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| Monday, November 23rd, 2009 | | 12:11 pm |
| | Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 | | 4:26 pm |
Just fucking shoot me (Da Bears.....)
So we're out running errands today, and pass by a Jiffy Lube. Marquee out front: "Cutler zero picks 11/22" "means 10% off oil service 11/23". Not "Bears win" or anything like that. Baby steps, baby steps.............. | | 11:38 am |
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| | Saturday, November 21st, 2009 | | 5:16 pm |
| | Friday, November 20th, 2009 | | 12:14 pm |
Maybe we should use this rule on the BARGE list...
From the "Calculated Risk" comments section: New rule -- you must wait until at least 100 comments deep into a thread before starting the debate over which party is better/worse, Democrats or Republicans.
It's like the game of "Hearts" -- it's no fun if someone always plays a heart in the first round. | | Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 | | 10:31 am |
Administration tone-deafness continues...
From the Liberal Rag: Clinton Visits Karzai on Eve of Inauguration In what amounted to a stern pep talk by a nervous partner, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived here on Wednesday to exhort President Hamid Karzai and his government to do a better job of cracking down on corruption in Afghanistan. She can say whatever she wants about corruption. The fact that she's showing up tells Karzai and the Afghani people what the real message is: "We don't care that you've stolen the election. We love you." | | 8:41 am |
It took a recession to make it happen, but it's about f'ing time . . . .
Changes sought after 2nd trade show leaves McCormick PlaceBack in the dim and distant past, when I worked at a CAD company, I used to hear horror stories about putting on trade shows in Chicago.... having to pay the electrical union $100 to plug in a computer, etc, etc. Glad to see people are finally saying "Fuck You. I Quit." The group examined detailed bills from the 2009 show, and compared them to projected costs in Orlando in 2012. For example, one exhibitor with a midsize booth paid $6,167 for utility service at McCormick Place, but would see that cut by 43 percent, or $2,648, in Orlando due to lower labor charges, the group determined.
Union work rules are another issue.
The extra labor expense of putting on a show in Chicago is often due to union rules that require certain levels of staffing and don't permit exhibitors to perform many of the tasks required to build exhibits.
"A right-to-work state, like Florida, allows us to best mimic what our exhibitors are used to on an international basis," said Gene Sanders, senior vice president for trade shows for the association. In overseas shows, exhibitors "typically are able to assemble their own equipment and do a lot of their own work."
Daley acknowledged that unions working at McCormick Place agreed to previous work-rule changes, but said those changes weren't sufficient. "We will meet with the plastics show and talk to them about some of the changes they wanted."
The horse is gone, Daley. Thanks for closing the barn door, you douchebag.
| | Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 | | 6:40 pm |
We are all individuals
I'm not.... the fish at my table like action...... ! Table b67, Hand 1, Day 2 ! ADB Jaeger raises $17900 and is all in ! Flipman is next to act, $27400 to call ! Unlimited raises ! Pot size: $45350 ! Next timeout set for Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:06 PST ! Betting round: 3 ! Board: 5s 2s 7s Qc ? +-+----------------------------+-------- +--------+------+----+--------+ |#| Name |Bankroll| Action |Status|Pot#|Pot Size| +-+----------------------------+-------- +--------+------+----+--------+ 1|D Horn Hi Aces | 29900 | 100 |folded| | | 2|> Flipman | 27400 | 2600 | | | | 3| tekbot | 29900 | 100 |folded| | | 4| Reignbare | 29650 | 350 |folded| | | 5| Lazerus | 29900 | 100 |folded| | | 6| Fresno Bob | 17900 | 12100 | | | | 7| Chris Learmonth | 30000 | 0 |folded| | | 8| ADB Jaeger | 0 | 30000 |all-in| | | 9| dethwing | 30000 | 0 |folded| | | 10| George Diab | 30000 | 0 |folded| | | +-+----------------------------+-------- +--------+------+----+--------+ | | Sunday, November 15th, 2009 | | 7:35 pm |
| | 9:03 am |
Kiss healthcare reform goodbye....
Report: Health bill would reduce senior careA plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending — one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama's proposed overhaul of the nation's health-care system — would sharply reduce benefits for some senior citizens and could jeopardize access to care for millions of others, according to a government evaluation released Saturday.
Angry seniors...... that should pretty much put the nail in it. You know it's bad if they dropped this bomb on a Saturday. What government agency is actually open on Saturday?
| | Friday, November 13th, 2009 | | 6:38 pm |
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| | Thursday, November 12th, 2009 | | 7:18 am |
The definition of insanity is....
doing the same things over and over, hoping for a different result. Via Calculated Risk, we have this article from the WSJ (subscription possibly required): Private mortgage insurance is required for any home loan with less than a 20% down payment, and the policies typically cover 12% to 35% of losses in the event of a default, according to HSH Associates, a financial publisher. Mortgage insurers have been forced to pay up as loan defaults escalate. As mortgage insurers scale back coverage, Fannie and Freddie have had to reduce the amount of loans they purchase or guarantee with loan-to-value ratios that exceed 80%. At Fannie, those loans accounted for 10% of loan-purchase volume for the first nine months of the year, down from 22% last year. Fannie last month announced a plan to partially self-insure high loan-to-value loans. The reduction in private insurance coverage has contributed to the rise in the volume of loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration, a government mortgage insurer that backs loans with as little as 3.5% down payments. It could be required to ask for a federal subsidy for the first time in its 75-year history if the housing market deteriorates further. So, the housing market completely crushed the Private Mortgage Insurers.
In a rational scenario, you would expect that would mean that borrowers would have to put 20% down to get a mortgage.
Nope. They can get one from FHA with just 3.5% down. And of course, you don't actually need to have the 3.5%, because you can use the First Time Home Buyer Credit as your downpayment.
So, you've got tons of people piling into mortgages with no downpayment, and no insurance. As Calculated Risk says, "That will probably end well ...".
Of course, I was kidding about the "no insurance" part. Of course, someone picks up the tab: from the WSJ article: "Fannie last month announced a plan to partially self-insure high loan-to-value loans.", and "[FHA] could be required to ask for a federal subsidy for the first time in its 75-year history if the housing market deteriorates further."
That's right..... we get to pay!! | | Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 | | 8:42 am |
| | 8:25 am |
Faux News...
we distort, you deride..... http://rawstory.com/2009/11/hannity-falsifies-footage-gop-protest-bigger/
Stewart then showed two clips Fox News employed to underscore the size of the event. He pointed out that the clips appeared to have been from two entirely different protests.
"I'm sorry, can we get back again," Stewart remarked. "That was weird. Because when that clip started, it was a clear fall day in Washington, D.C. Not a cloud in the sky, the leaves have changed.
"All of a sudden, the trees turn green again, and it's cloudy, and it looks like thousands and thousands of more people arrived," he continued. "If I didn't know any better, I would think they just put two different days together and acted like they didn't."
The bogus footage, Stewart found, actually came from a Sept. 12 protest two months ago, and was used on Fox News' Glenn Beck program two months ago.
| | Monday, November 9th, 2009 | | 7:42 am |
| | 7:27 am |
OK, now *this* is serious....
Swine flu may or may not be a threat, but, if there's too many people taking off from work, and my access to pr0n is curtailed, it really is a national emergency..... Flu outbreaks could put Internet on life supportHomebound workers and ailing children could overload the Internet with video game downloads, Web surfing, online shopping and Webcast viewing. Neighborhood telecommunication nodes that act as traffic cops for the Internet could be overwhelmed with data. | | Sunday, November 8th, 2009 | | 9:25 pm |
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