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I thought one of the not so well hidden reasons for a system that understates inflation is that SS payouts get increased based on CPI and if it was accurate that system would go bust sooner than forecast. DS

Caution to those who may take this approach: I lived in Columbia, Md some years ago, and it has very strict covenants. A neighbor put in a "skate park" for his kids, cost $ 20M+, and he had to rip it out after some neighbors complained and the board got on his case. Before you take the...

From the Houston Chonicle: "HUNTSVILLE -- Despite a long record of severe mental illness before and since his crime, convicted killer Kelsey Patterson was put to death by injection Tuesday night shortly after Gov. Rick Perry refused to go along with a recommendation by the Texas Board of...

URBAN LEGEND ALERT: This has been tried before and is based on a false premise: http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/nogas.asp OTOH-anyone looking at buying a hybrid? When my current lease runs out, I'll give it serious consideration, some of them look good, esp. the RX400h. DS

Pls add "all of the above, except the last choice" DS

I'm not sure what you mean by "interesting." The USA and England were on the defensive at this time of the war and really in a very poor position to do much about this horrible tragedy. Note this statement from Roosevelt: Roosevelt's Statement on Punishment of War Crimes (August 21...

Active Trader; S&C is too driven by its advertisers IMO. DS

Gee, this thread is predicting a great economic disaster caused by deflation. This thread is predicting rampant inflation and economic disaster. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32675 Kind of reminds me of the second law of economic forecasting: For every...

Disco, Leisure Suits, avocado green and harvest gold and Nixon and Carter to name a few. OTO, back to the question of failure, it depends on what you consider a faiure. In my trading a trade that loses money that is part of my trading plan is just another trade, since the plan has about...

This is a good idea; I have done so with a couple of non trading businesses and got some financial compensation both times. Be sure to complain to your state's AG and to the AG in the state where the company is registered. In the Futures Trading Secrets situation, there guarantee is one of...

Before I started DT, I was among other jobs a a manager of a large plastics plant. In that job, we had a payroll of over $10 million a year, we hired local contractors for various jobs for roughly the same amount, and spent about 30 Million a year in capital projects that used local labor and...

IMO, there is no reason other than to solve a political problem that now exists for Bush's reelection. DS

I did not intend to blame Rumsfeld as I have no idea how directly responsible he may be. I was wondering if the scandal politically is too great a problem for Bush's reelection that Rummy becomes the scapegoat for this. DS

Since the prisoner scandal broke, Bush has shown support for Rumsfeld on several occasions. So, how long till Rummy takes one for the team and gets fired? DS

Sounds to me Moore is getting great and free advertising and Disney is exercising its right to make a call based on their judgement of what its release will do to their overall business. IMO-Moore will pull in his usual liberal followers plus some middle of the roaders who may want to see it...

RM and 50cent IMO, got it right; even if all the Jews left Israel, there would be more killing, terror, etc. Who would be the next group? My guess is the Christians left in the Holy Lands and in Lebanon. Recall the lesson of the aftermath of the Crusades: After they were over, Catholics...

Interesting that another columnist writes about the dangers of day trading. A 78% failure rate is far better than the 90+% failure rate for new restaurants and yet it is rare that stat gets mentioned. Holding a mutual fund for 20+ years does not "beat the market" as Dave Ramsey states...

I found that my MIL's cooking was good for losing about 3-5 pounds per week when she was cooking well. She may have been the worst cook I've ever had the misfortune to experience and my wife agrees. DS

IMO, a good start and very similar to mine. Suggest more memory and decent video card. The onboard may cause you problems. Also, add second HD to use for backups. Other items to consider: a very good UPS to keep it going when the lights go out. I like my optical wireless mouse very...

Hope it comes thru OK. DS