Gentle Reader: I think Richard Dollinger may be done with elective politics.  There was widespread speculation that the well heeled Dollinger was going to be appointed to the vacant County Court Seat, as a quid pro quo if you will, for running against Joe Robach last fall. Mr. Izguhde tells me that the buzz in [...]

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Recessions are all about a lack of confidence in the systems.  Depressions are about panic and fear in the systems.  When you think about what is the difference between today and yesterday and why are people losing their jobs, it becomes perplexing.  Sometimes you want to think, “well why aren’t people buying consumer goods and [...]

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Anyone who reads monroerising.com regularly knows that I’m not afraid to pat myself on the back when I make predictions that turn out to be correct.  I consider myself a modern day Nostradamus when it come to predicting the behavior of Democrats.  While I’ll admit this was one of my easier predictions, the Albany Times [...]

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Jimmy T is up big in his race to succeed Kirstin Hilldebrand in NY – 20.  According to the AP: The Siena College poll reports Tedisco, the state Assembly’s Republican leader, has a 46 percent to 34 percent lead over Scott Murphy, a venture capital manager.  (snip) Tedisco is viewed favorably by 47 percent of [...]

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