I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Bad
impeach!
Ham hock is almost here!
First first in a long time.
ok, it was too late for me; but not too late to impeach the bastards.
no good.
and back to work...later.
it's the bush KA-FUCKING-BOOM, babeeee...
Could anyone comment on the effect that credit derivatives will have on a credit contraction?
Could they amplify the contraction in unknown and unpredictable ways?
yeah i hate this. obama is going to have a hell of a lot of crap to clean up anyway.
When Atrios becomes bored, the thread count increases. Interesting...
Yup. It's gonna get a lot bleaker this next year. Keep your change.
When Atrios becomes bored, the thread count increases. Interesting...
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan
blogsterbation.
Remember everybody, the economy is "fundamentally sound." No need to worry.
At the moment, 50 million households have mortgages. If home prices drop 15%, it would put 21% of these mortgages, or $2.6 trillion, underwater.
In the old days, when people bought houses as a (gasp!) residence and not just an investment, this wasn't the worst thing ever because if you aren't planning to sell immediately, you can just ride it out and wait for the market to improve. But with so many people sitting with ARMs and looking to sell in the next two years, that number looks pretty bad.
From The Previous Thread :
Yes, his kung-fu is powerful. Think I'm kidding?
http://www.salon.com/politics/wa...nama/
index.html
A solution to McCain's Panama problem, with Obama's support : A solution to McCain's Panama problem, with Obama's support
On Thursday, the New York Times took up the question of whether John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, is even eligible for the presidency. The Constitution specifies that "No person except a natural born citizen... shall be eligible to the office of President." This has been popularly (but never legally) interpreted as meaning that only those persons actually born in the United States were eligible. But McCain wasn't born here; he was born in the Panama Canal Zone, as his father, serving in the Navy, was stationed there at the time.
There might not have ever been much of a controversy over the issue, but one Senator has taken steps to ensure that McCain will indeed be eligible. And no, the Senator in question isn't a Republican trying to ensure the health of their party -- it's Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill, a prominent backer of Barack Obama. McCaskill has introduced the "Children of Military Families Natural Born Citizen Act" into the Senate. McCaskill's legislation, which she wrote by hand on a notepad after reading the Times article, specifies a new part of the definition of "natural born citizen," which, if the bill passes, will now include "any person born to any citizen of the United States while serving in the active or reserve components of the United States Armed Forces."
Obama himself is now co-sponsoring the bill.
Any baby news? Leap year baby?
Unless they can quickly recapitalize, banks are likely to cut back their lending to consumers and businesses by more than $1 trillion, cutting economic growth by more than a percentage point over the next 12 months.
I think I saw yesterday that mortgage rates are going up, not down, even though the Fed keeps cutting rates. Oddly, the interest banks pay does keep going down with the Fed cuts. Heads they win, tails, we lose.
Mortgage smortgage.
BP likes Hart better than Vlad in RF this year.
Halfdan | 02.29.08 - 2:38 pm | #
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im doing an acution. (we use OBA and SLUG instead of HR and Ave. the rest is normal 5x5 mixed 12 teams)
Kent $17
Furcal $15
Encarnacion 15
Pena 19
D Ortiz 40
hart 25
Rios 25
CB young 20
Hermida 15
G. Soto 5
pitchers i havent figured out yet.
Median income in my nny county is about 32k.
Not a lot of extra income to cover inflation, baloon payments, rate increases...
I have no stake in this, so i"m going back downstairs.
No further baby news at this juncture.
We have only just begun ...
I love Karen Carpenter's voice.
peace & quiet
think I saw yesterday that mortgage rates are going up, not down, even though the Fed keeps cutting rates. Oddly, the interest banks pay does keep going down with the Fed cuts. Heads they win, tails, we lose.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 2:43 pm | #
i saw a good comment the other day, to the effect "america, land of socialism for the rich, and a flea market for the rest of us".
and thanks for the S loan help! im felling much better. it is so overwhelming.
and im not graduating till 2009. but we need to move this summer so im trying to predict how much we can afford.
i am jealous that michiganers can get 10 cents per can or bottle of pop, we only get 5
/bush economy junkie
I wish you'd stop all this mongering.
Why I remember not long ago "Helicopter" Ben Bernanke was saying that this housing mess is just noise and it couldn't hurt the wider economy. Clearly that's true ... and Bernanke was just on the television the other day saying that all this stagflation talk is noise.
I thought maybe he was just trying not to panic the cattle but now I think he's a real straight shooter.
I love Karen Carpenter's voice.
A little thin...
Any baby news? Leap year baby?
trifecta
My friends had a leap day baby in 2000. She turns 2 today.
think I saw yesterday that mortgage rates are going up, not down, even though the Fed keeps cutting rates.
Speaking as a prospective buyer, they haven't come down at all, as far as I can tell.
and im not graduating till 2009. but we need to move this summer so im trying to predict how much we can afford.
Do you have a summer associate job lined up? That's generally the surest road to a permanent job that will cover the loans and more.
Oddly, the interest banks pay does keep going down with the Fed cuts.
i read that as the banks are going down on the fed 
i am jealous that michiganers can get 10 cents per can or bottle of pop, we only get 5
newman and kramer figured out the loophole to this one some years back...
What I want to know is, after the coming stagflession of epic proportions is finally over, will the financial institutions responsible for it learn from this and stop building things on top of big piles of shit?
I'm guessing "no."
Obama himself is now co-sponsoring the bill.
It's a good move. You don't want to shit on Military families to score some cheap point.
Unfortunately, the limping economy might continue limping through the next administration and well into the one after that.
And it will just be one more excuse for the MSM to keep bashing the Democrats.
and im not graduating till 2009. but we need to move this summer so im trying to predict how much we can afford.
i should be losing my house by then, you can probably pick it up cheap at auction. hope that helps.
i like earning money 
so nice getting a regular paycheck every month!
Do you have a summer associate job lined up? That's generally the surest road to a permanent job that will cover the loans and more.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 2:45 pm | #
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i didnt get one. thats why im freaking.
I like the use of the phrase "the real economy." That was the one Romney was involved with, wasn't it?
It's a good move. You don't want to shit on Military families to score some cheap point.
Well why not extend it to all citizens born abroad? Why limit it to military children?
worse than you think:
In fact, Rosengren said the authors may have underestimated the economic impact because of the risk of rising unemployment and a sharper drop in home prices.
It's a good move. You don't want to shit on Military families to score some cheap point.
I'm sure the tone deaf Clinton campaign, however, would already be preparing their SCOTUS briefs on this issue.
Let's party like it's 1929!
isn't it amazing that mitch daniels gets to be the governor of indiana after he missed the cost of the iraqapation by 2 trillion 950 billion dollars (wow that's the biggest subtraction problem i have ever done in longhand).
http://www.democracynow.org/
2008...lion_dollar_war
From below:
The first thing Obama should do as prez:
SLASH THE FUCKING DEFENSE BUDGET!
Pass it on.
Jeez, the DJIA is down 300+. That can't be good.
I think this is the first time I have come to this blog and not seen Water tiger here.
Ham hock is almost here!
Woo hoo!!!!
ICE ICE BABY iN a Pie chart
http://s163.photobucket.com/
albu...b9389771a_o.jpg
TR: "Do not send a Panamanian to do an American's job."
And it will just be one more excuse for the MSM to keep bashing the Democrats.
Sonny in Dubrovnik
Kinda like how everybody blames the Great Depression on FDR
Well why not extend it to all citizens born abroad? Why limit it to military children?
Halfdan | 02.29.08 - 2:47 pm | #
that would reward draft dodgers who fled to canada.
Does anyone have a link to a pro-Obama blog?
peace, quiet, and ice cream
"Well why not extend it to all citizens born abroad? Why limit it to military children?"
Because the soldiers have no choice.
My friends had a leap day baby in 2000. She turns 2 today.
She is turning 8 and celebrating her second birthday.
Jeez, the DJIA is down 300+. That can't be good.
V for Virginia, home again
Well, it could be down 800+.
And I'm sure it eventually will be anyway.
isn't it amazing that mitch daniels gets to be the governor of indiana after he missed the cost of the iraqapation by 2 trillion 950 billion dollars (wow that's the biggest subtraction problem i have ever done in longhand).
No one ever said we elected them smart in Red State Indiana.
Besides, he worked for Lilly at one time. Ask him how many hookers it takes to buy off a senator and you'll get an answer stat!
i didnt get one. thats why im freaking.
It's worth while sending out another set of resumes. Firms are now looking at how many summer associate offers were accepted and a few always decide to hire one or two more. We're interviewing a few one Ls today. Also, if you can't get one, try to get some volunteer experience or internship. That's better on the resume than not having done anything legal. Good luck.
Does anyone have a link to a pro-Obama blog?
peace, quiet, and ice cream
Arabella Trefoil | 02.29.08 - 2:48 pm | #
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http://atrios.blogspot.com/
I'm not doing a fantasy league this year. I don't have the time to keep up with everything every day. Too easy to go offline for a day and blow your whole season.
It's worth while sending out another set of resumes. Firms are now looking at how many summer associate offers were accepted and a few always decide to hire one or two more. We're interviewing a few one Ls today. Also, if you can't get one, try to get some volunteer experience or internship. That's better on the resume than not having done anything legal. Good luck.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 2:49 pm | #
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im working full time as a paralegal in a law department right now. im not lacking in legal experience, heh.
also, cannot afford to volunteer.
Kinda like how everybody blames the Great Depression on FDR
bill
And Bill Clinton for 9/11.
bye for now
What I want to know is, after the coming stagflession of epic proportions is finally over, will the financial institutions responsible for it learn from this and stop building things on top of big piles of shit?
I'm guessing "no."
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan
Maybe we could, as a nation, institute some sort of, I don't know, regulation or something commie like that, kind of keep greedheads from ruining the entire fucking country's economy?
Nahhhhh. That'd never work.
euphronius made me :Lol:
Median income in my nny county is about 32k.
Is that household income?
peace, quiet and chocolate
That's better on the resume than not having done anything legal. Good luck.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 2:49 pm | #
I'd love to spend the whole summer not doing anything legal.
Sounds like fun...
Or college vacation.
Well why not extend it to all citizens born abroad? Why limit it to military children?
Halfdan | 02.29.08 - 2:47 pm | #
If you're born abroad to US citizens, you have dual citizenship. And you can always renounce the non-US one.
At least, that's how I understand it.
Kinda like how everybody blames the Great Depression on FDR
bill
Not!
In fact, he's universally credited with getting the U.S. out of the depression.
Thanks a lot, euphronius.
Maybe we could, as a nation, institute some sort of, I don't know, regulation or something commie like that, kind of keep greedheads from ruining the entire fucking country's economy?
That's just crazy enough to work. If only...
Arabella:
Believe it or not, yes.
how about a new tradition? friday blogging for jesus.
From below:
The first thing Obama should do as prez:
SLASH THE FUCKING DEFENSE BUDGET!
Pass it on.
Bobby St. Chomsky
"There's no debate on this. William Hartung, the independent military analyst, wrote an article the other day saying there's no debate on the bloated military budget, on how best to defend this country without breaking the federal budget and putting huge deficits on the backs of our children and their grandchildren."
guess who?
Thanks a lot, euphronius.
Arabella Trefoil | 02.29.08 - 2:51 pm | #
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it was a joke . . . but im starting to get a sense from between the lines . . ..
I'm trying to find some real human beings to talk to, so that I can learn more about Obama.
peace, quiet, and waffles
A song for birthin' babies:
One night mama went to fetch us up a sweet potato, fell down the cellar stairs,
Stork dropped in while she was on the floor, so my sister was born down there.
Daddy says this'n will be nothin' but a misery, never will be worth a damn,
But mama just loved her little sweet potato baby, with a face like a parboiled yam!
You know, the "R" word is so painful to use, but I think we're seriously looking at the "D" word here, where the birds of nearly 30 years of GOP malfeasance come to home to roost.
And in a tumultuous market, the rogue elephants will rampage through the underbrush, trampling everything underfoot:
A rogue trader operating from a Memphis office made huge unauthorized trades in Chicago wheat futures on a day of epic volatility, costing the city's highest-volume commodities brokerage $141.5 million, the firm said Thursday.
MF Global, a futures firm incorporated in Bermuda with a major presence at the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, said that it fired Evan B. Dooley, who had worked on commission in the firm's Memphis branch since November 2005. The firm, which has headquarters in New York, assured investors that the mechanism allowing Dooley to stake a hazardous bet in his personal account with company money had been corrected.
The acknowledgment represents an enormous blow to MF Global, whose financial position and stock price were rocked. The company also was put into the embarrassing position of admitting a catastrophic breach of the internal trading controls designed to protect the integrity of it far-flung operations. The $2.54 billion brokerage said it was not financially imperiled.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/
bu...0,4020766.story
Well why not extend it to all citizens born abroad? Why limit it to military children?
Halfdan
I suppose you could, but that's a larger question. For instance, you have questions about long term ex-pats.
This will pass unanimously without debate and sends a really good signal.
"My little corner of Southwestern Ohio certainly seems to think Obama will end it here.
carsick "
maybe so. but if obama wins ohio, texas and Vt but loses NH, he might as well quit.
And yet, the Repugs and banking industry wish to block any legislation aimed at helping floundering homeowners make their morgage payments. I am mystified.
Maybe we could, as a nation, institute some sort of, I don't know, regulation or something commie like that, kind of keep greedheads from ruining the entire fucking country's economy?
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like a commission that regulated securites and exhchanges? or, maybe, a commission which regulated federal trade?
After the call, the Clinton campaign e-mailed a memo entitled, "Obama Must-Wins": "The media has anointed Barack Obama the presumptive nominee and he's playing the part. With an eleven-state winning streak coming out of February, Senator Obama is riding a surge of momentum that has enabled him to pour unprecedented resources into Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont. ... Senator Obama has campaigned hard in these states. He has spent time meeting editorial boards, courting endorsers, holding rallies, and - of course - making speeches. If he cannot win all of these states with all this effort, there's a problem."
new Clinton spin.
Obama himself is now co-sponsoring the bill.
He'll help pass the bill so he can kick his ass in November.
That would be soooo sweeet.
maybe so. but if obama wins ohio, texas and Vt but loses NH, he might as well quit.
TEXAS DOESN'T COUNT, DAMMIT.
You know, the "R" word is so painful to use, but I think we're seriously looking at the "D" word here, where the birds of nearly 30 years of GOP malfeasance come to home to roost.
I like d,r,f myself.
So jdw,
What's the scoop on Obama and Ohio? Do you think he can win?
guess who?
dirk gently
oh it must be goeglein again
Moonboo -
Thank you for bringing us the Blessed Cats of Peace.
peace, flowers, freedom, happiness
like a commission that regulated securites and exhchanges? or, maybe, a commission which regulated federal trade?
euphronius Night Moves! | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 2:53 pm | #
Dreamer.
yesterday's presser:
Q If I could get back to the economy. The GDP numbers today show that our economy is increasingly relying on U.S. exports to keep growing. How important is a competitive dollar in keeping U.S. exports strong?
THE PRESIDENT: We believe in a strong dollar policy, and we believe that -- and I believe that our economy has got the fundamentals in place for us to be a -- is to grow and continue growing more robustly, hopefully, than we're growing now. And the dollar, the value of the dollar will be reflected in the ability for our economy to be -- to grow economically. And so we're still for a strong dollar.
*****
Posted Feb. 28, 2008
Economy
Dollar plunges to record low v. euro
NEW YORK – The dollar fell below $1.51 per euro in New York trading for the first time since the European currency debuted in 1999
Because the soldiers have no choice.
So what? American soil is irrelevant to citizenship. Until now, there's never been any benefit to coming home for a birth.
nator Obama has campaigned hard in these states. He has spent time meeting editorial boards, courting endorsers, holding rallies, and - of course - making speeches. If he cannot win all of these states with all this effort, there's a problem."
sounds liek Obama is campaigning, while tthe clinton cmap bitches about him c mpaigning
will the financial institutions responsible for it learn from this and stop building things on top of big piles of shit?
I'm guessing "no."
i know i know. an entire department of lawyers whose job it was to enforece the laws of the United States?
that might help.
http://webpages.charter.net/mica...micah/
jesus.jpg
This will pass unanimously without debate and sends a really good signal.
Falstaff | 02.29.08 - 2:53 pm | #
snark aside for a moment, i actually think this bill is a good idea and long overdue. but what does it do for babies that are half american soldier spawn, have foreign national?
You know, the "R" word is so painful to use, but I think we're seriously looking at the "D" word here, where the birds of nearly 30 years of GOP malfeasance come to home to roost.
That's why I like "stagflession."™
This will pass unanimously without debate and sends a really good signal.
I agree. I just don't like being told I'm not a real American.
new Clinton spin.
trifecta
I think they are experiencing spin drift.
And the dollar, the value of the dollar will be reflected in the ability for our economy to be -- to grow economically. And so we're still for a strong dollar.
But a hundred years from now people will look back on the Bush years and go--"What the fuck was a dollar?"
And the dollar, the value of the dollar will be reflected in the ability for our economy to be -- to grow economically. And so we're still for a strong dollar.
Could someone ask him what he's DOING to reflect this "strong dollar" policy?
new Clinton spin.
trifecta
The 95-96 Chicago Bulls team won 72 games in the regular season and swept the playoffs. The big news happened when they lost a game.
Obama = 95-96 Bulls
My mom, my sisters and I went to a gallery opening last night featurring tha work of Sarah McEeaney. It was inspiring. She is inspiring. If you live in nyc, check it out.
http://www.tibordenagy.com/#
p&q
I agree. I just don't like being told I'm not a real American.
Halfdan | 02.29.08 - 2:56 pm | #
me too. and i was born in nj.
Damn slanties.
will the financial institutions responsible for it learn from this and stop building things on top of big piles of shit?
I'm guessing "no."
There was a fucking reason for all those New Deal regulations that Reagan, Bush 41, and Gingrich were so eager to repeal.
But they were all either too stupid, or too greedy, to ponder for a second that the regulations were not put in place for shits and grins, or to "punish" "entrepreneurs".
I agree. I just don't like being told I'm not a real American.
Look around you at *real* Americans.
I'll take you any day.
new Clinton spin.
trifecta
They're up to Force 3 and building fast
Look around you at *real* Americans.
I'll take you any day.
Thanks, sweetie! /blush
Could someone ask him what he's DOING to reflect this "strong dollar" policy?
He's mangling the spoken language.
That's about it.
i just can't bear to hear mcpain bring up hrc's vietnam draft dodging and all the pot she smoked with the goldwater girls while he was being tortured for merkin values. please just let vietnam go away.
but what does it do for babies that are half american soldier spawn, have foreign national?
dirk gently, sociopathetic
Bay Buchanan may want to have blood tests performed to determine their religious leanings.
Obama = 95-96 Bulls
Clinton campaign: "The Obama campaign is like the 1972 Dolphins. Unbeaten, and legendary. That is why they will ultimately lose."
Sarah's work:
http://www.uga.edu/garev/spring0...6/
mceneaney.pdf
peace
Feb. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Ambac Financial Group Inc. was given more time to raise capital by Moody's Investors Service, which said the bond insurer may get enough money to justify an Aaa rating.
Ambac, in talks with banks and private-equity firms to raise at least $3 billion, would probably meet Moody's capital target if it is successful, the ratings company said today in a statement. New York-based Moody's said it is continuing its six- week review of Ambac pending an agreement.
``Ambac is actively pursuing capital strengthening activities that, if successful, are expected to result in the company meeting Moody's current estimate of the Aaa target level,'' Moody's analyst Jack Dorer said in a report.
incestuous cluster fuck of banks, private equity and hedge funds
That's why I like "stagflession."™
Don't they got a little blue pill to fix that?
Someone say something humorous. This judge has no good jokes.
Don't they got a little blue pill to fix that?
mothra, Sister Machete of Sere | 02.29.08 - 2:59 pm | #
i thought that was the red pill?
You know, if they wouldn't report this stuff, the economy wouldn't be so bad off.
Where is Alan Greenspan with his obtuse obfuscation when we require them?
in other news...that makes me smile:
Prolific Spammer's Conviction Upheld
By LARRY O'DELL
1:18 PM CST, February 29, 2008
RICHMOND, Va.
A divided Virginia Supreme Court affirmed the nation's first felony conviction for illegal spamming on Friday, ruling that Virginia's anti-spamming law does not violate free-speech rights.
Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh, N.C., considered among the world's top 10 spammers in 2003, was convicted of massive distribution of junk e-mail and sentenced to nine years in prison.
Almost all 50 states have anti-spamming laws. In the 4-3 ruling, the court rejected Jaynes' claim that the state law violates both the First Amendment and the interstate commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution.
"This is a historic victory in the fight against online crime," state Attorney General Bob McDonnell said in a written statement. "Spam not only clogs e-mail inboxes and destroys productivity; it also defrauds citizens and threatens the online revolution that is so critical to Virginia's economic prosperity."
Justice Elizabeth Lacy wrote in a dissent that the law is "unconstitutionally overbroad on its face because it prohibits the anonymous transmission of all unsolicited bulk e-mail including those containing political, religious or other speech protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution."
``Ambac is actively pursuing capital strengthening activities that, if successful, are expected to result in the company meeting Moody's current estimate of the Aaa target level,'' Moody's analyst Jack Dorer said in a report.
So the funds that currently have money tied up in Ambac will just give it some more money to make sure that it doesn't lose it's Aaa which would cause them to lose their money?
Someone say something humorous. This judge has no good jokes.
...a cat, a porcupine, and a mime walk into a bar...
Nevermind, you've probably heard that one already...
Vote cast for the O man. Line wait was about 25 min. Not too bad. Good turn out.
Someone say something humorous. This judge has no good jokes.
Snow (D-SC) | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 2:59 pm |
So, this lawyer jumps into a chummed up, shark-filled lagoon, and...
What?
Oh...sorry.
Never mind.
HRC is teh 1992-1993 Knicks. Mark Penn is Charles Smith.
Ambac Financial Group Inc. was given more time to raise capital by Moody's Investors Service, which said the bond insurer may get enough money to justify an Aaa rating.
euphronius,
Use the "I'm just waiting until I get enough money to justify an AAA rating" excuse on the student loan peeps. Problem solved!
Don't they got a little blue pill to fix that?
mothra, Sister Machete of Sere | 02.29.08 - 2:59 pm | #
i thought that was the red pill?
dirk gently, sociopathetic
All I know is one pill makes you smaller, and one pill makes you tall, and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all.
Later.
"And in the end- The love you take is equal to the love you make.”
they can't interpret on interpreting day if they have an interpretting machine
" Weekly Standard blogger Michael Goldfarb:
Hillary's New Ad: I Will Micromanage!
... Hillary seems to be just the kind of person who would want to micromanage a military situation. That's how she's run her campaign, and there's little doubt that's how she'd run the White House...."
it was a joke . . . but im starting to get a sense from between the lines . . ..
< small voice > I know it was < /small voice>
peace 4evah
or too greedy,
Ding, ding, ding! We have a winnah!
Arabella : I'm trying to find some real human beings to talk to, so that I can learn more about Obama.
I posted an article for you earlier -- did you see it?
http://www.haloscan.com/comments...98212/
#11437767
Halfdan : I agree. I just don't like being told I'm not a real American.
This just deals with the "natural-born" technicality that's in the Constitution.
Funny, until yesterday, I didn't know about the "14 years" requirement.
incestuous cluster fuck of banks, private equity and hedge funds
good thing we have Glass-Steagall to protect us from bank holding companies owning other financial firms.
oh, wait...
All I know is one pill makes you smaller, and one pill makes you tall, and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all.
Rmj, Bemused Theologist | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 3:01 pm | #
You been talking to Alice again?
Someone say something humorous. This judge has no good jokes.
Funny decisions.
http://www.lawhaha.com/strange.asp
all the pot she smoked with the goldwater girls
have you seen her college photos, i bet she not only didn't inhale, but she hated teh hippiez; but i gotta admit those gigantor frames on her glasses, way wider than her face...mmm mm, that's damn sexay
All I know is one pill makes you smaller, and one pill makes you tall, and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all.
Rmj
My husband thinks this is the meaning behind Cialis although the song lyric is "ask Alice"...
but what does it do for babies that are half american soldier spawn, have foreign national?
The US has repeatedly ignored this aspect of our military adventurism. The French, for example, granted French citizenship to the unintended consequences of their war to retain Indochina, while the US has basically said "tough shit, Charlie" to Amerasian kids born in SE Asia in the 60's and 70's.
This attitude extends to all sorts of GI fathered kids in Germany and Korea, and I'm sure we'll eventually have the same problem in Iraq.
Any ideas for dinner?
My turn.
India cancels small farmers' debt
The Indian government is to cancel the entire debt of the country's small farmers in a giant scheme that will cost 600bn rupees ($15bn; £7.6bn).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/busin...ess/
7270361.stm
Where is Alan Greenspan with his obtuse obfuscation
i should go compile all of his comments on this.
first, wasn't it just a little 'froth' in the housing market;
then, he was sooooo surprised and hadn't anticipated that shovelling money out the door could lead to bad loans;
then, the nyt printed the story how he was warned by fed directors in 2005 about this impending meltdown and ignored that advice.
A little thin...
No, Karen Carpenter was an alto.
joke
joke
joke
joke
I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with a caterpillar smoking my hookah.
Someone say something humorous. This judge has no good jokes.
Snow (D-SC)
George W. Bush is a great President and the surge is working!
"Spam not only clogs e-mail inboxes and destroys productivity;..
Spam, spam, spam, spam,
Spam, spam, spam, SPAM!
WONDERFUL SPAM!
Dudes, I am writing a press release, and I thought I'd remind you that DST starts on Sunday, December 9, 2008.
March 3 - 9, 2008 is designated as “National Sleep Awareness Week.” According to the National Institute of Health, insomnia affects more than 70 million Americans. 58% of adults in the U.S. experience symptoms of insomnia a few nights a week or more. National Sleep Awareness Week is a public education, information, and awareness campaign that coincides with the return of Daylight Saving Time, on Sunday, March 9.
I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with a caterpillar smoking my hookah.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 3:04 pm | #
Is that what thye kids are callig it these days?
Someone needs to get Erin Burnett to put this through her happy talk translator. She'll make it all sound like the greatest thing since sliced bread. And she'll do it with a dazzling smile.
then, the nyt printed the story how he was warned by fed directors in 2005 about this impending meltdown and ignored that advice.
If your head was buried between the sweet, sweet thighs of Ms. Andrea Mitchell, you wouldn't heed the warnings either.
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Um, Vicki--if you're doing a press release, then you might want to check on that date of December 9, 2008 for the start of DST...
then, the nyt printed the story how he was warned by fed directors in 2005 about this impending meltdown and ignored that advice.
nona
But since no one ever knew what he was talking about, none of these problems ever happened!
That, at least, seems to be the current logic Bush & Co. are using. We are NOT in a recession, you know!
DST starts on Sunday, December 9, 2008.
december?
This just deals with the "natural-born" technicality that's in the Constitution.
I know. Not that I'm planning to run for president or anything, but now that I know that I can't, I feel left oppressed. Fight the power!
"What's the scoop on Obama and Ohio? Do you think he can win?"
i think he'll come up a little short, but still win more delegates.
That'd be March, dirk.
Pffffffffft.
I just called Nim and Jen: NO ANSWER.
Spam, spam, spam, spam,
Spam, spam, spam, SPAM!
WONDERFUL SPAM!
mothra, Sister Machete of Sere
Bloody Vikings!
all the pot she smoked with the goldwater girls
have you seen her college photos, i bet she not only didn't inhale, but she hated teh hippiez;
i made that point earlier while the mittster, et al were still in the game. comments were beginning about her attendance at that women's college -- and you know what loose morals those northeastern college girls had....
shit, i bet anything hillary was more conservative during that period than any of the men running -- including st john. andyou know what his party reputation was before his vietnam service.
if you're doing a press release, then you might want to check on that date of December 9, 2008 for the start of DST...
It's right in the release - just wrong on my comments post. I am a maroon.
Um, Vicki--if you're doing a press release, then you might want to check on that date of December 9, 2008 for the start of DST...
mothra,
There are alot of smart people paying attention here. Keeps us all on our toes. Especially my toes.
That'd be March, dirk.
Pffffffffft.
worst typo evah!
The republics have a real hate-on for anyone not wealthy.
I just called Nim and Jen: NO ANSWER.
perhaps they're busy ...
"If your head was buried between the sweet, sweet thighs of Ms. Andrea Mitchell, you wouldn't heed the warnings either."
oh man, gotta clean the monitor..
ignored that advice.
The technical term is "Lalalalala I can't hear you Lalalalala..."
Dudes, I am writing a press release, and I thought I'd remind you that DST starts on Sunday, December 9, 2008.
With the exception of Arizona, part of the Navajo Reservation and Hawaii.
Whenever Chimpy talks up the economy the markets crash and burn.
I'm pulling for -400 today.
-GSD
I like d,r,f myself.
I get royalties every time anybody use "drf" and that includes sampling.
joke
joke
joke
joke
The republics have a real hate-on for anyone not wealthy.
Bobby St. Chomsky
In a classless society, Soros and Ted Kennedy are traitors to their class....
i wonder if Žydrūnas Ilgauskas is a funny name in lithuania.
I am a maroon.
Maroon women are teh hawt, though.
With the exception of Arizona, part of the Navajo Reservation and Hawaii.
Barmpot Shouty-Crackers, PhD
Saskatchewan, never forget Saskatchewan
In a classless society, Soros and Ted Kennedy are traitors to their class....
So was FDR. Even though his actions saved them from well deserved beheadings.
oh man, gotta clean the monitor..
jdw
I need to purge the memory of the visual from my brain....
What about Yahk?
i wonder if Žydrūnas Ilgauskas is a funny name in lithuania.
I got drunk with him in Kaunas.
Two VERY basic things Government can do to regulate financial markets and financial service businesses:
1) If a bank/brokerage/insurer receives ANY form of federal assistance, the government becomes a stockholder in that corporation equal to the capital it secures/replaces. Once the markets stabilize, said stock shares can be repurchased and returned to the private sector, with full proceeds going to pay off long-term federal debt.
2) Adopt a capital transaction tax on every corporate merger, spin-off, restructuring, or other major business transaction. Again, all taxes collected will be dedicated to payoff of federal debt. If a business deal is attractive in the current structure but not under a moderately taxed scenario, then the deal is too speculative to go forward anyway. This system would force businesses to re-direct attention to making products that earn profits, rather than just churning capital over and over in a frothy marketplace.
well, i think i'll go get some lunch. i should be working, but i am deliberately ignoring my largest client because i have decided that i just don't like him very much. if i stop working for him, i'll probably have to get a real job.
Am I detecting a note of fear in the CNBC talkers?
he was born in Kaunas.
I'm the guy who argued for kid glove treatment of Hill - all the hits she's taken in the public arena etc. She and her camp now seem determined to heap that same crap on Obama - it is unseemly - she has jumped the shark this week beiginning with the shame on you crap - excuse me, but I'd like to express my desire to see her gone gone gone from the race
GObama! GObama!
some people just don't get comedy. i can't stand hanging out with them. totally sucks when you are related to them.
With the exception of Arizona, part of the Navajo Reservation and Hawaii.
I like that about Arizona.
Funny decisions.
http://www.lawhaha.com/strange.asp
Judge Kent has a wit unparalleled by any court I have ever seen. I love his opinions.
remember, george bush had nothing to do with any of this! this depression is going to be ALL OBAMA'S FAULT.
"More than a percentage point" does not sound like a lot to me. I would expect much more than that if banks start toppling, or at least tottering.
And now ... punch-hitting for Randi Rhodes ... Sam Seder!
http://sh3.audio-stream.com/tune...80/
playlist.pls
Shameless plug:
Stephanie Miller is going to be in Columbus, Ohio, tomorrow:
http://www.wvko1580.com/
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ignored that advice.
The technical term is "Lalalalala I can't hear you Lalalalala..."
FDIC chair(wo)man held a conference call yesterday for all employees. She sounded earnest and interested in change and getting honest feedback from folks in the field, as opposed to just hearing what she wanted to hear from the "executive committee." I noted it was hard to make good decisions without honest information, but golly, we've never seen such things before in govt. My training contact muttered, "yeah, nothing like that in the last 8 years..."
Roadmaster, Upheavalist
I think you mean "Socialist," don't you, you pinko? Interfering with the free market like that? Are you mad?
We must bail out these lenders so they can offer money to fraudulent borrowers again! Oh, the lenders are like lambs led to the slaughter by greedy borrowers! If the government won't protect them, who will?
I get royalties every time anybody use "drf" and that includes sampling.
[flips Arabella a quarter]
Just stay away from the Tastee Freez.
If Obama can't win the big states that count like Rhode Island, he should step down and get out of the way for Sen. Clinton.
-GSD
If your head was buried between the sweet, sweet thighs of Ms. Andrea Mitchell, you wouldn't heed the warnings either.
damn, ya know, i really really did not need that image ...
Meander - I missed it. I work at an Investment Management firm and today has been uh, challenging.
I keep running around nailing the windows shut. Keeps me away from the desk.
peace & pretzels
"I need to purge the memory of the visual from my brain...."
i love sick shit
Is this going to be like the Daily Kos now?
Oh, the lenders are like lambs led to the slaughter by greedy borrowers! If the government won't protect them, who will?
As the 99.9% Nor Great John Graham Altman once said: "Who will protect these banks from the widows and orphans?"
Speaking of pretzels, may I recommend Trader Joe's Multi-Grain Pretzel Nuggets with sesame seeds. I fancy myself a pretty good judge of the pretzels and these are awesome.
I keep running around nailing the windows shut. Keeps me away from the desk
Uh oh.
I have an awesome desk set-up. I can crawl underneath and take a nap and nobody will know I'm in the office.
he was born in Kaunas.
The Old City is pretty fucking awesome. Traditional capital, before it moved to Vilnius.
I love Kaunas and Lithuania.
Is this going to be like the Daily Kos now?
Echidne
We're offering a special on troll-ratings this week.
Or we can cancel your account, free of charge.
Is this going to be like the Daily Kos now?
Echidne
No. For you have the power to save us.
Speaking of pretzels, may I recommend Trader Joe's Multi-Grain Pretzel Nuggets with sesame seeds. I fancy myself a pretty good judge of the pretzels and these are awesome.
I concur. Some cheddar or bleu cheese dip doesn't hurt, though.
As the 99.9% Nor Great John Graham Altman once said: "Who will protect these banks from the widows and orphans?"
Snow (D-SC)
"W! W! He's our man! If he can't do it, nobody can!"
He who gloats last, gloats best.
Sign on a computer store door: Out for a quick byte.
Sign on a music store door: Bach in a minuet.
These are the judge's most recent jokes.
Also, has Senator Obama denounced the twin African-American gay porn actors who went on a burgling spree yet?
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/...e/
16017217.html
Tim Russert needs to know by Sunday.
-GSD
I have an awesome desk set-up. I can crawl underneath and take a nap and nobody will know I'm in the office.
Stunt Woman
When I was in my third trimester, I used to take a rest over the noon hour on my office floor, elevating my feet. I accidentally left the door ajar -- one of my colleagues, looking in, hollered for someone to call 911.
"natural born citizen," which, if the bill passes, will now include
"any person born to any citizen of the United States while serving in
the active or reserve components of the United States Armed Forces.""
SHeer, unnecessary idiocy. The question of what a 'natural born citizen' is already is exhaustively and thoroughly covered in Title 18, USC.
If you're born abroad to US citizens, you have dual citizenship. And you can always renounce the non-US one.
At least, that's how I understand it.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint
I'm pretty sure it depends on the country. My daughter was born in Italy and was a citizen from day one. After ten years residence she would have been able to have dual citizenship recognized by Italy but not the u.s.
As the 99.9% Nor Great John Graham Altman once said: "Who will protect these banks from the widows and orphans?"
The thing here is that when Roberts was fretting about the mortal peril that those grifters from Alaska are forcing on Exxon, he wasn't kidding.
These are the judge's most recent jokes.
Snow (D-SC)
A) It's against the law to beat a judge to death with his oan gavel and/or copy of the rules of procedure.
B) Based on this evidence, no jury in the world would convict.
Is this going to be like the Daily Kos now?
If we are, can I be Bill From Portland Maine and y'all can raise money so that I can be super duper SWOOSH GONG funny full time?
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The judge is also the very model of a modern major general.
Retired Army JAG, I'm guessing.
he was born in Kaunas.
The Old City is pretty fucking awesome. Traditional capital, before it moved to Vilnius.
I love Kaunas and Lithuania.
NTodd, Änti-VNF
Lithuania is awesome.
Went to Panevesis (sp) for work. Saw the Hill of Crosses. Went to Vilnius. Went to Poland.
Plus, the women in Lithuania are hot hot hot! The guys look like they're all in the Russian mafia.
After ten years residence she would have been able to have dual citizenship recognized by Italy but not the u.s.
That must have been the case with noblejoanie's relative? She didn't establish residency in time?
"natural born citizen"--so if forceps or a c-section delivery, you're precluded from running?
(Thinking of Nim and his spouse--beaming good thoughts.)
I think you mean "Socialist," don't you, you pinko? Interfering with the free market like that? Are you mad?
We must bail out these lenders so they can offer money to fraudulent borrowers again! Oh, the lenders are like lambs led to the slaughter by greedy borrowers! If the government won't protect them, who will?
Rmj, Bemused Theologist
1) Feh. Upheavalist AND Socialist.
2) Mad? Fuck, yeah!
3) Say hello to our best financial friends - China, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. Nevermind that 15 of the 19 9/11 dudes came from SA. Nevermind that China has killer pollution and killer lead toys and killer pharma ingredients - they really like us. They give us pandas!
Oh, the lenders are like lambs led to the slaughter by greedy borrowers! If the government won't protect them, who will?
oh man. comments about the welfare queens scamming the poor, solicitous bankers, just crack me up. yeah, that $7/hr salon worker has soooooo much influence just walking into her neighborhood bank and pulling out $500k for a home loan.
besides, it turns out over half of those loans went to peeps cashing out their home equity.
"So what? American soil is irrelevant to citizenship. Until now, there's never been any benefit to coming home for a birth."
There's always been one benefit: you can run for president.
Otherwise, Ahnold would probably be the front runner right now.
SHeer, unnecessary idiocy. The question of what a 'natural born citizen' is already is exhaustively and thoroughly covered in Title 18, USC.
Barmpot Shouty-Crackers, PhD
Federal criminal statutes?
"natural born citizen"--so if forceps or a c-section delivery, you're precluded from running?
(Thinking of Nim and his spouse--beaming good thoughts.)
noblejoanie
If McCain was Caesarean, he's clearly ineligible!
Kitteh!
Sheetz.
"So what? American soil is irrelevant to citizenship. Until now, there's never been any benefit to coming home for a birth."
There's always been one benefit: you can run for president.
Otherwise, Ahnold would probably be the front runner right now.
Sonny in Dubrovnik
Nope. Distinction is "born" v. "naturalized."
Toles
The Old Man From Scene 24
Apple system for the Baddest Apple Evah.
With Hillary and Obama raising $85,000,000 between them this month to St. John McLame's $12,000,000 I think his Panamanian citizenship won't be relevant.
My mom and her sisters singing Lithauanian songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=6...49g#GU5U2spHI_4
My mom is sitting in the middle
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TO CLARIFY - she was an American citizen from day one and is qualified to be president.
Pastor Hagee is gonna start asking God to whip up some money for McCain.
Just wait and see.
-GSD
Sorry, 8 USC, Chapter 11
Some U.S. governors petitioned Bush for some emergency and immediate federal funding ($12-$15 Billion) for state road projects nationwide, and now I understand why.
With so many builders going belly up, a large number of construction workers are now unemployed, and road projects-bridge projects would give them something to do to feed their families until the housing industry recovers.
Of course, Bush told these governors (Republican and Democrat) to go screw themselves, just as he told these laid-off construction workers to go screw themselves.
Local plant here plans on being the top contractor for the wall on the border.
Over seven hundred thousand tons on pipe.
Their main customer is slated to be the gov't anyways.
So much for a boom.
got back from knockng on doors in south austin. The American electorate is a peculiar phenomenon indeed.
One lady told me that McCain and Clinton are the same, so if she can't vote for Huckabee, she's going to vote for Obama.
Why does Hagee hate America?
Where did all the money go that people MADE during the bubble?
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