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    Wireless Routers

    Netgear WNR1000 N-150 wireless router ---------------- Timely thread in my case. I installed this router yesterday and pfftttt. too slow for my daughters WOW. (Guess these gamers need speed) I'm going to check on the netgear n 600. I did have a linksys router which I didn't have any...
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    Reason for blacks having higher instance of cardiac problems? You guessed it....

    1 asian kid, 1 white kid, 1 brown kid, and 1 black kid, and they all grew up in the same environment.... Work that scenario out, for a moment. Problem number one. Give each one a speeding ticket and ya think the responses will all be equal? Problem number 2. Suppose the...
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    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

    Well, at least when we drive by a college campus and see a disproportionates numer of Asians, we'll know why. ================= Also, one reason this method of child rearing may not work for the "Americans" is the diversity of our culture and divorce. Suppose we had two parents who...
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    This is mind blowing

    Umnnnn... I think the important point here is the building "fell over" it didn't "fall down"... I know a mere technicality but another testimony to the Chinese trying to upstage the US.:cool: :D
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    You Think you know

    History records show wrongly, that Christopher Columbus was a man. This of course is BS, he was obviously a woman. No man would ever look at a map and then decide to sail West to India.
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    You Think you know

    One of nine light bulbs Edison accidentally got wedged in his anus during its development Some funny stuff.
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    Question on Illinois Bonds CDS

    Thanks Martin, Trendlover and others Re Trendlovers comment, I sort of suspected this might be the case but needed confirmation. Now, looking around I see there is a piece on zero hedge with the original letter posted re California. Interesting comments there also...
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    Jokes 2

    I can have sex with a woman for free, and it's legal. In order to get her to have sex with me, I can buy her drinks and dinner, and it still remains legal. However, if I pay a woman to have sex with me, it becomes illegal. But, if I pay a woman to have sex with me on camera, and...
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    Question on Illinois Bonds CDS

    My question is what are lawmakers hoping to change? Are they trying to prevent underwriters from going short? Are lawmakers trying to legislate/manipulate underwriters positions? if you do business with us, you can't go short? Are they trying to influence confidence? [underwriters...
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    This is mind blowing

    You're probably right. I forget the descriptive word Trump used to describe the quality of buildings in China but it wasn't flattering.
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    Question on Illinois Bonds CDS

    (Not sure if this is the right forum) Why? "Firms must disclose whether their “net position is short or long.” -------------------------- In the same legislation that raised the debt ceiling, lawmakers included a provision that requires underwriters working with the state to...
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    Could the U.S. central bank go broke?

    Concerns that the Federal Reserve could suffer losses on its massive bond holdings may have driven the central bank to adopt a little-noticed accounting change with huge implications: it makes insolvency much less likely. The significant shift was tucked quietly into the Fed's weekly...
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    Reason for blacks having higher instance of cardiac problems? You guessed it....

    Nice article Mercor. "Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." What is funny about that and merely coincidental is I learned that concept by studying Charlie Rangel.:D
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    This is mind blowing

    This is a before and after picture of Shanghai. The first one taken in 1990 and the second in 2010. =================== 20 years. I'd read it takes about 8 years to put up a building in NYC. Look at ground zero. In 20 years it might be finsihed and what's that, a couple acres of land...
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    Policy makers trying to come up with a way for states to declare BANKRUPTCY!

    Today is Friday you putz the release said Thursday. I cannot find this article. I found this. Claims that states and localities are facing massive budget gaps, unfunded pension liabilities, and health care costs that will lead to bond defaults and bankruptcy filings are greatly...
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    Policy makers trying to come up with a way for states to declare BANKRUPTCY!

    I heard today a news report is schedule for 1 pm, anyone have any news. “Reality Check: The Truth About State Budgets, Bond Debt, Pension Obligations, and Retiree Health Costs.”
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    Jokes 2

    ohhh, now I get it. It is a French joke. "Fabulous Fab", he is an okay Frenchman in my book.
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    methods of controlling aggregate demand

    How about lying? Using mis and dis information in the medical sciences to change demand. Tobacco, e coli, are a few examples. Hazard waste classifications? Lead, PCB,s, asbestos. Zoning laws. Daylight savings time (extending the time frame). Controls demand of daytime...
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    Jokes 2

    I found one but "if you are going with kids, call ahead and staff will show you a secret entrance" I took a pass on that one.
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    Jokes 2

    007, I don't get the cartoon. is it French joke?
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