StrangeSox

Didn't Khaddafi explicitly state he was going to commit a massacre?

Overton Window & appeal to moderation in full effect. I'd like to know what wacko Dems are even at the "waaaay to the left" position on economics. Arch Socialist Obama is basically no further left than Eisenhower or, hell, even Nixon.

http://globalagenda.co.uk/blogs/democracyi...1/04/inequality Also the links Winship provides in this section: speak of growing income and wealth gaps, so I'm not sure what he's talking about. This one in particular makes the case that most of the wealth for middle-class households comes from their homes, which have seen massive drops in value since 2007, while most of the wealth for the top 1% comes in the form of stocks, which are doing quite nicely. The majority of the rise for the middle class was wiped out by the bubble, which doesn't hold true for the top 1%, since only a small portion of their wealth is held in real estate. Additionally, Wolff has an updated working paper from 2010 that more clearly illustrates that wealth inequality is neither basically flat nor at a historic low through 2007 (see Table 2). It also shows the huge inequality in where wealth was held in 2007--again, for most people, it's in their homes, and they've taken massive losses in wealth because of substantially reduced home values. Perhaps Winship is correct in pointing out that the share for the top 1% is slightly overstated by Stiglitz, but a quick glance to the Gini Index in the same table shows that wealth inequality has indeed been climbing steadily since 1983. It also shows the steady climb of income disparity. Table 4 shows that the top 1% have seen an increase in net wealth of just over 100% since 1983 while the bottom 40% have seen a net decrease of 62.9%. The top 1% also took in just over 35% of all wealth gains from 1983-2007, and the top 5% combined just over 70%. Income disparity is even worse. Does Winship still want to maintain that wealth inequality has been "basically flat" and is "historically low?" edit: Abstract of the Wolff 2010 paper: Note that, when these projections were made on July 1, 2009, the S&P was down over 40%. It's since climbed back to being down only 13%. Given that the stock market has recovered nicely since then and that home prices are basically unchanged or even slightly down in 2010Q4, the inequality will be even more substantial and the Gini coefficient will be even higher, perhaps nearing 0.9.

defense lawyer spotted

why was this thread temporarily closed?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 14, 2011 -> 11:16 AM) It is only an attack to those people who are still living in the past where communists or socialists are going to take over the world. I thought our new enemy was terrorists. Uh, domestic political 'discussion' has seen an awful lot of attacking Obummer and the left-wing radical dems as evil socialist and marxist commies. There's still plenty of America Capitalism vs. USSR Communism rhetoric underlying a lot of the economic discussions.

Yeah mixed with water it's kinda gross, I usually mix those drinks with 1% milk. But then again I'm looking to add weight, not lean out.

Any advice for an alternative to the P90X Yoga? That one is too long and way too boring.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Apr 7, 2011 -> 04:07 PM) Anyone else watch "Extreme Couponers" on TLC? Two things I've noticed about the people on the show. One, they have extreme OCD over coupons and keeping a constant supply of groceries in their house. Two, they don't have jobs. Mostly because they spend so much time on their coupons and shopping. I can't imagine spending that many hours each day cutting coupons and then going to the store 3 and 4 times a week for hours at a time. My wife and I use coupons but the most I think we saved on one shopping trip was around $60. We still usually end up spending $200+ for 2 weeks of groceries. These people are buying $600+ worth of groceries and paying like $10. They must have better grocery stores and better coupons. One of my brother's friends did this for a while, was part of a couple online communities/groups that found the best deals. Yeah, you might end up with 20 tubes of toothpaste at a time, but you'd basically be getting free groceries and you wouldn't have to buy toothpaste for quite a while. It was a lot of work though, 20 hours a week finding coupons and shopping.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 14, 2011 -> 10:08 AM) It sounds bizarre but there is some truth to what the guy is saying. Stalin used goal programs and many public works projects http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-Year_Pla...he_Soviet_Union. FDR was responsible for some of the greatest public works projects. I just dont think the word communist or socialist are necessarily bad things, nor am I sure the US trying to steal from the USSR's successful programs would make them socialists or communists, anymore than the US stealing from Nazi Germany would make them Nazis. Sure, but that's not his intent. It's just a really s***ty ad hominem at best, gigantic ignorance more likely.

Poor Paul Ryan, Mr. Obama was just so mean to him!

Oh yeah, FDR was a huge Stalinist. I remember reading about the purges.

LOL, how can anyone take anything this guy says seriously? So, his Estimated Wins Added stat has LBJ at 25.6. So the Heat would be a 32-33 win team without him? Or is this just a garbage stat?

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six more runs from the bullpen!

blow.up.this.bullpen

LOL at the excuses for pitching Sale in the 9th.

blow.up.this.bullpen

There we go, Thornton.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 13, 2011 -> 03:44 PM) Can someone please give a f***ing update? 4-2, bases loaded, no outs. Crain went 3-0 on the batter but came back and got the K. Sweeney up now.

whew.

sigh.

Another bullpen meltdown in the works.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 13, 2011 -> 12:31 PM) It's crazy because that was my initial reaction too. But I'm 6'3 170 now and have a solid amount of muscle and still haven't lost all the fat off my tummy. No idea how that's possible, just an extremely odd body type I guess? It's weird. QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 13, 2011 -> 12:58 PM) Oh ya, 'tis what I've been doing. My diet is about as perfect as can be at this point and I work my ass off in the gym every day. I'm getting there, just still have work to do. Fatty!

When 1% of the country controls 50% of the wealth, it's hard for the remaining 99%.