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So does anyone know when ICS is coming to the Razr (Verizon)?

QUOTE (SuperSteve @ Jan 29, 2012 -> 06:50 PM) Jamie Diamond has an interview on CNBC that he says a Greek default will have almost no affect on US banks. Which is exactly why the current policy is to "let Europe deal with it".

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2012 -> 12:25 PM) So apparently people are already faking that they had relatives on the ship that capsized off of Italy. Ugh. http://abcnews.go.com/International/york-l...09#.Tx73AYHVa9s People f***ing suck.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 20, 2012 -> 07:58 PM) Assuming Fox told you so. Honestly, I never watch any of it. None. I don't even have cable.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 21, 2012 -> 07:47 AM) Isn't this the GOP primary? Why drag liberals into y'alls internal battle? But while I am here, and feeling a little pissed in your use of "you all" when it didn't apply to most of the liberals here, I'll play. And you all told us sex matters, a lot. Two consenting adults having sex better have different parts or they, and this nation, are going to hell. You all told us that Clinton wasn't fit to serve in office and started impeachment hearings. You all told us the only relationship that matters, the only one that should be recognized by this country, is between a man and a woman. I'll take the liberal side on this one. You all - pffffft. Actually you all at soxtalk know better then that on my views anyway. Sort of like I knew you all's view on the Clinton thing. (hint, stay the hell out of it, GOP, you lose on this issue). Mainstream liberals did take this view with Clinton and those same mainstream liberals are trying like mad to frame Gingrich on this issue. Gingrich is enough of a prick to implode on his own, he doesn't need help.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 19, 2012 -> 01:30 PM) PPP's 3rd annual TV News Trust Poll (percentage difference of people who trust each news source) Among Democrats and Independents, the situation is pretty much reversed. No one media source is completely trusted above all others, while Fox is generally distrusted. That chart illustrates the effect of a media narrative that's focused on repeatedly telling their conservative listeners that they shouldn't trust any media source that isn't explicitly pro-conservative. And this just in! The sun will rise from the east tomorrow.

Sex doesn't matter. Relationships don't matter. At least that is what you all told us during the Clinton years.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jan 16, 2012 -> 10:50 PM) So, has anyone heard of or been to Genghis Grill? They are all over the place here. It's pretty decent, but a little pricey for what it is. "Mongolian" food, aka, another name for close to Chinese food.

Nah, Romney wins. Boo.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 01:59 PM) http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-120...0,5677751.story It's not very often that I say this but if anyone deserves this, he does. f***ing snake in the grass.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jan 11, 2012 -> 11:45 AM) I have a question for all of those GOPers out there: If you thought John Kerry was pompous and elitest in 2004 how can you NOT think Mitt Romney is the same? I'll hang up and wait for the answer. I do. That's why I can't stand him.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 9, 2012 -> 08:30 PM) This is a great attack on the "MARXIST OBAMA HATES BUSINESS AND MURDERS JOBS!" rhetoric and goes right with the leftist "CORPORATIST OBAMA IS A CENTER-RIGHT SHILL!" Which is kinda surprising coming from kap. But it's pretty much correct.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 9, 2012 -> 08:26 PM) I wish Joe Biden would answer questions speaking Mandarin. But it would be totally fake Mandarin. Yea, like the orange juice kind. 8)

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2012 -> 02:00 PM) Well after they stripped him of a lot of his duties, it was pretty inevitable. From one Wall Street insider, to another Wall Street insider, to another Wall Street insider. Damn, Obama hates some Wall Street. Bad enough to keep hiring them as COS. Yet, we're all told that Wall Street and bankers suck and they run his White House. Oh the irony.

See ya Mr. Perry.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 17, 2011 -> 04:43 PM) I wonder as more and more versions come out how long they will keep the older versions out. For instance, you cannot buy an original iPad from Apple anymore, can you? However, you can still buy an iPhone 3GS. So one would think they would start keeping older versions of the iPad around a bit, and decreasing the cost. My guess would be $199, $249 and $299 pricepoints, perhaps? The production will shut off for IPad2. When they're out, they're out, I'm sure.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 16, 2011 -> 07:47 PM) No one wants to. That would break the game. I get that. But, there's a way it can be done and maintain the same profit levels. Then everyone gets what they want. Except the government. And there's why it will really never change.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 16, 2011 -> 10:00 AM) I also dislike the use of the word vertical integration these days, since it's become nothing more than a buzzword thrown around board rooms, and most people don't even really understand what it means. The issue with healthcare is a broad spectrum issue that's been ongoing in this country for decades now, and they let the animal grow from a chipmunk into a lion...and this Lion, he's bigger and badder than any other animal in the forest...and he's going to use his teeth to protect what it has. * Education to become a doctor costs WAY too much, to the point that their main incentive becomes the fact that one day they're going to make TONS of money to compensate. * The malpractice insurance policy's doctors have to carry to protect themselves from lawsuits, warranted or not, are VERY costly, so they inflate their wages to compensate. * Hospitals and clinics tend to arbitrarily charge non-Medicare patients...whatever the f*** they please...because they can. I mean, do you know what a kidney transplant usually costs? Neither do I. * Drug companies have similar issues, from VERY costly lawsuits, to the insane costs of creating new drugs, which often forces them to charge exorbitant amounts for said new drugs when they hit the market. Do they keep the prices too high, too long? Possibly, but who can tell them what/why/how? The list of issues between the big 3 (drug companies, insurance companies and hospitals/clinics themselves) is immeasurable at this point...attacking one of the three renders nothing in terms of progress. And the cherry on top of all of this...our lawmakers know almost NOTHING about how the medical industry actually operates...yet they hold the control in passing laws that affect the industry. Right there. I *do* know a way to measure what it really costs. And that's the whole key to breaking this to a different plane. I am not quite sure why no one has figured out a way to do the real accounting costs and then break down the pricing based on that cost to where the curve isn't so outrageous. But I do know a way... and it's not exactly rocket, er, accounting science. I guess that's why I have a CPA, because it seems really easy to me.

Ain't gonna happen. Rick's a doofus, now the whole nation knows exactly why I can't stand him.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 15, 2011 -> 02:54 PM) Having some relatively cheap electronics doesn't mean you're not poor. It also didn't specify Xboxes and HDTV's, but "more than one TV" and "gaming console" of unspecified age. But the Heritage report included plenty of basic appliances in their "look, they're not really poor!" annual report. I saw the report and I agree that it is one of the biggest pieces of s*** to come out of the Heritage Foundation in quite some time. But I'm sure Hannity is slobbering all over this "news" like it's the biggest study to rock America since Reagan, right? Excuse me while I barf. But, I will disagree with your take, if I understand what you're trying to say correctly, that having Iphones, Smart phones, HDTV's, gaming consoles, etc. up the ass when you're living under government programs is complete bulls***, and there's a s***load of people out there in just that condition, all the while screaming "POOR!"

Did any of you catch the big spread the Wall Street Journal did on health care on Monday? I just got through reading it. I think they completely miss the boat. The issue isn't vertical integration (which all these companies, doctors, hospitals, etc.) are trying to do. That completely misses the real issue. Hell, even Balta understands that you have to actually bend the cost curve. Vertical integration doesn't do that, it simply moves the curve from one place to another.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 15, 2011 -> 02:28 PM) Then why has the Obama administration been spending money and effort attacking Romney for months? It sure seems to me that the Obama admin. would love to face anyone but Mittens. Because they know he's the nominee, and so does everyone else.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 15, 2011 -> 02:24 PM) And that will be the last anyone ever hears of Balta1701... Nah. Not really. I really should call up a patent attorney. Er something. I could revolutionize America.

Romney or bust. That's EVERYONE's mentality, including Obama's. They want him so bad they can taste it (or plant articles out there to have everyone attacked outside of Mittens). Why? Because health care is 100% off the table if Mittens is the nominee, and they can ward off the attack from the flank on that issue alone.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 15, 2011 -> 01:21 PM) That was part of it. It also included such luxury goods as refrigerators, ceiling fans and stoves. The gall of the poor, having appliances to store and cook food! Bah, if only they worked harder, they wouldn't be so poor! The "part of it" IS the problem, not refrigerators, ceiling fans, and stoves.