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Broke people buy stuff; the middle class buys liabilities and the rich acquire assets that generate positive cash flow. What a message but tell me, TP, why don't I feel like you're a commie after you posted that. pubby

Newsjunky, I find places like Judicial Watch a hoot to view, not so much because their commentary is considered factual or timely. For instance, you do know that the article cited is from a month ago- or so ... suggesting, among other things, an invasion of bomb-laden cars designed to be blown up apparently in Wally World parking lots - that hasn't happened. But what is really cool are the rabid, right wing posters whom, in comments to this article, suggested what for me is a new one - sending all 18 million 'illegal immigrants' in the US to Gitmo ... saying there is plenty of room there.

Since the original posts were removed out of caution, I'm closing the topic out of caution. pubby

My vote is the 2010 ... It would so kick the 67's ass on any track, in any rally, and in any wreck. The stats say it all: 355hp (67) v 530(2010), 132 mph top speed (67) v. 179mph (2010) ... The difference - the feel - is the difference you'd get driving a 30hp go cart vs. a 1965 citroen 2cv, the later being slower, but with a dramatically better ride. pubby

It appears that Issa's Benghazi theater performance should be considered a single year-long plus play in four acts. It is obvious to me that they discovered this 'bit' back then and conspired to keep it from the American people at that time and instead, play it going into the fall election season ... you know, the drama of it all. But no never mind. I'm just tired of the right saying they're the only ones upset with American foreign policy. Here is a column by a leftist that pretty much makes the point that seems to make the case that the far right has been driving American foreign po

Actually, I happened upon the video on youtube and immediately thought of Apollobeachretiree and his love of old Detroit iron and disdain for anything new. I really found the video fascinating and the message was an obvious repudiation of the regulations are bad meme that is so common today. pubby

What is really sad is these are people some around here are so fearful of they want to nuke 'em. pubby

The idea that regulations are bad, cost money and don't accomplish anything but create government jobs is probably one of the more common memes in the conservative narrative. The video below, which pits a pre-regulation 1959 Chevy Bel-Air four-door against a 2009 regulated Chevy Malibu pretty much proves the point. The differences in how the driver and passengers would fare in a the typical 35 mph head on offset collision is dramatic. Know that safety, pollution and fuel efficiency regulations have benefited the car buying public and while these improvements have come at a pri

The above is from an article that raises questions regarding the case that limited the aggregate contributions an individual could make. The logic of the Roberts court was that if $5200 was not adequate to evoke an act that even appears corrupt, then the $48000 overall limit in campaign law was superfluous. The author contends that logic is "fatally flawed" and you can buy a change in the law that can make you a fortune for as little as a grand. His point being that there are millions of little arbitrary rules out there that can be manipulated for fun and profit and most congressmen are

Kim: We should pray that the spirit of parenthood is filled in their bodies or else there could be a tragic outcome. As far as their action, I would hope that DFACS will have the understanding. They certainly have the authority. pubby

I disagree with Dr. Phil in that he missed the lesson ... which may be why he opted to kick the guy off the show without so much as a discussion. What was being demonstrated was the power of money as an incentive to do stupid stuff, which was the point of the guy in pointing to the Dr. Phil program, which brings people on his show for the offer of money or assistance provided they expose to the world their issues for the entertainment of the audience. The difference is that rather than luring folks at least partly for their own benefit, the bumfight guy was luring them strictly for hi

Oh, Zorro ... liberals don't believe for a minute that ExxonMobil lobbyist Hank Foraker is constantly droning on about how much cheaper legislation was back in his day ... in the 70s and 80s. It is satire ... and an exaggeration based on the coupling of old fogeys tendency to go on and on about how things were in the old days and applying it to the quid-pro-quo nature of lobbying and political favors for campaign cash. The Onion's satiric piece uses exaggeration and ridicule to expose lobbyists vices - definitely a It gains its strength and legitimacy as satire, not for its

Actually, this is a poignant satire on the nature of our commercialized society. Unlike housing patterns common a century ago, where the city street was the location of the vibrant life of a neighborhood, today we've been sliced and diced into thinking that the single family dwelling on two-acres is the ideal. Indeed, the modern American dream of a house in the burbs has separated us and left us with limited locations for socialization which was rather adroitly satirized by the Onion piece where an elderly man makes conversation with a store clerk just for the interaction. The not so funny

Those are takeoff weights (Full up) whereas the landing weights are typically significantly lower because of the fuel expended. (You try to operate with as little fuel as necessary because efficiency is critical. Takeoff weights are not as critical as the landing weight of the aircraft as the roll to takeoff is generally smooth. The landing weight limit - the 90,000 lbs - is set at that level because sometimes aircraft come in a bit harder and exert their mass plus a factor of 10-15 percent. (Not an expert and the percent could be 20 or 30 percent although that seems like it might be too ha

I'm fine with cutting them off if the government won't come back on the middle class to pay the money that the poor on food stamps will necessarily divert to buying food instead of paying their credit cards that are charged 30 percent interest. See, the food stamps are really a subsidy of the middle class to give the poor enough money to pay off their debts to the rich. It is just how the money flows to the top one percent. I would set the date closer to 1947. Basically, the way the economy has evolved since then, the state of perpetual war has been a tool for funneling mon

you know what they say, GD ... pictures say a thousand words. BTW, I've been to St. Louis more than a dozen times. Was at the grand opening of the first Sams Club there in 1986, if memory serves. However, most of the information regarding the demographics can be obtained more effectively through reading than by standing around and depending on osmosis ... but as one that relies on osmosis for your facts, you wouldn't know. pubby

The reality NJ is that if the trends continue as they have over the past 30 years, the the top one-percent will within a 50 years own all property, yours included. Their abundance for capital and their willingness to invest, will convince all to sell their property for cash and we will all become renters. If you've ever played monopoly, you know that in the end, the amount of cash you have is secondary to victory. If one player engineers the game so that that player who owns most or all the property, that player will win the game. This is as central to the nature of capitalism as havi

No, what we have is a town where most of the housing is owned by absentee landlords who hire their buddies from the burbs to come in an do things like landscaping and other maintenance. Like landscaping companies here, the company typically has one or two WASP supervisors and a handful of hired, even day laborers to help. You don't know if there are not others on their crew and these guys were just playing straw boss, with more than enough time and awareness to observe what was going on a half-block away. pubby

They already are, but don't count on ever being able to use them. They're reserved for billionaires. pubby

I prefer less scattershot sites for my conspiracies: https://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page MFF (Mary Ferrell Foundation) actually serves as a repository of copied government documents. I ran across it regarding the use of hypnotism as a tool and read a few redacted copies of the CIA's program on using it, its presumed capabilities, etc. pubby

It included attendance To attend college at the military academies requires that a person be nominated by either the president, VP or MOC (for the majority of positions) which is highly competitive within each congressional district. The following material is from the AF Academy page. There are other ways to attend, certain military (HS level) schools and the children of disabled vets or those whose father or mother was a recipient of of the medal of honor are able to compete in specialized categories for the limited openings. The students nominated - each Congressman/Sena

The Steven King idiocy Maximum Overdrive comes to mind along with Christine, the dog cemetery one and the one where Chester (of Gunsmoke) fame is addled by a semi-tractor in his Plymouth Valiant. All, non-horror horror movies that were not even good for a laugh. pubby

The wages for TSA employees range from something like $23,000 to $167,500 depending on the job. It is all on the the TSA web site. Google if if you're interested. pubby PS: Pays better than being a waiter at Red Lobster.

TSA having a presence is critical for a variety of reasons beyond just having passenger traffic through the airport. First, it implies a full-security setup for the entire 'airport campus' including the industrial development lands. It involves a full security fence around the facility and also, the presence of security folks to inspect out-going air cargo (goods) as well as people. think of it as the difference between a doctor's clinic and a small hospital. For instance a doctor's office doesn't have a lab - even small hospitals have labs; a doctor's office doesn't have a pharmacy wh

It is a bad idea to limit office holding or voting to propertied interests. There are two ways to think about this. First, do you put the rights of property above people? Can property have citizenship? Elevating the role of property to such heights is to me really silly. Practically, is the other way to think about this. I know from my experience that there was a town of 1200 people called Wilson, Arkansas. I dated a girl there in high school. The town - literally all the property in the town - was owned by REL Wilson. Many of the people in Wilson worked on the Wilson Plantatio