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Post by JoJo on Oct 1, 2008 21:00:32 GMT -5
Hey, wouldn't it be cool if when you went into a casino, and you couldn't possibly lose? Even better, what would you do if you were dealt a '20' in twenty-one, and you wanted to try for '21', and there was no risk, as the house would just give you back the money you lost? Would you learn what a stupid bet that was, or would you never stop?
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Post by JoJo on Oct 1, 2008 20:51:23 GMT -5
By should have passed, I mean it seemed like Paulson had the house ready and willing to do his bidding, and they didn't, much to his shock and dismay. (just to clarify) There's also nothing that allows bankruptcy judges to adjust the repayment terms of a mortgage, if they so choose. The senate passed it 75-24.. Exactly. That much money does not exist.
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Post by JoJo on Oct 1, 2008 20:19:06 GMT -5
Saw that last night, just made me wish for a Kucinich candidacy.. Ah well. The bailout (not the "rescue plan" news-speak term that MSM is desperately trying to serve up) in under one minute: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi9vXKWYaZ8So.. the senate is trying to do an end run around the house by voting on an already existing bill and attaching the bailout to it.. and perhaps hoping to hand it back to the house with a heavy vote in favor, thus applying some pressure, and with a shameless attempt to sway public opinion.. This really should have passed in the first place, I suspect the reason it did not is that the congress persons smelled the torches being lit and saw the pitchforks flying off the shelves..
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Post by JoJo on Sept 30, 2008 21:16:27 GMT -5
Well, NH always opens the new session with a vote on whether to stay in the union. Maybe by next January, with what will maybe have transpired by then, they will actually treat as something other than a ceremonial oddity..
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Post by JoJo on Sept 30, 2008 20:40:43 GMT -5
Haven't been there in ages, probably mid 80's last time. It's OK if you're a tourist, they aren't going to alienate that source of income. Different story if you live there, as Girl has stated. I remember us eating at a little cafe in a rural area, and yeah I needed my high school French, because everything including the menu and the people working there.. all Le Francais, merci.. Not that they had an attitude about it really, just they plain didn't speak English, period. Quebec City and of course Montreal were a different story, as long as you went to the touristy areas, esp. within QC.
Love the old city in QC.. gotta go there again sometime.. Also love the "Fruitopia" portrayal, lol.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 29, 2008 21:10:28 GMT -5
Well that was regrettable, but it wasn't something that you could have foreseen I don't think.. Unless this was a notoriously bad part of town. Just saying that may be what the teacher had in mind, a situation where you weighed the pros and cons, and chose to do something that ultimately turned out badly. Example: I once got burned badly on an Ebay transaction for a lot of money many years ago.. I knew buying a vehicle from an unknown person, even though it was a dealer, (sorta, long complicated story which I'd rather just forget) was a risk, and there were warning flags, but I chose to ignore them 'cause I really wanted it.. The party (parties) involved were so scary I actually felt fighting them would maybe put my life in danger.. Or maybe not, but no amount of money is worth losing your skin over.. sorta got attached to it over the years.. Trust your gut, my stomach was tied in knots like I never felt before or since. So yeah, there's a regret for ya.. Happy birthday btw.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 29, 2008 20:46:35 GMT -5
Saved for posterity.. Paul almost looks like a wax version of himself.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 27, 2008 9:45:04 GMT -5
The last one features the great Karl Denniger. News outlets should get on their knees and beg him to appear on their shows and explain what's going on.. They won't of course, too much truth. Well, some parts of the country have far worse exposure to the bad loans than others. Good luck to them in the rural areas of NH if they try that, we DO have piitchforks and state law still respects the 4th amendment.. However, houses are being razed in some places, especially Michigan, due to them being stripped of anything of value and rendered worthless.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 26, 2008 17:37:54 GMT -5
Hah I saw that, we must frequent the same sites. I have an idea, how about a crowd of people holding up signs with pictures of pitchforks on them? (as in the natives are coming for you in the night with pitchforks and torches) They'll get the idea.. Best to not use actual pitchforks, probably hard to find any in NY anyway.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 26, 2008 14:37:50 GMT -5
Bravo to her! She left out the part about hard time in prison for these greedy f***s. (and a roommate named Bubba)
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Post by JoJo on Sept 26, 2008 4:44:37 GMT -5
Thanks Taf.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 25, 2008 20:05:10 GMT -5
Am album by that name? Any idea when that was supposed to have come out? Post Beatles? Anyway, a lost Lennon poem is worth a trip to the library.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 24, 2008 20:56:32 GMT -5
NIR is included in a list of links in the Hebrew version of Wikipedia: LINKWe always get wiped in the English version.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 24, 2008 17:42:41 GMT -5
John McCain will suspend his presidential campaign Thursday and has asked to postpone his debate Friday with Barack Obama so the two senators can return to Washington to help negotiate a Wall Street bailout, an approach to the financial crisis and campaign that Obama rejected.
"America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system," Sen. McCain said in mid-afternoon remarks to reporters in New York. "If we do not act, every corner of our country will be impacted. We cannot allow this to happen."More
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Post by JoJo on Sept 24, 2008 17:03:35 GMT -5
Anyone have an email? I have caught an IP address from Israel lurking once or twice.. Possible.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 23, 2008 20:58:44 GMT -5
Ben Stein almost lets out the Big Secretwww.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/23/133349/153/556/607628(the below is not Ben Stein's words, they're from the blogger) Somebody, somewhere, is blackmailing the economy. Because somebody, somewhere, is owed these TRILLIONS of dollars. And it is THEY who are holding a gun to the economy and demanding payment, and all of Wall Street, and even the Fed, cannot pay this debt.
So WHO is this Tony Soprano-like world figure? Who are these people? Why are we not identifying them, and talking to them, and negotiating with THEM, whoever they are, to keep from bankrupting the American economy in their favor?
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Post by JoJo on Sept 23, 2008 20:35:23 GMT -5
One item he mentioned that I've read maybe once only on Market Ticker, that the 700 billion is more like a revolving line of credit, rather than a one time thing.. Like a credit card. Also like that he invokes the imagery of pitchforks. (don't forget the torches)
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Post by JoJo on Sept 23, 2008 17:20:17 GMT -5
Is this a Phoney account? (PauIMcCartney)
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Post by JoJo on Sept 22, 2008 20:49:17 GMT -5
Better to use the two demos from Anthology, and I vaguely remember that being a topic of discussion here years ago. Well, the first Youtube link is from Anthology, the other Anth. version is not here, and to me it always sounded, at least at times, like George trying his best to imitate.. (or someone other than Paul at least) Forget the MMT version, that's been through the blender.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 21, 2008 21:24:32 GMT -5
I read somewhere, think it was in the Boston Globe today, something about how "we need to get home prices rising again"..
Put down the crack pipe..
The median home price needs to be at best 3X the median income, which means they have a LONG way to go before it's realistic. Or, only the upper classes can afford a house, take your pick, and since wages aren't going up anytime soon with the only thing we produce in this country anymore is paper shuffling..
They did the only thing left to do in their insane courses of action.. really quite predictable. Only way left to win from this is an over/under on when this comes crashing down. Anyone?
I'll say two weeks.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 21, 2008 17:26:00 GMT -5
It's not a bad idea to browse old topics, you may find many have unfinished business.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 21, 2008 17:23:32 GMT -5
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Post by JoJo on Sept 21, 2008 12:49:57 GMT -5
Zeffirelli never offered him the role of Romeo, at least he never mentions it in his autobiography. He did however want to use ALL the Beatles in "Brother Sun, Sister Moon", which fell apart due to time constraints on the part of the Beatles.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 20, 2008 11:03:52 GMT -5
It's now down for two months.. news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Large-Hadron-Collider-Back-In-Operation-After-Electrical-Glitch-Affects-High-Powered-Magnets/Article/200809315103598?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15103598_Large_Hadron_Collider_Back_In_Operation_After_Electrical_Glitch_Affects_High-Powered_MagnetsThe world's most expensive experiment, which aims to unlock the secrets of the Big Bang, has been stopped for two months for repair work.
Part of the Large Hadron Collider
A failed power supply brought the Large Hadron Collider to a standstill
The cooling system for the Large Hadron Collider's high-powered magnets that steer beams of particles around the tunnel malfunctioned earlier this week.
The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) replaced the equipment in the underground tunnel near Geneva, Switzerland, but the damage is worse than previously thought.
Cern spokesman James Gillies said: "There has been an incident in a test. One section of the machine will have to be repaired.
"In layman's terms, the LHC is a great big fridge, and part of the power supply failed."
The faulty electrical connection between the two magnets led to a ton of liquid helium being leaked into the tunnel.
The magnets are chilled to as low as -271 degrees Celsius, which is close to absolute zero and colder than deep outer space.
Mr Gillies said the damaged section will have to be warmed up well above absolute zero so that repairs can be made.
He expects the atom smasher to remain switched off for at least two months.
The LHC, which started on September 10, took nearly 20 years to complete and at £4.4bn is one of the costliest and most complex scientific experiments ever attempted.
It aims to resolve some of the greatest questions surrounding fundamental matter, such as how particles acquire mass and how they were forged in the Big Bang that scientists believe created the universe 17 billion years ago.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 19, 2008 22:50:00 GMT -5
EB checked in today.. Guess he didn't find his way to this thread, but glad ya are OK.
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