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Government cell phone give away costing taxpayers billions. by Jody July 13, 2012 8:20 pm

US Olympic uniforms are made in China by Jody July 12, 2012 8:02 pm

Kind of two-faced if you ask me by RobVG 2012-07-13 08:34:35
- " Two faced"...Yeah...I was thinking about that too Rob. by Jody 2012-07-13 09:19:34
I really don't see why you're surprised. by ER 2012-07-12 20:27:05
- Surprised? Yes. Disappointed? Yes. This is the Olympics. I had higher expectations. I think the hat should be a facsimile of ... by Jody 2012-07-13 09:22:58
  - Actually, the hat does look like a pot. A chamber pot. by ER 2012-07-13 11:51:50
- Made in the U.S.A. by TB 2012-07-12 20:59:35
  - You always say that by ER 2012-07-12 22:02:11
    - The recession officially ended back then. In theory, wouldn't those numbers be worst case? by TB 2012-07-12 22:06:49
      - The recession is officially defined by GDP. by ER 2012-07-12 22:28:13
        
        You're lucky that "unreal" money from things like investment profits exists. It's what pays your pension. by TB 2012-07-13 09:44:04
        
        Not if the stock market blows it on phony speculation. by ER 2012-07-13 11:38:49
        
        I'm endlessly fascinated by the amazing filters you have on your data input. by TB 2012-07-13 14:30:15
        
        Yeah, and if I'd bought Microsoft or Apple early on, I'd be rich too. by ER 2012-07-13 15:22:20
        
        Do you ever actually bridge from one post to another in these conversations? by TB 2012-07-13 15:34:12
        
        You said you could do better investing than in Social Security. by ER 2012-07-13 15:55:03
        
        Not the right stocks. Any stocks. by TB 2012-07-13 16:47:20
        
        So you felt obligated to bop it back? by ER 2012-07-13 18:05:32
        
        P.S. by TB 2012-07-13 14:42:50
        
        Filters are for winnowing out noise. by ER 2012-07-13 14:52:42

Pension debt update by TB July 12, 2012 10:10 am

( post withdrawn) by ER 2012-07-12 14:26:43

Wall Street Secret Weapon.... by Jody July 11, 2012 9:19 pm

These guys obviously have issues. by ER 2012-07-12 06:29:39
- Pathetic really...but it is all they know. Testosterone is the *steroid* of the Wall Streeters. As far as the female ... by Jody 2012-07-12 08:00:10

Taxmageddon by TB July 10, 2012 6:18 pm

What Obama has promised the Middle Class by BuckGalaxy 2012-07-11 14:49:28
- Did you notice the response in the Senate? by TB 2012-07-11 16:55:35
  - Do you really need an explanation? by alcaray 2012-07-11 23:05:42
Look for the Republicans to fillibuster... by alcaray 2012-07-10 18:47:10
- Remember the tax extensions at the end of 2010? by TB 2012-07-10 19:38:44
  - refresh my memory? by alcaray 2012-07-10 19:43:26

From the WSJ by ER July 8, 2012 9:12 am

Tell me about it. by TB 2012-07-08 11:31:03
- True. Only the stimulus spending of WWII stopped the Depression. by ER 2012-07-08 13:34:56
  - There is more than one school of thought on this. by TB 2012-07-08 15:15:24
    - WWII brought higher taxes, massive spending and full employment. End of depression. by bowser 2012-07-08 16:18:39
    - Yeah, and its wrong. FDR saved capitalism. by ER 2012-07-08 16:17:18
      - Believe it or not, I've gone way beyond Wikipedia studying this subject. by TB 2012-07-08 19:51:20
        
        Maybe you're beyond Wikipedia by ER 2012-07-09 05:38:04
      - Futile. by bowser 2012-07-08 16:44:45
        
        The American people by RobVG 2012-07-11 08:40:24
        
        You have a point by ER 2012-07-11 10:27:06
        
        Re-read comment above, "Yeah, and it's wrong." by TB 2012-07-11 11:04:44
        
        See how annoying it is? by ER 2012-07-11 13:57:42

Thomas Ricks on the draft by TB July 10, 2012 8:01 pm

Hey, it's McChrystal's idea. Obama's MacArthur. The Right should love this. by ER 2012-07-10 20:31:18
- P.S. There was no draft in Heinlein's book. by TB 2012-07-10 20:56:26
- Would they still pay the taxes for those services? by TB 2012-07-10 20:39:33
  - I was never in favor of the draft. by ER 2012-07-10 21:23:41
    - I was never in favor of the draft either, and the military seems to work damn well without it. by TB 2012-07-10 21:51:20
      - We're building one right now. by ER 2012-07-11 06:09:16

Obama wants to extend Bush tax cuts for a year by TB July 9, 2012 9:17 am

Not accurate by alcaray 2012-07-10 14:04:43
- Not accurate? I'm shocked! Shocked! by ER 2012-07-10 15:33:06
  - If you're wealthy, your taxes are going up. by TB 2012-07-10 18:03:48
    - The 4.6% solution. by ER 2012-07-10 18:38:08
      - You can't figure out what's in it for me? by TB 2012-07-10 19:33:15
        
        I don't have much choice, do I? by ER 2012-07-10 20:15:33
        
        You don't get it. by TB 2012-07-10 20:50:50
        
        I don't have to "get it" TB. by ER 2012-07-10 21:54:49
Election ploy! Needs all those jobs and prosperity those have brought. Strictly political. by bowser 2012-07-09 11:44:39
Romney's reaction " massive tax increase" by RobVG 2012-07-09 10:32:37
- This implies that there's something wrong with lower taxes. by TB 2012-07-09 11:26:41
  - Your surplus is based on a bubble. n/t by RobVG 2012-07-09 16:35:49

Bath Salts by Jody July 9, 2012 12:17 pm

Can you imagine if somehow this could be distributed... by FrankC 2012-07-10 11:03:07
Re your post on community by ER 2012-07-09 12:29:57

Ernie Borgnine dead at 95 by RobVG July 8, 2012 2:50 pm

...or forever hold your peace... by ER July 8, 2012 8:29 am

It's all over now, baby blue. by ER July 6, 2012 7:17 pm

She's a hum-dinger...folksinger. by ER 2012-07-06 19:50:39

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