Fezmid

You're 100% correct. At my current (and next) job, I'm required to be on call 24/7/365. If there's an outage of some sort, I need to be able to help fix it or organize the people who can fix it. Being down for an hour while doing yoga could cost the company millions. The person who sounds self-absorbed in all of this is the instructor -- "It's only Facebook, not talking about Russia bombing us." She obviously has no concept of business and I would counter that SHE'S self-absorbed thinking the world needs to revolve around her class. The business needs to go on; I doubt the employee was simply surfing the web at the time. Again, I'd counter that in this case, it wasn't a laziness issue -- it was a business issue. I doubt she was checking her Facebook status or tweeting about her class. I'd agree that smartphones have become digital leashes on employees -- mine's sitting in front of me right now in case of an issue at work -- but that's the opposite of lazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEZjzsnPhnw

Ok, so you're trying to kill the guy? You said it's really really hot... And you give him caffeine pop/soda so he can dehydrate himself even more. Good plan.

Did Glass House officially get cancelled? I was kinda looking forward to that one to see if it was a fresh spin on BB. Oh, apparently there's already been three episodes.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_House_%282012_TV_series%29

First, you're comparing raping children to allegedly putting a kitten in concrete...? Second, it's all speculation. Innocent until proven guilty and all that.:

You mean something like, "Ask not what your country can do for you...?" I agree 100% that people are, in general, selfish.

I'm not jumping off the bridge with ya, sorry.

Kinda freaky - and some bad design decisions by BMW, although the basic premise is probably applicable across multiple manufacturers. http://www.neowin.net/news/bmw-security-flaw-allows-theft-in-180-seconds-or-less

I still have no idea what a war has to do with a cancelled train project in WI or a green-lit train project in CA...

Wisconsin didn't start a war.... That I'm aware of anyway...

This is yet another thing that Walker did right in Wisconsin. One of the first things he did in office was to veto the train from Milwaukee to Madison. Lots of people on the left cried about it, saying "But the Federal government will give us money to build the train so we HAVE to do it!" He kept saying that it wasn't a good use of tax dollars at this time, and that once the federal money dried up, Wisconsin would have to pay the operating costs and we just couldn't afford it. Good move, IMHO, and something California should've said as well.

http://kstp.com/article/stories/s2681250.shtml?cat=1

I think his point is that sure there's a few jobs here and there in other locations, but in LA (and to a lesser extent, NYC), there's a LOT of jobs.

So he can get into more debt? No... Grad school is good - but I don't think it's something that should be done until late 20s/early 30s at the earliest. I just completed my Master's degree (at 37) and found that the students who had real-world experience had much better insights and stories to share than the guys who went into grad school right from undergrad. They didn't contribute as much to the courses.

I love that sauce!

I rolled my eyes at this part: "A change in Carney’s vote would have changed the outcome, which is against the House rules. But Ms. Carney asked for the rules to be suspended so she could change her vote, but got nowhere." Yeah, there's rules, but they shouldn't apply to me because I made a mistake and I'm a special snowflake!

For those who missed it.

I'm not sure why the video is all shaky like that either, but it's legit. Here's the news story. http://www.wqow.com/story/18933939/highway-29-buckles-under-high-temperatures

I approve! (unfortunately, it's not mine... A coworker sent me the pic). http://imgur.com/a/yu64h

I'd say pay to fix it. $1k isn't that much money compared to a new car. I have a '99 Camry (yeah, I know, much more reliable) with ~170k miles on it and it's still going strong. 73k just seems like nothing.

So if I deposit $1,000 in the bank... And then withdraw $500 of it... Should I be taxed on that $500?

If you have $10 in the bank but don't earn a penny in a calendar year, you shouldn't pay taxes that year. If you have a $1,000,000,000 in the bank but don't earn a penny in a calendar year, then you shouldn't pay taxes that year.

Figured people here would enjoy reading this hack of an article: http://www.jsonline.com/business/2-wisconsin-billionaires-enjoy-state-income-taxfree-years-k95sagh-160131345.html The first sentence is simply great reporting: "Here's one way to avoid paying state income tax every now and then: Become a billionaire." And the comments are great -- clearly people don't understand the difference between income and net worth, as one side says, "She's worth billions, she should pay taxes!" Apparently the posters want their bank account taxed every year... Oh wait, they probably don't have any savings anyway.