dayman

I laugh every time. It has to be the single worst play in NFL history.

yup...both suck btw

That much, at least, is true.

Personally I cannot wait another 2 or 3 hours to hear that the Bills have cut Trent or signed Spikes. I must know now. Otherwise I cannot clean the house in peace on the weekends.

Spikes is a big strong LB who is also a bad ass. This would be excellent.

60 Minutes had a tour of the ousted President Yanukovych's little palace he built. Pretty nice, diamond crusted elevator doors for some reason. They also threw in an endorsement for Vitali Klitschko for president of Ukraine haha

All fine and good, so long as you understand there are a great many Americans who could write a similar paragraph describing themselves including why they believe in progressive policies. Also, you are a kool-aide drinker b/c of the fetish you have for mindless group-think/knee-jerk reactions to what the progressives attempt to do. It really is that simple...don't feel bad though you aren't B-Man...he drinks so much kool-aide he serves it to others daily.

Really anyone who hates democrats or republicans the way most on this board do are partisan to a significant degree.

Without commenting on any specific poster on this board, to say that "we conservatives" do this...shows ample cool-aid on your part. Most "conservatives" cannot see that they--as a group--as partisan as the dems in much the same way that dems can't see how racist many of them are.

Agreed. Their TV show is the same...hipster-ish but worthwhile. Bill Maher produces or does something in connection with their show...which is on HBO and airs after his show. They have stories you won't see on other channels.

The last Senator the State of Texas elected was who?

Is that even Putin?

What are the specific drawbacks to Russia growing their influence in the middle east at our expense?

What great detriment comes to our interests if Russia grows itself slightly through thugish behavior?

What would you do, mighty DC Tom?

It is time for Putin to bend over. His hostility towards this truth is hostility. Hostile Putin, never change.

Should Russia not just join the West? What are the odds some sort of superior prosperity comes to any organization that isn't working in conjunction with "the west?"

Spoken like an American. A Ukrainian opposition supporter would feel differently I think.

This whole deal could end up being the first step in what becomes Putin's undoing.

"The youth these days, they suck." -said every older generation ever Pretty sure this topic is a little reactionary.

Haha, most definitely. I don't get it either, obviously. Point being if there is productive and nonproductive ways to spend money then multipliers are real eh?

As I understand it, in a sensible world we would run surpluses in good times and then spend that money in down times. In doing so we transfer jobs through time, thus smoothing out the ups and downs. This can be particularly useful in disaster situations. Unfortunately, we run nothing but deficits all the time regardless of who is in power. In any event, this is a pointless paragraph because this is not the world we live in and it addresses general Keynesian principles and not the multiplier directly. So as I understand the actual argument about multipliers, it is your basic loop. How much of the extra spending is spent again, and how many times that loop repeats itself will vary based on general conditions and who gets the money. Under the right conditions and with the right kind of spending, you can get money into the hands of people who spend it like crazy and the loop goes on for quite a bit. In this scenario, the "multiplier" will be greater than 1. In other words, I do believe the multiplier is real. So what about stimulus spending to take advantage of the multiplier in times of crisis when we weren't running surpluses first and basically borrow or print the money? I think it is pretty clear to everyone printing money doesn't create wealth, but it creates money. In theory, if the multiplier on that money is large and the economy is hurting badly, this could be worth it. Borrowing money can be viewed only as creating future taxes (although that view is highly theoretical in my opinion, based on what I see us and other nations actually do). But the key is, when faced with certain conditions and certain kinds of spending during those conditions--can you hit a multiplier that helps you come out of the hole more quickly and thus be worth it in the end...despite the problems with having not run surpluses first. I think the answer is yes, you can. But it is far from some magic thing that will fix everything. And it isn't easy to do. That said, I'm not an economist I just read the paper and blogs. I'm an idiot.

You really can't prevent fraud in the system b/c one way or another any form of control will violate one of the endless nondiscrimination regulations and/or guidance bits out there. As for why they give the money, b/c of the kids of course.

I am dumbfounded by this story. Where I live this is commonplace and expected. Additionally, insurance companies literally put up huge billboards outside of the dumpy towns that make all their money on speed traps telling everyone "SPEED TRAP AHEAD."

"Now pay attention boys, I'm only going to show you this once."