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Yep. Krugmanites take notice! ;)

Arm the rebels just enough to even the playing field and prolong the war as long as possible. Let them off each other.

APOCALYPSEFUCK is Comptroller says

Ragheads are dying. Isn't this cause for celebration, no matter who is off'ing them?

If Assad's side were Christians, we'd be watching Bill O'Reilly jumping up and down on his desk screaming for immediate B-52 bombing runs against the rebel scum.

As things stand, most Americans really don't know how to feel about it.

if Assad's side were Christians they would be defending themselves from murdering arabs that claim to be muslam, like the arfican Christians that get hacked to death by the negros that claim to be muslams in africa.

Also, if Assad's side were Christian, or Jew, then thay would already be our ally, and would already be targeted for death by the crazy arabs, like iran, for example.

Sorry. I don't live in your makebelieve world but hey... have fun with it!
egads101 says

SoftShell says

Arm the rebels just enough to even the playing field and prolong the war as long as possible. Let them off each other.

your care for other human beings is really touching. You better hope for your own sake that there really isn't a god who punishes worthless assholes.

Sorry. They are subhuman. Fuckem.
egads101 says

SoftShell says

Arm the rebels just enough to even the playing field and prolong the war as long as possible. Let them off each other.

your care for other human beings is really touching. You better hope for your own sake that there really isn't a god who punishes worthless assholes.

It's pretty scary that we can only worry about people using and bringing chemical weapons to maybe use against us - but we don't do anything about all the crap coming over here from Fukushima and the aluminum and barium and crap our Gov't is spreading on us from the chemtrails. Our Politicians must be brain dead.

So we ignore the truly dangerous chemicals, we piss off the countries who finance our debt, we don't even want to wait to find out the truth before going in to strike Syria. What are we planning to strike? Their hospitals, schools, exactly what? And what about the millions of Syrian refugees who are already displaced and trying to live in Libya and Jordan? How long before the Libyans and Jordanians go crazy from being overrun? How many people do we plan to kill? How many are going to die just from being displaced from their homes, jobs, schools etc? How will all those refugees be fed and schooled and how will they get medical treatments if they need it? Whose idea is it - that missiles are better than trying to work out a more diplomatic resolution?

Your childlike world view is laudable.
However, there comes a point where you must deal with reality.
Not all humans are created equal, no matter what your president/deity/CubScoutLeader tells you.
There are people on this earth who would kill you and your family without blinking an eye for any/all of the above. I see them on both sides of the Syria conflict.
They are subhuman. Get over it.

egads101 says

SoftShell says

Sorry. They are subhuman. Fuckem.

yeah, well i view a racist ass-hole like you as subhuman. so F you too.

But he would not start screaming until someone else started talking.
He only knows how to interrupt.

Vicente says

If Assad's side were Christians, we'd be watching Bill O'Reilly jumping up and down on his desk screaming for immediate B-52 bombing runs against the rebel scum.

well i'm not jewish so that makes me subhuman too!
how about you? What are you, cream of dogshit?

bgamall4 says

SoftShell says

Sorry. They are subhuman. Fuckem.

For you all the Goyem are subhuman. That is why you are so screwed up Softshell. Here is a better way. http://www.newcovenanttheology.com/2013/09/fellow-descendents-of-jews-turn-from.html

The Syrian rebels posed casually, standing over their prisoners with firearms pointed down at the shirtless and terrified men.

The prisoners, seven in all, were captured Syrian soldiers. Five were trussed, their backs marked with red welts. They kept their faces pressed to the dirt as the rebels’ commander recited a bitter revolutionary verse.

“For fifty years, they are companions to corruption,” he said. “We swear to the Lord of the Throne, that this is our oath: We will take revenge.”

The moment the poem ended, the commander, known as “the Uncle,” fired a bullet into the back of the first prisoner’s head. His gunmen followed suit, promptly killing all the men at their feet.

http://gulfnews.com/news/region/syria/brutality-of-syrian-rebels-poses-dilemma-in-west-1.1228013

Let's wait until the UN report comes out about Chemical Weapons. Assad would have to be a complete idiot to use them; he knows that using WMDs will guarantee a regime change. What we have is an unprovenced report about Sarin Gas used, no idea where the sample was taken, either. Many common agricultural and household pesticides will cause a false positive for Sarin gas, which is why having multiple legit and sourced samples is important.

For fucks sake, let's drop the party membership and agree not to be Yellowcaked a second time in about a decade. Let's be skeptical of any administration's smoking gun claims that are unsourced and unprovenced. AFAWK this is coming from the same Syrian defector who went over to the Saudis, who would not mind a Wahabi-friendly Syria.

BTW, in the above article (original source is the NYT but I had trouble connecting), Kerry says 15-20% of the opposition are Islamicists. It's probably the other way around: 15-20% (or less) are secularists, and 80-85% are Islamicists.

I've posted elsewhere about the aftermath in Libya, with tribal warfare now endemic and the country in complete chaos, where the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated government has threatened to kill striking oil and dock workers.

Hate to say it, but looks like East Bay price-to-rent is getting out of whack if this is representative. PITI on this place with 20% down will be over $7k/month at 4.5% interest. Let's be honest, it is way cheaper to rent this place than to buy it, even if you factor in leveraged appreciation and interest deduction.

thunderlips11 says

Let's wait until the UN report comes out about Chemical Weapons. Assad would have to be a complete idiot to use them

Assad is in a fight for his life and his sect's (Alawite) life. Even his Shiite allies will eventually turn against him as they consider Alawites to be Kifir, really worse than Christians and Jews. He has to show his strength and willingness to use anything at his disposal, IMO he has done that by gassing 1400 people and will do it again if needed.

There is never 100% proof in a situation like this. But lets say there was 100% proof that Assad did this. The question is, do we care? The answer in America seems to be no, not really our problem.

I wonder what the Gold line was doing from 2000-2008?

Fed won't taper. Stocks and housing will soar and shatter all records!!!

For the nicest places in the SF bay area, it will never be cheaper to own than to rent. This is a hardcore reality of real estate.

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CUUR0000SEHA

has been the reality since the 1970s.

People can choose to sit out, but have gotten that rammed up their asses.

2010-11 I had naively assumed the general shittiness of the economy would keep prices from rising, but I underestimated the Fed, LOL.

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=mdl

Plus it needs to be understood that the economy's still OK for most people.

(I was never a bear wrt the Fortress, however. Money will always bid up that which is scarce, and SFHs in the Fortress are scarce!)

You can't link yourself as evidence.
That's what your typical goyem does....

bgamall4 says

Mobi says

here was a not bad chance that the rebel did it. Were it the case, having war with Syria government would be helping the criminals

http://www.recourse-loans.com/2013/09/yes-syrian-rebels-do-have-access-to.html The rebels have Sarin!!

It's not fair - the less fortunate get all the breaks.

A tax cut on hedge fund captains will fix this.

If you can't grasp that simple fact, you're Leon Trotsky.

Where are all the amazing jobs the job creators promised in 08 and 12?

Bellingham Bill says

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CUUR0000SEHA

has been the reality since the 1970s.

That's an ugly reality

the ONLY reason why it's cheaper to rent in this case:

"Home will be available for approximately 6 months."

JH says

Where are all the amazing jobs the job creators promised in 08 and 12?

We just need one more tax cut.

We're almost there.

All the other tax cuts for the wealthy didn't do it, but the THEORY cannot be wrong. Conservatism cannot fail - it can only be failed.

Do not weaken - we are on the threshold of untold wealth, and love and happiness forever!

rdm says

There is never 100% proof in a situation like this. But lets say there was 100% proof that Assad did this. The question is, do we care? The answer in America seems to be no, not really our problem.

Yep, I don't see our interest here.

100% is impossible, but right now we're looking at rumors passed along by a government which for some reason is really interested in replacing secular tyrants with religious fanatics, even though their worst terrorist attack in history came from these religious fanatics and not secular tyrants like Ghaddafi, Hussein, and Assad.

This some government loves the autocrats of Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, and Saudi Arabia - although these same states are the biggest funders and supporters of radical fanatics, who would be minor gadflys without oil money behind them and their Madrassahs.

The US couldn't be arsed to stand up against the slaughter of the Shi'ite Majority by the Sunni minority in Bahrain. Sec. of State Clinton said "Oh that's bad, so sad", which was the limit of our reaction to the butchery of ordinary Bahrainis.

How many people are gunned down on a daily basis in Libya these days? I would be surprised if the death toll attributed to violence is well beyond 1400 YTD there. Almost no oil is being exported because of the chaos, only the oil dealers benefit from reduced supply.

Gun, Gas, Bomb, Piano dropped from a Window on someone's head it's all dead.

This article is from a running series by Boca News devoted to "Outrageous Agents". It's a social column of sleaze. Thieves, thugs, pervs, and DUI repeats-- read all about 'em! One of my faves:

Boca Area Realtor Urinates On Self, Lunges At Cops
http://bocanewsnow.com/2012/10/03/update-boca-area-realtor-urinates-on-self-lunges-at-cops/

Boca Raton area Realtor William Sohl was found passed out near Blue Martini at Town Center Mall and had apparently urinated on himself in the early hours of Saturday. When awoken by a police officer, Sohl allegedly jumped up and assaulted the officer and his partner who responded by using force and a taser.

The officers suffered minor injuries. Sohl, whose website says he works for Re/Max, was transported to Boca Raton Regional Hospital to have the taser “prongs” removed...

Good ole Elizabeth Warren she sure fixed the predator financial systems good, ditint She?

Someone give the cunt a medal.

I browsed Craigslist this morning, and it does appear as if price-to-rent is favoring renting (by a lot) at this point. Examples on the Peninsula:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/apa/4052565647.html
$5k/mo but would sell for $1.7m at least

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/apa/4051250832.html
$4.5k/mo but would sell for $1.4m at least

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/apa/4043747810.html
$4.5k/mo but would sell for $1.6m at least

I'm not sure I would buy a place today, unless I really, really wanted to own my house for reasons other than financial.

Such and easy way to tell the state of our workforce. How come it took so long for me to see or hear of these figures.

25.2 would be the ratio is this case in terms of annual rents. Problem is as follows - $54,000 needs to be forked over in rent. Not very wise to do that it my opinion. Better to buy a cheaper property with under 20 annual rents ratio.

Call it Crazy says

Can only mean one thing... There will be 30% MORE cash buyers...

Or less buyers....

It certainly means less Wells Fargo employees.

wave9x says

I browsed Craigslist this morning, and it does appear as if price-to-rent is favoring renting (by a lot) at this point. Examples on the Peninsula:

Haha, these prices are an absolute joke. That 3rd posting is a piece of shit house that is not on a million dollar lot. The only shred of hope that bulls are holding onto is that Asian cash is going to come in. Give me one good reason that an Asian with 1.5 million cash would waste it on this joke. And don't say proximity to jobs, because an Asian with 1.5 million cash is not looking for a job.

dublin hillz says

Problem is as follows - $54,000 needs to be forked over in rent. Not very wise to do that it my opinion.

Waste of money, I agree.

donjumpsuit says

Personally, if I am doing the math.

I would rather buy a $350k house with 10% mortgage

than a

$700k house with a 3.5% mortgage.

#1. I don't pay some loser an over inflated amount for a house because the monthly is more affordable.

#2. At least with a 10% mortgage I get a tax break AND lower property taxes.

WAKE THE FUCK UP.

Yes then you can refi when the rates drop. Can't refi when you start at 3%

RentingForHalfTheCost says

JH says

Give me one good reason that an Asian with 1.5 million cash would waste it on this joke.

Because they were told by the realtor that it will be valued at 2.5m in a few years. Then another fool comes and buys for 2.5m because he was told it will go to 4.0m, etc. etc. Sounds like a ponzi scheme to me. Don't look for real value, because that isn't part of the scheme. If people believe they will make money, then they will risk their fortune to get it. It is a American dream.

Yes this drives investment bubbles. It is not sustainable, however...

The data is very noisy, so it doesn't make sense to focus on the most recent down leg. Egads is asking a fair question by making a year on year comparison, which at least addresses the variability from seasonal factors. If you do YOY comparisons for any of the months represented, you will see that 2013 is better than 2012 in every case. More historical data would be useful in determining what the seasonal patterns are.

The question I have is why is the withholding (black line) so noisy while the wage disbursement is a lot smoother. I'm sure there is a reason...

donjumpsuit says

Personally, if I am doing the math.

I would rather buy a $350k house with 10% mortgage

than a

$700k house with a 3.5% mortgage.

#1. I don't pay some loser an over inflated amount for a house because the monthly is more affordable.

#2. At least with a 10% mortgage I get a tax break AND lower property taxes.

WAKE THE FUCK UP.

To clarify, he means buying a $X house at $350k rather than at $700k. Just because the house is priced at $700k doesn't make it worth that much.

If lazy assholes would get 2nd & 3rd part time jobs, we could pay off the national debt,fund SS,Medicare & DOD for 100 years & cut taxes to 1% on all corps. from the increased revenue.

I need to keep up with the "Verizons". I'm borrowing all I can to overpay for overpriced housing. Debt is good because nothing can go wrong.

I just received certification:I'm an Idiot.

All the YOY in this graph are greater in 2013. Therefore, the following statement in the article doesn't justify the thesis of the article:

"Since many high-earning professionals such as attorneys and accountants are self-employed, the earnings reported by the self-employed are significant. The self-employed have some control over when and how they report earnings, and many chose to report income in late 2012 rather than in 2013 to avoid the tax increases that kicked in on January 1, 2013."

While it's an interesting way to determining employment rate, the graph is too narrow...needs to include several more years, including some time during a previous recession recovery.

This graph shows economic recovery from 2012 to 2013.

Blurtman says

Actually, he is looking more like a tin horn George W. Bush.

If he secures the chemical weapons he will be way ahead in the global arena.

I'll look at the Assad interview, but it's looking like a diplomatic win for Obama.