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stessier wrote:Why do you think the market's one day reaction is symbolic of the state of the economy?

Rip wrote:

stessier wrote:Why do you think the market's one day reaction is symbolic of the state of the economy?

I think it is indicative of the fear of not having the fed pump tens of billions into the market every month. The economy has been crap for some time, just hidden by the pumping. The actual investmnt risk will be back if they stop which has investors quivering in their mansions.

Not to worry, with the MASSIVE savings of Obamacare and Immigration Reform we will all be kicking back on the beach drinking Margarita's by next election.

In a statement, Cuccinelli claimed that the law, which the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled unconstitutional earlier this year, is "an important tool that prosecutors use to put child molesters in jail."

hepcat wrote:Fantastic stuff

Smoove_B wrote:GOP nominee for Governor in VA wants to ban oral sex:

In a statement, Cuccinelli claimed that the law, which the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled unconstitutional earlier this year, is "an important tool that prosecutors use to put child molesters in jail."

Rip wrote:

Smoove_B wrote:GOP nominee for Governor in VA wants to ban oral sex:

In a statement, Cuccinelli claimed that the law, which the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled unconstitutional earlier this year, is "an important tool that prosecutors use to put child molesters in jail."

Someone should let him know that if you ban sex you could get rid of ALL the child molesters and you wouldn't even need any jails.

What a dumbass!

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Monday he will not seek re-election next year, bringing an end to a record run as chief executive of the Lone Star state.
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Perry left open the possibility that he would try again and run for the White House, saying "any new decisions" he will announce "at the appropriate time." He recently rehired Mark Miner, a longtime aide who was one of the advisers behind his 2012 presidential bid.

The governor said he is focused on the next 18 months as governor, including a special session of the Texas Legislature.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, a rising Republican Party star, has been making moves as though he will seek the governorship next year. He recently released a video, narrated by former senator-actor Fred Thompson, introducing himself to voters – even though Abbott has won statewide elections five times. Abbott also has amassed $18 million in campaign funds.

Arcanis wrote:

hepcat wrote:Fantastic stuff

It is even better when you add the commentary of a pregnant emotional army brat to the mix. I really wish I had recorded when my wife watched that video. It was grand.

Braulio was honorably discharged from the United States Army and received a service connected, disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs for his active duty service as an enlisted soldier in the US Army.

Referring to one blanket purchase agreement worth up to $267 million to provide software maintenance and services, she said 98 percent of the value of the contract, if awarded, would “flow to IBM.” Still, she said Strong Castle provided a critical program management and logistics role.

Castillo agreed. He said his company competed for blanket purchase order deals, but it ultimately received about $50 million in IRS orders, of which $49 million went to “large business providers.”

“This is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Lloyd Chapman, founder of the American Small Business League, a nonprofit group that estimates large companies received more than $16 billion from the federal government’s top 100 small-business contracts in fiscal 2001.

Committee investigators said such “pass-throughs” aren’t limited to Strong Castle.

“To illustrate this point, it is not unusual for IRS to award a large sum contract to a small disadvantaged business such as Strong Castle, only to have the bulk of the funds go to a large computer manufacturer such as IBM or Hewlett Packard,” committee staff wrote in the report. “This practice completely undermines the goals of these programs.”

LawBeefaroni wrote:

Arcanis wrote:

hepcat wrote:Fantastic stuff

It is even better when you add the commentary of a pregnant emotional army brat to the mix. I really wish I had recorded when my wife watched that video. It was grand.

So is this embelishment, lies, or truth?

Braulio was honorably discharged from the United States Army and received a service connected, disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs for his active duty service as an enlisted soldier in the US Army.

If it's indeed truth, perhaps they need to change how the VA doles out disability ratings.

Current standards for the fans have existed since 2005, but a new proposal from the department would likely involve more conservative standards and add additional rules for testing the fans.

Blackburn and Rokita say those measures would make the fans more expensive and limit the number of rooms where fans can be placed.

He should work with us to delay his health care law for everyone...

Kraken wrote:Oh yeah, Boehner must have the most frustrating job in politics, as the next couple of weeks will make abundantly clear. The R Party is tearing itself apart.

Rip wrote:

Kraken wrote:Oh yeah, Boehner must have the most frustrating job in politics, as the next couple of weeks will make abundantly clear. The R Party is tearing itself apart.

Not to worry, if they don't get together and refuse to fund Obamacare he won't have a job much longer.

The court said all judgments against DeLay were reversed, and the former congressman was formally acquitted.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Israel’s alleged nuclear weapons stockpile only serves to make the Jewish state “a target” and creates “foreign policy problems.”

Putin’s comments, reported by AFP, came in response to questions from reporters on the US and Russia-brokered deal to put Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal under international supervision.

stessier wrote:He was right, he just didn't take it far enough. Everyone who has nukes is a target and create foreign policy problems.

LordMortis wrote:How much "insider trading" or whatever the proper collusion word is do you suppose happens around QE or fiscal cliff announcements? It really feels like the the Federal Government (and its quasi governments affiliates) and WallStreet are becoming the biggest rigged gambling racket in the world.

Kraken wrote:Hillary probably would have governed as a genuine progressive...

Apollo wrote:

Kraken wrote:Hillary probably would have governed as a genuine progressive...

Funny you would post that because I came to exactly the opposite conclusion in 2008. After her husband moved the party to the right I figured we'd get a similar governing philosophy from Hillary. And after she fell behind and started running a very nasty campaign, I lost all interest in her candidacy.

While I will vote for her if she is the Democratic candidate in 2016, I feel fairly certain that her administration, with the possible exception of an issue or two, will be at least as conservative as Obama's. After all, you're talking about someone who voted for Barry Goldwater!

Zarathud wrote:Hillary would have made similar compromises and been hated by conservatives too.

Smoove_B wrote:After electing a President that was in his late 40s, I'm not sure if society is going to move back towards electing someone close to 70 - regardless of gender or previous experience. Call it a hunch.

noxiousdog wrote:

Smoove_B wrote:After electing a President that was in his late 40s, I'm not sure if society is going to move back towards electing someone close to 70 - regardless of gender or previous experience. Call it a hunch.

We can hope. And call me crazy, but I'm pretty happy having new folks in the office rather than recycling families.