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Flag laws
by CL on 25 Jun 2015   3 comments, latest 9 years ago
I assume, but cannot find, that each State has its own laws and procedures for deciding what to do regarding non-US flags. Does anyone know where to find that ...

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Does QE cause inflation, or not?
by CL on 22 May 2015   79 comments, latest 9 years ago
Is it not true that since new money is not really created that QE does not cause inflation, although it could if the loan activity were to spike?

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Jeb 'misheard' Iraq question
by CL on 12 May 2015   4 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://www.politico.com/story/ “If Jeb Bush sticks to his position — that he would still authorize war knowing what we know today — it will represent a step backward for the ...

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Non-violence
by CL on 30 Apr 2015   200 comments, latest 9 years ago
Much has been made lately about the power of non-violence and what the black community in Baltimore (and elsewhere) should do and how is best to achieve good results. ...

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Under Armour
by CL on 13 Apr 2015   16 comments, latest 9 years ago
Seems to have picked up steam. Any thoughts about buying UA?

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Welfare facts
by CL on 9 Apr 2015   36 comments, latest 9 years ago
For some reason (I assume an ill-fated bill in Missouri banning lobster sales to recipients), welfare bashing is making the rounds on social media. This forced me to ask ...

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Surviving Spouse Questions:
by CL on 30 Mar 2015   6 comments, latest 9 years ago
My father-in-law passed away last week, and we've just returned from the funeral. He was a veteran, an investor and both he and the surviving spouse (my mother-in-law) were ...

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Israeli Elections
by CL on 16 Mar 2015   4 comments, latest 9 years ago
First, it seems patently obvious that Netanyahu was indeed trying to shore up his flagging polls by his stop in the US. The American Right are pawns once again. ...

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PO Software
by CL on 3 Feb 2015   3 comments, latest 9 years ago
Which PO software does your company use, and do you like it? Thanks!

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Usenix
by CL on 29 Jan 2015   6 comments, latest 9 years ago
Anybody a member or otherwise attend? Thoughts? https://www.usenix.org/members https://www.usenix.org/sites/d

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Shipping Laptops for charities
by CL on 21 Jan 2015   7 comments, latest 9 years ago
I have a few hundred laptops that are pretty darn good (but not good enough for my biz) that I am donating to charities. I have some contacts established ...

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SNL - I Wish It Was Christmas Today - YouTube
by CL on 29 Dec 2014   Posted 9 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?

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Whatever Happened to Overtime? - Nick Hanauer - POLITICO Magazine
by CL on 18 Nov 2014   4 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://www.politico.com/magazi If you’re in the American middle class—or what’s left of it—here’s how you probably feel. You feel like you’re struggling harder than your parents did, working longer hours ...

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The takeaway from six years of economic troubles? Keynes was right.
by CL on 6 Nov 2014   5 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://blogs.reuters.com/anato Now that the Federal Reserve has brought its program of quantitative easing to a successful conclusion, while the French and German governments have ended their shadow-boxing over European ...

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CIO/CTO/CFO/CEO
by CL on 15 Oct 2014   2 comments, latest 9 years ago
Who does your company's CIO report to? The CFO or CEO? Do you have a CTO, and is that still a desirable title or has it fallen by the ...

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In a Subprime Bubble for Used Cars, Borrowers Pay Sky-High Rates - NYTimes.com
by CL on 23 Jul 2014   20 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/20 What do you think? Will Auto loans collapse? #bubbles

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High-tech Employment
by CL on 8 Sep 2014   9 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.us.jll.com/united-s What do you think they consider "high-tech" for these types of reports?

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Why Are Republicans Suddenly Leaning Left?
by CL on 8 Sep 2014   10 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.realclearpolitics.c Several Republican candidates in the year's most competitive Senate races have begun their fall sprint to Election Day, not by embracing Tea Party-fueled conservatism but by defensively tacking ...

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Libertarian Fantasies
by CL on 11 Aug 2014   61 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08

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Securitization questions
by CL on 31 Jul 2014   5 comments, latest 10 years ago
Can someone give a layperson's explanation of the way securitization works? I have a basic understanding but would like to see it from your view. (On that topic, if ...

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Obamacare Fails to Fail - NYTimes.com
by CL on 15 Jul 2014   62 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07 But the great majority of those who signed up did indeed pay up, and we now have multiple independent surveys — from Gallup, the Urban Institute and the ...

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Animal questions
by CL on 14 Jul 2014   20 comments, latest 10 years ago
A few questions I've wondered about: 1) What would you do if you found a living, but mortally wounded dog (say a hit and run) in the street? Is ...

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Housing Sales Hurt as Fewer Immigrants Chase Owner Dream - Bloomberg
by CL on 1 Jul 2014   7 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ Daytons foreign population grew and so did its housing sales, rising last year at almost twice the national rate. As the housing recovery nationwide sputters, the story of ...

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HPQ/INTC
by CL on 13 Jun 2014   1 comment, latest 10 years ago
Well, my INTC investment has paid off handsomely, especially after today's spike. I bought HPQ after it collapsed but jumped the gun and didn't buy at the bottom. Now ...

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Extra dough
by CL on 6 Jun 2014   33 comments, latest 10 years ago
I have a few hundred extra thousand dollars laying around. What should I do with it? I have people at USAA who want me to put some into a ...

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Why are Realtors bad?
by CL on 16 May 2014   36 comments, latest 10 years ago
My friend (who's in auto sales) is defending their commission-based wages. I compared it to Realtors, who he promptly defended. I told him that Realtors are parasites but wondered ...

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Which of the following cities are best to live/work in?
by CL on 23 Apr 2014   44 comments, latest 10 years ago
Daly City Dublin Fremont Oakland San Francisco San Rafael Walnut Creek Any other Bay Area city? and why?

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Salem, Oregon
by CL on 1 Apr 2014   6 comments, latest 10 years ago
I have a friend who is very talented on all aspects of home repair. He worked in the trade for a long time, and then went to school at ...

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State Healthcare Lotteries
by CL on 19 Mar 2014   20 comments, latest 10 years ago
How did they work exactly? Who paid for the "winners", and what happened to the losers? Were the people selected at random? Thanks!

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Looking good
by CL on 11 Mar 2014   Posted 10 years ago
http://dish.andrewsullivan.com The news cycle is so punishing these days you might be forgiven for thinking the Obama era is over. But it isn’t. It’s at its peak in terms ...

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Watch The Daily Show mock Fox News' confused man-crush on Vladimir Putin
by CL on 7 Mar 2014   122 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://theweek.com/article/ind Fox News and their Republican guests being "fooled by this guy's bullshit?" Stewart asked. Republicans have been holding up the "strong" Putin as a favorable alternative to the ...

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The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi dismantles another ObamaCare myth - The Week
by CL on 7 Mar 2014   4 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://theweek.com/article/ind Aasif Mandvi dismantles another ObamaCare myth Here's a popular argument from opponents of the Affordable Care Act: America has the best health-care system in the world, and ObamaCare ...

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ACA question
by CL on 25 Feb 2014   5 comments, latest 10 years ago
Someone had Group coverage through their employer last year and was informed that insurance was being dropped at end-of-year. Would there be any difference between the coverage they could ...

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Thomas Jefferson as First Democrat
by CL on 21 Feb 2014   59 comments, latest 10 years ago
Nowadays, I don't know of too many who contest Jefferson as the father of the Democratic party. Obviously, the GOP can trace its origins to Lincoln and rightfully do. ...

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Don't Conservatives even know where to FIND a spell checker?
by CL on 21 Feb 2014   3 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.cafepress.com/mf/43 The thought never crossed your mind before you put these things on the interwebs for sale? #politics

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1-800-Flowers botches Valentine's Day - and apology, too - Feb. 16, 2014
by CL on 17 Feb 2014   1 comment, latest 10 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/1 Then there's this: http://motherboard.vice.com/bl “There are thousands of websites that handle concurrent volumes far larger than what HealthCare.gov was faced with. Amazon and eBay don’t crash the week ...

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The Tea Party has become grotesquely fiscally irresponsible - The Week
by CL on 17 Feb 2014   Posted 10 years ago
http://theweek.com/article/ind Boehner and House Republicans agreed yesterday to raise the debt ceiling without strings — just as Democrats in Congress did time and again during the last Republican presidency ...

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People will be held responsible - just not Chris Christie
by CL on 8 Jan 2014   95 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.politico.com/story/ New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday he is “outraged” by newly released documents linking a senior member of his staff to the closure of lanes on a ...

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So I watched Atlas shrugged last night...(redux)
by CL on 26 Dec 2013   21 comments, latest 10 years ago
I should say, I watched the first 45 terrible minutes of it. It was completely horrible... It is safe to say that Rand's Masterpiece was better than that claptrap: ...

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Jesus and Santa were white - POLITICO.com
by CL on 13 Dec 2013   45 comments, latest 10 years ago
How pervasive is Caucasian-normative culture? It just is, so you know. http://www.politico.com/blogs/ And in Kelly's defense, it does seem likely that Jesus had blond hair and blue eyes, since ...
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