March 06, 2014
— Ace Well.
Music industry analyst Mark Mulligan’s MIDiA Consulting has published a new report exploring the ‘superstar artist economy’. It suggests that while artists’ share of total recorded-music income has grown from 14% in 2000 to 17% in 2013, the top 1% of musical works are now accounting for 77% of all those artist revenues thanks in part to a “tyranny of choice” on digital services.“The democratisation of access to music distribution has delivered great benefits for artists but has contributed to even greater confusion for fans, ironically culminating in an intensification of the superstar effect, with the successful artists relative share of the total pot of musical works getting progressively smaller,” as he puts it.
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The report takes pains to point out that “superstar” artists aren’t necessarily just those signed to major labels, noting that a number of independent artists have broken into the 1% tier. It’s also clear that this isn’t just a digital phenomenon – witness the 75% share that the top 1% of artists take in physical sales. But the report is likely to fuel more arguments about whether streaming pays off for smaller artists.
Whether they're "independent" or not, they're still the top 1%. Technology is making the idea of a "record company" obsolete to the point of quaintness, anyway.
I'd be interested in hearing from the top 1% of the recording industry about their thoughts on the top 1% of earners in all other fields -- and why they (presumably) support their own claim to the vast majority of all income, but oppose 1%ers in other fields similarly taking home a greatly disproportionate share of all revenues.
Stratospheric revenues are had when someone is either selling the same thing (the same book, the same song) to a massive group of people (like the huge American market) or when someone is in charge of a large corporation serving a huge national market (NABISCO -- the National Biscuit Corporation -- demonstrated this 100 years or so ago).
Some jobs will never pay all that much, either because it's too easy to find someone else to do the job (too much supply) or because the worker spends a great deal of his personal time on each run of production. A brain surgeon, for example, has a skill in ridiculously high demand -- people would, if needed, trade most of their income just to live. But a brain surgeon, unlike Beyonce, cannot just print up 100,000 copies of his brain surgeries and sell them to people. Every surgery requires at least days of research and consultation and at least a day of actual surgery. No matter how important his skill, he can never sell it in a massively reproduced way such as to make as much money as Jay-Z.
This is the way of the world. It's not fair, but it's also not plainly unjust, either.
But I do notice that people who can reap the huge benefits of massively reproduced labor being sold many times -- such as movie stars -- never seem to notice that they themselves are the beneficiaries of the same basic principle that makes the CEO of a large corporation so rich.
Years ago, Warren Beatty was asked about this unfairness -- the unfairness that a star like him could (at one point) command a fee of $5 million or more while most actors were paid scale or just above it, and could barely find work 8 months out of every year. He was asked to reconcile this with his own well-known socialist leanings.
All Beatty said was this: "The star system is central to how Hollywood makes movies." As if this answers the question at all.
What he was really saying is "That's just the way it is, and I'm the beneficiary of that system, so eff you, I'm fine with it."
Would that he were capable of generalizing from his own experience.
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And as far as getting money from people, they get very little from me as most of the records I buy are from stuff 50 years old or older.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 06, 2014 10:15 AM (T2V/1)
And as far as getting money from people, they get very little from me as most of the records I buy are from stuff 50 years old or older.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 06, 2014 10:15 AM (T2V/1)
And as far as getting money from people, they get very little from me as most of the records I buy are from stuff 50 years old or older.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 06, 2014 10:15 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2014 10:16 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2014 10:16 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2014 10:16 AM (P3U0f)
Or they are narcissistic assholes with despotic tendencies, that make huge bank to play pretend and otherwise offer no real lasting value to society.
Posted by: grognard at March 06, 2014 10:16 AM (/29Nl)
Celebrities that make millions, produce nothing, and employ dozens of people in their entourages - GOOD
Business Executives that make millions, producing goods and services employing thousands of people in their offices and factories - EVIL ONE PERCENTER BASTARDS!!!!!
Posted by: fixerupper at March 06, 2014 10:16 AM (nELVU)
Or they are narcissistic assholes with despotic tendencies, that make huge bank to play pretend and otherwise offer no real lasting value to society.
Posted by: grognard at March 06, 2014 10:16 AM (/29Nl)
Celebrities that make millions, produce nothing, and employ dozens of people in their entourages - GOOD
Business Executives that make millions, producing goods and services employing thousands of people in their offices and factories - EVIL ONE PERCENTER BASTARDS!!!!!
Posted by: fixerupper at March 06, 2014 10:16 AM (nELVU)
Or they are narcissistic assholes with despotic tendencies, that make huge bank to play pretend and otherwise offer no real lasting value to society.
Posted by: grognard at March 06, 2014 10:16 AM (/29Nl)
Celebrities that make millions, produce nothing, and employ dozens of people in their entourages - GOOD
Business Executives that make millions, producing goods and services employing thousands of people in their offices and factories - EVIL ONE PERCENTER BASTARDS!!!!!
Posted by: fixerupper at March 06, 2014 10:16 AM (nELVU)
That will "dilute" the potency of a "superstar" because there are so many more choices and genres represented. But that's a good thing.
Posted by: Sphynx at March 06, 2014 10:17 AM (OZmbA)
That will "dilute" the potency of a "superstar" because there are so many more choices and genres represented. But that's a good thing.
Posted by: Sphynx at March 06, 2014 10:17 AM (OZmbA)
That will "dilute" the potency of a "superstar" because there are so many more choices and genres represented. But that's a good thing.
Posted by: Sphynx at March 06, 2014 10:17 AM (OZmbA)
makes movies." As if this answers the question at all.
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It is different when we do it.
Posted by: The Left's answer to everything at March 06, 2014 02:14 PM (P3U0f)
It's also central to how they commission their movie posters. I miss the days of painted posters that weren't just side-lit photoshops fo the two top billed actors in the move.
On topic though, I would also out of curiousity like to see a report like this aimed at sports.
Posted by: Heralder at March 06, 2014 10:17 AM (/Mxso)
makes movies." As if this answers the question at all.
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It is different when we do it.
Posted by: The Left's answer to everything at March 06, 2014 02:14 PM (P3U0f)
It's also central to how they commission their movie posters. I miss the days of painted posters that weren't just side-lit photoshops fo the two top billed actors in the move.
On topic though, I would also out of curiousity like to see a report like this aimed at sports.
Posted by: Heralder at March 06, 2014 10:17 AM (/Mxso)
makes movies." As if this answers the question at all.
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It is different when we do it.
Posted by: The Left's answer to everything at March 06, 2014 02:14 PM (P3U0f)
It's also central to how they commission their movie posters. I miss the days of painted posters that weren't just side-lit photoshops fo the two top billed actors in the move.
On topic though, I would also out of curiousity like to see a report like this aimed at sports.
Posted by: Heralder at March 06, 2014 10:17 AM (/Mxso)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 06, 2014 10:18 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 06, 2014 10:18 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 06, 2014 10:18 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2014 10:19 AM (qc7at)
The move to digital means they can only charge you once for music now...which cut off one of their ridiculous cash flows.
On the one hand the argument was that you were buying a license for the music and therefore copying it to another cassette to give to someone else was theft...which is fair...
But then turning around and arguing that you should not be able move your music to newer platforms and should instead have to rebuy was asinine.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2014 10:19 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: boned to the bone at March 06, 2014 10:19 AM (xtby2)
Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 06, 2014 10:19 AM (T2V/1)
And people who didn't do the work can't collect royalties on his brain surgery for the next 125 years.
Posted by: HR needs a beer at March 06, 2014 10:19 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: John McCain at March 06, 2014 10:20 AM (hHFOx)
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 06, 2014 10:20 AM (XaJ3Z)
Eh. People pay for what they want.
Better his way than in the day that the rich power brokers locked out anybody they didn't own lock, stock and barrel.
Posted by: --- at March 06, 2014 10:21 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at March 06, 2014 10:21 AM (gBnkX)
Posted by: JEM at March 06, 2014 10:21 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: toby928© at March 06, 2014 10:21 AM (QupBk)
I think a similar study should be done of tv and movie stars.
Posted by: Leland at March 06, 2014 10:21 AM (QB3JR)
But if you like blue backgrounds and orange skin, it's a carnival!
Posted by: Mega, AoS Commenter of the Year at March 06, 2014 10:21 AM (hHFOx)
Posted by: Marcus T. at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (dvkF2)
Would that he were capable of generalizing from his own experience.
And there we find the great fault of all pinko leftist commies. "EQUALITY FOR ALL! Except me, because I'm already okay."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (4df7R)
Unless you're buying everything used, the record companies and the grandchildren of the artists are getting money.
Posted by: HR needs a beer at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Hollywood at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: AMDG at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (t7OO0)
I don't care that they make a lot of money and are morons. It kinda chaps my ass, true, but I'm not gonna begrudge them their luck and waste time on that.
I do care that anybody, esp. Congress, takes their views on anything seriously.
Posted by: Bigby's Frozen Fingers at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Raul Johnson at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (MiBr0)
I would have bet that essentially unlimited bandwidth and storage, coupled with decreased production costs would allow people to expand their choices, and that would have smoothed out the revenue distribution by opening markets to artists who could never get anywhere in the old system.
It's as if the market has a mind of its own and will do what it will do!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (QFxY5)
(Finally, a program the Dem can get behind)
I quit buying music CDs about the same time that youtube appeared. I quit buying DvDs around the same time that Netflix appeared.
Now, if only a service appears that would allow me to quit buying the services of lying politicians.
I'm thinking a good name is Succession, Inc.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (wNF3N)
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I haven't bought music from a major recording industry star in...8 years? OTOH I do buy music from independent or smaller distributers.
The challenge though is finding music I'm interested in because Sony and the rest aren't making it... and iTunes and Amazon are still poor in pointing me in the direction of new music I would like based on my past reviews...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2014 02:19 PM (P3U0f)
Regardless of what the big licensing turds say, that case was adjudicated long ago. You can make all the copies you want for your devices as long as they are for your use alone. Once you give a copy to someone else, or heaven forbid, sell a copy you have crossed fair use into copyright violation.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: Lynn Meeurers at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (Kz9dH)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (7ObY1)
That will "dilute" the potency of a "superstar" because there are so many more choices and genres represented. But that's a good thing.
Producing the recording is only a tiny tiny tiny fraction of making money from music. The distribution and play model where you get all the teenaged girls and guys humming a song while doing something else is what makes a superstar. Getting them to the point where the only thing they want for their birthday is concert tickets to that one band (One Direction, Fallout Boy, whatever) is the result of a vast network of people's work.
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 06, 2014 10:22 AM (P7Wsr)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 10:23 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 10:23 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: joncelli at March 06, 2014 10:23 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 06, 2014 10:23 AM (659DL)
makes movies." As if this answers the question at all.
Oh so you mean, it is what it is? Thanks, Einstein. Go suck a bag of dicks.
Posted by: flounder at March 06, 2014 10:23 AM (Kkt/i)
Yeah we'll get right on that right after this cocktail party. Mmmmm... this Manhattan is DELISH!!!!
Posted by: The GOP at March 06, 2014 10:23 AM (hHFOx)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 06, 2014 10:23 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 06, 2014 10:23 AM (bb5+k)
Anybody ever click on any links under "MuNuvians" ? Or any other blog roll at any blog? Just a bunch of mostly dead, sometimes just seriously out of date blogs. Some don't exist any longer.
Now there's an idea for an enterprising web developer. Write a blogroll updater or syndicator that only lists active blog links.
Posted by: Sphynx at March 06, 2014 10:23 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Mega, AoS Commenter of the Year at March 06, 2014 02:21 PM (hHFOx)
Indeed. The whole cool color/hot color phenomenon is old.
Posted by: Heralder at March 06, 2014 10:23 AM (/Mxso)
Posted by: YIKES! at March 06, 2014 10:24 AM (mETGQ)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 06, 2014 10:24 AM (ZPrif)
>>>That's okay. Stars are on their way out. Movie theaters, too, on that note. To be gobbled by the internet and instant viewing.
The post is saying there'll still be stars and they'll still get most of the money. In fact, under this scenario, it cuts out the middleman who is an entry-level employer.
Posted by: Bigby's Frozen Fingers at March 06, 2014 10:24 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Lynn Meeurers at March 06, 2014 10:25 AM (Kz9dH)
Posted by: HR needs a beer at March 06, 2014 02:22 PM (ZKzrr)
I was speaking of them big record companies.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 06, 2014 10:25 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2014 10:25 AM (dvkF2)
Posted by: RWC at March 06, 2014 10:25 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 10:25 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 06, 2014 10:25 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 06, 2014 10:25 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 06, 2014 02:23 PM (659DL)
----
"Fair" is a pig show in August.
And you aint got any hogs.
**my kids HATED that saying anytime they whipped the "not fair" card.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 06, 2014 10:25 AM (nELVU)
That (and environmentalism) are similarly a salve for being an utterly soulless selfish bastard who hurts just about everyone close to you. Then toilet paper becomes your number one issue and you feel good all over.
Posted by: Mega, AoS Commenter of the Year at March 06, 2014 10:26 AM (hHFOx)
Posted by: JEM at March 06, 2014 10:26 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2014 10:26 AM (/eo9F)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2014 02:22 PM (P3U0f)
I've found that Pandora opens my eyes to new stuff I like.
Posted by: Heralder at March 06, 2014 10:26 AM (/Mxso)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 06, 2014 02:25 PM (IXrOn)
Last movie I paid to see was the first Ironman.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 10:26 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 06, 2014 10:26 AM (bb5+k)
I don't care for most of the mainstream crap I hear on the radio these days, so these top 1% of recording artists are getting maybe 10% of my overall music budget. MAYBE 10%. That's actually probably pretty high.
I buy most of my music through Amazon at this point. The great thing is, with a lot of their CDs, if you buy the CD you get an "Autorip" of all the songs on it, which are automatically saved to the Amazon Cloud Drive for you. So you can have a physical CD if that's what you want (I do tend to prefer them, and yes, I know I'm a dinosaur) or you can access your digital tunes anywhere you can access your Cloud Player.
They've also got GREAT sampler albums each month that are free of charge. You can find a lot of great new and emerging artists, and some already established names, "purchasing" those.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 10:26 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Acuff-Rose at March 06, 2014 10:26 AM (dvkF2)
Posted by: huerfano at March 06, 2014 10:27 AM (bAGA/)
Posted by: Sphynx at March 06, 2014 02:23 PM (OZmbA)
#twoweeks
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 10:27 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: toby928© at March 06, 2014 10:27 AM (QupBk)
Now all the real earnings are in live concerts. Look at all the resurrected bands for proof of that.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 06, 2014 10:27 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 10:27 AM (zOTsN)
What he was really saying is "That's just the way it is, and I'm the beneficiary of that system, so eff you, I'm fine with it."
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The difference being, a CEO can make a big difference in the future prospects of a corporation (see Iacocca, or Mulally), whereas a movie star is simply a product. So, an artist is theoretically less deserving than a CEO.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 06, 2014 10:27 AM (eoeps)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 06, 2014 10:27 AM (659DL)
>>>Now there's an idea for an enterprising web developer. Write a blogroll updater or syndicator that only lists active blog links.
You know, I've thought about that. The problem is it'd probably have to ping everything on the page. Enough pages doing that and it's a widespread self-DOS attack
Posted by: Bigby's Frozen Fingers at March 06, 2014 10:28 AM (3ZtZW)
Bittorent.
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Interestingly this is exactly the socialist solution to music...from each according to his ability to produce (or just upload) to each his need (to download).
Oddly though that the music industry made up of people that generally support this idea oppose it here...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2014 10:28 AM (P3U0f)
That assumes that "how Hollywood makes movies" is the way to go. I think that's well into the process of being disproven.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2014 10:28 AM (B/VB5)
It's just not the same pushing a delete button.
Posted by: Marcus T. at March 06, 2014 10:28 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Roy at March 06, 2014 10:29 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: Heralder at March 06, 2014 02:26 PM (/Mxso)
You do know that it's a Soros company, and the algorithm is designed to guide you to music he wants you to buy?
Just kidding.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 10:29 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 10:29 AM (zOTsN)
We all do our part, we all share in the reward.
Posted by: Walsh Pilot at March 06, 2014 10:29 AM (gIIW4)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2014 10:29 AM (/eo9F)
Should have read ...money is in the touring
Bowie pointed that out over a decade ago. Said that big money from record sales was a historical anomaly and that money would come from live performances.
He said this just after he securitized the rights to his catalog and sold it off for north of $100mm. That's one smart alien.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 06, 2014 10:29 AM (A0sHn)
It's almost like they're hypocrites.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 10:29 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: toby928© at March 06, 2014 10:30 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 06, 2014 10:30 AM (P7Wsr)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 06, 2014 10:30 AM (ZPrif)
So, obama's will trumps all, just like the People's Will here in the U.S.
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2014 02:29 PM (/eo9F)
I'm surprised he didn't ask them to delay it till 2017.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 10:30 AM (GQ8sn)
MWR... I asked in the other thread but you ignored me (or went away from the computer - same thing), but do you have a link to that photo gallery you were talking about? I clicked and only saw words, and I hate those.
Posted by: Mega, AoS Commenter of the Year at March 06, 2014 10:30 AM (hHFOx)
Posted by: JEM at March 06, 2014 10:30 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: AMDG at March 06, 2014 10:31 AM (t7OO0)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 06, 2014 10:31 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: jwest at March 06, 2014 10:31 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2014 10:31 AM (05OXi)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 06, 2014 10:31 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 10:31 AM (zOTsN)
"The star system is central to how Hollywood makes movies."
The thing I love about this statement, btw, is that it's so totally NOT true anymore. Just having someone in a movie anymore is not a guarantee of that movie's success. The days of the A-list superstar guaranteeing a blockbuster hit are over, and good riddance.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 10:31 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at March 06, 2014 10:31 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2014 10:31 AM (GXZgZ)
And you aint got any hogs.
**my kids HATED that saying anytime they whipped the "not fair" card.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 06, 2014 02:25 PM (nELVU)
Fair using that.
Posted by: flounder at March 06, 2014 10:32 AM (Kkt/i)
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Pandora helps, but the way they are set up they eventually offer you the same music over and over...basically building custom radio stations for you.
I asked them a while back to implement a new music toggle that would only play songs you haven't heard before (but still use all your likes, dislikes, and artist seeds)...they responded to my suggestion but did not implement it...presumably they earn more from advertising then people clicking through to buy the music from Amazon or iTunes.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2014 10:32 AM (P3U0f)
You can't track it if you don't see it.
Posted by: Fritz at March 06, 2014 10:32 AM (PnMCP)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 06, 2014 10:32 AM (ukhGS)
This tool already exists. There are any number of tools and websites that will check your links for you. And verify your css and html and javascript and xml and whatever.
I actually ran one on the ace.mu.nu main page once and it barfed a miles long "fix list".
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 06, 2014 10:32 AM (P7Wsr)
That's how I get most of my music now. What I find odd is that buying the CD and the MP3 download under those conditions is cheaper than just getting the download by itself.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 06, 2014 10:32 AM (T2V/1)
The thing I love about this statement, btw, is that it's so totally NOT true anymore. Just having someone in a movie anymore is not a guarantee of that movie's success. The days of the A-list superstar guaranteeing a blockbuster hit are over, and good riddance.
True. One big bomb and your prospects are fucked.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 10:33 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 06, 2014 10:33 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 10:33 AM (zOTsN)
Exactly.
I have told our brats that if they steal a piece of gum from a store they are going to be shocked at the (over)reaction from me, but that stealing music doesn't bother me at all.
Ridiculous. Inconsistent. Hypocritical.
But that's how I feel.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 10:33 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 06, 2014 10:33 AM (VtjlW)
Just kidding.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 02:29 PM (QFxY5)
That would explain why when I type in "American Anthem" I get a bunch of school children singing about Obama.
You win this round, Soros!
Posted by: Heralder at March 06, 2014 10:33 AM (/Mxso)
Posted by: toby928© at March 06, 2014 10:33 AM (QupBk)
Walmart had revenue of $470B in 2013.
Total global box office in 2013 was $35B (that's all movies, not just Hollywood).
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 06, 2014 02:30 PM (ZPrif)
Yep, but, and because Walmart unfair to its workers for blah, blah, blah, it must be destroyed for the children or sumpin'.
Hollyweird exploits child actors, theft of intellectual property, unpaid interns, and vicious vindictive black listing of political outsiders is all that is good, pure, and holy.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 10:33 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2014 10:34 AM (/eo9F)
Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2014 02:31 PM (GXZgZ)
That's Hot
Posted by: Martin Bashir at March 06, 2014 10:34 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: Mega, AoS Commenter of the Year at March 06, 2014 02:30 PM (hHFOx)
Hiya, Mega! Sorry, i had to take a co-worker downtown to pick up a rental car.
The gallery is actually set up through a series of text links at the middle of the page. So the entry page doesn't have any pictures, but each of those links do.
These are the sections:
* Photographer to the Tsar: Prokudin-Gorskii
* Architecture
* Ethnic Diversity
* Transportation
* People at Work
* Making Color Images
Here, for example, is the link to the "Ethnic Diversity" section of the gallery: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ethnic.html
It really is beautiful.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 10:34 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 06, 2014 10:35 AM (7ObY1)
Also, I loathe the whole oh noes it's not fair thing. Of course it's not fair. Life's not fair. Suck it up, smoke the cigarette and eat the cookie. Sheesh.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 06, 2014 02:33 PM (VtjlW)
Life sucks, get a fucking helmet.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2014 10:35 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 06, 2014 10:35 AM (ZPrif)
Did you see that Wake Co's school board voted to force McCrory to repeal the teacher tenure law? LOL!!! As if teachers are the only people special enough for job security.
Good luck assholes.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 10:35 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 06, 2014 10:36 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 06, 2014 10:36 AM (hYZtI)
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 06, 2014 10:36 AM (MC23X)
I'd like a calendar of the 'Ettes on horses, topless, in the half-breed costume.
We could use Miniature Ponies for the vertically challenged.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 06, 2014 10:36 AM (XaJ3Z)
Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2014 02:31 PM (GXZgZ)
Actor Jane Fonda for the win.
Yep, actresses actually prefer the term actor, because of the old tyme rubric that actresses were whores and harlots.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 10:36 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 06, 2014 10:36 AM (jlOxu)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 06, 2014 10:37 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 10:37 AM (kXoT0)
My father used to say, "Let me punch your T.S. ticket" whenever I said "not fair."
T.S.: Tough Shit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 10:37 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 06, 2014 10:37 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 06, 2014 10:37 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 10:37 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2014 10:37 AM (/eo9F)
Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2014 10:37 AM (GXZgZ)
Panel discussion at CPAC now is on how to capture the black vote.
Of course, they're wrong.
They're talking about incremental outreach, appealing to black issues, doing republican community development etc.
Jeebuz, that is so wrong. Do not pander to "black issues". Reach a black audience, sure, and explain that an economy that creates jobs is good for them, defense from the bear is good for them, the right to self-defense is good for them, same as it's good for every other variety of human.
The important issues are color-blind. (well, should be. you know what I mean).
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 06, 2014 10:38 AM (A0sHn)
I'd be willing to pay a pedophile operator's license fee.
Posted by: Woody Allen at March 06, 2014 10:38 AM (OZmbA)
>>>Make the popular meme one that says democrats play blacks for chumps and it's time for a change.
Doesn't mean they'll vote GOP. It'll mean they stay home due to cognitive dissonance. And the next election they'll blame you for that and vote accordingly.
Posted by: Bigby's Frozen Fingers at March 06, 2014 10:38 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2014 10:38 AM (/FnUH)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 10:38 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: votermom at March 06, 2014 10:39 AM (GSIDW)
Thanks, don't I feel extra stupid now. That, or it wasn't loading. I'll go with it didn't load.
Really neat link, by the way. Did you ever see the color Great Depression photos...?
http://tinyurl.com/americaincolor123
Posted by: Mega, AoS Commenter of the Year at March 06, 2014 10:39 AM (hHFOx)
What, not one of the 'Ettes checked out my link? It is SFW, pinkie swears.
Can't get it to load.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 02:37 PM (GQ8sn)
Ditto. *sniffle*
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 10:40 AM (4df7R)
What you do is explain to these people why a conservative Party is best for their group and then becoming a conservative Party.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 06, 2014 10:40 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 06, 2014 10:40 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 06, 2014 10:40 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 06, 2014 10:40 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Hollywood Stars at March 06, 2014 10:40 AM (JVEmw)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 10:40 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 06, 2014 02:40 PM (4df7R)
Open a browser tab and let it spin. Truly, it will finally load.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 10:41 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Cher at March 06, 2014 10:41 AM (OZmbA)
not fair. Life's not fair.
I loathe people citing "life's not fair" as a way to justify systematic abuses.
"You think you should get to keep more than half your paycheck instead of having it taken from you to give to people who went out drinking every night in high school? Well suck it up, buttercup, life's not fair."
Posted by: HR needs a beer at March 06, 2014 10:41 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2014 10:41 AM (qc7at)
This is also why Universal Healthcare is impossible.
Posted by: Methos at March 06, 2014 10:42 AM (hO9ad)
Posted by: JEM at March 06, 2014 10:42 AM (o+SC1)
Um, for friends.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2014 02:41 PM (qc7at)
Heavily laminated shrink wrapped copies, per chance?
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 10:43 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 06, 2014 10:43 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 06, 2014 02:40 PM (da5Wo)
Profoundly stupid. Completely detached from reality. It might have been his best work.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 10:43 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Judge Pug at March 06, 2014 10:43 AM (hJnUx)
#NoMoreSlavery
Posted by: Chris Matthews at March 06, 2014 10:43 AM (P1WNR)
Id goos lahk dis: Ah hun doo tree foah!
(Loud noise of drums and electric guitars falling down stairs)
Posted by: Bruce Springsteen at March 06, 2014 10:43 AM (DLu2s)
Posted by: votermom at March 06, 2014 10:43 AM (GSIDW)
Posted by: jwest at March 06, 2014 10:43 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 06, 2014 10:44 AM (MC23X)
Posted by: Slow Uncle Joe Biden at March 06, 2014 10:44 AM (Aif/5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 06, 2014 02:40 PM (da5Wo)
bcochran, i was this close to smacking a hole in my screen.
Posted by: willow at March 06, 2014 10:44 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2014 10:44 AM (05OXi)
And that's the difference.
The 1% have increased their compensation in many cases by exporting jobs to other countries while laying off workers here. They also pay for lobbying efforts to cause the laws that let them profit immensely from those actions while still remaining here.
Many of their lobbying efforts are to make it HARDER for others to make a living or to make it illegal for them to do certain things that would mean competition for the larger corporations.
And that's what's unfair about the income differences.
Not that they make more, but that they make proportionately more AND create the conditions that make others unemployed, poorer or unable to increase their income.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 06, 2014 10:44 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: jwest at March 06, 2014 02:43 PM (u2a4R)
I thought that was only going to work in Detroit.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2014 10:44 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 10:45 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 06, 2014 10:46 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2014 10:46 AM (qc7at)
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2014 02:44 PM (05OXi)
And the rehab clinics, plastic surgeons, and fluffers.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 10:46 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 06, 2014 10:46 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Judge Pug at March 06, 2014 10:46 AM (hJnUx)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 10:47 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2014 02:44 PM (05OXi)
And the rehab clinics, plastic surgeons, and fluffers.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 02:46 PM (kXoT0)
Family members, friends, "posses," and various hangers-on.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2014 10:47 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2014 10:47 AM (05OXi)
Remember the "bible thumper is my bypass" from a thread or two ago. Mine is "jwest". Awesome time saver.
Or I could issue the "pound dicks" command again. That seemed to work for a while.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 06, 2014 10:48 AM (XaJ3Z)
Posted by: Judge Pug at March 06, 2014 10:48 AM (hJnUx)
Posted by: votermom at March 06, 2014 10:48 AM (GSIDW)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 02:41 PM (kXoT0)
Aw, darn! I managed to get it to load, but I can't watch YouTube vids at work, I'm afraid. I'll try to remember to check it out when I get home!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 10:48 AM (4df7R)
Remember the "bible thumper is my bypass" from a thread or two ago. Mine is "jwest". Awesome time saver.
Or I could issue the "pound dicks" command again. That seemed to work for a while.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 06, 2014 02:48 PM (XaJ3Z)
Thump Bibles. With your dick.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2014 10:49 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2014 02:47 PM (DrWcr)
Yeah, Beiber is apparently trying to set some kind of land speed record going broke entertaining himself and his posse while self destructing. When he is reduced to Corey Feldman status will the posse still be their for their main bro?
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 10:49 AM (kXoT0)
ARTists R WAY undrPAID @ Lst N SHUD GET MORE thn FCKing LWyRS
It's a miracle how a scriptwriter can turn an imbecile into normal sounding person.
Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2014 10:49 AM (VhqUZ)
Posted by: Judge Pug at March 06, 2014 02:48 PM (hJnUx)
He has $125 million of cash and assets. He's worth a bucket of warm spit.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2014 10:49 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2014 10:50 AM (05OXi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 06, 2014 10:50 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: willow at March 06, 2014 02:44 PM (nqBYe)
And our willow could do it, too. Willow is magic.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 10:50 AM (4df7R)
Can anyone explain that?
The idea rests on competition among schools. The money follows the student, so the school with the best price/features will win. And it's a constant compaign to attract and keep students, so they have to maintain themselves to warrant that money. It should be like any other service provider.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 10:50 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 06, 2014 02:40 PM (+lsX1)
Eh. I'm still bitter that we lost the hockey game and have to keep Bieber. The fact that he's loaded at the age of, what, 19? That makes it even worse.
Posted by: joncelli at March 06, 2014 10:51 AM (RD7QR)
Can anyone explain that?
Posted by: votermom at March 06, 2014 02:48 PM (GSIDW)
___________
If the market works correctly the extra demand for private schools will be met with extra supply, ie more schools opening up. Which will keep price in check.
Only way price goes up is if the extra demand cannot be met by extra supply, ie not enough schools can be opened. Which is a possibility in the short term since it takes time to build new schools, staff them, etc. But in the long run, prices should stabilize.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 06, 2014 10:51 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 06, 2014 10:51 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Judge Pug at March 06, 2014 10:51 AM (hJnUx)
Posted by: JEM at March 06, 2014 10:51 AM (o+SC1)
I think it's Karl Urban holding puppies in each hand.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 10:51 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 06, 2014 10:51 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 10:51 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: jwest at March 06, 2014 10:52 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2014 02:49 PM (DrWcr)
How do you make a small fortune? Start with a large one.
His expensive entourage, drugs, arrests, and trashed Lamborghinis and Ferraris will eventually take a toll. He has little talent and has aged out of the tweenie market that make his little talent add up to big money. Maybe he will beat the actuaries, but, I bet he don't.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 10:52 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: joncelli at March 06, 2014 02:51 PM (RD7QR)
Don't worry. If he keeps going like he's going, he'll be living in his car and panhandling for table scraps by the time he's 23.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 10:52 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Judge Pug at March 06, 2014 10:53 AM (hJnUx)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 06, 2014 10:53 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2014 10:53 AM (/eo9F)
Posted by: votermom at March 06, 2014 10:53 AM (GSIDW)
Yeah, but "suck it up, buttercup!" If you expect to be allowed to get somewhere in life instead of perpetually hobbled by government, you're just "whining for cookies".
Posted by: HR needs a beer at March 06, 2014 10:53 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 02:51 PM (GQ8sn)
Nope, just lots of animal magnetism.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 10:53 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 06, 2014 10:53 AM (da5Wo)
1. Dipped in a glass of black cherry Koolaid
2. Broken up in a bowl and eaten like cereal
That's crazy talk.
Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2014 10:54 AM (VhqUZ)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 02:51 PM (GQ8sn)
...
IF THIS IS TRUE I WILL BREAK THE INTERNETS WITH THE SQUEEING. ALL THE SQUEEING.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 10:54 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 06, 2014 10:54 AM (VtjlW)
If every kid gets say $10K tuition voucher, guaranteed the next year private school tuitions will rise by at least $5K.
Posted by: votermom at March 06, 2014 02:53 PM (GSIDW)
See, e.g., college tuition.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2014 10:54 AM (DrWcr)
For his 24th birthday, he will charge $50 admission to his McMansion where KFC will do the catering, and you get to have your photo taken with 50 year old hookers.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 10:54 AM (GQ8sn)
If the # of private school seats stayed the same, the cost per seat would rise. When cost per seat rises ... some greedy bastard will build more seats. Cost per seat will then fall.
It's a small leap that the cost per seat will ultimately settle at a lower cost than current.
But what do I know, I'm no Krugtron.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 06, 2014 10:54 AM (XaJ3Z)
FULL STOP. Halt the blog.
WTF just happened here?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 06, 2014 02:53 PM (da5Wo)
NDH just hitched a ride on the crazy train, and she is ROLLIN'.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 10:55 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: jwest at March 06, 2014 10:55 AM (u2a4R)
I remember when radio stations had regional character, and after dark, you could search the AM band for channels and music you'd never heard before (and never would again). I remember once picking up a Hawaiian station. It was a big deal at the time. Nowadays, it would be playing exactly the same pap that's on the local channel, and might even be playing the same songs at the same time.
It's been over a decade since I've been introduced to a new group by the radio. The internet, public performances, and personal recommendations are pretty much it.
Posted by: Luke at March 06, 2014 10:55 AM (32FX2)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 02:51 PM (GQ8sn)
Nope, just lots of animal magnetism.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 02:53 PM (kXoT0)
Shirtless Karl Urban with puppies AND kittehs.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 10:55 AM (GQ8sn)
Just checked my old school.
$45k day student.
$54k boarding
Wow.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 10:55 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: votermom at March 06, 2014 10:56 AM (GSIDW)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 06, 2014 10:56 AM (84gbM)
Posted by: votermom at March 06, 2014 02:53 PM (GSIDW)
See, e.g., college tuition.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2014 02:54 PM (DrWcr)
_____________
But you're fogetting that the $10K voucher isn't being created out of thin air. It's $10K that would otherwise have been spent on a public school. The $10K is just shifted, which will not create inflation for the product.
It's a completely different model that colleges.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 06, 2014 10:56 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 02:49 PM (kXoT0)
I know he's young, but it still amazes me that people don't know that the entourages these (mostly rap musicians) have are in every sense of the word, parasites.
Posted by: Heralder at March 06, 2014 10:56 AM (/Mxso)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 06, 2014 10:57 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 06, 2014 10:57 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: NCKate at March 06, 2014 10:57 AM (y7PFk)
I think it's Karl Urban holding puppies in each hand.
I am going to *have* to get with popular culture. This is about the 4,000time I've thought Karl Urban was some sort of basketball coach and had to get reminded that he's 'ette-bait.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 06, 2014 10:57 AM (A0sHn)
It's like eating Cookie Crisp with Kool Aid instead of milk.
*scratches head*
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 10:57 AM (GQ8sn)
I have no beef with entertainment, be it sports, film, tv. People need to blow off steam, and sometimes watching a funny show or catching a game really reduces stress.
I draw the line at using it to control people, bread-and-circuses style. Which is why I no longer watch much TV (except for How Its Made, Time Warp, and Duck Dynasty). I use Grooveshark for music (and Wireshark is a nice compliment to Grooveshark, IYKWIM).
And, quite frankly, the movie industry is creatively bankrupt and doesn't deserve my attention.
Posted by: grognard at March 06, 2014 10:58 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2014 10:58 AM (XyM/Y)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 06, 2014 10:58 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Heralder at March 06, 2014 02:56 PM (/Mxso)
Exactly, but, no friends when he was a kid. He hits driving age, gets control of his money, and SNAP!, the bros appear. It's like Kismet or Fate or predictable.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 10:58 AM (kXoT0)
I saw Thump Bibles open for .38 Special at Austin City Limits.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 06, 2014 10:58 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: JEM at March 06, 2014 10:58 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 10:58 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: jwest at March 06, 2014 02:55 PM (u2a4R)
___________
And who will send their kid to something like that? I sure as hell wouldn't.
I send my kids to private school now. Those $54K tuition exit, but are by no means typical. My oldstest's tuition is $7K a year my youngest is $9K. The younger is more expensive since they have smaller class sizes in the earlier years.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 06, 2014 10:59 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 06, 2014 02:56 PM (84gbM)
Wow. Even about building rape camps and installing Phalanx systems on the Rio Grande?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 10:59 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: EM August at March 06, 2014 10:59 AM (be7oN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 06, 2014 10:59 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at March 06, 2014 10:59 AM (HjLaO)
I'll bet you have to be personable though.
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 06, 2014 10:59 AM (jlOxu)
$45k day student.
$54k boarding
Wow.
I taught Summer School Spanish Immersion at a private school. I just looked at tuition. Grades 6-12 are over $22k/year. It's a day school.
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 06, 2014 10:59 AM (P7Wsr)
Posted by: NCKate at March 06, 2014 02:57 PM (y7PFk)
If you're anywhere near NDH, hide your Kool-Aid.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 11:00 AM (4df7R)
people don't know that the entourages these (mostly rap musicians) have
are in every sense of the word, parasites.
Posted by: Heralder at March 06, 2014 02:56 PM (/Mxso)
Exactly, but, no friends when he was a kid. He hits driving age, gets control of his money, and SNAP!, the bros appear. It's like Kismet or Fate or predictable.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 02:58 PM (kXoT0)
I remember VH1 doing a "Behind The Music" with MC Hammer, tracking his career from his rise and eventual fall. I remember Pepsi or some other company even making a Superbowl commercial about it. One minute he's rolling in the money, the next minute he's selling his stuff on the front lawn of his mansion that just got repo'd.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 11:00 AM (GQ8sn)
Wow. Even about building rape camps and installing Phalanx systems on the Rio Grande?
I liked the part about the volcano.
Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2014 11:00 AM (GXZgZ)
Posted by: Luke at March 06, 2014 02:55 PM
A lot of stations get the same satellite feed and rebroadcast it.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at March 06, 2014 11:00 AM (KQp38)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 06, 2014 02:52 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Heralder at March 06, 2014 11:00 AM (/Mxso)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 02:54 PM (GQ8sn)
Finally! A job for Wendy Davis!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 06, 2014 11:00 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 06, 2014 11:01 AM (IXrOn)
Votermom ... I see your point
I think the trick would be to start small ... maybe $2,500 ? Enough to incentivize the fence-sitters to take the plunge. Not enough to start a stampede.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 06, 2014 11:01 AM (XaJ3Z)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 11:01 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: votermom at March 06, 2014 11:01 AM (GSIDW)
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2014 11:01 AM (PpRkP)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 03:01 PM (zOTsN)
________
In NY and New England. In flyover country...not even close.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 06, 2014 11:01 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Name at March 06, 2014 11:01 AM (kdYPC)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 06, 2014 11:02 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: NCKate at March 06, 2014 11:02 AM (y7PFk)
I've heard Eddie Murphy's entourage was about 200 people in his heyday.
That's how Mike Tyson blew through 300 million.
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 06, 2014 11:02 AM (P7Wsr)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 06, 2014 11:02 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 06, 2014 02:57 PM (A0sHn)
Not just any 'ette bait. He is one member of a closely guarded control group of THE 'Ette Bait.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 11:02 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 06, 2014 11:03 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 06, 2014 02:59 PM (0LHZx)
Networking. Should your little darling become BFFs with Buffy and Bunny's little scamp or scampette, then, the scholarships and phone calls to admissions boards, and your kid is in the Ivy League and now has all the right friends.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 11:03 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 06, 2014 11:03 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Yellowstone Caldera at March 06, 2014 11:03 AM (84gbM)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 06, 2014 11:03 AM (659DL)
Late to the thread, so it's probably no longer on-topic (if it ever was)...
What brings me great joy is knowing that every celebrity (well, ALMOST every celebrity) will eventually become a has-been, and that fact brings them great sadness.
Yes, I said joy. So sue me.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2014 11:03 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 11:03 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 03:00 PM (GQ8sn)
In many way, this is the story of Obama.
Posted by: Heralder at March 06, 2014 11:04 AM (/Mxso)
Posted by: jwest at March 06, 2014 11:04 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 06, 2014 11:04 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: toby928© at March 06, 2014 11:04 AM (QupBk)
top tier private schools are 30-40 at least
Yes, but they take (voluntary!) steps to increase access. A top private school in CT costs $35K, but they provide direct grants to 35% of their students.
(My children are beneficiaries of the fact that me ex is way more successful than I am).
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 06, 2014 11:05 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: Daybrother at March 06, 2014 11:05 AM (cVBQ/)
I get occasional e-mails from Stanley Steemer, because we once used them.
And because of you psychotic bastards I read it as "Cleveland Steamer."
Every time.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 11:05 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: NCKate at March 06, 2014 11:05 AM (y7PFk)
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 06, 2014 11:05 AM (XaJ3Z)
And because of you psychotic bastards I read it as "Cleveland Steamer."
Every time.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 03:05 PM (QFxY5)
STUTTERING STANLEY! STUTTERING STANLEY! STUTTERING STANLEY!
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 11:06 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 11:06 AM (zOTsN)
281 -
No doubt some of that 300 million was spent on young ladies who did NOT go on to press charges on him, so... money well spent!
Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2014 11:06 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2014 11:06 AM (PpRkP)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 06, 2014 11:06 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 03:03 PM (kXoT0)
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Not many Buffys and Bunnys at the school. Mainly lawyers, doctors, business owner types. But yeah, part of the reason I send them there is for who their classmates are. Here's the main part: when you spend $10K a year on a kid, you are most likely going to take an interest in their education. And that's the key. Parents who take an interest, have kids who do well. When all parents take an interest, all kids do well. And that's the environment I want my kids to be in while at school.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 06, 2014 11:06 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 03:03 PM (zOTsN)
I'm sorry, but if jwest said it then it is most certainly true. It's the truest thing ever.
Just ask him.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 11:07 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 11:08 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 11:08 AM (zOTsN)
>>>In NY and New England. In flyover country...not even close.
Basically right. But comparing top tier to regular parochial or private schools is kinda apples/oranges. In any case, I'll take a 4-6K/yr new and struggling Catholic day school over a public school any day of the week
Posted by: Bigby's Frozen Fingers at March 06, 2014 11:08 AM (3ZtZW)
If you want to go to Proctor Academy in Andover, NH (gorgeous area, btw - very rural), it's
Boarding Students:
TuitionÂ…$53,800
Escrow AccountÂ…$600
Day Students:
TuitionÂ…$32,700
Escrow AccountÂ…$200
That's quite a changeup from Boarding to Day students. $20K? Damn. Probably because, like I said, it's damn rural.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 11:08 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 11:08 AM (zOTsN)
It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 11:09 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Yellowstone Caldera at March 06, 2014 11:09 AM (84gbM)
Real headline
Scientists Build Orgasm Machine For Women
http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2014/03/05/scientists-build-orgasm-machine-for-women/
Posted by: Name at March 06, 2014 03:01 PM (kdYPC)
This and a Japanese sexbot that fixes sandwiches will doom the human race within a couple generations.
Posted by: joncelli at March 06, 2014 11:09 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 11:09 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: jwest at March 06, 2014 11:10 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 06, 2014 11:10 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2014 11:10 AM (qc7at)
"The median 12th-grade tuition for the current school year was $36,970, up from $21,100 in 2001-2, according to the national associationÂ’s survey. Nationally, that figure rose to $24,240 from $14,583 a decade ago."
So median nationally is $24K and median in NYC is $37K.
Which means outside of NYC, Boston, CT and a handful of other coastal cities, the median is well under $20K.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 06, 2014 11:10 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: EM August at March 06, 2014 11:11 AM (be7oN)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2014 11:11 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2014 11:11 AM (/eo9F)
Posted by: Daybrother at March 06, 2014 11:11 AM (+Dpi9)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 06, 2014 11:11 AM (7ObY1)
Facilities and Administrators and staff.
Why do many schools have two or three Vice Principals?
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 06, 2014 11:11 AM (P7Wsr)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 06, 2014 11:11 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Sick of the Snowplow Bills for the Outrage Outlet - Bring Me The Head Of Al Gore! at March 06, 2014 11:12 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 03:09 PM (zOTsN)
L'Ville is $44k/$54k.
Still ridiculous, but that rancid bitch of a headmaster is finally leaving.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 11:12 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2014 11:12 AM (PpRkP)
Ah, then there's good old Saint Paul's School here in Concord. SUPER hoity-toity. Only boarders, no day students.
2013-14 Cost of Attendance
Tuition $50,180
Mandatory fees $1,020
Estimated personal expenses $2,610
Estimated total cost of attendance (not including travel): $53,810
The roads through the campus? SUCK. Awful potholes.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 11:13 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 06, 2014 11:13 AM (ZPrif)
Real headline
Scientists Build Orgasm Machine For Women
aka, Me.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2014 03:10 PM (qc7at)
Pics or it didn't, yadda yadda.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 11:13 AM (4df7R)
I was an Orgasm Machine in college ... just don't know if it was equally good for the ladies.
I'll be here all week.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 06, 2014 11:14 AM (XaJ3Z)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 11:14 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 06, 2014 11:14 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 06, 2014 11:14 AM (MC23X)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 06, 2014 11:14 AM (84gbM)
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2014 03:12 PM (PpRkP)
Well, that would include room and board for each student's slave, so it isn't that much. Especially because they would work the fields, do laundry, etc. during class.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 11:14 AM (QFxY5)
NC just passed a law ending tenure status for public school teachers by 2018. School boards are pissed.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 11:14 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 06, 2014 11:14 AM (7ObY1)
Speaking of High School, a guy from my graduating class, Rob Hennigan '89, is now the General Manager of the Orlando Magic.
Horde war is on! My old Lycos colleague Rich Gotham is president of the Boston Celtics. (He had the most awesome LinkedIn profile after they won the NBA championship).
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 06, 2014 11:15 AM (A0sHn)
http://bit.ly/1ouPJFA
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 06, 2014 11:15 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2014 11:15 AM (/eo9F)
Posted by: Vice Principal for Skirt Length Analysis at March 06, 2014 11:15 AM (dJRk2)
Posted by: jwest at March 06, 2014 11:15 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 06, 2014 03:06 PM (0LHZx)
That is why my broker does it for her daughter, who is turning out to be a math whiz because both Mom and Dad have the math gene. She is passionate about her child's education, deportment, and belief in God, charity, etc.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 11:15 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: KayInMaine at March 06, 2014 11:15 AM (TS9aB)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 06, 2014 11:16 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 06, 2014 11:16 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 11:16 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 06, 2014 11:16 AM (jlOxu)
With 25 students... which is pretty average size class... that's a cool 1/2 MILLION per year, per classroom???
You've also got administrative overhead, supplies (books, paper, printer toner, copiers...), rent/lease payments or mortgage, property taxes, landscaping and janitorial services, promotional materials, etc, etc.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 11:17 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 11:17 AM (zOTsN)
I'll be here all week.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 06, 2014 03:14 PM (XaJ3Z)
Well played, sir.
Posted by: Heralder at March 06, 2014 11:17 AM (/Mxso)
Btw, I think somewhere in the AoSHQ charter, there is a section on female orgasms, and I do believe the official statement is something to the effect of:
"AoSHQ men don't care if you had an orgasm, ladies."
And yes, it says "ladies."
Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2014 11:17 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 06, 2014 11:17 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: toby928© at March 06, 2014 11:17 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: Daybrother at March 06, 2014 11:18 AM (U+jFU)
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 06, 2014 11:18 AM (XaJ3Z)
Let the PARENT'S decide what their schools will teach, and how the schools will be run.
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 06, 2014 03:17 PM (bb5+k)
Personally, I don't think it needs to be $25k. It could work with half that amount.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 11:18 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: toby928© at March 06, 2014 11:18 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 06, 2014 11:18 AM (0FSuD)
I'm a Celtics fan more than I'm a fan of Rob Hennigan, so I'll just concede immediately.
That was a short and pointless war. I'm not even a basketball fan. Wouldn't hit Rich up for tickets because I wouldn't waste a seat.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 06, 2014 11:19 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: Reavers at March 06, 2014 11:19 AM (fo5ao)
*nudges this over to lay at MWR's feet*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 06, 2014 03:15 PM (VtjlW)
*FAINT*
*tumbles directly into Bunk*
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 11:19 AM (4df7R)
Guy two classes ahead of me, Jerry Ross, became an astronaut with multiple missions in space.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 06, 2014 11:19 AM (kXoT0)
One of the guys I went to high school with is in jail for prostitution.
Yeah, that's right. He was a man-whore.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 11:19 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at March 06, 2014 11:20 AM (R8hU8)
I had a crush on a girl in my HS class. She's a server at Applebees, has three kids, is single, and lives in a mobile home now.
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 06, 2014 11:20 AM (P7Wsr)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 11:20 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 06, 2014 11:21 AM (0FSuD)
Btw, I think somewhere in the AoSHQ charter, there is a section on female orgasms, and I do believe the official statement is something to the effect of:
"AoSHQ men don't care if you had an orgasm, ladies."
And yes, it says "ladies."
Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2014 03:17 PM (TOk1P)
I believe the Moron Manual clearly provides that the female orgasm is a myth.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2014 11:21 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: toby928© at March 06, 2014 11:21 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 06, 2014 11:21 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2014 11:22 AM (XyM/Y)
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 06, 2014 03:18 PM (XaJ3Z)
Oh yeah? Well one of the guys I went to high school with ended up in prison for second degree murder!
(I actually have no idea if that's true, but knowing some of the people in my high school class I wouldn't be one bit surprised)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 06, 2014 11:22 AM (4df7R)
Surely, everyone knows of a good regional band or two. Show them some love and give them some hype!
Posted by: Luke at March 06, 2014 11:22 AM (32FX2)
Posted by: Taco Shack is channeling Roseanne Roseannadanna at March 06, 2014 11:22 AM (C+qQ0)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 06, 2014 11:22 AM (bb5+k)
http://tinyurl.com/kf3xx8e (Krebs on Security)
First American Bank in Illinois is urging residents and tourists alike to avoid paying for cab rides in Chicago with credit or debit cards, warning that an ongoing data breach seems to be connected with card processing systems used by a large number of taxis in the Windy City.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at March 06, 2014 11:22 AM (KQp38)
Posted by: Thomas Friedman at March 06, 2014 11:22 AM (PpRkP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 06, 2014 11:23 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: thunderb at March 06, 2014 11:23 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 06, 2014 11:23 AM (84gbM)
Posted by: A Mortician at March 06, 2014 11:23 AM (PpRkP)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 06, 2014 11:24 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 06, 2014 11:24 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 06, 2014 11:24 AM (P1WNR)
Posted by: anthony weiner at March 06, 2014 11:25 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: jwest at March 06, 2014 11:25 AM (u2a4R)
Refused to teach. She was too important.
After 9/11 she insisted that the school continue its athletic schedule. Not cool, since some alums were killed, and it would have been appropriate to cancel.
Built way too much on campus.
Increased the size of the administrative staff by what seems like a factor of 100.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 11:25 AM (QFxY5)
I refuse to disclose the location of my high school, but there are some rather famous alumni.
So for the purposes of bragging, let me just say the part of the famous person I went to high school with will be played by Brian Dennehy.
(a young Brian Dennehy, I must add).
Top that, punks.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 06, 2014 11:25 AM (TOk1P)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhSG_Ns3kjM
Posted by: Luke at March 06, 2014 11:26 AM (32FX2)
Hmm, I don't think that's the total benefit package cost. My wife's medical is amazing. It's better than the medical for Microsoft employees.
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 06, 2014 11:26 AM (P7Wsr)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 06, 2014 11:26 AM (VtjlW)
I'll see your highschool graduate played by Brian Dennehy and raise you my highschool itself was played by none other than Brian Dennehy.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 11:27 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 06, 2014 11:27 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 11:27 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: anthony weiner at March 06, 2014 11:27 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 06, 2014 11:27 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 06, 2014 11:28 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Ted Nugent at March 06, 2014 11:29 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Justamom at March 06, 2014 11:31 AM (Sptt8)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 06, 2014 11:31 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: Taco Shack at March 06, 2014 11:31 AM (C+qQ0)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon, president United Mime Workers local #555 at March 06, 2014 11:32 AM (g4TxM)
Posted by: D-Lamp at March 06, 2014 11:32 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: jwest at March 06, 2014 11:32 AM (u2a4R)
The stupid is strong. Posted by: Nip Sip at March 06, 2014 03:27 PM
Looks like this is affecting most cab rides no matter who's driving.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at March 06, 2014 11:34 AM (KQp38)
I'd like to see that portion of your property tax repealed and leave it to you to find and pay for a school to send your kids to. 100% privatization.
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 11:34 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2014 11:34 AM (XyM/Y)
The stupid is strong.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 06, 2014 03:27 PM (0FSuD)
__________
I never carry cash. Pay everything with a CC. In the past 10 years I've been a victim of cc fraud twice. Small price to pay for the convenience. And both times, the cc company ate the cost.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 06, 2014 11:35 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Dikola Tesla at March 06, 2014 11:38 AM (yDmQD)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 06, 2014 11:39 AM (g4TxM)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 06, 2014 11:39 AM (g4TxM)
-The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the Nation;
-The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
-The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
-The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
-The right of every family to a decent home;
-The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
-The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
-The right to a good education.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 06, 2014 03:39 PM (g4TxM)
He forgot "the right to other people's stuff".
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 11:41 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Margarita who wishes she drank more at March 06, 2014 11:43 AM (dfYL9)
Posted by: jwest at March 06, 2014 11:45 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: jwest at March 06, 2014 11:49 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 06, 2014 11:49 AM (g4TxM)
Posted by: Margarita who wishes she drank more at March 06, 2014 12:01 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: Taco Shack at March 06, 2014 12:49 PM (C+qQ0)
Posted by: JohnJ at March 06, 2014 01:14 PM (TF/YA)
Clearly most of the money goes to the big artists that get the label support, but the true money to artists would be a different story. Of course, labels wouldn't want anyone to see that, so instead we go in on stats of income derived from an artist and going to any other place but them.
Posted by: Dave at March 06, 2014 03:48 PM (Kotc4)
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