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Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

As initially reported by the Census Department, motor vehicle sales were up 1.2% in July following a 0.9% gain in June. At the time, I commented, “This is unbelievably bizarre in the face of actual auto sales reports.”

The Census Bureau revised sales estimates much lower in September as noted in Retail Sales Unexpectedly Decline, Huge Negative Revisions in June and July: Reflections on “Bizarre” Sales Reports.

"Subprime lending is a calculated risk - we know that some of the customers won't pay, we just don't know which at the time the loan is made. With higher default rates come higher expenses, and higher interest rates are necessitated to remain solvent." That's a quote made in a statement by Midwest Acceptance corporation, who specializes in high interest car loans for subprime borrowers in the St. Louis area.

There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.-Lady Gaga

By all accounts, I was a real smartass as a teenager. 

One favorite and reoccurring smartass remark I remember well is that whenever my parents blamed something on, "they," I would inevitably ask them, "who is they?"  The conversations would go something like this.

Mom: "I can't believe how much we spend on gas.  95 cents a gallon!  Unbelievable."