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Diving into a pool on a hot summer day Megan Fox Islay single malts Teaching your son how to fill and throw water balloons Sinking a 12 foot putt In season fresh fruit Creedence Clearwater Revival Listening to a baseball game on the radio

True, but depending upon the industry you want to work in, pedigree can be very important.

And just wait till cap-and-trade goes into effect and you end up paying much more for utilities, as costs associated with this program are passed to the consumer. And, about that value added tax...you know to get Americans saving again, anyone ready to pay a 20% tax on any consumable item they purchase? The blurbs regarding taxes that I have been hearing/reading about are pretty scary.

Thanks for the recon. McFaddens had a book signing with Marv a few years back that was a blast. They should do some more of this stuff.

Yep. Mine was a 1987 Cav convertible. It was red, with red interior. Very cool. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/chevrolet-cavalier6.htm

End thread. Can't be said better.

Thank you, hopefully I won't have to mention it again for quite a long time!

Thanks, I'll remember that.

Wow...$134.5 billion in US notes! That would buy a lot of hookers! http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&...5456&size=A http://market-ticker.org/archives/1114-Smu...t-Printing.html

Totally class act...from the Twitter link...

My grandfather passed away a few years ago. He was a Marine in the Pacific during WWII, fought at Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal etc. When he passed away, my uncle arranged for the full honors just as you described...21 gun salute, bugler etc. at the cemetary. It was really moving and gave me chills...still does when I think about it. Pretty wonderful thing you guys do for fellow Marines when they pass away, even 40+ years after they have served. As an aside, how would one go about arranging for that? My father was a Marine in Vietnam and saw combat. He is very fit and healthy right now, but in the future (hopefully very distant future), when something happens, I would like him to be buried with the same honors. Who would you contact to arrange something like that? He still lives in WNY.

Why have the "illiquid" assets not been taken off the banks balance sheets?

"In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women." Good for him.

Two weeks...if they are lucky! Try two months. And, oh, BTW...that saving account you had, FDIC insured...well the FDIC is now broke and the bank went under, so good luck accessing your savings. Correct, you're not buying a damn thing cause you have no money and no access to money. Hope you have some cash in the house, cause thats all you have to buy the basics before the supply chain dries up because various components on the chain have not gotten paid.

Ummm, MS does the oil. GS and JPM try, but tend to get schooled by MS.

Problem is the Republicans are just as corrupted by the unions as the Democrats in NYS. The teachers union, health care lobby and the public employees union really run the show, the parties are irrelevant. Until there are real term limits and publicly funded campaigns, expect nothing to change.

Destined, along with Very Bad Things, to become a permanent part of bachelor party pre-gaming. Kinda like its mandatory for my friends and I to watch "The Quiet Man" around every St. Pats, either a day or two before ofr the morning of, depending on the day of the week it falls.

Yes, and it is by far the best for an in-ground pool. Problem is, it is also very expensive.

You mean this one... (NSFW)....and please people, provide youtubes for the nominees.... Wild Things (3-some)

Thats about my guess. The plane lost all electrical controls in a span of about 4 minutes, possibly due to a severe lightning strike coupled with an extreme updraft. At that point, the plane would have been unflyable. It would have been falling out of the sky like a dead duck. The engines and wings would come off first, than the cabin would begin to break apart. That would explain the wide debris field.

The Natural

Not sure that anyone is "for" abortion, as has been previously said, the choice sucks for all involved. You can have a personal belief in whether you will or will not choose an abortion should the circumstances present that an option. However, personal beliefs and options should be decided by those involved, rather than dictated by the government telling you what you can and can not do with yourself. Thats my libertarian belief (and, yes, its consistent across many issues).

Problem is, the more he uses QE, the more foreign countries and other bondholders are tendering into his price. The amount keeps getting bigger. BB says...I will buy at x price, others say OK...here you go. He can't buy it all.

Historical comparisons are iffy at best since they did not have widespread and proliferated credit card use. Credit=money, especially with the way many Americans have used it. Which is why there is a good argument that the traditional money measures (M1, M2, M3) are ineffective since they do not measure credit available. If your credit line gets cut by $10k, it is, in effect, decresing the money supply by $10k. Many credit lines have been shrunk. Add to that the "value" of homes that are getting destoyed and the foreign demand for dollars and I am not seeing inflation here anytime soon. The "money" the Fed is "printing" is only partially offsetting the loss of credit.

Not seeing inflation any time real soon. I define inflation as "An increase in the money supply chasing goods and services." "Money supply" includes cash and credit (household and business). The "chasing" refers to the concept of velocity of money. The supply of cash is certainly increasing, but at a much smaller rate than credit is being destroyed (both for households and businesses). On the other side the supply of available goods and services is net decreasing and will accelerate as the commercial real estate disaster unfolds. Net economic activity (the "chasing") is way down and will continue to be down for a while. I really don't think inflation will be much of a problem over the next 12-18 months. Of course, you may see commodity spikes such as in oil, but that is not indicative of widespread inflation.