Unfortunately no one seems to understand that, and we continue to chase blindly after failed economic models.

FORBES: Fed Is Killing The Recovery With Quantitative Easing

Remember that we went there together, Chase?

NEWYORKER: Lostronaut

It smelled to high heaven, but all we know now is that JP Morgan Chase officers were careless, sloppy, foolish and did not participate in any tightly coordinated effort to get at the truth.

FORBES: JP Morgan Chase Had No "Actual Knowledge" Madoff Was A Crook

Cutting directly to the chase, recent economic data suggests that we may (the key word at this point in the game) be seeing a shift in the direction the winds are blowing.

FORBES: Despite Concerns in Europe, Analysts Continue to Upgrade Stocks

"If we can get early wickets that will set up a great chase and a great Test match, " Bell told BBC Sport.

BBC: Ashes: Ian Bell hopeful of England fightback in Perth

We were a little wary at the first when we heard about tying RFID so closely to our monies, and that Chase Bank blink card of ours has been collecting dust ever since it showed up in the mail, but the latest failings of RFID "security" have us running for the hills -- tin foil hat in tow.

ENGADGET: UK's ATM cards thoroughly trounced by ID thieves

These facts make it critical that we continue our vigilance on capital, Too-Big-To-Fail ( Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo) and maybe just Too Big to Manage.

FORBES: Chicago Fed Panel: Increased Capital Will Not Save The U.S. Banking System