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Honestly, Im not really sure what it is. I know when I was young it was just X, and back then i was always told it was mainly just heroin and speed (which is why you got wacky or speedy pills). I cant imagine why anyone would break into a house on molly. Honestly that Salvia s*** was odder, for about 5 minutes I couldnt stop laughing, so I couldnt close my mouth and i had to go to the sink and drool into it. It was odd as hell.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 7, 2013 -> 04:12 PM) Having done lots of med mal cases, that requirement is a good step, but it's hardly a barrier. Im not saying its a barrier. Obviously there are pay to play Doctors. But the entire argument was faulty. It was why do insurance companies pay out on cases that may not be very strong. Its about risk. And the risk of a case where a dr is already willing to testify that there may have been a lapse in care is very high. You have generally sympathetic plaintiff versus a corp. Thats not just medical mal, thats a lot of cases where companies are forced to settle just because it makes more economic sense then the risk of trial.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Oct 7, 2013 -> 03:20 PM) Alot of this however is a continuous circle pretty much exclusive to the US. Much of it is the legal system. Unlimited tort and lawsuits force the medical practitioner to have highly priced insurance for protection. Insurance companies payout far too much on some cases. These are the same insurance companies which own many of the health care insurance companies. They take loses in one area and make it up in others. One sure way to lower insurance costs in the US and where it all should start is tort reform. I've been an expert witness in many cases where the lawsuits where absolutely stupid yet insurance companies had to pay. There are many legitimate ones as well but too many stupid ones. Greatest myth ever perpetrated on the American people is that its the lawyers who are evil. Just as an fyi, in Illinois you cant just file a medical mal case against a dr. You need to have another dr review the case file and determine that there is merit. In comparison, anyone can file a lawsuit against a lawyer for any reason. http://www.passenlaw.com/blog/trucking-acc...lpractice-cases Why would we ever cap the actual damages someone can receive?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 7, 2013 -> 03:26 PM) I guess she put the Today show host in his place this morning. I'm starting to like Miley a bit. I do think she may be smarter than I used to give her credit for. She does seem to love drugs, though. That could be a slippery slope for her if she starts to abuse it badly like Lo-hag. Its about control. Lohan is an idiot. The drugs didnt make her stupid. QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 7, 2013 -> 03:27 PM) At least she said she hates cocaine, thats usually their downfall. Molly is her generations coke. Which is why Im so scared for those kids. I go to shows and Im like "you guys need a role model". Its fun, but come on, its day out, you should be sleeping, not dancing.

I didnt mean bragging about having sex with a bunch of girls. I meant having a group of girls dance around the rapper while he pretends to have sex with them. It may not have been as clear as I wanted it to be, but I wanted to use the word pseudo-f***. And this is really the question. If she is aware what she is doing, then she is clever. I was referring to the people who are outraged at Miley, which is more about all the nonsensical boxes we put women in. I think Miley wants to be outrageous, I think she is doing it on purpose, I think the haircut and the androgynous Bieber look is on purpose. There just is a crushing amount of publicity/fame/attacks that are going to come from this, and most humans just cant withstand it.

I think Miley is probably smarter (more clever) than people realize. She is also flying a lot closer to the sun than she realizes. I find her to be interesting. If a rapper gets up on stage and pseudo-f***s female dancers hes a hero. A girl does it and shes a slut/tramp. Whether her ultimate goal is to expose hypocrisy, who knows. I bet that Miley actually hasnt something to say, unlike those vapid Kardashians.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 5, 2013 -> 11:02 PM) Really obvious he was short. Thought he was short myself.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 09:25 PM) are you Alex Nowrasteh? your posts seem very familiar. he/you work(s) at the CATO Institute Never heard of him, but looked him up. Im kind of like a Cato institute experiment that went horribly astray.

If Chisox was really interested Id set up a NFP for Soxtalk where people could donate funds that would be used for other members. Possibly could get it 501c3, but with the govt being shut down....... Now onto my rant. So tonight I went to Atoms for Peace (amazing) and Im really rolling in deep thought. And Ive been ranting about the govt shutdown for hours, because Im pretty sure no one actually gets the fact that the US govt is now not paying its bills over a f***ing childish game of chicken. This really pains me because I love Lincoln and Reagan, but I want to end the Republican party. I want them to look back at this day and realize this was the day that they mother f***ing blew it because they let their millionaire egos get in the way of just keeping the game going. Thats all these stupid ass b****es had to do, was just keep the god damn ship from hitting the shore. Im actually angry as an American. This reflects poorly on me. Im legitimate, if you lend me money, you get your money back, I dont f***ing break my promises. These clowns are ruining my name, and thats personal.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 05:25 PM) I think you're presupposing that technology won't become advanced and cheap enough here at home where the need for cheap labor, and the cost of shipping goods to/from Africa, will no longer exist. Unless the US ends immigration restrictions, minimum wage, Im not really sure that will happen. Cost of labor is extreme in the US because the labor market is artificially restricted. When you mess with supply and cost, you screw demand.

Im not making excuses. Im asking why you and I have extremely different experiences? Ive been going to the Daley Center since March 2004, and while I have had some frustrating days, most of the clerks have been great and generally go out of their way to be helpful. I mean sure Judge White's clerk and I have gotten into a few disagreements about holding cases, but at the end of the day when I actually really needed something she went out of her way to help. Im not saying attorneys created idiots. Im saying that many attorneys have a way about them that causes other people to react negatively.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 04:56 PM) I predicted this in a paper as a sophomore in college 20 years ago. Still waiting for it to happen. Great minds?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 05:05 PM) I'm sure if you break it down everyone has an excuse. We had a billing clerk that would write checks to herself and stole a bunch of money from our firm. When she was caught she explained that she was just doing it to feed her kid. She was a good person, right? Everyone in my office and most of the other attorneys I work with at other firms have this conversation about the Daley center frequently. We were the clerks/young attorneys tasked with filing before being able to work as real attorneys. I'm clearly the biggest asshole in the city and treat people accordingly, but not everyone I know in the business is, so i'm confident that your experience there is a rarity. So you are comparing someone stealing to someone dumb? Which is it, youre argument is all over the place. On one hand you say they are dumb peons, then you are comparing them to someone who is breaking the law?? Since when is being dumb a crime? As for the bolded, many attorneys are idiots and its insulting that Im in the same group as people who are so stupid. Even if the clerks are the dumbest worst people in the world, it seriously helps your client/firm to make them like you. The fact that many attorneys can not even grasp this simple concept shows how dumb of a profession it is. Id bet that your firm is located in the suburbs, probably Dupage if I had to guess. (edit) And this really isnt against you, I dont know you, you could be the nicest person in the world (well probably not as nice as me, but Im kind of ridiculous j/k j/k), but it just annoys me when people make these grand sweeping statements about public employees.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 04:05 PM) Africa doesn't have the resources the world demands like the US did back in the day. And those resources they do have (mining in particular) have been gobbled up by so few companies that there's no major need for the entire continents population to be displaced in favor of new immigrant workers. First of all it presupposes that all resources we use today are the same resources that we will use tomorrow. Thats like saying at the turn of the 19th century the Middle East was always going to be worthless because all it had was sand. Also its already happening. Factories move to where cheap labor is. Its why factories moved across the sea from England to the US (it was cost of labor and lax labor laws more than raw materials) as the US had FREE LABOR called slaves. Thus it was far cheaper to pick cotton in the US and ship it back to England than pick cotton closer. When the US began to industrialize you began to see labor move to cheaper places, Mexico, China, because once again, cheap labor. So it only stands to reason that as China/Vietnam and the rest of the East industrialize, as labor becomes more expense, you will see a shift to the last bastion of cheap labor, Africa. You dont need special resources to open sweat shops to make Nikes, you just need to find a place where the standard of living is so low that $1 a day is a good wage.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 03:51 PM) Yes, SB, it must be because you are nice and I'm a dick to these people. That's the only explanation. Perhaps my error was calling them dumbasses before explaining what I need. I'll stop doing that from now on. I'm not sure what division and courtrooms you work in, but the Daley center is FILLED with workers as dumb as posts who could give a s*** about their job or helping people out. Yes, there are a few diamonds in the rough over there, but as a whole, it sucks dealing with those people. I'm not talking about judges clerks (though they're not all perfect either), i'm talking about the actual peons working in the various clerk offices - the 8th floor, the archive room, anything underground. They're the people that do work that a computer can do but because they're public employees and part of the union the county/city have to continue to pay them to be data entry clerks. It's a similar issue with people over at City Hall. And no doubt they have to deal with s***ty people and that probably puts them in a bad mood sometimes. But bad moods are temporary. Being an idiot is not. Also i'm glad you completely ignored what I said (referring to the bolded). Almost word for word I admitted that in my post. Ive been going to the Daley Center since 2003 and know most of the clerks on 6-8 by name (not judges clerks, the people who you pay to file cases etc) The supervisor on 6th floor (Mike) knows me by name. Back when global filing began I used to file all my cases on 12th floor (probate) and knew Melissa and Kiran very well. I can remember the first day Melissa began working there, ha. So one day Im standing there when some attorney comes in and just starts berating Melissa. She starts crying because this lady is just going off on her. Eventually the lady leaves. A few days later when Im there Melissa asked me to speak with her supervisor because of the complaint. Basically the supervisor etc were going to suspend her for nothing. I had to explain that some crazy ass b**** just went off on her for nothing. The other attorney was kind of a big deal so it was a huge complaint because the attorney flat out lied about what happened and said that Melissa refused to help her because her client was Jewish. And the peon Kiran, well he used to be an engineer in India and paid for his children to go to some pretty amazing US schools. He gave up a lot to give his children a better chance in this country and its pretty sickening the way many attorneys would treat him. I guess maybe they arent as stupid as you think and they can tell your disdain? Lets be honest, working with people isnt something everyone is good at.

I bet there was a DukeNukem back in 16th century telling people why they should not invest in the "colonies". I mean they were so far behind the rest of the world, no way they would ever catch them. Oh wait... Simple economics, eventually Africa will become the cheapest source of labor etc. It may be the last to experience rapid industrialization, but when it does, it likely will have the benefit of having the best new technologies which should allow it to quickly bridge the gap. Same thing happened in the US. When industry came to the US, they had to build new factories. Those factories were newer and better than their European counterparts, thus the US experienced a rapid transformation. Unless your insinuating that for some unknown reason Africa wont develop. Which is kind of odd considering that Egypt developed before Europe...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 02:58 PM) The unions woudl love that... QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 03:01 PM) As would I, and as SHOULD everyone. Unfortunately, in both private AND public positions, they're sometimes filled by bad/lazy employees. The private sector just seems to blow through bad employees a bit easier than public...they tend to shuffle them around, instead of getting rid of them, as firing union employees is always harder. Unions to a certain extent have exceeded their use. While it is great that they fought against child labor and other horrible things, its not clear if they are helping or hurting anymore. But in general Im against restriction of labor, so unions have been kind of annoying me lately.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 02:55 PM) There isn't a single employee at a private business that can say "get the f*** out" without getting their ass fired. Unless you're Tim Cook, or Steve Balmer, or someone like that. But if a common clerk at an Apple store said that to a customer, they'd be fired on the spot. I said a private business can. A private business can restrict anyone from entering their premises for any reason as long as its not an illegal reason. A public business can not. This leads to dealing with a different type of jackassery. For example, there is a certain lady at cook county who files frivolous lawsuits. She is very notorious. One of my clients was unfortunately sued by her, so I had the pleasure of dealing with her. She used to swear and yell at clerks, they would have to bring police to calm her down. But she always gets to keep coming back and filing FREE court cases. No private business would tolerate that. They would not let someone come into your office scream and berate you every day for $0. So its just not comparable and most people never see how bad it is for a public employee, because they spend their 30 minutes at the DMV every 3 years and wonder.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 02:54 PM) No, I'm saying they hired employees, and after being found to be sub-standard, said, meh, let them keep their job. Sometimes you hire bad employees. And do you know what you do when that happens? You're going to love this, it's SO logical. YOU f***ING REPLACE THEM. Can I replace them with illegal immigrants who will do the work better and at a fraction of the cost? Because that would really give people an incentive to be good at their job. Competition from people who will go out and break their ass for the same job.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 02:52 PM) The federal employees I have dealt with have been awesome. From my local post office, to staffs at National Parks, IRS, and the Department of Education. Far better than the average WalMart, Best Buy, employee. Its just fashionable to knock a public employee.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 02:40 PM) I'm not going to support Duke here, but I will say that there are far more s***ty public employees than private employees out there that i've encountered in my day to day life. Ultimately that means nothing as a worker can be s***ty regardless of his employer, but having to deal with clerks at the courthouse or the treasurers office or the like is an exercise in patience. And I do it on a near daily basis. That, and i've had my fair share of litigation involving public constructions workers (various City Departments, road construction crews, etc.) being complete morons. "What's that? We're digging up a water main right near a live electric line? Nah f*** it, let's dig!" Add to that the difficulty the government has firing public employees versus private employees, and you get the stereotype that Duke is referring to. Disagree. Most of the clerks at the courthouse will bend over backwards for me. But then again, Im a nice person and I go out of my way to be appreciative and understanding. They talk with me, ask me how my cases are doing, theyll call my case first if I need to go somewhere, hold it last if I have to be in another room. Clerks, DMV, etc, have to deal with unreasonable jackasses all the time. Unlike a private business they cant just say "get the f*** out", so sure, sometimes they are in a bad mood, they are slow or they are dicks. Same thing happens at a private entity. If you believe that there is some sort of difference between private/public people, I really dont know what to say. People are people. You just dont ever walk into my office and have to deal with the idiots answering my phones, so you dont know that they are worse than a public employee. But then again, I get along with all the people who work at the food places around my business. Service industry is s***ty work. Youd be surprised how far being nice goes.

Its almost impossible to really figure out how well a small business is doing. And Im pretty sure that most Democrats would be okay with a tax on "mega corporations". I wonder which side would fight it... The real tragedy here is that this is all fixable.

Maybe, its hard to tell. Skylar may just think that Walt's friends are giving her sympathy money to pay for their guilt. They did offer to pay for all of his medical bills.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 11:34 AM) Agree with everything you say here. What kills me about this latest move is that it makes no sense. They've lost. The law is in effect. The cat is out of the bag. So why shut down the government over it? Let the thing fail and win elections later because of it. Do they really think Obama will just close it all down in a week? Exactly. At the end of the day big business is not going to let the Republican party be a petulant child that costs them money. Big business may dislike taxes, but I guarantee it will hate a shutdown more.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 09:12 AM) I'll be the first to say we need to do something to lessen the American economic dependency on government, but this is not the way. This is just silly grandstanding. I wish that I could write it off as "silly". This is purposefully destructive and I wont forget. Maybe Im just 1 vote, maybe Im a small nobody, but I wont forget.