JH's threads
Team America!!!
by
JH
on 11 Dec 2014
2 comments, latest
10 years ago
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/ The U.S. Navy says its new laser weapon works and it will use it if it has to. The Office of Naval Research reported Wednesday that its laser ...
Happy Thanksgiving...+1 for global warming
by
JH
on 27 Nov 2014
1 comment, latest
10 years ago
I have thoroughly enjoyed this week of vacation in San Diego, sitting like a beached whale poolside under 80-90 degree sunshine and palm trees. If there is one thing ...
Wealth is outpacing income...and that's a scary sign
by
JH
on 11 Nov 2014
Posted 10 years ago
Interesting story and correlations to 1930s, 90s, and 00s: More household wealth in America sounds like good news, but it could also mean economic trouble. The ratio of wealth ...
Rwanda to screen U.S. visitors for Ebola
by
JH
on 21 Oct 2014
Posted 10 years ago
Gotta love this... The East African nation of Rwanda is requiring all visitors from the United States and Spain to self-monitor, fill out an extensive questionnaire and report their ...
Ok Fed, it is time
by
JH
on 3 Oct 2014
24 comments, latest
10 years ago
Now that we are below 6% unemployment, can you raise interest rates and stop buying shit mortgages? Or will the song and dance continue to infinity and beyond? #housing
So now can we make (reasonably priced) airline tickets exchangeable?
by
JH
on 16 Oct 2014
Posted 10 years ago
Why do you all think that nurse got on the plane to Ohio? Duh. Why wouldn't she? I have traveled sick before...who hasn't? I wouldn't if I could delay ...
The trouble with y'all moving to Texas
by
JH
on 1 Oct 2014
23 comments, latest
10 years ago
Five of the 20 fastest growing cities in America might be in Texas, but they are also the municipalities moving the quickest toward failure of infrastructure and other acute ...
Somebody please enlighten me about AAPL
by
JH
on 9 Sep 2014
89 comments, latest
10 years ago
Why on earth is AAPL stock so fucking high? They have proven once again the inability to innovate. They are quite simply behind in everything and not catching up. ...
Super rich are getting super richer
by
JH
on 8 Sep 2014
7 comments, latest
10 years ago
The super rich got super richer as the gap between them and the rest of Americans continued to widen over the last few years, according to a new Federal ...
ISIS can go to hell, but I'm not going to usher them there
by
JH
on 3 Sep 2014
60 comments, latest
10 years ago
Joe Biden is getting all pissy today: (CNN) -- Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued a sharp warning to ISIS militants, saying after the United States is done ...
ISIS is transforming THE WAY YOU SHOP
by
JH
on 1 Sep 2014
1 comment, latest
10 years ago
So ISIS is is recruiting in the USA under cover of VZW? Learn how ISIS® WORKS The Wallet organizes your payment cards, offers and loyalty cards in one convenient ...
More British Muslims fight for Islamic State than Britain
by
JH
on 21 Aug 2014
43 comments, latest
10 years ago
I am all about diversity. I think American culture has benefited from centuries of immigration. American food is generally shitty. Asian women are hot. I could eat a good ...
Truce!! (I.e., I ran out of weapons)
by
JH
on 26 Aug 2014
1 comment, latest
10 years ago
Reading between the lines: (CNN) -- A truce has been reached to end the fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza, all sides said Tuesday. Palestinian and Egyptian ...
Government continues to meddle in housing
by
JH
on 21 Aug 2014
4 comments, latest
10 years ago
Congrats to all owners of real estate. The government took nearly $17 billion from another bank and... Announced by federal and state officials in Washington, the deal requires the ...
A $30 Apartment
by
JH
on 18 Aug 2014
1 comment, latest
10 years ago
Once these $30 homes catch on with BA hipsters they will be worth $300,000...get in now!!! Designer Gregory Kloehn re-purposed a New York dumpster into an apartment, featuring a ...
I feel like Winnie the Pooh
by
JH
on 9 Aug 2014
37 comments, latest
10 years ago
Why oh why do my leaders insist on playing with fire?!?!? Though the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Iraq may have left the Obama administration little choice but to act, ...
You just committed $1 to Israel today
by
JH
on 1 Aug 2014
23 comments, latest
10 years ago
We cannot find ways to fund...roads, bridges, teachers, students, etc, etc, etc. And yet: The U.S. House and Senate approved $225 million in emergency spending for Israel’s Iron Dome ...
I've been priced out of downtown Detroit
by
JH
on 27 May 2014
6 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/2 Amid efforts to revitalize Detroit's downtown, some residents are finding they can no longer afford to live there. Five-year resident, Andrew Kopietz moved out of his one-bedroom in ...
Which one of you bay area investors.....?
by
JH
on 27 May 2014
5 comments, latest
11 years ago
From USA TODAY Someone's hiding cash around S.F. (NEWSER) – Someone who has made a lot of money in the San Francisco real estate market is giving some of ...
Hos and blows: the new Italian GDP calculation
by
JH
on 27 May 2014
Posted 11 years ago
Italy to include sex and drugs in GDP The mafia has long been one of Italy's biggest businesses and now, it's about to get some credit for it. This ...
Can't afford a house? Try this.
by
JH
on 15 May 2014
Posted 11 years ago
How do you get a foot on the property ladder, when you live in one of the most expensive cities in the world? For an increasing number of first-time ...
Your gas dollars at work, building world's tallest building in Saudi Arabia
by
JH
on 19 Apr 2014
23 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/17/ http://www.forbes.com/2011/03/
The densest settlement in the world
by
JH
on 12 Apr 2014
4 comments, latest
11 years ago
This settlement in Hong Kong was destroyed many years ago. The pictures are fascinating and might be interesting to some, like myself, who have never heard of this city. ...
Is Housing Ringing The Stock Market's Bell Again?
by
JH
on 26 Apr 2014
3 comments, latest
11 years ago
It is said that they don’t ring a bell at stock market tops. However, the housing industry has sometimes been quite adept at doing just that. In fact, it ...
Who clicks enough internet ads to give Facebook $642 million in 3 months?
by
JH
on 23 Apr 2014
27 comments, latest
11 years ago
Did you click 21 internet ads from facebook in the last 3 months? I don't know how much they make, but at 10 cents a click, every man, woman, ...
GM's $1.3 billion recall cost wipes out profit
by
JH
on 24 Apr 2014
Posted 11 years ago
General Motors' recall crisis virtually wiped out its profit for the first three months of the year, as it said Thursday that the cost of repairing millions of vehicles ...
A $58,000,000 severance
by
JH
on 17 Apr 2014
18 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2014/04/1 Former chief operating officer Henrique de Castro left Yahoo with a severance package worth $58 million, according to a regulatory document filed Wednesday with the SEC. The golden ...
$3 million cash required to purchase a $1 million apartment?!?
by
JH
on 18 Apr 2014
4 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04 With a budget of about $1 million, Patricia Marx began looking for a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment in Manhattan last fall. She soon realized just how limited her options ...
Real estate in Iraq: boom or crisis?
by
JH
on 12 Apr 2014
Posted 11 years ago
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/ These bountiful natural resources [oil and gas] combined with the relative stability of northern Iraq have helped fuel a nascent luxury property boom in recent years -- no ...
Cross-border property investment: 33% from Canada, 3% from China
by
JH
on 12 Apr 2014
Posted 11 years ago
Chinese investment in US real estate is increasing rapidly as we all know, but it is far short of that of Canada and other sources. http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/03/ https://www.rcanalytics.com/ar #housing
World's most expensive places to rent
by
JH
on 2 Apr 2014
3 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/02/ Monte Carlo, Monaco, is the most expensive city in the world to rent an apartment, according to Global Property Guide. The average rent there, in U.S. dollars, is ...
More car loans exceed 6 years as prices rev
by
JH
on 12 Mar 2014
19 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://www.usatoday.com/story/ Interesting parallels to real estate in this read. More new-car buyers are opting for long loans stretching out past six years or for leases to try to keep ...
Overpriced house in Chula Vista?
by
JH
on 2 Mar 2014
Posted 11 years ago
http://www.zillow.com/homedeta Southwest homes, this home is 11171.4% more expensive than the midpoint (median) home, and is priced 14137.5% more per square foot. Foreclosures will be a factor impacting home ...
Nowhere to hide from extreme weather
by
JH
on 27 Feb 2014
Posted 11 years ago
I think this was written weeks or months ago, just waiting for the first real California rain of the winter. http://www.marshfieldnewsheral Although this argument against San Diego is retarded. ...
So, it is OK to politicize this??
by
JH
on 17 Sep 2013
40 comments, latest
11 years ago
Let me get this straight. It's NOT okay to politicize gun ownership after a shooting, but it IS okay to politicize a president's response to the shooting? Is it ...
Rinse, repeat: Gun control is not the answer
by
JH
on 20 Sep 2013
2 comments, latest
11 years ago
So CNN posted this oped on Wednesday, after the Navy Yard shooting: "Gun control is not the answer" http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/17/ Then after last night's shooting in Chicago, the article link ...
If NO taper moves us into record territory, at what point will we taper?
by
JH
on 18 Sep 2013
4 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/1 The Federal Reserve is not going to slow down the pace of its bond purchases yet. And that was just what investors wanted to hear. The S&P 500 ...
1929 around the corner?
by
JH
on 10 Sep 2013
Posted 11 years ago
http://business.time.com/2013/ U.S. income inequality has been growing for almost three decades. But until last year, the top 1 percent’s share of pre-tax income hadn’t surpassed the 18.7 percent it ...
Looking for a cash buyer for great investment opportunity
by
JH
on 9 Sep 2013
5 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.u The studio apartment in a 1930s block just of Brixton Hill is a bargain for the capital where even a parking space can go for three times as ...
Making a Bold Move for a Quick Sale
by
JH
on 9 Sep 2013
Posted 11 years ago
I guess this is what you need to do when you're overpriced: get noticed... For Sale: $668,999 Price Cut (Sep 8): -$1 Zestimate®: $632,209 http://www.zillow.com/homedeta
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