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Cindy Perman
News Editor at CNBC.com and the author of The Pony Blog (ponyblog.cnbc.com). She has also written a book, “New York Curiosities,” and does stand-up comedy.
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CNBC business news reporter, based in Los Angeles, covering the defense and technology industries. She writes the CNBC.com blog Funny Business.

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The news can get a little heavy sometimes, with debt crises, vicious markets and crappy earnings reports. So, we dispatched our crack reporters, Cindy Perman and Jane Wells, to find some levity amid all this seriousness. May we offer you a Keynesian cocktail with a side of bacon?

Why a Pony? To be clear, there were no ponies harmed in the making of this blog. The blog’s name, “There Must Be a Pony In Here Somewhere,” comes from an old joke, a favorite of Ronald Reagan’s, that essentially means, with a pile of you-know-what this big, there MUST be a pony—a bright side—in here somewhere!

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Bacon Is Better Than Viagra: Argentine President

Published: Friday, 29 Jan 2010 | 4:05 PM ET

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By: Cindy Perman
CNBC.com Staff Writer

You’ve got to hand it to the Argentine president — she knows how to, ahem, stimulate an industry.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez
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Cristina Fernandez, president of Argentina, likes her man with a side of ribs.

In announcing subsidies for the nation's pork industry, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez praised the sexual powers of — wait for it — pork.

"I didn't know that eating pork improved sexual ability," Fernandez said after meeting with industry representatives, adding, "It is much more gratifying to eat some grilled pork than to take Viagra." [PFE Loading... () ]

Whoa. First we found out bacon makes you smarter. Now, it may also make you sexier. Oh, bacon. Is there anything you can't do?

Fernandez went one better to say she can personally testify to pork's abilities after conducting some field research with husband and former president, Nestor Kirchner, and some barbecued pork over the weekend.

"Things went very well," she said. "It could well be true."

The sexy talk on pork was aimed at expanding the protein horizons of Argentina's staunch beef-loving public.

Hey, Detroit, you should give this woman a call. She knows how to get sales sizzling!

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