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    Do you support a Mosque at Ground Zero?

    "He said he was willing to intervene to seek other suitable state property if the developers agreed." Is this appropiate? The "state" is offering assistance for all religions or just Mosques?
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    we all should become teachers!

    Pelosi: $26 Billion Teachers’ Union Bailout Good Value by Scott Ott (2010-08-09) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, who called the House back into session this week to pass a $26 billion bailout bill to help cash-strapped states pay for 140,000 teachers, said the legislation’s price tag “may...
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    Why can't you just admit that you were wrong?

    Bad juju to admit you're wrong. If you are working toward success, then your failures are examples of what doesn't work. Hence, the trade worked or it didn't. Too much emotional baggage associated with "right - wrong".
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    Andrew Dice Clay

    Little boy Blue.... "AAAAAAAAAAAAA" He needed the money.
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    Do you support a Mosque at Ground Zero?

    Do you support a Mosque at Ground Zero? Uhmnnn....... Do you support Mosque's (notice the plural) at Ground Zero? Why just one? Free country. In our lifetime I'd wager we'll see more than one mosque at Ground Zero.
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    GOOG-411 free phone calls

    Free for now. ""Google and Verizon can try all they want to disguise this deal as a reasonable path forward, but the simple fact is this framework, if embraced by Congress and the Federal Communications Commission, would transform the free and open Internet into a closed platform like...
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    Wealth, poverty and compassion

    This is a psychological study on separating people from their money. Suppose I can shame someone into donating $5 but the guy is a dead beat dad who never pays child support. Am I a successful fund raiser. Hell yea. People in all walks of life are at different levels of giving and compassion...
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    From non-elite college to Wall St?

    read the first few chapters on McDonald, same situation. The guy busted his nuts trying to get a job on the street. I think he sold pork chops just get "sales experience" on his resume. Also, the author does present what it feels like not having a presitgious degree working with those who do...
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    Chicago taken to the cleaners

    In 2083, when we put $100 in the meter to park, what is our benefit? What are we getting for our money?
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    Shorting a stock prior to a split

    One more thing. You can google Owen Lamont. He has quite a few studies on short selling. He does address splits and short selling, then you can draw your own conclusions.
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    Shorting a stock prior to a split

    Abstract: We test information-, liquidity-, and catering-related theories for the abnormal returns around stock split announcements. While recent research focuses on liquidity and catering theories, our evidence is mostly consistent with information. Analysts revise earnings forecasts by...
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    Wealth, poverty and compassion

    Why are we studying what other people should do with their money? Some academic should do a study called "butt the fuck out".
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    I have an idea: Lower SS benefits with unemployment penalties

    My dad died before he collected ss. His last words to me: "It is okay son if someone else gets my ss benefits and never contributed." Nice guy, huh?
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    Technology, Entertainment, and Design

    Parrots are pitbulls with feathers. They bite. They make the same noise day in and day. Your house will be a pigeon coop, seeds on the floor, cleaning a bird cage.
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    Life's Tips

    You say "looks like somebody has too much time on their hands" but all I hear is "I'm sad because I don't know what creativity feels like."
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    Fastest Growing Religions

    The prayer rug lobby has a bit more power than the candle lobby.
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    Salary Equivalent

    By the same token, should we have a different minium wage for different cities?
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    '99ers' exhaust benefits, Thousands are banding together to ask for more extensions!

    For Example: Mills Lane – retired boxing referee Qualifications: TV judge Landmark Rulings: Guy Who Couldn’t Get On Judge Judy v Lady Who Couldn’t Get On Judge Judy. Lefty v Righty, Merlot v Chianti. Potential confirmation problem: Trademark phrase of “Let’s get it...
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    In my opinion, trading is one of the only few ways left to thrive in this world.

    I had a pen pal in Japan and she used a lot of "I's when she wrote. This was some years ago and maybe this is her. (Dang I can't remember her name)
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    Conservatives caught manipulating and censoring Digg.com stories

    I figured as much. Actually most of the internet is one small loop.
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