June 04, 2010
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Posted by: maddogg at June 04, 2010 05:01 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: SC Berserker Republican at June 04, 2010 05:02 AM (+FkcS)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 04, 2010 05:03 AM (mR7mk)
All trading in shares of OTP Bank. Hungary's largest commercial bank, has been halted on the Budapest stock exchange after a plunge greater than 10%. Nothing to see here, go back to reading Goldman's spin on things, and why everything all of this really should be priced in already."
"SocGen is plunging after Reuters has reported rumors about concerns of a massive loss in the firm's derivative division. Deja vu? "Societe Generale, which declined to comment on market rumour, fell 6.3 percent. BBVA and Credit Agricole fell 5 and 3.8 percent respectively."
Posted by: curious at June 04, 2010 05:06 AM (p302b)
Posted by: 9.7%-er at June 04, 2010 05:06 AM (Y+CDr)
http://tinyurl.com/2drvboc
Posted by: Hedgehog at June 04, 2010 05:07 AM (oQIfB)
Posted by: maddogg at June 04, 2010 05:08 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Ed Anger at June 04, 2010 05:08 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: nickless at June 04, 2010 05:09 AM (MMC8r)
Guess I better quit whining and get my ass to work.
Posted by: Bureau of Labor Statistics at June 04, 2010 05:10 AM (Y+CDr)
Posted by: Barack Obama at June 04, 2010 05:10 AM (DYJjQ)
Posted by: Ben at June 04, 2010 05:11 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: kallisto at June 04, 2010 05:12 AM (+FkcS)
That is an interesting story but I would prefer that the Morons be consistent with the claim of sea level rising that the AGW scammers have never presented any evidence at all that the sea levels have risen.
The actual evidence that I have seen is that in some locations the level has gone up very slightly over a long time and in some locations it has gone down very slightly.
The thing is, the change in level in ALL cases has been less than the measurement uncertainties.
As for what NASA says, I wouldn't trust anything they put out right now. They have been discredited by the politicization of their science.
Posted by: Vic at June 04, 2010 05:12 AM (6taRI)
Who's funding those ads, do you know?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 04, 2010 05:17 AM (mR7mk)
No wonder Yankee cops are fat, that cardboard must explode in their gut.
Posted by: Kemp at June 04, 2010 05:17 AM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at June 04, 2010 05:17 AM (63ezk)
Payroll increase in US UNEXPECTEDLY lower than forecast (Reuters headline)...
Where, oh where, oh were have I seen that word before??
F'd, we truly are.
Posted by: Jess at June 04, 2010 05:18 AM (svnZA)
This morning when I called up the weather I noted an ad by McMaster that said the "Tea Party" had endorsed him for Gov. I had previously seen that the Tea Party Express out of Myrtle Beach had endorsed Haley. Going to the "Tea Party Patriots of SC" web site I can't see where they have endorsed anyone.
I will say this. McMaster is a protege of Graham/McCain who are two of the biggest RINOs in the Senate. I can hardly see him as a small government conservative who will fight the big spenders in the legislature.
What I see happening here is a lot of people are going to claim endorsement by the Tea party. Especially in States where there is no single "organized Tea Party".
When a candidate claims endorsement or someone comes on claiming to be a Tea Party rep do some checking. Especially when the person claiming the endorsement doesn't have a small gov conservative reputation.
Posted by: Vic at June 04, 2010 05:18 AM (6taRI)
"Employers added 431,000 jobs in May, 411,000 of which were temporary Census positions, the Labor Department said. Economists were expecting the government to report an increase of 500,000 jobs, according to a survey by Briefing.com."
And CNN headlines this with "more jobs, lower unemployment"
They will do anything they can to make something look ok for this administration. That's 20,000 non-cencus TEMPORARY jobs. recovery my ass.
Posted by: todler at June 04, 2010 05:18 AM (fPOY0)
Posted by: Fair and Balanced at June 04, 2010 05:20 AM (Y+CDr)
Being the benevolent soul that I am, I'd like to take this opportunity to extend to former Citibank employee, Ms. Lorenzana, an opportunity to come work for me as my personal aide.
Oh, and business casual is the way we roll.
Posted by: Fritz at June 04, 2010 05:22 AM (GwPRU)
27 Jeff Zucker is out at MSNBC, with Phil Griffin said to be out without a chance to plead his case to his new Comcast overlords. Keith Olbermann and that Maddow dude hardest hit.
My fondest dream is to witness those two trading group anal sex for day old tuna sandwiches at some Midwestern roadside rest stop.
Posted by: maddogg at June 04, 2010 05:23 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Wasilla Stalker at June 04, 2010 05:23 AM (j0UjH)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 04, 2010 05:24 AM (HaYO4)
Posted by: curious at June 04, 2010 05:25 AM (p302b)
NJ teacher's union?
That's what Christie says in the vid. Straight out of union dues (and, at the next level down, property taxes).
Posted by: Roger at June 04, 2010 05:26 AM (tAwhy)
Student immigrants use civil rights-era strategies
BOSTON (AP) - They gather on statehouse steps with signs and bullhorns, risking arrest. They attend workshops on civil disobedience and personal storytelling, and they hold sit-ins and walk out of class in protest. They're being warned that they could even lose their lives.
Students fighting laws that target illegal immigrants are taking a page from the civil rights era, adopting tactics and gathering praise and momentum from the demonstrators who marched in the streets and sat at segregated lunch counters as they sought to turn the public tide against racial segregation.
See the meme? Curtailing illegal immigration = Racial segregation and denial of civil rights.Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 04, 2010 05:27 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 04, 2010 05:29 AM (mR7mk)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 04, 2010 05:30 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Creepy but harmless at June 04, 2010 05:31 AM (Y+CDr)
Even the some of MFM is reporting that most of job creation is BS. I'm sure Barry will still go around bragging about all the new jobs he created and unemployment being down.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 04, 2010 05:32 AM (1Jaio)
I know there's that 4-6% of teachers who hate the union, but the rest of 'em don't seem all that bright.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 04, 2010 05:32 AM (mR7mk)
20, 25 Yes the NJEA organized crime mob.
31 - I was distressed and disconsolate when the N.Del Krispy Kreme closed, but had no idea it was due to a big rat problem. Now I am shocked and appalled.
Posted by: kallisto at June 04, 2010 05:33 AM (+FkcS)
Posted by: LincolnTf at June 04, 2010 05:36 AM (7EDH5)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 04, 2010 05:37 AM (mR7mk)
They went to shit when they got bought out by Whirlpool.
But you'll be pleased to know that Whirlpool Corporation has seven employee run diversity networks, according to Wikipedia.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 04, 2010 05:41 AM (mR7mk)
why don't the teachers just stop paying their union dues for a year?
Because most of them are on a sweet gravy train, they know it and they refuse to give it up. What's going on in NJ now sheds light on a couple interactions I've had over the years. A long time ago, I was working in a dept. store. One of my co-workers came up to me and began describing at length all the benefits she got working as a teacher's aide in the Philadelphia school system. I was young and extremely bored by her rambling, and I never got it - til now. (FWIW, a Philly pretzel's brain scan showed more activity than that girl's did.)
Later, a friend of mine suddenly announced she was going for her teacher's certificate. This perplexed me, as she was in an entirely different line of work. She was however, married to a teacher in one of PA's highest paid school districts. More bennies to go around the house, I guess.
Posted by: kallisto at June 04, 2010 05:44 AM (+FkcS)
Posted by: LincolnTf at June 04, 2010 05:44 AM (7EDH5)
Weird morning so far...Fox is falling for the employment "rebound" numbers hook line and sinker, yet on Yahoo's front page, the headline reads "Economy adds 431,000 jobs but few in private sector." I'm just curious to see how long that headline remains up.
Posted by: Luca Brasi at June 04, 2010 05:45 AM (YmPwQ)
WASHINGTON – Determined to project both command and compassion, President Barack Obama is returning to the Louisiana coast for a fresh reality check on work to stanch the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico and the spiraling effects of the nation's worst environmental disaster. The president underscored the mounting political implications by abruptly canceling plans for a trip to Indonesia and Australia later this month.
Addressing a crisis that threatens to undermine his presidency, Obama spoke for many Thursday in declaring himself furious at a situation that "is imperiling an entire way of life and an entire region for potentially years." Friday's trip will be his second to the Gulf in eight days, answering critics in both parties who suggest he has seemed detached from the crisis.
Polls show the public growing more negative toward the president's handling of the spill.
In other words it's all for show and politics. And didn't Barry declare victory last week?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 04, 2010 05:46 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 04, 2010 05:46 AM (mR7mk)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 04, 2010 05:50 AM (AZGON)
What is bad is that the Sear Kenmore units used to have the best appliances made. Refrigerators, Washers, and dryers were all always highly reliable.
Recently I had to buy a new dryer to replace my Sears dryer that wasn't that old compared to the last one I had. After checking around reading all the reviews by the rating agencies and personal reviews in places like Amazon I find now that none of them are worth a shit.
Its like car transmissions which used to be the most reliable part of a car. Now none of them are worth a shit either.
Posted by: Vic at June 04, 2010 05:50 AM (6taRI)
Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at June 04, 2010 05:50 AM (YRpF8)
Its like car transmissions which used to be the most reliable part of a car. Now none of them are worth a shit either.
Tell me about it.
Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at June 04, 2010 05:51 AM (YRpF8)
Its like car transmissions which used to be the most reliable part of a car. Now none of them are worth a shit either.
Well if you girlie men would go back to the lost art of shifting (like me) you would find transmissions quite reliable still.
Posted by: maddogg at June 04, 2010 05:56 AM (OlN4e)
Oh Joanie, please tell me you're joking. But then again, I like peanut butter sandwiches dunked in chili...
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 04, 2010 05:56 AM (vrF64)
Heather,
What's happening in NJ is the head of a pimple that's ripe to be popped, to use a really gross metaphor. For years, there's been a vicious cycle of school districts (for whatever reason) gaining a good reputation, which attracted homebuyers, who then rationalized to themselves the ever increasing property taxes. The school teachers were the stars of this show. (and the administrators the ones behind the scenes who truly benefited from the cash bonanza). I heard it so much when I lived in the Garnet Valley School District, which morphed from a semi-rural oasis of horse farms and cornfields to the suburban boom locale of Delaware County. The soccer mommies were so proud to proclaim that they lived in the GVSD, (this while sporting the latest high dollar handbag, often mismatched with Reebok sneakers and the like.)
I imagine a similar dynamic occurred in NJ, with the ostentatious parents unwilling partners to the teachers' subliminal extortion tactics. In NJ the situation reached critical mass, we're not there quite yet in PA.
Posted by: kallisto at June 04, 2010 05:57 AM (+FkcS)
Posted by: Centurion Zombie at June 04, 2010 05:57 AM (uFdnM)
Fixt.
Posted by: Barbarian at June 04, 2010 05:58 AM (EL+OC)
Posted by: Something Wicked This Way Comes... at June 04, 2010 06:02 AM (uFdnM)
Posted by: Barbarian at June 04, 2010 06:03 AM (EL+OC)
yeah for you, not for the rest of us.
Posted by: curious at June 04, 2010 06:05 AM (p302b)
I have heard that even the manuals now are shit. But even at that I have been considering that on our next car since Ford quit making the Crown Vic.
Posted by: Vic at June 04, 2010 06:09 AM (6taRI)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 04, 2010 06:09 AM (Mtciz)
That is the same thing happening everywhere, not just NJ. Home values are largely determined by the quality of the grammar schools in the area. (not as much effect for the High Schools since they are usually much bigger and a wider spread area.)
Posted by: Vic at June 04, 2010 06:11 AM (6taRI)
Posted by: Joe, "I can lick my own nuts!" Biden at June 04, 2010 06:11 AM (uFdnM)
RE: Appliances
If it's A&E Factory Service contracted to do the repair, don't give them more than one opportunity to fix it.
My brand-new washer went out last year, and it took six weeks to get it resolved. Two different boards needed replacement. A&E sent a total of three of one of the boards. When they finally sent one of the other boards, the service tech no-showed. I installed the board and canceled the service order.
It was a nasty six-week ordeal of dealing with these shitheads and their broken policy of overbooking their techs and refusing to schedule follow-up visits requiring parts without a seven-business-day delivery window. We did laundry at friends' and families' houses during this period. Whenever I called A&E, they were politely unhelpful.
As soon as I canceled the service order, they called me up to four times a day to schedule a pick-up for the parts that weren't used in the repair.
Their script made them ask whether they could record the call. I refused, and they would hang up. When they escalated to somebody who could talk to me without recording the conversation, I asked if I could record the call. She refused, and I disconnected.
The final conversation I had with them got really nasty and it ended with my repeatedly yelling, "I DON'T RECALL SIGNING FOR ANY PARTS!"
I haven't heard from them since.
The moral of the story for me is that I will self-insure new appliances. If a factory warranty is involved, I will give the manufacturer's service company a reasonable number of tries to make it right and document every one of their fuckups. If they cannot get it right, I will get a local repair shop involved and either pay out-of-pocket or buy a replacement, and then pursue reimbursement in the courts.
Posted by: MikeO at June 04, 2010 06:12 AM (lBmZl)
Posted by: nickless at June 04, 2010 06:12 AM (MMC8r)
What I have heard is that it is useless to try to "repair" one. All they do is replace it with a rebuilt and send your old one to a center somewhere where it is in turn rebuilt.
In the end it costs as much as a damn engine rebuild/replacement. And if it is a foreign car just forget about it.
Posted by: Vic at June 04, 2010 06:14 AM (6taRI)
Posted by: Something Wicked This Way Comes... at June 04, 2010 06:15 AM (uFdnM)
I saw no point in arguing with people who only wanted to fling shit and start a flame war.
The only place I know where real estate is cheap is Detroit and there is a reason for that.
Posted by: Vic at June 04, 2010 06:17 AM (6taRI)
Posted by: maddogg at June 04, 2010 06:18 AM (OlN4e)
Regarding new appliances, be sure to ask for the model with the absolute LEAST electronics. Those are the worst parts. Get analog controls if you can. Especially for refrigerators. The digital crap can't take the poorly conditioned power that we have in many areas. Also, since they have gone to lead-free solder for the solder joints, the rate of failure will dramatically increase over time.
Posted by: Reactionary at June 04, 2010 06:19 AM (xUM1Q)
Posted by: Harry Ried at June 04, 2010 06:21 AM (xxgag)
Posted by: curious at June 04, 2010 06:23 AM (p302b)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 04, 2010 09:56 AM (vrF64)
Hmm...How 'bout a Chili Dog w/ peanut butter and cheese?
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 04, 2010 06:23 AM (HaYO4)
Posted by: Reactionary at June 04, 2010 06:24 AM (xUM1Q)
Reality is to Obama what Kryptoninte is to Superman.
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 04, 2010 06:24 AM (xxgag)
Posted by: Vic at June 04, 2010 10:17 AM (6taRI)
Cleveland too; for pretty much the same reason.....
Posted by: Captain Hate at June 04, 2010 06:24 AM (+lZy8)
Posted by: Frosty Wench at June 04, 2010 06:25 AM (Ie0Es)
Posted by: maddogg at June 04, 2010 06:26 AM (OlN4e)
You are absolutely right. I took a chance on a new washer because the frame was rusting on my old one. I noticed it when I cracked it open to replace the damper pads for the third time.
It gave me a pretty good run of fifteen years. In retrospect, I should have treated the rust and kept it.
Posted by: MikeO at June 04, 2010 06:27 AM (lBmZl)
Posted by: Something Wicked This Way Comes... at June 04, 2010 06:28 AM (uFdnM)
30 Hey! I got a hole in the fence now. I'm back in business!
I suppose it's too late to warn you that's a bullet hole...
Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at June 04, 2010 06:28 AM (ps0+9)
If signed by Governor Paterson, the law would require employers to give domestic workers paid vacation and sick days, as well as 14-days notice before termination.
Well, at least I'll be busy.
Posted by: The Law of Unintended Consequence at June 04, 2010 06:29 AM (YRpF8)
Posted by: LincolnTf at June 04, 2010 06:31 AM (7EDH5)
Posted by: Something Wicked This Way Comes... at June 04, 2010 06:32 AM (uFdnM)
Posted by: Damn Skippy at June 04, 2010 06:35 AM (VDgKF)
Post number????
504 - or so I have been told.
Posted by: Mallamutt
Curse the work internet filter. I feel so cheated.
Posted by: todler at June 04, 2010 06:35 AM (fPOY0)
I have kept asking for the Gulf Coast Morons to clue us in on whether or not there really is a big slick. Any time they show a poor oil covered bird in the water or a slick on Fox they zoom in for a real close closeup without showing a wide angle of just how big the slick is.
I haven't seen any replies yet. What I am wondering on this "worst disaster in history" crap is if it is just another Katrina hype.
Posted by: Vic at June 04, 2010 06:36 AM (6taRI)
Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at June 04, 2010 06:38 AM (ps0+9)
Now it's just a matter of how snarky I am in my e-mail correspondence with whatever unlucky customer service rep. answers my query.
I'm really sorry to hear it.
I'm sure that their CSRs are used to it. They must be some hard-faced SOBs.
I'm surprised that some ambulance-chasers don't peel off and attack this market. It must be that the deck is stacked to well against the consumer.
Posted by: MikeO at June 04, 2010 06:42 AM (lBmZl)
Posted by: maddogg at June 04, 2010 06:42 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: DJIA at June 04, 2010 06:50 AM (4WbTI)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at June 04, 2010 06:58 AM (r1h5M)
Re: my # 107
That's the real problem. Too many drooling libtards in Israel. They don't want the world to hate them, but the fucking world will hate them regardless. They should behave like the Russians. Do what they need to do and fuck the rest of the world. Nobody speaks ill of them (the Russkies), nobody fucks with them, because they don't fuck around, they fuck you up.
Posted by: maddogg at June 04, 2010 06:58 AM (OlN4e)
I bet he goes with the original speech. Seriously. Who in the MFM is going to call him on it?
Posted by: MikeO at June 04, 2010 07:00 AM (lBmZl)
Posted by: Larry Kudlow at June 04, 2010 07:00 AM (AZGON)
The only time retarded barry had anything even close to being an honest bone in his body, it was Larry Sinclair's.
Posted by: MikeO at June 04, 2010 07:01 AM (lBmZl)
At 431k, less 411k census, and 31k from temporary help services, it sure doesn't look good even without the 215k birth-death adjustment which only conspiracy theorists look at according to Mr. Liesman. 431k minus 411k minus 31k minus 215k = -226k. Nuf said. In other news, those unemployed longer than 27 weeks hits a new record at 46%. Nothing conspiratorial about that number.
Also unemployment dropped as 300K left workforce.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at June 04, 2010 07:03 AM (8vS+P)
Here is a stream of it.
http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php
Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at June 04, 2010 07:08 AM (PaoSD)
In a clip from his interview with CNN Slestak/Undead "Host Larry" King, the President said, and I quote: "I am angry that people [BP] did not think about the consequences of their actions."
I'm going to go outside now and dunk my head into the pool for about thirty minutes to try and cool it off and stop my ears from ringing.
Posted by: Circa (Insert year Here) at June 04, 2010 07:16 AM (+BcQ3)
HOW 'BOUT THEM BRAVES?!?!?!?!?!?!
Suck it, Phillies and Mets stooges.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 04, 2010 07:19 AM (+BcQ3)
I guess all of this robust activity was unexpected. I feel better knowing that all of these self employed people are filing their quarterly withholding.
Posted by: Something Wicked This Way Comes... at June 04, 2010 07:24 AM (uFdnM)
Posted by: eman at June 04, 2010 07:26 AM (QVpWo)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at June 04, 2010 07:27 AM (r1h5M)
Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at June 04, 2010 07:45 AM (ps0+9)
Posted by: maddogg
With the markings, "made in North Korea". Iran would work just as well.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 04, 2010 07:48 AM (R2fpr)
Posted by: The Russians at June 04, 2010 07:51 AM (9Sbz+)
The name on the email is below. Anyone else heard this?
Thank you,
Alan Strong
Alan Strong CEO/Chairman
Commercial Programming Systems, Inc.
4400 Coldwater Canyon Ave. Suite
200 Studio City , CA. 91604-5039
Posted by: Hedgehog at June 04, 2010 07:51 AM (oQIfB)
Posted by: female Phillies fan at June 04, 2010 07:52 AM (+FkcS)
Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at June 04, 2010 07:52 AM (ps0+9)
Circa #120, the consequences of Obama's actions thus far: he's the President of the United States of America... and you're not. [h/t, Chevy Chase]
Posted by: Zimriel at June 04, 2010 07:56 AM (9Sbz+)
Posted by: maverick muse at June 04, 2010 08:13 AM (H+LJc)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 04, 2010 09:17 AM (Mtciz)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at June 04, 2010 09:19 AM (CjCN0)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 04, 2010 10:50 AM (Mtciz)
Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer challenged GOP gubernatorial opponent Nikki Haley today to take a lie-detector test to prove that she didn't have an affair, as his former campaign consultant claimed.
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There's 44 Dunkins within a 10 mile radius of Trenton. Christie's aides are going to be drinking a lot of coffee today.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 04, 2010 04:58 AM (mR7mk)