & act on Mount Vernon Statement, recently signed by conservative leaders. http://bit.ly/beVYIQ #
• New at Traces: Clusterstock vs. St. Louis Fed On Money Supply http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14105 #
• New at Cockleshells: California In Winter: Yellow Pear Heirloom Tomato http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1131 #

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The Commerce Department released its revised estimate of fourth quarter gross domestic product for 2009 this morning:

Money to Burn Buy From Art.com

Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 5.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter) according to the “second” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.2 percent.

The GDP estimates released today are based on more complete source data than were available for the “advance” estimate issued last month. In the advance estimate, the increase in real GDP was 5.7 percent (see “Revisions” on page 3).

The increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter primarily reflected positive contributions from private inventory investment, exports, personal consumption expenditures (PCE), and nonresidential fixed investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.

The acceleration in real GDP in the fourth quarter primarily reflected an acceleration in private inventory investment, an upturn in nonresidential fixed investment, a deceleration in imports, and an acceleration in exports that were partly offset by decelerations in PCE and in federal government spending.

(Emphasis added.)

What does this mean for a single person online business?

Caution, that’s what.

The increase in inventory was mostly restocking from Christmas, so small business should wait to see what happens in the first quarter of 2010 before celebrating.

Consumers continue to pay down credit rather than pump up the economy on borrowed money.

Banks, pressed from at least two sides, are restricting loans to small business and saying that demand for credit from both small business and consumers is slack.

If your business relies on consumers or the federal government*, you should be doubly cautious because the rise in spending in Q4 is undercut by a softening in the rate of increase that foreshadows flatter spending in 2010.

A long-term perspective will look favorably on both consumers and the federal government spending less, and consumers saving more.

In the mean time, keep an eagle eye on cash flow. Delay payouts, pay the most expensive bills first (for example, high-interest lines of credit), keep up with accounts receivable.

• KHennessey looks at GWB’s bipartisan successes for lessons that Prez B Cool might apply, http://bit.ly/bpMczX | I wish some hadn’t succeeded #
• KHennessey: “Team Obama and their allies repeatedly try to bypass [Congressional] rules…” | undercuts bipartisan trust & cooperation #
• SacBee: skier C.R. Johnson died in an accident at Squaw Valley today, http://bit.ly/bdQRvn #
• The family of “an unknown Canadian soldier” thanks US forces for saving him, http://bit.ly/aDjrLd #
• The second start to my day: WSJ & mocha latté. Wide awake to read about daily disasters. #

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• RT @Jesse: New post on the SocialToo Blog: “New Variant of ‘This You???’ Worm Surfaces on Twitter” – http://bit.ly/8ZfXhI /tip @techmeme #
• Zeroth responder: math teacher tackles gunman at middle school, http://bit.ly/b17jCm | be careful out there, but be ready & willing #
• 2,087 followers & 80 lists – @JebBush hasn’t tweeted once yet, but he already has a big Twitter footprint! #

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• Hugh Hewitt: best conservative response to this wk’s health summit is a contribution to GOP PA12 candidate, http://bit.ly/a0JxDr #hhrs #tcot #

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• Great description of stand-up comedy in Iraq by @stephenkruiser, http://bit.ly/cLYHJb | I can testify to volunteer troops good attitude #

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