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My pickup truck here in Idaho has a "Condi '08" sticker on the bumper. You would be amazed how often people comment favorably on that around here.
How about a Condi Rice/Joe Liberman ticket for national reconcilliation? Let's stop fighting each other and go fight the you-know-who.
Malcom,
Mercy no! (That might scratch your trophy bowling ball!)
The youtube link above is hysterical ( I think ). Anytime some one has fun at Hillary's expense I... think it's hysterical.
She was named after Sir Edmund right?
I was almost hoping for the humor today of a headline reading "Hillary is Dead".
The idea of her determining who is doing enough and who isn’t is Khmer Rouge, and Stalinist thinking.
Stalinist fluff though. Very naive, or idiotic, or both.
My pickup truck here in Idaho has a “Condi ‘08″ sticker on the bumper. You would be amazed how often people comment favorably on that around here.
Better yet, she can neutralize any anti-sexist/anti-racist strategy from the other side.
Perhaps she will run for vice-prez?
Ha ha, you guys are too much. DinOR, I'd be more upset seeing all those pieces of my 3 month old TV all over the floor, but I appreciate your concern. LO really F-ing L.
Can you imagine the terror induced in the Democrat party if the GOP ran a ticket consisting of a black woman and a jew? Especially when both were way over-qualified to be president?
Let the fun begin, boys and girls. We're off to the races to see which cynical, boomer politician can promise more of the country's treasure to swing voters the fastest.
We need another Teddy Roosevelt and fast. Unfortunately, we'll probably have to wait until every last boomer is dead, buried, exhumed, decapitated, burned, and then reburied with a wooden stake through their heart in holy ground.
Short of that we're all stuck in a never ending zombie movie. And not the modern, exciting kind. The old school, zombies-move-slow-but-never-stop-coming-for-you, in black and white kind.
@HelloKitty:
PATRICK: I recommend you consider the news links on main page each have its own comments link/thread for that story. Just what Drudge.com and others do. There IS enough traffic now to support this. take the site to next level.
OK, I'll try to do that using Wordpress. Last time I tried it was with phpbb, which is very hard to understand and modify.
I'm always short of time lately because I've been working again. Working is kind of a bad habit, but I like the extra money. My current contract job will end pretty soon. Then I plan to try out lots of new ideas.
Patrick
That's how I feel too. Have you ever been on a really bad amusement park ride, and you're thinking, OK I'd like to get off of it now, and it just keeps going? I have to just laugh I don't think I can take this much longer.
Please understand, 3 years ago I used to joke (yes at the time it was a joke) that these people were so screwed up that we would one day be bailing out irresponsible homeowners.
GLDs tonnage was up almost 2% for the week. Looks like they didn't have to sell anything from the vaults to pay Malcolm (I kid, next week could see profit taking... or not).
Trying to muster up the courage to short Wells Fargo before earnings. My stops kicked in at 31+ before Xmas so I missed the big downdraft. With $84 billion of seconds, what could go wrong? NIA...
From DinOr's Youtube video
AR15fan (7 months ago)
"Hillary Clinton: Chairman Meow. "
From the "If you can't beat 'em, sue 'em" file:
Cleveland sues lenders over subprime:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/11/real_estate/cleveland_lawsuit/index.htm?postversion=2008011114
On the housing bottom prediction:
I said 2009, but not because I think the natural market conditions would cause a turnaround in 2009 (in the absence of interventions, I'd say 2010-2011). I said 2009 because it's probable that a democrat will win the 2008 election, and thus the democrats will likely control the white house and Congress.
With that circumstance, a massive bailout is all but inevitable, to the detriment of everyone who didn't recklessly get involved in the bubble. Naturally the democrats will go way too far and create profit opportunities for people shrewd enough to profit from whatever "temporary" bailouts they put in place, which will put upward pressure on the market, and likely create a "bottom".
Anyway, thought I'd throw that out there as a rationale for 2009 as the bottom.
Wow, I didn't realize the relative size of GLD's holdings:
Indeed, the total amount of gold held in the StreetTracks trust stood this week at 642 metric tons, according to the fund. (One metric ton is equivalent to 1,000 kilograms or about 2,205 pounds.) That's more than the gold reserves held by many national governments, including China, Russia, the European Central Bank and the Netherlands, according to data compiled by the World Gold Council, the trade group that sponsors StreetTracks Gold Shares.
To put that figure into perspective, about 3,400 metric tons of gold is sold each year for commercial production, mostly jewelry, and industrial uses.
With that circumstance, a massive bailout is all but inevitable, to the detriment of everyone who didn’t recklessly get involved in the bubble.
You think a massive bailout will work at all?
I think it will:
1) Destroy the currency
2) Cost taxpayers dearly
3) Enrich some people
4) Help nobody else
I kinda want Hillary to win the primary. Perhaps she has enough haters out there to give GOP a good chance.
I thought so too, but there are a lot of people like me who aren't going to show up in November unless Paul wins the nomination, so I'd rather not risk it.
Stalinist fluff though. Very naive, or idiotic, or both.
Hillary is neither naive or idiotic. This a calculated plan to buy votes. She will make a point to blame all misfortune not on any individual's action, but upon society itself.
Tell the overweight to exercise and eat less? Nope, blame society that force feeds people fast food, then blame society for making fat people feel bad with undo emphasis on looks.
Tell debtors to stop buying what they do not need with money they do not have? Nope, blame society with its acquisitive values that force people to live beyond their means.
Smoke? You are a victim of cigarette ads that made smoking seem cool.
It's "not your fault" and "gov will bail you out" will draw more votes than "take responsibilty" and "gov will leave you alone."
I don't know what counseling or refinancing will accomplish to someone who owes more on their house than it is worth. These people just don't get it. They still don't understand the problem.
Peter P--Thanks for the Tesla reference. Just about made me fall over.
Nice to see you back, Randy!
It did occur to me that when the drug companies refer to "prescribers" they may also be cozying up to nurse practitioners and physician's assistants. My kids' pediatric practice runs heavy to PA's and NP's and advanced nurses these days. We don't mind, as we tend to see a lot of an NP we like. But medicine isn't just for doctors anymore.
In fact, I don't know whether an all-MD insurance-based practice would work out, money-wise--at least not in the Bay Area.
Peter P says
You think a massive bailout will work at all?
I think it will:
1) Destroy the currency
2) Cost taxpayers dearly
3) Enrich some people
4) Help nobody else
If it comes to that Niccolo, try to be number 3.
If it comes to that Niccolo, try to be number 3.
Perhaps that shinny yellow metal will help.
SAN CARLOS, Calif. — More than a dozen employees, including several senior-level executives, have been cut by Tesla Motors, which is struggling to bring its oft-delayed $100,000 Roadster to market.
On his new Web site late Thursday, Tesla's deposed co-founder, Martin Eberhard lists more than a dozen people who have left the company in the past few days. "Watch to see more fall in the coming weeks," Eberhard writes. "Maybe this explains why I got the boot first." Eberhard's blog posting was titled "Stealth Bloodbath."
"This is about accountability," Darryl Siry, Tesla's vice president of sales, marketing and services told the San Jose Mercury News. "If you don't get the job done, there are consequences."
The first production Tesla Roadster was originally slated for delivery in early 2007. But the launch of the two-seater has been stalled, largely due to the high-tech transmission. In late December, the company said it will install an "interim" transmission in the first production models and replace it later with an upgraded transmission.
"Obviously, transitions are always difficult, even with careful planning," said Eberhard. "But axing nearly the entire executive staff, letting the world's foremost EV motor engineer go, trimming down the service organization before the job of opening the first service center is done, ripping through the firmware team — and doing it by random firings on a daily basis — are all hard to explain."
"nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants"
Can they prescribe medications?
Technology is overrated. People is what matters.
No amount of science or research can alter human nature.
I thought the Tesla concept was interesting, I was surprised no one really commented on the Aptera. www.aptera.com
OK, Peter P is not allowed to comment on my purchase decision.
Kidding of course.
If you don’t get the job done, there are consequences.
Oh really? Just blame the society.
>> Technology is overrated. People is what matters.
In Silly Con Valley saying this is like saying gambling is bad in Las Vegas ... here people do not matter technology matters. As I said, Bay Area is like a large hotel full of travelers and gamblers. There is no there there ....
Not expert on this. But, yeah, Nurse Practitioners and Physician's Assistants can prescribe, though the rules vary state by state. In Cali, they have to have a "collaborating physician"--which could mean that they work for a doc who trusts them a lot or that they work for a doc who looks over their shoulders all the time. Esp in rural areas, I have heard of NP's "collaborating" with docs who live in far away cities and are essentially just available for questions.
In some places, they need to have a doc sign for scheduled drugs. In Cali, that can vary from practice to practice. Seems like NP's may be able to prescribe in more places than PA's. More info here:
I don’t know what counseling or refinancing will accomplish to someone who owes more on their house than it is worth.
How about this counseling:
Since you cannot sell the house or make the payments, you had best just let the home go. Your credit rating will be ruined and you will be a renter for a few years. Use that time wisely by renting a home priced low enough to allow you to save for a downpayment for any future home purchase. When you do buy again, understand that "liberated equity" is a myth. That term really refers to a loan, which must be paid back with interest. Liberated equity differs from any other loan only in that you can lose your house if the loan is not paid. Remember, consumer debt is a burden and liability, but savings and paid off real estate are true assets.
Not expert on this. But, yeah, Nurse Practitioners and Physician’s Assistants can prescribe, though the rules vary state by state. In Cali, they have to have a “collaborating physicianâ€â€“which could mean that they work for a doc who trusts them a lot or that they work for a doc who looks over their shoulders all the time. Esp in rural areas, I have heard of NP’s “collaborating†with docs who live in far away cities and are essentially just available for questions.
In some places, they need to have a doc sign for scheduled drugs. In Cali, that can vary from practice to practice. Seems like NP’s may be able to prescribe in more places than PA’s. More info here:
w ww.medscape.com/viewarticle/440315
w ww.aapa.org/gandp/rxchart.html
Exactly, we're going to use tax dollars to tell people to do what they were going to do anyway. I kind of sense some sarcasm but that's what's going to happen, and when you break it down, each of the 2 million foreclosures will translate to $15,000 a piece to the tax payer for "counseling."
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