I heard yesterday that M1, today, as compared to a year ago, has more then doubled. I call it Bernanke money. I wonder if the mass media will report this. Bloomberg? had a front page article yesterday with a title like Dollar at Red-Line. Relevantly, it reports that US Banks are dumping the dollar for Euros. I suspect the same banks that got bailed out.

Still, while Bernanke money will screw us, it is best treated as an incompetent response to a disaster. For causes, look to the repeal of Glass-Steigel in 1988 and the legalization of derivatives in 1990. Both were in response to the 1987 crisis. Oh, for Bush lovers, the last was Bush Sr's bright idea.

Actually, six factoids came in yesterday. Again, do not hold your breath to hear about them in the mass media. Together, they lead me to the conclusion that the economy is disintegrating faster than in the historical precedents. So I will venture a prediction: October is likely the end of the post-war era.

That abolished the right to remain silent in police custody?

The standard wording of the caution is:
"You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you may later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence."

It may be intended to discourage keeping silent, but in no way does it remove the right to do so.

I want you, and those who modded you +5 Insightful, to give this a little more critical thinking:

"It is 100% Apple's fault for putting AT&T in a position where they don't have to compete with other carriers for iPhone business". Apple doesn't care who uses the phone, or on what network. Their business is not to sell bandwidth -- it's to sell phones (among other things). AT&T is the half of this venture who insisted on lock-in. Why would Apple segment their potential customer base by using only one carrier, unless they believed it to be of higher profit value to do otherwise?

The rest of your argument is mostly correct. AT&T won't upgrade unless they feel a need to. Just like every other business.