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    Ron Paul: Crotch Groped by TSA, Calls for Boycott of Airlines

    Popular misconception. The president is not elected by popular vote but by an electoral college. Some states formally declare that they will vote with the public, others reserve the right to vote as they see fit. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States) Edit: I...
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    China's Hijacking of the WWW

    Did you guys forget the the DHS can now interrupt DNS? Are you /really/ going to that website you think you are going to?
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    Ron Paul: Crotch Groped by TSA, Calls for Boycott of Airlines

    lol, no I thought the rest of it was quite funny. But enough people believe the part I quoted and actively work to bring it about!
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    Python mechanize help

    If you don't care about downloading images, you can ask it to execute javascript for this. For example: html = selenium.magicFunctionToExecuteJavaScript("window.document.documentElement.innerHTML") open('/tmp/whatever.html','w').write(html)
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    Python mechanize help

    Considered using Selenium? It is better than mechanize because it uses a real browser. Don't know if that is appropriate for you.
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    Ron Paul: Crotch Groped by TSA, Calls for Boycott of Airlines

    Oh god. I give up.
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    Ron Paul: Crotch Groped by TSA, Calls for Boycott of Airlines

    The American constitution allows this. The real problem is that the American politicians no longer have the balls to protect and obey the constitution. It's a weird catch-22/paradox.
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    Ron Paul: Crotch Groped by TSA, Calls for Boycott of Airlines

    That's a grand total of ~$400K. For a billionaire, that's pocket change.
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    Ron Paul: Crotch Groped by TSA, Calls for Boycott of Airlines

    RP is the only US politician who I have never seen use an issue's publicity for his own benefit. I can't believe people think RP is nuts when the politicians they vote in lie to you to your face and shrug their shoulders when called out on it. Who is nuts there?!! RP is the only one who has...
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    Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis

    So well written.
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    Day trading as a living should be impossible

    Awesome :)
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    Day trading as a living should be impossible

    PS: Since we are talking about it, I pay $200/month in accountant fees for them to do all the work and be my therapists. Also, if it wasn't clear, I have two businesses.
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    Day trading as a living should be impossible

    I agree, our costs are high. We used to live on $900/month :-) But really, we live a very good life. I've managed to save 50-75% of my income annually.
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    Day trading as a living should be impossible

    So what are your monthly expenses? Including accounting fees, taxes and everything else? You'd be surprised what you find out once you go past amateur budgeting.
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    Day trading as a living should be impossible

    Please repeat what you just wrote in full sentences. I have a problem with fragments. I'm not being sarcastic, I think I'm missing a part of my brain.
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    Day trading as a living should be impossible

    You are single. Thanks.
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    Day trading as a living should be impossible

    Do any of you have a family with kids or all you all single?
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    Day trading as a living should be impossible

    PS: you will be happy to hear that I am moving all expenses to a credit card with a teeny limit so we can track better. No more disappearing cash!
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    Day trading as a living should be impossible

    Point taken.
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    Day trading as a living should be impossible

    A retail trader can be a doctor who earns $700K/yr...
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