Recent comments by JP
KidPsych wrote:
You should see the parents' faces when you tell them there's nothing actually wrong (except for the parents).
It's funny that the thing so desperately needing to be said is not the thing that gets said.
yagij wrote:
Why? Because they aren't Asian? /ducks!!
Fun fact: The term "minority" started to include the adjective "underrepresented" about that time.
aleister perdurabo wrote:
The obvious conclusion is that many of those conditions aren't "real" diseases.
I pretty sure a decent fraction of my cohort at MIT wouldn't have made it there in today's generation; They would have been "treated" or "medicated" to iron out all of those terrible idiosyncrasies.
Then again, maybe that's the plan. 
RayOnTheFarm wrote:
That might get some attention in Pyongyang.
Nah, they'll just switch to 
But there is also evidence of a recent shift by employers to more temporary workers.
ld;o
Rob Dawg wrote:
VCs fund speculative projects and get paid handsomely for success through acquisition/IPO or lose it all.
You forgot the "2" of the "2 and 20".
Regarding prior PhD comment: Noahpinion: If you get a PhD, get an economics PhD
Rob Dawg wrote:
Anything that doesn't need to mature should be in a screw cap.
I have a cap, but it appears to be unthreaded. I am often screwed though.
Cinco-X wrote:
C'mon! Didn't she say she had a PhD?
Pfft. All those PhD types have their heads very far up their butts.
sportsfan wrote:
Could it be that some jobs are never advertised, but just filled from friends and family?
Could be. I would first go after how "hires" and "job openings" are calibrated.
Whatever the answer, the result as drawn is absurd on the face of it. Why I only noticed it this month is another question that demands answers.
Rajesh wrote:
Commerzbank will need a lot of persuasive power to enthuse investors to buy the new Commerzbank shares
Ain't nothing that price won't fix.
The result is that people endure long waits to qualify for the program and sometimes celebrate almost like lottery winners when they get the word. In New York City, the average person stays in public housing for 20.7 years.
But President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget calls for "substantial expansion" of a 1996 demonstration project that allows select housing authorities to set restrictions on residents, or try other strategies to promote self-sufficiency. Only 39 housing authorities out of 3,200 nationally have this power currently. Congressional approval was required for each one.
CoreLogic Home Price Index Rises by 10.5
That's gonna leave a mark on price-to-income ratios.
poicv2.0 wrote:
The US Regulatory Vice Closes On Bitcoin | Zero Hedge
FTA: Since the ruling, at least three companies in North America have reported having their business accounts closed by their banks. Bitfloor, a New York-based Bitcoin exchange, said it was shutting down entirely, and it has not yet been able to return funds to customers.
What idiots. They think they are going to increase their power in the situation by driving all of the exchanges offshore? Good luck with that strategy.
azurite wrote:
Haven't seen yet what the DSM-V has to say on the matter.
I assume this is a little joke, because
Psychiatry in Crisis! Mental Health Director Rejects Psychiatric “Bible” and Replaces with… Nothing | Cross-Check, Scientific American Blog Network
Real GDP returned to the pre-recession peak in Q4 2011, and has hit new post-recession highs for six consecutive quarters.
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Real personal income less transfer payments might be the last major indicator to return to pre-recession levels (excluding the spike last December).
So the increase in real GDP is due to unreal people.
sum luk wrote:
it's so unfair, it's hardly worth mentioning.
I don't think enough people realize this: It is usually best to get a high-deductible medical plan. You pay out-of-pocket, but at the rates negotiated by the insurance companies, which is a helluva better than the off-the-street price.
(Yes, MGH = Mass General.)
Wilberforce wrote:
the real question is whether the IRS knows.
It's far more insidious than that: The money is reported, but the effect is to maximally screw patients for what they can afford to pay.
It was no surprise that 50% of all bankruptcies were medically related, before the housing bubble collapsed.
sum luk wrote:
... so, do doctors, labs and hospitals actually charge cash customers that ridiculously huge amount that the insurance companies miraculously reduce when they pay part of a claim ??
This has been true for at least 20 years.
I'm not talking backwater places, unless you consider MGH backwater.
Citizen AllenM wrote:
Yes, thanks, back from his passing.
Ug. Very sorry to hear it AllenM. 
sam.lowry wrote:
But lots of folk on here seem content with running in circles.
My tribe is above all that. We run only in pentagonal patterns.
ResistanceIsFeudal wrote:
Is granite a good material choice for high-end dungeons?
I pretty much took that for granted.
I'm sure his stray life was better having you look after him for a while.
Mike_PNW wrote:
think of all the knuckleheads you went to high school with. Kind of amazing 92% of us are employed.
Not if you're including incarcerated as employed.
energyecon wrote:
Has that been reported/confirmed by any reputable news service ?
Chinese incursion 19km, but 750 sq km at stake for India - The Times of India
India, China remain at odds over alleged border incursion - The Washington Post
Border Dispute Between China and India Persists - NY Times
So the answer is no?
If I proposed reducing my own hours: The wife would tell me to get back to work, and it would be very expected.
Of course, she's out biking on this glorious day so maybe I'll get at run in at the beach later in the workday, unexpectedly.
josap wrote:
Part-timers to lose pay amid health act's new math - latimes.com
Looks like Broward's reduced work week is here at last, just not for the reasons anyone expected.
Mary wrote:
What is a complement?
My! You have many excellent posts today, Mary!
ResistanceIsFeudal wrote:
It's my fault for failing to sell my remaining grubstake at 150 (or at all) this time.
I'm sure the evil manipulators will be overcome as the fundamentals reassert themselves, which will last until the evil manipulators regroup of course.
Outsider wrote:
< 100?
It is teh workz of teh evil manipulatorz!
The CEO is dead! Long live the CEO!
Intel appoints Krzanich new CEO - MarketWatch
I would worry more about addressing the body blow to their reputations (How could you fuck up a spreadsheet that badly?), but then again, I did not go down the path of being a prof because of filthy lucre so what do I know.
Edit: And it really fits in with burnside's comment immediately above me.
More like: It's called "The American Dream" because you have to be asleep to believe it.
josap wrote:
There is a lady in our complex who has redone her place to the nines. They lost the big house in the burbs, which they also did up to the nines. Just couldn't afford most of it after one job loss and her husband no longer getting over time. She seems to need to "look" better financialy than they are, like she is making up for something.
Not sure I am explaining it well.
Your explanation is great: The lady did up to the 9s + 9s, bet on everything coming up 7s + 11s, but instead rolled box cars (6+6) which deep-sixed her plans.
She has a bad case of the 18s.
poicv2.0 wrote:
"The Who...more talent in 4 guys than 10 bands today.."
Who?
Some bunch of dudes that Scot Halpin jammed with back in 73.
Mike in Long Island wrote:
Can we get a graph of NYSE margin debt in bitcoins?
Sure, I had that graph a couple of hours ago, but now it's changed by 30%.
GDD9000 wrote:
Kestion - how long do you think a black squirrel would attempt to chew through a metal chain holding up a birdfeeder that it has trouble accessing? Just take a wild guess.
anser: Just give me the nuts, and nobody gets hurt.
Nemo wrote:
Because I could have sworn there was something I was supposed to do in May.
Bring Pilgrims of course.
lol, that's just weird. Must have siamese in him?