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Chicago's bonds - 10 Updates
Joker Tsarnaev... - 6 Updates
Scandia down comforters..... - 1 Update
The thrill is gone to 10-3-39 - 2 Updates
Kimmy executes defense minister with anti-aircraft gun - 5 Updates
Financial inequality - low hanging fruit - 1 Update
Chicago's bonds
"Con Reeder, unhyphenated American" <constance@duxmail.com>: May 15 10:38AM -0500
>> Well, anyone who didn't close out their position when Cetera left...
> But this was #1 without him:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhGUyXFyhNw
tmml
I think that perhaps Damon was talking about Primevest, but it is possible
that there are levels within levels....
--
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it,
can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the
universe to do. -- Galileo
"Con Reeder, unhyphenated American" <constance@duxmail.com>: May 15 10:39AM -0500
>> yitch
> This is ugly - and doesn't include the Big Number we all want to know - what's the total for all of Illannoy - state and muni?
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/blog/ct-illinois-pension-crisis-info-20150512-story.html#page=1
Illinois is going down too, but Chicago will go down first. California
will be not too far behind Illinios....
--
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it,
can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the
universe to do. -- Galileo
Eagle@bellsouth.net (J. Hugh Sullivan): May 15 04:51PM
On Fri, 15 May 2015 10:39:30 -0500, "Con Reeder, unhyphenated
>> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/blog/ct-illinois-pension-crisis-info-20150512-story.html#page=1
>Illinois is going down too, but Chicago will go down first. California
>will be not too far behind Illinios....
Liberals and queers are like elevators on the top floor - going down!
Hugh
michael anderson <mianderson79@gmail.com>: May 15 11:10AM -0700
On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 10:39:32 AM UTC-5, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
> Illinois is going down too, but Chicago will go down first. California
> will be not too far behind Illinios....
the people who actually pay the bills for this are eventually going to get tired of doing so.
I read one article on chicago's mess and they quoted this dispatcher who made 90k(with an insane pension and benefits) who said "don't worry, the money's going to be there" or something like that. eventually, the people who actually pay his bloated salary are going to get tired of it.
We see the progress Texas has made over the last couple of decades due to not having a state income tax. Look at what nashville as a city is doing now- almost certainly a bunch of that is secondary to not having a state income tax. And florida is only going to keep growing.
I think going forward if states are going to be competitive, either the absence of a state income tax or reducing the state income tax is the way to go. I like alabama, but I can't say for sure if I'll stay for more than another couple years because of the state income tax.
"Con Reeder, unhyphenated American" <constance@duxmail.com>: May 15 01:32PM -0500
> I read one article on chicago's mess and they quoted this dispatcher
> who made 90k(with an insane pension and benefits) who said "don't
> worry, the money's going to be there" or something like that.
I suspect that's what all the Detroit retirees said.
> the absence of a state income tax or reducing the state income tax is
> the way to go. I like alabama, but I can't say for sure if I'll stay
> for more than another couple years because of the state income tax.
Income tax is not everything -- look at overall tax burden.
Alabama is pretty good there -- 9th best. Better than Florida,
not as good as Tennessee.
--
Be patient. God isn't finished with me yet. -- unknown
Futbol Phan <sgzphd@gmail.com>: May 15 12:11PM -0700
On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 1:10:07 PM UTC-5, michael anderson wrote:
> I read one article on chicago's mess and they quoted this dispatcher who made 90k(with an insane pension and benefits) who said "don't worry, the money's going to be there" or something like that. eventually, the people who actually pay his bloated salary are going to get tired of it.
> We see the progress Texas has made over the last couple of decades due to not having a state income tax. Look at what nashville as a city is doing now- almost certainly a bunch of that is secondary to not having a state income tax. And florida is only going to keep growing.
> I think going forward if states are going to be competitive, either the absence of a state income tax or reducing the state income tax is the way to go. I like alabama, but I can't say for sure if I'll stay for more than another couple years because of the state income tax.
It appears that oil + no income tax is good, but no oil + no income tax is not so good:
'The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy points out, for example, that states with no income tax haven't really created more jobs than others. Texas, which is at the center of America's oil industry, has certainly outperformed the national average in job creation as energy prices surged over the past decade. But job growth trailed population growth in the other eight no-income-tax states, according to a 2013 ITEP report.'
xyzzy <xyzzy.dude@gmail.com>: May 15 12:23PM -0700
On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 3:11:46 PM UTC-4, Futbol Phan wrote:
> > I think going forward if states are going to be competitive, either the absence of a state income tax or reducing the state income tax is the way to go. I like alabama, but I can't say for sure if I'll stay for more than another couple years because of the state income tax.
> It appears that oil + no income tax is good, but no oil + no income tax is not so good:
> 'The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy points out, for example, that states with no income tax haven't really created more jobs than others. Texas, which is at the center of America's oil industry, has certainly outperformed the national average in job creation as energy prices surged over the past decade. But job growth trailed population growth in the other eight no-income-tax states, according to a 2013 ITEP report.'
Oil + no income tax can also be a dicey proposition. Alaska is tanking, first population decline in like 20 years, $3.5 billion deficit on a state budget of $12 billion (that's a major percentage!) that they can't figure out what to do about... lege keeps adjourning with no budget, gov keeps calling them back... the plan seems to be to stick heads in the sand and pray for higher oil prices.
"Damon Hynes, Cyclone Ranger" <damonhynes@gmail.com>: May 15 12:25PM -0700
> the plan seems to be to stick heads in the sand and pray for higher oil prices.
Alaska to OPEC!!!111!!!
michael anderson <mianderson79@gmail.com>: May 15 01:25PM -0700
On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 1:32:22 PM UTC-5, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
> On 2015-05-15, michael anderson <mianderson79@gmail.com> wrote:
> Income tax is not everything -- look at overall tax burden.
true for some people, but not for me. Any state with no state income tax(regardless of how high the other taxes are) means I come out WAAAAAAAY ahead.
Im not a homeowner now, but even if I bought a house in florida the property tax would have to be 5 times what it is now in florida for it to cost me as much as living in Alabama. In florida, I *might* pay 1500-2k more per year in property taxes(but this is generous....in some cities in bama like mountain brook it would be break even on property tax). Contrast that 1500-2k max in extra property tax to a difference of 13-16k in state income tax. The sales tax in florida is actually no higher(actually lower in some cases) than it is here.
fortunately, even though it's bad in Alabama with a hefty state income tax, at least we are better than georgia(6% but they are maybe thinking of changing this in the future) or the truly scary 7.5% hit in south carolina.
But tennessee and florida are where one needs to be(if most of your state taxes are going to be income taxes) as far as taxes go.
"Con Reeder, unhyphenated American" <constance@duxmail.com>: May 15 04:40PM -0500
> creation as energy prices surged over the past decade. But job
> growth trailed population growth in the other eight no-income-tax
> states, according to a 2013 ITEP report.'
Job growth has trailed population growth in *most* states since Obama
took over. That's why the percentage of people with jobs is at the lowest
level since 1979....
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"Laughter is inner jogging." -- Norman Cousins
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Joker Tsarnaev...
"Damon Hynes, Cyclone Ranger" <damonhynes@gmail.com>: May 15 12:34PM -0700
Death. I'm surprised a Mass jury went that way. (Now comes 666 years of appeals...)
xyzzy <xyzzy.dude@gmail.com>: May 15 12:36PM -0700
On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 3:34:46 PM UTC-4, Damon Hynes, Cyclone Ranger wrote:
> Death. I'm surprised a Mass jury went that way. (Now comes 666 years of appeals...)
Well his defense was very strange... First they tried to show that he deserves mercy because it was all his brother's doing. Then they tried to show how terrible life in prison would be and that death would be letting him off easy... for the second one I think they were trying to convince any jurors who believed he deserved the worst, but they inadvertently ended up arguing for death. IMO.
Eric Ramon <ramon.eric@gmail.com>: May 15 02:11PM -0700
On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 12:36:49 PM UTC-7, xyzzy wrote:
> On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 3:34:46 PM UTC-4, Damon Hynes, Cyclone Ranger wrote:
> > Death. I'm surprised a Mass jury went that way. (Now comes 666 years of appeals...)
> Well his defense was very strange... First they tried to show that he deserves mercy because it was all his brother's doing. Then they tried to show how terrible life in prison would be and that death would be letting him off easy... for the second one I think they were trying to convince any jurors who believed he deserved the worst, but they inadvertently ended up arguing for death. IMO.
I think the nun made it worse for him. Instead of letting the guy express remorse they had this lady say "he told me he was really sorry and that it was terrible that families had to go through this". I'm not in favor of the death penalty but if I'd been on the jury and had to hear that nonsense I might have been persuaded to vote thumbs down.
michael anderson <mianderson79@gmail.com>: May 15 02:21PM -0700
Unfortunately what this verdict reminds me of is just how rare(unfortunately) the death penalty is. We need to use the death penalty far more than we do. A terrible argument you see anti-death penalty advocates make is that it costs the system so much with all the appeals. Well in that case, it seems like the solution is to get rid of most of the red tape. Essentially, it's a phony choice. Liberals are in love with playing that game- they always pick an issue and in arguing for that issue tie another separate matter into it that probably also needs to be changed.
Eric Ramon <ramon.eric@gmail.com>: May 15 02:27PM -0700
On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 2:21:17 PM UTC-7, michael anderson wrote:
> Unfortunately what this verdict reminds me of is just how rare(unfortunately) the death penalty is. We need to use the death penalty far more than we do. A terrible argument you see anti-death penalty advocates make is that it costs the system so much with all the appeals. Well in that case, it seems like the solution is to get rid of most of the red tape. Essentially, it's a phony choice. Liberals are in love with playing that game- they always pick an issue and in arguing for that issue tie another separate matter into it that probably also needs to be changed.
all we really need is some cracker in a hood with a sharp knife, right?
michael anderson <mianderson79@gmail.com>: May 15 02:30PM -0700
No, all we need is our current justice system without all the extra appeals.
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Scandia down comforters.....
michael anderson <mianderson79@gmail.com>: May 15 02:29PM -0700
Got my first one yesterday....guys, they are worth it. This is the best comforter I've ever felt.
Get one, thank me later.
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The thrill is gone to 10-3-39
Mercellus Bohren <mercellusb@yahoo.com>: May 15 09:48AM -0700
On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 5:54:34 AM UTC-5, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
> I don't want to get to the end of my life and find I have just
> lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as
> well. -- Diane Ackerman
Were you in Reno?
"the_andrew_smith@yahoo.com" <agavinsmith@gmail.com>: May 15 02:24PM -0700
Good luck with that
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Kimmy executes defense minister with anti-aircraft gun
Ctrl€/Alt€/Del€© <ctrlaltdel@BirminghamAlabama.com>: May 15 04:54AM
On Thu, 14 May 2015 18:47:28 -0700, Some dued wrote:
> I have Libre office, AND MS office via Wine running in Arch Linux,
> variety is the spice of life.
I've never tried Arch but have heard good things about it. I may put it
on a flash drive and try it out. Currently, I'm using Mint. Wine has
always seemed kind of dodgy when I've tried it and have immediately
uninstalled it the couple of times I've tried it.
Ctrl€/Alt€/Del€© <ctrlaltdel@BirminghamAlabama.com>: May 15 04:29PM
The Daily Beast, an organ of the government just as ABC, etc... are, has
this to say about Stephanopoulos' absolute grilling of an author of a
book critical about the Clinton's and their government favors for foreign
cash scheme.
http://is.gd/LBvWUL
"The ABC anchor has admitted he donated the money to the Clinton
Foundation. Republicans do not want to let the matter die."
Read that closely. Stephanopoulos' skeezy, underhanded, and hypocritical
behavior was just discovered yesterday, maybe two days ago, but it's the
"Republicans" who just won't let it die.
A little matter of a hypocrite that just happens to be the lead anchor
for ABC News and former Clinton Machine boy toy, interrogates an author
of a book that exposed the Clinton's global government favors for cash
scheme, while he is donating big time money to Billy and Hill-Dog.
This hypocrite does not acknowledge this to the general public, except
you know that every single person at ABC News really knew about it but
won't dare admit it now. Stephanopoulos interrogates this Clinton Cash
author, I don't even know who it is really, and uses actual talking
points directly from Bill and Hillary's Cash Money Foundation to
interrogate him with.
Amazing. And it's just the Republicans who won't let this little matter
go away.
The Daily Beast, a news site who mission statement is this:
"We seek out scoops, scandals and stories about secret worlds; we love
confronting bullies, bigots and hypocrites."
doesn't seem to want to confront this story at all and are doing because,
you know, gots to do at least one article on it to keep up appearances to
make it seem we aren't a total joke like ABC.
Ctrl€/Alt€/Del€© <ctrlaltdel@BirminghamAlabama.com>: May 15 04:54PM
On Fri, 15 May 2015 05:31:19 -0400, GrtArtiste wrote:
>> him.
> I wonder what he does to the average bimbo who disrespects him?
> GrtArtiste
There are probably a lot of boob-less women walking around Pyongyang. To
keep from having their family and neighbors murdered, they probably have
to continuously preach to everyone how proud and happy they are to have
had the utmost honor of having their tits removed.
Ctrl€/Alt€/Del€© <ctrlaltdel@BirminghamAlabama.com>: May 15 05:09PM
On Thu, 14 May 2015 23:09:41 -0700, Some dued wrote:
> has almost no default software. I like it cause it's rolling release, I
> was getting real sick of six month upgrade cycles, I've been running
> this for years without reinstalling, and the software is always current.
Okay, Arch is "old school Linux" then. I admire that type of distribution
but, I'm not sure I'm ready for it or not. I've been using Mint Cinnamon
for about five or six years now and was drawn to it, away from Windows,
due to it's similarity to Windows and ease of use.
I do have an old computer and may try Arch out on that and see if I can
make it function like I wish. If nothing else, it will be a learning
experience.
Ctrl€/Alt€/Del€© <ctrlaltdel@BirminghamAlabama.com>: May 15 06:33PM
To further illustrate what we all already know about the government news
organizations, ABC about shat themselves when the Washington Free Beacon
had the scoop on their head anchor and gave the lead to an Obama owned
website called Politico for a much more friendly presentation.
This surely has to be the first steps of the law Obama has said he is
going to decree to "change how the media reports".
http://is.gd/LO0SmK
Politico: Washington Free Beacon Broke Stephanopoulos Clinton Foundation
Story
By P.J. Gladnick | May 14, 2015 | 8:38 PM EDT
So how did Politico break the George Stephanopoulos Clinton Foundation
donations story? Actually they didn't break it at all. The story was
shopped to Politico after the Washington Free Beacon made inquiries to
ABC News about Stephanopoulos' contributions to the Clinton Foundation.
Apparently ABC News thought Politico would offer more favorable coverage
so they leaked the story to Politico. However, to his great credit,
Politico writer Jack Shafer not only acknowledged the crucial role of the
Free Beacon but was also highly critical of ABC News for this tactic.
First let us look at this morning's Free Beacon announcement of who
really broke this story:
Stephanopoulos, a former aide to President Bill Clinton, confirmed the
donation to POLITICO's Dylan Byers after the Free Beacon contacted ABC
News for comment. The host, who acknowledged making two donations of
$25,000 between 2013 and 2014, issued a statement of apology for failing
to disclose his contributions.
If ABC News thought their selective shopping of the story would ease the
pain about the Stephanopoulos revelation they were woefully misguided
since Politico's Shafer let them have it with both barrels:
A worthy side-note to the Stephanopoulos expose is contained in its
genesis. The story appears to have originated at the Washington Free
Beacon, which asked ABC News for comment about the Stephanopoulos
contributions last night. The next thing the Free Beacon knew, Politico
had broken the story this morning.
Free Beacon writer Andrew Stiles and site editor Matthew Continetti
accused Stephanopoulos' office and ABC of shipping the scoop to Politico.
I sent email to ABC News seeking clarification on this point and did not
hear back. I also asked Byers about the origin of his scoop to which he
responded, "I'm not going to be able to talk about matters related to
sourcing."
If ABC News shopped the scoop, as the Beaconites claim, it wouldn't
be the first time that a news organization has been so preempted.
Government and business play this retaliatory game all the time when
journalists surprise them with a request for comment. What's unbecoming
is that a news organization might engage in this practice.
Come to think of it, that's precisely the type of thing you can
imagine the Stephanopoulos-era Clinton administration doing without
compunction.
OUCH! And congratulations to Jack Shafer for giving credit where credit
is due...the Washington Free Beacon.
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Financial inequality - low hanging fruit
"The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior" <Iamtj4life@gmail.com>: May 15 10:37AM -0700
Interesting read with a couple of ideas for impactful movement wrt financial inequality
As an aside, one of the problems with financial inequality, is that we're usually talking about 3 different things - overall wealth, income and consumption - which are not the same things. Yes, they can be related, but before we "do" anything, we gotta have a starting point to work with
Anyhoo
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2015/05/low_hanging_fru.html
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