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I would rather give the money to some scum sucking midtown "lawyer" than give it to Uncle Obama. I would sue AIG for breach of contract and I would sue the federal government for unconsitutional application of a punitive tax. Put the judicial smackdown on their candy asses. :D

I have a friend who has operated a business for 20 years and has a ton of money but runs his books so that it looks like he has very little income. I guess the business pays a lot of his bills directly and supplies vehicles etc. Recently he had trouble financing a large boat and ended up...

Who is going to answer the phone when the bank calls to verify employment?

Oh man I hear you. I had to replace the slate roof last year. More than 25% of the total value of the property. Ouch. I also have the State forcing me to carry 2.5M liability insurance because of "precarious rock formations" on the property. Wtf? Its being pointed out to me by Los Angeles...

I'm all in now on a similar type bet. I think the key thing is to make sure you really like the property so that it isn't a burden if you have to hold it for 5-10 years. Mine is closer to a 20-year bet. It actually appreciated 10% between July 2006 and November 2008 (bank appraisals) so it...

Actually, the article that Red_Ink posted a link to is the one that I read. Its a good article, fascinating really.

Well, they're mostly found over at EliteFisherman these days. Some over at EliteAluminumSmeltors too. Thats about it really. My limited understanding is that the icelandic folks financed their homes, cars and businesses in foreign currency to avoid local interest rates. When the...

Excellent, thanks.

We have a third party. They wouldn't even let the guy into the debates.

What, you guys gonna tell me you can't manage to hide under the 250k bracket for a couple of years? Advance and/or defer income like everybody else and stop bitching. :D

You folks elected Obama and killed your own livelyhood. Most of you still can't admit it. Poetic.

Yeah but he called P/E "profit earnings ratio" meaning he has never bought a share of stock in his life. What a putz.

If there isn't much market left then where will companies go to raise capital? Pesky degenerative feedback. :D

Agree with OP. The country has made at least two epic wrong turns. When housing began to heat up unreasonably the Fed should have started raising rates. Instead they eased. At the precise moment the government should reduce taxation and spending it instead expands dramatically and...

No, no! SouthAmerica said that Brazil is a wonderful investment so everything must be ok down there.

Hehe ok I'll bite. Why?

I was in a Ford dealership in S.Cal in January and they were selling lots of cars and making deals. I was there getting my truck serviced. On the way out I bought an '09 Shelby GT500 convertible with some bolt-on engine goodies and suspension. Sticker was 74k, I paid 56k total with tax and...

Stay on east coast time during your weekends. Light therapy sounds ghey but it actually works. Bright light for a few minutes while you drink coffee in the morning will reset your internal clock. Personally I would have a few beers or cocktails Sunday night at dinner to make sure I passed out...

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Example of accurate time-tags using HAT: tags = 0 itime = hat; time = hat; for j = 1:9 while (itime + (0.1*j)) > time time = hat; end tags = time-itime end which gives some really nice time-tags: tags = 0 tags = 0.100003771425691 tags =...