Gold is for rapper's teeth and investment-minded people

Does anybody have a gold coin I could use for a major investment in my future? No? Oh well. Don't need it anymore... You know why? Because now, I've got Monex Deposit Company (MDC). You know what that means, homie? It means that I can buy silver, gold, or any other precious metals that I deem awesome enough. And, I can get personal delivery in a timely fashion and convenient and safe storage at an independent bank or depository. They've been the leader in this for 30 years! Silver is available in two forms for investment: coin or ingot. Isn't that cool? What are ingots? They are pure bullion cast in a convenient size and shape. And we all know what coins are. They have currency value. Now is the time to do it! World demand for silver exceeds annual production, and has every year since 1990. Why? Above ground stockpiles. They are running on the low side and even shrinking at a rapid rate! But don't just take my blog's word for it. This whole "buying gold and using it as an investment tool" thing has been going on for years. I'm talking centuries. I'm talking centuries, which equals 100 years. You see, it's all about purchase power. It's unique. During the time of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans...all the way to more modern times...people have loved gold and considered it worth a lot. Men have been fascinated with the way it can change a life. But nowadays, it can diversify investments, protect your precious wealth and even preserve one's purchasing power! Isn't that awesome? I know if I bought gold I would want it to do those things for me. And the same is true for silver. Silver bullion is just as good for investment. And this is deep-rooted in history just as gold is. Since the end of WWII, the U.S. used to be the largest stockpiler of silver. But now it's dumped billions and billions of ounces of silver bars onto the world market. That has decreased silver prices. But what kind of products am I talking about? How about American eagle gold coins? You can buy them in units of 10 one-ounce coins for personal delivery! .9167 fine gold. Legal tender coin. You know: the best! Check MDC. They have plenty of other products as well. Most of them are just as good as this. And Monex prides itself on having the best us silver coin prices and programs of anybody in this industry. And their staff is dedicated, yo. I'm talking about the hardest hard asset pros in the industry!

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March Madness concludes tonight…in April. UNC is looking tough, but best of luck to the Michigan State Spartans of the downtrodden state of Michigan. It won’t solve the financial crisis, or the auto industry issues, but good for them for making it this far. The price of inspiration can’t be measured. (Or maybe it can… But if we knew that number, Roy Williams might even be begging UNC to let the Spartans win tonight.)

Here are some links from around the Internets today…

• Ever seen a misleading search engine text ad on Google or Yahoo? Well, the FDA is objecting to a few drug companies and their click-thru aspirations.
• Google uses Twitter to sell ads. (When are they going to just buy Twitter?)
• Yahoo! Sports Blowing Out ESPN Online (Maybe that UConn story will even things up…)
• Wow. McDonald’s ads in the Czech Republic are weird. This is a long way from Calvin…
• The March Adness final: State Farm’s Lebron Cleveland Browns ad vs. Playstation’s “Dustin Pedroia vs. Jerry Lambert” ad
• Amstel Light brings their 10-person “beer bike” to America. I just added 10 potentially-illegal immigrants to my pardon list.
• Dr. Pepper’s ad displays the worst that could happen that probably never would.
• Full-length Sony movies on YouTube? I hope David Lynch hasn’t heard about this.
• And, just in case any of you were worried, Facebook and Twitter showed huge growth in March. Fear not. The takeover continues…

LA Times and fake articles

In a move that shows a clear sign of the times in the newspaper industry (and journalism), the Los Angeles Times ran a front page ad for NBC’s new show "Southland" that resembled a story. The ad ran despite objections from Times’ Editor Russ Stanton.

Despite the outcry created (especially in journalism circles), Publisher Eddy Hartenstein ran the ad to "ensure that The Times could continue to operate."

According to one critic:

"It’s unwise and ethically problematic to have advertising morph into news content and style," said Bob Steele, a journalism values scholar at the Poynter Institute and a professor at DePauw University. "Each step may seem like a small one. But each time you cut a corner, you create weakness in the overall product."

Sounds about right. The weak economy can’t become an excuse to bend the rules, no matter how trivial they may seem.

In other news, 11thr.com’s blog, "the world beyond recruiting," highhandedly apprehended a serial burglar early this morning. The so-called, "Sticky Bandit," has terrorized Marina Del Rey residents for the past six months, robbing their homes in the middle of the night and leaving "scotch tape all over the place," according to one LAPD officer who wished to remain nameless. Although not an actual person, "the world beyond recruiting," is being labeled a hero by absolutely everybody in the Los Angeles area, after discovering the burglar stealing a stack of DVDs from the blog’s living room early this morning. Despite objections from the burglar that "these DVDs will be obsolete in a year anyway!" the blog knocked out the burglar with its imaginary fist and Tweeted authorities. :This is totally a real news story, and 11thr.com/blog is a true hero," said Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa this morning, as he awarded 11thr.com/blog a key to the city and the "Los Angeles City Medal of Heroism," in a ceremony on the steps of City Hall. "It was totally awesome," continued Villaraigosa."

No word on the burglar’s current condition. 11thr.com/blog has been contacted by VH1 and is in talks with the former music network/current reality television network to develop a reality show based on the blog’s crimefighting skills.