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Wake me up when they protest in San Francisco because a theater there didn't show a Bill O'Reiley barkumentary.
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My wife went to our local park yesterday, said it looked like a meetup group for Asian moms. She's half Asian herself and I said maybe you'll fit in? But she said they were all speaking some language she wasn't familiar with. I guess maybe the foreign buyers, some of them, are shipping their wives and kids here to live and go to school.
Anyway, price cuts in housing are showing up here as well. Stuff that's IMHO overpriced is just sitting.
Wake me up when they protest in San Francisco because a theater there didn't show a Bill O'Reiley barkumentary.
I'm not exactly sure what this gibberish sentence is suppose to say; I guess if I take a stab and read it Art Collage style, I can pull out SF and O'Reiley [sic] and draw out some sort of thinly veiled invective on liberal hipsters and hypocrisy.
What I would say is that neo-conservative gas bags make for much better entertainment (see: AM talk radio, Rush Limbaugh, et al.) with their ridiculous diatribes, deliberate obtuseness, and shell game talking points. Viewed through the lense of irony, they are a sort of Theater of the Absurd that shows us how *not* to think (as in, "use logic", not "be told what opinions to have").
La Fonda, on the other hand, is a bland mess, didn't even look that hot when she was a young Jazzersizer, and suffers from the same Boomer Hippie, boring bleeding heart airheadedness that affects the likes of Darryl Hannah (definitely hotter) and Rosie O'Donnell (appraisal redacted).
Investors started disappearing back in June. It's hard to get out of bed in the morning for 1% or negative yields.
Post 10 years of tax returns to verify identity....
BTW: How do we know you are who you claim to be?
I know lots of people with foreign names and accents who own houses in sfba. But almost all of them came as students, worked, saved, then bought houses. And have either green cards or ...
...doesn't mean that they are "foreign bagholders" as meant here.
You are so right.
Those folks who said such things just don't get it.
Since they got their student visa -> H1 -> green card they are not foreigners. It's just the money from "back home" that is "foreign".
Sky's the Limit in The Fortress.
Walmart business plan is simple. Come into an area and dump products at break even or less until everyone around goes out of business.
They always hire the least skilled kind of people, (an average union worker without an IQ of a union worker to get a union job). And keep all costs as low as possible. They have enough money to take a loss for a while until others are out of business and they are the only company left on the hill... then they raise the prices.
APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says
Alexander Kinyua Pleads Guilty But Not Criminally Responsible In Killing, Eating Of Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/alexander-kinyua_n_3780580.html
Housing market in freefall. No jobs. GOP shrieking their SIEG HEILS like possessed hyenas. Cannibalism breaking out everywhere. [see above]
Smells like CANNIBAL ANARCHY to me, guys!
LOCK 'N LOAD, BABY!!!!1
The US is far better served by not getting involved in Syria. You'd have thought people would have realized that after Iraq, but seemingly not.
It's troubling that, even after Iraq, people still think the US can invade a country get rid of the bad guys, and everything will be ok thereafter.
You know, people will suddenly love democracy more than their religious dogma, jihadists will go home and become contributing members of society, and everyone will hold hands and sing Kumbaya.
's troubling that, even after Iraq, people still think the US can invade a
country get rid of the bad guys, and everything will be ok thereafter.
It's not that folks inside the loop think that. It is what they have to sell to the Joe Six Packs around the world. What esle can they say? Hey, to have access to natural resources, we have to keep the region in a constant state of instability. Hope that is OK with everyone. Now salute the flag, you dumbfucks.
If it weren't for Wal Mart, we would never have collected the necessary data to prove that the white race, is, indeed, not superior.
Do it yourself for less than one tenth the cost. Batteries are cheap, but you'll pay $10+ to have it done at a kiosk in a mall.
Only watch I have doesn't need batteries, it's one of these:
Of course it hasn't worked in about 100 years, stuck at a particular time that great-great-grandpa had it in his pocket when a train hit him. He was pretty much deaf and was foolishly walking along the train tracks.
I haven't worn a wristwatch since mid 90's.
APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says
How do you know if a buyer is a foreign resident or not?
They're staring at you from the corner of their eye, rubbing their stomachs and licking their chops.
We can always count on AF to keep it real!
I know lots of people with foreign names and accents who own houses in sfba. But almost all of them came as students, worked, saved, then bought houses. And have either green cards or ...
...doesn't mean that they are "foreign bagholders" as meant here.
You are so right.
Those folks who said such things just don't get it.
Since they got their student visa -> H1 -> green card they are not foreigners. It's just the money from "back home" that is "foreign".
Sky's the Limit in The Fortress.
BACAH, I can't tell if you are being sarcastic, please forgive my obtuseness.
The people that I know who came as students - > h1 - > green card don't have money back home. They came with $50, $500, $1000 in their pocket, went to grad school (working as research assistant), and made money here. Then used that money to buy here.
There are definitely some people who made money overseas, then came here as 30-40-50 year olds and bought here. I think this is less common than the student case, but I have no data to support my claim.
My wife went to our local park yesterday, said it looked like a meetup group for Asian moms. She's half Asian herself and I said maybe you'll fit in? But she said they were all speaking some language she wasn't familiar with. I guess maybe the foreign buyers, some of them, are shipping their wives and kids here to live and go to school.
Maybe, but also is likely that these moms came here as students, etc etc as BACAH and I have discussed.
If they didn't know English at all, that would support the idea that they are wives of foreign buyers. But I know plenty of people who speak languages other than English, and easily flip back and forth depending on who they are talking to.
You are so right.
Those folks who said such things just don't get it.
Since they got their student visa -> H1 -> green card they are not
foreigners. It's just the money from "back home" that is "foreign".
I suspect this kind of immigrant buyers out number real foreigner buyers in CA. However, the inflation of money in Asia would surely help some of the immigrant buyers (think of the one-child policy in China. Who else will inherit/get the money from their parents?)
The people that I know who came as students - > h1 - > green card don't
have money back home. They came with $50, $500, $1000 in their pocket, went to
grad school (working as research assistant), and made money here. Then used that
money to buy here.
These were old days (5-10 years ago.) Nowadays, if you know the right communities, you can easily find young immigrants (or even just visa holders) buying properties with their parent's money. I am not saying they form a majority though.
I decided to buy a home a few months back in large part because I discovered the breadth and depth of the foreign investor market in my area and it outweighed my concerns about housing with respect to the local/national economy. Our economy might suck, or at least parts of it may, but there are solid perennial jobs in the area that pay well and which holders will be able to purchase homes provided the prices don't go too far out of sight. And it's a hotspot for Chinese immigrants. I got this info from mandarin speaking friends whose realtor only worked with Chinese speakers, mostly with cash. There are bus loads of Chinese house tours that roll around the area, helping potential investors find the most desirable areas to buy and dump their families. It's a business. It's a factory procession but it stays mostly out of our news.
Lately, however, very very fast rising prices have made the market cool considerably and I am seeing dropping list prices, as the mls site I subscribe to notifies of both new listings and new drops in price. Sellers who are too optimistic about the price of their shack will not attract buyers.
And silicon boy, you wouldn't know these folks unless you speak mandarin and frequent the same social circles. I doubt many of them have local jobs or plans to get any.
APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says
then they raise the prices.
Then they RAPE AMERICA!
The Rape is the dumping of the product and destroying local businesses. Everything after is just the cigarette after.
Anyone still wear a wristwatch? If so, why? Don't you have a cell phone?
So it'll be just like Japan, except much paler and without the anime?
Dealt with some Well's Fargo people when applying for a loan. Never met a worse group of condescending pricks that thought they were the only game in town.
Obama doesn't fight he might sucker punch someone with a drone though.
The US is far better served by not getting involved in Syria. You'd have thought people would have realized that after Iraq, but seemingly not.
Bigsby, you live in Kuwait. What did you think of those emails here:
What is Qataris?
I think you shouldn't automatically believe what you read on your conspiracy websites, and that if you don't know what Qatar is, then you'd be best served learning a bit more about the region before commenting on what is going on there.
I think we should end this thread on a positive note..
I was thinking more along these lines:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/B2EKnP6tQHc
It doesn't matter if he is or he isn't. Being a war vet hardly makes you an expert on a region. Far from it.
It does matter. The evening news in America is brought to you by the medical industrial complex and in some instances literally owned by the military industrial complex. They sell war all over the world. The Republicans especially are a party of chickenhawks, i.e. they don't put themselves or their kids in harm's way, but they'll gladly put other kids in harm's way because that's a politician's proven path to money and power. From the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to the phony Kuwaiti testimony that sold the Gulf War to the WMD in Iraq, it's the same story in every region. People who have actually been through it, somewhere, might possibly have a better chance of seeing through it.
It doesn't matter if he is or he isn't. Being a war vet hardly makes you an expert on a region. Far from it.
That's true. But maybe he has some first hand knowledge he can share about wars in places like that do to our kids.
It doesn't matter if he is or he isn't. Being a war vet hardly makes you an expert on a region. Far from it.
That's true. But maybe he has some first hand knowledge he can share about wars in places like that do to our kids.
Maybe he does. Perhaps he's an intelligence officer, but so far he hasn't said anything beyond having served over there (where, I am not clear).
It doesn't matter if he is or he isn't. Being a war vet hardly makes you an expert on a region. Far from it.
It does matter. The evening news in America is brought to you by the medical industrial complex and in some instances literally owned by the military industrial complex. They sell war all over the world. The Republicans especially are a party of chickenhawks, i.e. they don't put themselves or their kids in harm's way, but they'll gladly put other kids in harms way because that's a politician's proven path to money and power. From the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to the phony Kuwaiti testimony that sold the Gulf War to the WMD in Iraq, it's the same story in every region. People who have actually been through it, somewhere, might possibly have a better chance of seeing through it.
No, it doesn't matter because being a grunt on the ground (somewhere) doesn't give you any special insight into an extremely complex region.
I was more wondering about what the conflict will do to our youth.
Ah, yes, the making of a stable nation.
Bigsby, I am with you on this one. Read my article:
Obama is the only one holding us back from a major middle east confrontation. Even France is hot for war, and the UK and Turkey!
You have no idea what you are talking about. Obama isn't holding back anything. The UK and France have done virtually nothing over the course of the civil war. They aren't hot for war and certainly aren't going to do anything now when it is clear the opposition have lost any semblance of leadership to the Islamists.
No, it doesn't matter because being a grunt on the ground (somewhere) doesn't give you any special insight into an extremely complex region.
But living in Monterey, CA does???
I don't live in Monterey. I own a home in Monterey. I live and work in Kuwait as I stated above. Always helps to actually read posts before responding. And as I said before, that is basically irrelevant as well. The ability to comment on a situation effectively is determined by how much you know about the situation and not whether you served there or live there.
Whether they're drafted or not, maybe he can share knowledge about the trade off to our kids to insinuate ourselves into a civil war. Like we did in Vietnam.
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