PTS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/06/28/the-political-genius-of-john-roberts/ http://noisyroom.net/blog/2012/06/28/obamacare-ruling/ Two very interesting ways of looking at what Roberts did.

By your comments, I'm pretty sure you've never been to a Tea Party event. Or at least your impressions of them come from MSNBC. Obamacare is a big deal because it directly affects the economy. The Tea Party movement immediate goals will be to remove Obama and democrats from office this November but ultimately, the goal is to restore the republican Party. Neither party is good but one of them is flat out dangerous to the well being of our nation.

Listening to Andrew Wilkow on Sirius XM Patroit. He just played this speech by Ronald Reagan dating back to 1961. What He Said.

Polls? Have we not learned anything? I'm not saying all conservatives do this but if I get a call from a pollster, I hang up. I don't have time for nonsense.

Not really but I get your point. He's not the candidate of the Tea Party but he will get the full support of the Tea Party. I didn't mean to imply the TEA Party wasn't strong just that many on the left want to believe that. The Tea Party was going to be a force come November regardless of today's SCOTUS decision.

I'm not sure if Justice Roberts is a goat or hero? The winner today is the Tea Party. Some in the left thought the Tea Party has become irrelevant over the past six months. Well, watch this "irrelevant" movement swell to levels never seen before and Romney -- even though he's not our ideal candidate -- will benefit. You don't stir a hornet's nest that already stung you hard two years ago.

I saw that story posted on Twitter last week by one of the Pro-Life leaders. As a parent, it filled me with rage. The picture you are referring to might be one of the most heartbreaking images I have ever seen. I know it's China, but we are devaluing life every where.

It's not just your opinion. Pretty much everyone that is not in the board of governors of FIFA thinks they are corrupt. It's a shame too.

Just a 100k Polish fans going nuts after Kuba's great strike.

119% voter turnout in Madison. How is this possible without fraud? http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/05/report-voter-turnout-119-percent-in-madison I don't care how passionate people are one way or the other, I would image 90% turnout is impossible.

Because they are masters at marketing to the uneducated or naive. Look who they got elected as President.

Some great news. USA will host the 2016 Pan-American Cup featuring all 10 teams from South America and six best teams from North America. For now it's scheduled as a one-time only tournament but it will be hard not to continue it based on how much money both confederations will make from TV and tickets. According to previous rumors, ESPN has been pushing for a major tournament that involved the USMNT in between World Cup cycles. http://www.mlssoccer.com/blog/post/2012/05/25/report-pan-american-cup-be-held-usa

I think you are missing the point. People placed an order on Friday, were notified it was cancelled and then were notified six days later the order did in fact go through. That would not be acceptable in 1912 let alone 2012. Looks like NASDAQ is already setting up a fund to deal with these claims but so far they only put in $13 million. Something tells me that won't suffice. For everyone's sake, hopefully FB's stock goes up.

Just because it's in the fine print doesn't mean it holds up in court. And whether the stock went up or down doesn't matter. There is a clear dereliction of duty by NASDAQ, Scottrade or both. It screams of foul play. Their systems failed and now they are trying to punish the little guy. Reading through comments from Scottrade users, it looks like all references to their Facebook trades were removed from their accounts so they can no longer see the details of their trade and cancellation requests. Why do that? It's one thing if the trade is delayed an hour or two and another if an investor believes their trade was cancelled only to get a call seven days later saying your original trade went through for $42 -- and oh by the way, sorry you took a 25% hit without even having the chance to sell or limit your losses.

I'm that dude and thankfully I didn't! I had an order ready to go but as IPO kept getting delayed I backed out. Good thing because I heard some brokers were so overwhelmed that their investors didn't know if they had purchased the stock until later that day and in some cases up until yesterday. Scottrade was a joke. They were calling people yesterday telling them their purchase of the stock went through at $42 a share after their orders were cancelled on Friday. I don't know how that is legal? They basically gave investors a $32 stock but charged them $42. From what I heard in the news, NASDAQ had a huge hiccup and when it sent all the delayed confirmations to Scottrade, their system simply couldn't process the data because of conflicting buy/sell/cancel orders. If I'm Facebook, I'm leaving NASDAQ. Way too many issues that I'm sure had a lot to do with their stock having a terrible IPO.

Thanks, I've been following the news for a while. As crazy as it sounds, my push to buy the stock has little to do with Facebook the company and a lot to do with the hype. I think a lot of people will buy because they think Facebook will be the next Google or Apple. Maybe some day but they've got a long way to go. As I mentioned, I plan to buy right away (if the price makes sense) and sell it right away when it spikes.

So what is everyone's take on the big Facebook IPO? Right now it's anticipated to be at the $34-$38 range. Who knows what it will be once it gets to the general public. I recently made some money on the sale of my old home so I will be sinking in $10k. I was on the fence last year about getting in on LinkedIn when it came out and I'm sorry everyday I didn't. The IPO is tentatively scheduled for Friday. One of my good friends and former colleagues works for Adobe in NYC. They were notified today that Facebook might go up as early as tomorrow. My plan is to buy ASAP, sell it at it's initial spike and re-buy it when it comes back down to Earth. Assuming it follows that path.

Born and raised in Buffalo for 30 years. Moved last year to Charlotte and I'm loving every minute of it. Screw New York State.

I completely agree with what you said. There is and will only be one #11 in Sabres history. I believe that Danny would have surpassed all others including LaFontaine. He was a generational player that was beloved and I still harbor ill feelings toward the organization because of it. I -- like many others -- want to move on but every time Danny lights it up in the playoffs, it's like a dagger to the back.

Seriously. He was already the most popular player on the team. If he stayed and remained a Sabre for the rest of his career, I have no doubt he would have been this generation's Perreault. He loved Buffalo, did so much in the community and he was a superstar on the ice. I also have no doubt that the Sabres wouldn't have missed the playoffs as much as they did since he left. #48 would have been in the rafters the day he retired. So again, yes I'm serious. It's not like that at all. After the Flyers got smoked by the Sabres in the playoffs back in 2006, they hired Don Luce as director of player development from Buffalo and proceeded to model their team after those great Sabres post-lockout teams. The Flyers added skilled guys that were tough while the Sabres subtracted both skill and toughness. They'll lite you up on the scoreboard and they'll light you up physically. The Flyers have the team I wish we did.

I hate the Flyers but I'm rooting for them to win it all because I love Danny Briere that much. He was this generation's Gilbert Perreault and we let him get away because of front office mismanagement which looks like it continues under Pegula's reign.

Wow ... seriously inspiring. The dad for his devotion and the son for his outlook. This world would be 1000x better if society followed in their footsteps.

Well when I was three, my wife was still just one!

We live in a corrupt world that will only get worse as governments and world-governing bodies grow out of control. This is another example of why the UN is pointless and should be bounced from NYC ASAP. How much of our tax dollars go to this joke of an organization that does nothing? Isn't this the exact type of situation they should be stopping?

Is the roommate hot? If so, I need to see a video before I make any judgments.