Jauronimo
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i dodn't remember the event itself, but the movie was pretty good. i imagine for anyone around at the time and able to understand the magnitude of the accomplishment, it must have been incredible.
The movie is good, but the documentary is incredible.
http://www.amazon.com/Believe-Miracles-Story-1980-Hockey/dp/B00005TPC7
No matter how many times I've seen it, its no less moving or interesting.
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You can point in any direction and find a guilty party. The housing market crash will go down in history as the Perfect Cluster !@#$.
Ultimately our government incentivized this mess, but its hard to say that they could have accurately predicted that the private sector would respond with rampant fraud, predatory lending, reviving an all but forgotten risk management vehicle to effectively insure a single bet 1 million times over and that our ratings agencies would be the last to know that there's a problem.
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exactly. the wording may be awkward but i think the point stands. low wage jobs exist because they are necessary. there isn't a surplus because these workers are a bargain. higher their wages slightly won't make their jobs any less necessary. or would you propose hiring illegals under the table?
The wording, although clumsy, isn't the problem. The problem which I not so subtly tried to point out is that you suggest that these jobs aren't "discretionary" and then go on to provide the very definition of discretionary.
The only thing that stands is that you have a totally unsubstantiated opinion or some gut feeling that significant increases to minimum wage will have negligible effects on overall employment levels based on a one sized fits all cost structure, some misguided ideas about fairness and the assumption that business owners will ignore declining returns.
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honestly, i don't think the number of minimum wage jobs would decrease significantly if the min wage went up 2-3 dollars. here's why: these aren't discretionary jobs. they're a necessity or they wouldn't exist. companies aren't hiring low wage workers for a lifetime of loyalty. they hire them when and if they need them. and lay them off without a backward glance when things slow down. for reasons i earlier detailed, these workers aren't a massive percentage of variable cost in comp[arison to other fixed and variable costs. price increases for goods and services in many cases would be small.in answer, to NO reason question: if it was felt likely that such a move would destroy the economy (in the same way the sequester or failure to raise the debt limit does) then i would oppose it. i don't bel;ieve that to be the case and feel their are much more serious threats to the economy than this.yes. i believe everones labor should be valued at a level that a full time employee at any job can afford the basic necessities:food, shelter, basic health care
Your first assertion is totally wrong. For an explanation, look no further than your follow up which I bolded.
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I'm going to ask SDS to create an internal medicine sub-forum so that meazza, magox, tasker, chef, TPS, and I can all go over there pretending to be experts on **** we've only heard about on TV and see how you !@#$s like it.
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so we've gone through all the tired, old, lame excuses for not increasing the minimum wage: 1.deny the existence of the working poor 2.put forth that those making minimum wage are not trying to support a family on their wages. it's just kids working for pocket money 3. demonize the working poor. they're all useless workers. don't earn their pay. untrainable. lazy, etc.4. admit that there are some working poor but that a very tiny group of people are affected. 5.ad hominem attacks (but living in a glass house in this thread, i'll keep my stones to myself on this one).6. and finally, taa daaaaa, the good ole strawman of a living wage must equal a middle class wage.
it's important to remember that none of these excuses are remotely true. in fact, they're patently false. but that won't stop you the next time this comes up from spouting them off. maybe you could come up with something of real substance and surprise everyone. i won't hold my breath.
You can rant and rave about the working poor, livable wages, and the horrors of poverty all day long but it still doesn't explain how your "raise the minimum wage" magic bullet solves a god-damned thing. Why don't you provide evidence that the current minimum wage is significantly below the market wage dictated by economic fundamentals and then describe what effect this delta, if it exists, has on macro conditions?
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If there is anything that I wouldn't want to be, it would be a Crayonz deciple.
I believe the Crayonz Deciple is a logarithmic unit measuring the intensity of laughter caused by some poor, unwitting sap falling for Crayonz/Hamster/4mer's schtick.
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If everyone made $25 per hour then nobody would be poor, just like if everyone had a college degree then no one would be poor, just like if everyone owned a house then nobody would be poor.
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He was high?
and his stats his fnal year suggest he wasnt getting it
So you're still under the impression that the similarities between my word choice in my initial post and the known side effects of sizzurp were purely coincidental, and that a man of the world, such as myself, could be totally unaware of the ingredients in the tha drank, and also that I would make no attempt to satisfy my curiosity with the most basic of google searches?
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Total marketing ploy.
Pegula knows that if the Sabres are ever going to be China's team, they need a coach whose name isn't so flucking hard to pronounce.#RindyLuff
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Codine syrup
Thats why the game looked slowed down to him, becasue it was
???
Explain.
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He'll be the next Jamarcus Russell.
Oh wait...
Why can't he be the next Tim Couch, Ryan Leaf, or Danny Wuerffel? Just because hes black he can only be compared to Vick or Jamarcus Russel?!?! Racist.
I think hes got a real chance at a comeback. In his third year it seemed like the game was really starting to slow down for him, and he looked really relaxed in the pocket, like he didn't have a care in the world. Out of curiosity, whats this purple drink that everyone keeps talking about? New powerade?
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LITERALLY no JJ Jr. topic? You guys slipping...
http://media.nbcchic...Jindictment.pdf
JJ made direct expenditures totaling $57,792.83.
JJ and campaign worker used campaign credit card for $582,772.58.
JJ gave $112,150.39 to two campaign aides solely for the purpose of engaging in transactions that benefited him.
JJ and campaign aide lied to FEC and House of Reps
A few items include a $43,350 Rolex, $9,587.57 worth of children's furniture...the aide bought $5,150 worth of fur capes and parkas...he paid staff for work not done, he bought porcelain collectors items, he bought Bruce Lee and MLK Jr. memorabilia, footballs signed by ex-presidents, Michael Jackson memorabilia, Malcolm X stuff, mink capes and parkas....
Prosecution would have likely asked for nearly 5 years. He is reported to be bargaining and will almost certainly do significant time. He is not THE most corrupt politician we have had in office but he might be the dumbest of all time....
That's Dave in Elma's jurisdiction. Blame him.
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life's experience. It is their immense knowledge regarding quantum mechanics, particle physics, meteorology, engineering, musical genius, masonry, and general all around polymaths.
Interesting.
You would have been better off going with "What? Dave's not here man." That would have been far less pathetic and much more entertaining.
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The smartest people I know smoke weed, and there seems to be a correlation- the more weed they smoke, the smarter they are. I am just saying
I think you and your merry band of burn outs should shift your statistical focus toward sampling error. I would love to see how you've calculated this correlation though. Just saying.
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I'm sick and tired of people saying Whaley is a dummy! He went to Pitt!
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Sure I care, but 20 deaths in a single event are greater than 1, so that's why Sandy is the more often cited recent example. Your attempt to draw a racial angle is just downright silly. If you want to go that route, why didnt you call out Rob's (Gun House) when in earlier discussions he said you had to remove gang violence to "adjust" for the "real" level of gun murder in the US (or some crap like that). Something I objected to. Want to see a real hypocrit on race and gun violence? Look here: http://www.targetcbs...hp/1/mirror.jpg
Is 20 deaths at one time more tragic than a single homicide occurring 500 times? Looks the scale you use to value human life is a tad skewed. Sandy Hook remains the exception. I suggest you familiarize yourself with the rule.
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Isn't this the month a lot of people get their credit card statements from Christmas purchases? This could explain a dip in spending. A Christmas spending hangover.
Isn't this about the time that credit card statements from xmas purchases arrive every year?
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You would think the wait staff would be mad. People may not tip... Or tip very low. Which leaves me to the question, were they tipping to begin with?
Stereotypically speaking, no. At least not well anyway.
For those confused by this move, do a youtube search for Waffle House and see what comes up.
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Juno would have been a cool 30 minute film. Of course, those simply don't exist in the mainstream. I think most would agree with me that the characters got very tiresome.
You probably didn't get it.
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Same here. I also don't think it's one of those pseudo intellectual artsy films (ya know, college art show, black and white with random topless old people) that Jauronimo's poking fun at. Pretty tight narrative about a meaningful, yet transient relationship.
I don't think LiT is among the worst movies ever made, but it did bore me to tears. I'm sure its a fine story about meaningful, yet transient relationships. I'm just not so sure that even the most exemplary narrative about the drying of paint translates into an appealing motion picture.
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Anyone remember an old monster flick from the late 70's called "It's Alive!"?
I never understood why people were so hot for "Lost in Translation".
Speaking of Steve Carrell I thought "Date Night" with Tina Fey sucked.
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Lost in Translation is that movie that no one actually liked but it received rave reviews from critics and then the artsy crowd fawned over it, creating an environment where people are hesitant to criticize the movie for fear of being labeled one of those who "doesn't get it." As in "You just don't get it. If you got the movie, then you'd love it!"
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Quite the bio you penned for yourself:
"Nicholas Denmon studied English at the University of Florida. He started story telling from the moment he could talk and has spent a lifetime perfecting the art. His life has been varied, giving him no shortage of material. Some of his unique experiences include growing up with a schizophrenic mother, having six brothers and sisters (of which he is the middle-younger child), a perfectionist father, an evil step-mother, a college life to rival Tucker Max, and working for politicians on the Presidential as well as local stage. He has been, at times, a devout Catholic, a closet atheist, and an honorary member of the Jewish tribe. Nick's joy of art knows little in the way of limitations, as he loves unique paintings, music, acting, film, and of course writing."
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Isn't the porterhouse a strip and filet in one? I, too, love the ribeye, but I've got nothing to say about filet. I'll be sinking my teeth into one in 2 more nights.
It is. But I prefer ribeye to strip, and I vastly prefer ribeye to filet. I also prefer strip to filet. Combining the two doesn't make up the delta, even if there are some really nice bites near the bone.
Top Banker Says Government Caused Housing Crisis
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That would make sense wouldn't it?
Instead, Frank's abject failure and negligence make him the most qualified man in Washington to reform the banking system and make all those capitalist pigs pay for their crimes. Unreal.