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I think where we are at in this project is deciding if these guys are criminals (civilian trial with accompanying rights) or enemy combatants (military trial). Where's the line drawn on profiling? Is every Arab an enemy combatant? Citizen or not a citizen? Will this make a difference...

The site asks for a donation. --------------- If you income is zero... "Poor countries lose around £1.3 billion everyday as a direct result of trade policies that put profits before people. Trade you 3 chickens for an MRI.

My kids want a dog but I've refused to get them a Labrador. It's frightening how many Labrador owners you see that have gone blind.

"someone had accidentally hit a "B" for billions when he only wanted to sell "M" for millions of shares, didn't anyone think of checking?" "People who really know this sort of stuff say that computerized trading programs don't work like that." "someone seemed to have a very unusual...

Yea, but whose boat is it?:D :D :D

My point exactly, this is nothing new but something is different. What is the ineffeciency that 4 banks cashed in on all at the same time, the ineffeciency should be gone immediately.

Reminds me of the quote: One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is just a statistic. What we have here is a statistic. My first and primitive thought is the problem is not with the banks, we have systemic monetary snafu buried in here somewhere that hasn't raised its head. If the Fed and...

"every time my wife and I go in to walmart we get over chaghed on at lest three to fough things" Who sez a picture is worth a thousand words. This paints a pretty picture of WMT shoppers.

Piece of cake. Arizona can deport illegals to Los Angeles. Win - win. Arizona can give them CA passport, too!

The best thing Greece had going for it was the Goldman Sach deriviative deal. What would you rather have some hokey accounting or riot in the streets?

I came out my house yesterday and was hit on the head by a bag of frozen sausages, a chocolate gateau and some fish fingers. I realised it must be the fallout from Iceland.

Iceland, we wanted your cash, not your ash.

lol. That was my Dad's line for the liquor cabinet 'cept different whiskeys for each ailment.

Re state unions. Very possible the consequences of fewer worker dollars to support pension liability ponzi (this is not a biggie though, shortfalls can be increased through taxes). I think the union leaders are looking at a loss in dollars for campaign contributions.

Dealing with the markets was like dealing with a military enemy, Mr Obama said. You had to use "overwhelming force". He also offered help from Washington to buy up euros for dollars and ease the pressure on European central banks. -------------------- Booyah! Way to go O. I can't wait for...

Whether they draft legislation in the middle of the crisis or after the dust settles, the main point - no one who votes on it will read the bill anyways.

I bought my son a booster seat for the car. Fuck knows where he landed but it works great.

He should have shot the dog. It would have been a great court case, dog vs lawn.

"Bloomberg apparently has plans to start offering an analytic tool, to go with the thousands available on its terminals, that would effectively rate a company's bonds. The Daily Mail has come up with an internal memo from someone at Bloomberg that notes the firm wants to offer users of its...

The Fed policy of hyphenated Americans has trickled down to translate into zero civic responsibilty to the whole.