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I'm glad we re in the economics forum so someone can please expalin to me how filling pot holes is going to stimulate the economy. We have a housing/real estate depression not a pot hole problem. What college degree do you need to fill a pot hole? I don't think designing, engineersing a...

It was a 3 mile walk uphill to wall street.

best trading day for me since jesse livermore told me to go long union pacific before the earthquake

One time I was taking the amtrak train and it was about 6:30 am and the coffee shop wasn't open. I had to ride the train "dry". When I got home I e mailed Schumer and told him the coffee shop wasn't open on time. (Schumer is in charge of transportation or some bs in ny which include...

outrage vs outrage You're in the business of fighting fire or not.

I happen to agree with this poster, who said, "I would be incredibly surprised if Assange even knows or cares who she is."

Hate to break the news to you guys but Judge Judy does not understand black people......:cool: Both of them left the courtroom clueless to the ways of the white world. No justice for the black lady (she will be angry at the "system") and the guy will spend the rest of his life thinking he...

Close the post office? This is the stuff that makes Obama want to play golf.

A union worker, a member of the Tea Party, and Lloyd Blankfein are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table there is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. Lloyd reaches across the table, takes 11 cookies, looks at the Tea Partier and says: "Look out for that union guy, he wants a...

that the long term profit rate of a company should be zero. --------------- Hmnnn.. sounds like the post office, or Amtrack or gov't housing or off track betting. Of course non of these are public traded cos. Oth, this does sound like hollywood where no movie makes any money, any and all...

Yahoo News: "Another human foot washes ashore in B.C." In other news: My dick is only three inches long but it smells like a foot.

I don't know how it is now (I'm sure not any better) but when I quit the business we were dumping the stuff on a conrete pad inside a very large metal building at the landfill, then they had three guys who would pick through the stuff, oops here a piece of cardboard, take that back, oh here's...

Speaking of dumping shit in the river. Way back I used to haul demo to the landfill. Maybe 1992, (really not that long ago) a load would cost 25 cents to dump. Then the EPA regulated landfills. New price $35 a ton. What changed? Nothing, still dumped the shit in the same old place. A year...

"Let me be clear: The idea of "Labor" has been tested, and that idea has failed" . Labor Day is the new April Fool's Day. "Now eat your peas."

People who think 911 was an inside job should be in charge of inspecting unattended back packs, briefcases, that sort of thing.

I forgot which state but they just sold their prison to a private group. Charge admission, great idea. For all we know the state probably pays for transportation vouchers for family to visit inmates.

As far as I can tell the most recent jobs "created or saved" has been to give the banks money. Now that this has been fully implemented, it's time to sue the banks and get some of the money flowing the other way.

We all know Obama as well as anyone else. Anyone have any thoughts on what he might or might not say? I'm hoping not to hear the word "Sputnik". I'm leaning towards words like "Christmas" and "Germany" in his speech. Christmas is around the corner, as far as Germany, I only picked this...

I'm going to double down and bet on the word "German" or Germany". Okay - so far I got 2 words. Germany (2 shots) Christmas (5 shots) ------------------ Mangels :D a financial term. (free beer for everybody)

The scene on WS after Obama's "jobs" speech. (edit) I think Obama is going to mention the word "Christmas" in his job speech.