Recent comments by JBR
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Super, this must mean I get my privacy and civil rights back!
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poicv2.0 wrote:
I can give you pointers.
lol. I defer to your 
robj wrote:
I knew the Nikkei was up big time, but that one year chart is the near side of a volcano.
The 5yr looks like a caldera... Volcanic Analysis! I'm starting a newsletter!
robj wrote:
How low can it go?
headed back up now, nothing to worry about...
robj wrote:
Down 2.5%--nothing. Only a flesh wound.
Well, it was -1.7 when I posted, and now it's -3.29
robj wrote:
Is Nikkei drilling down to the subterranean lava belt again tonight, or is it normalizing?
Bad sushi for lunch apparently...
N225 - Nikkei 225 - CNNMoney.com
sportsfan wrote:
All grab your focus. The first one is superb. Wasn't 'stairway to nowhere' a hit by Led Zepplin?
I love pics like these. There are some great albums on the 'tubes of abandoned amusement parks and other things. This guy also happens to be a great photographer. And I believe "Stairway to Nowhere" would be be a mashup of Zeppelin and Talking Heads. Led Heads...
Well, egregiously OT, but here's a fun time waster. Pics of abandoned things.
Love, #24
sm_landlord wrote:
It also says that the bomb "cratered the sidewalk" but did not contain high explosive. Seems like it would have to be one or the other - a gunpowder bomb wouldn't seem to be able to blow a crater in a concrete sidewalk.
Yes, except that there are pictures of the first blast site, with no crater. Just a burned area where it appears it went off. Lemme try and dig it up...
Photos: Explosions rock marathon finish line
(Photo 6 of 26) - Pictures - The Boston Globe
Whiskey wrote:
There's a lot of
aspirationasperation on this thread.
Blackhalo wrote:
Weird that a group of armatures, working for free/self-interest in collaboration, is better at producing real news, than the news "professionals?" What are you? Some kind of Linux zealot?
Free the Software! To be fair, it's a Boston Globe site, but, yeah... it had the most factual info as this was unfolding of anything I looked at. Kudos to the tweeters (twits?), and to whoever was editing the live feed.
Externalized Costs wrote:
I see there is a Saudi national being held for acting suspicious after the blast. Perfect. The narrative can now be spun so many ways through the inert-tubz.
Being a former Bostonian, i've been following stuff at the boston.com live blog, which has now morphed into a story. Generally, I was hearing things on TV (ball bearings, cell service off, prisoners in custody etc. etc.) that had all been debunked before it hit the "air". Actual, reasoned reporting, even the tweet's were sensible. Weird.
Whiskey wrote:
sipping rye while eating haute Dorito cuisine!
Like this?
robj wrote:
Moose--and squirrel.
Delicious, if properly cooked.
Comrade Kristina wrote:
We've clearly lost all sense of sanity.
I blame the internet.
josap wrote:
Got a reply to the email I sent mp a few days ago. Just wanted to post his reply.
josap, thanks very much for your message. I'm comfortable and reasonably engaged while fading away.
For mp... YouTube - Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away 
Tom Stone wrote:
keep in mind that half the drivers have an IQ below 100 by definition, and today more than half will be intoxicated.
Which is why I'll be staying in a hotel post-party, and driving home in the early afternoon. Well after the "I'll wait til the sun comes up to drive home drunk" contingent is off the road. Happy New Year!
Happy Merry To All, and a special thanks to CR for... everything. As usual. And Ken, thanks for keeping our little clubhouse on the tubes! 
Cinco-X wrote:
2012 Election Results Map by State - Live Voting Updates - POLITICO.com
Obama in the lead 65% to Romney's 32%...
That should change once all the job creators get off work and vote...
Tom Stone wrote:
Yes. I learned not to poison them real quick.
Me too... They did love that D-Con though, ate a couple boxes of it. and then...
Tom Stone wrote:
5 pounds is small for a Norway, they frequently go 10 pounds or more and they are tough.
As the former resident of a basement apartment in the south end of Boston, I concur. They also smell real bad when they die in your walls.
Tom Stone wrote:
Norway rats, big and tough. You want a .22 for those
One of these would probably work. I have one, but I'm 3000 mi away so I guess I can't help.
lawyerliz wrote:
Brian Norcross says all of the financial district is underwater.
Bitter laughter.
They needn't worry. We'll bail them out.
Seven Samurai wrote:
Come on, folks. 80% of the stuff written here should be taken with a grain of the salt. The 20% is flat out lies.
Getting huffy over someone spewing off crap, you need to take a break and go play with your dog or something.
1 currency now -yogi wrote:
Do you not know how to use "ignore"?
Sure, but some of the folks who I'd consider ignoring sometimes post interesting info or observations. What I try to do is use my brain to ignore things which I find annoying. Apparently this is difficult for some people. Thanks for your concern though.
1 currency now -yogi wrote:
Some West Coast posters have mocked the response to the storm and minimized the severity. Until they retract or apologize, CR, why shouldn't posters state their case?
And some west coast posters are just trying to read the thread and get econ info and maybe some on the ground updates from people in the storm area and are kinda sick of all the childish name calling and whining that's mixed in.
ResistanceIsFeudal wrote:
Prosecutors say Americans have "no privacy interest" in location records revealing minute-to-minute movements of their mobile devices, even when they're not in use
Guess I'll be switching to airplane mode when not making calls...
Antipodes wrote:
HomeGnome wrote:
put some broccoli raab or swiss chard in there and they will never find it!
Under the brussels sprouts.
Mmmm... brussels sprouts sautéed with bacon. That may not work...
steelhead wrote:
Double SS payments and the poor/elderly can hire a Town Car...
Town cars for all. Just activate your GPS tracker linked to a CC and you're good to go!
for vtcodger...
Geologic Formations - Channel Islands National Park
Most of the mountain ranges of California trend north-south, but the Transverse Ranges, including the Santa Monica Mountains and their extension into the ocean, the northern Channel Islands, trend east-west. Geologists believe that, 20 million years ago, the platform on which the islands are located was oriented north-south along the coast, with San Miguel lying just offshore of San Diego. Forces resulting from relative movements of the Pacific and North American plates have caused the western Transverse Ranges to rotate clockwise to their present position. It is as if one sliver of the continent – the Transverse Ranges –got caught up in the shear between the plates. It rotated ‘much like a floating plank that has one end snagged on the river bank, while the other end is dragged along by the current’. Evidence for this rotation is found, in part, by magnetism in the rocks of the islands...
...The rotation of the platform on which the islands are located caused the ocean crust to thin and the resulting reduction in pressure allowed molten rock to erupt under the sea. Between 19 and 15 million years ago, lava flows and volcanoes covered much of the area that now comprises the northern Channel Islands and the western Santa Monica Mountains....
arthur_dent wrote:
looks like that is extinct. The active subduction seems to end in N CA
After a recent day at Malibu Creek, I looked up the local geology to see why there was so much volcanic rock there. (search for conejo volcanics for more info) Turns out that the subduction in socal ended and now the pacific plate is sliding north, which everyone knows.... the interesting thing is that it grabbed a slice of the NA plate (SM mountains to the channel islands) and dragged it north like a stick with one end in a stream and the other suck on land. This created the LA basin, and thinned the crust allowing volcanoes to erupt. Interesting. Also explains why the SM mountains trend E-W when most socal mountains trend N-S. < / funfact >
Hey look, it's already working!
Coldwell Banker Previews International Releases Luxury Market Report
"We are at a defining moment in real estate history," said Betty Graham, president of Coldwell Banker Previews International NRT. "The luxury real estate market is becoming more global and interconnected than ever before. In the U.S., we are seeing an influx of international buyers from across the world, including Asia, Russia and Brazil, especially in coastal markets in the Los Angeles and Miami areas. It is an exciting time for the luxury real estate market."
I give up.
Rob Dawg wrote:
Reality: There is no manna.,
Driven down to LA lately? Still plenty of manna here.
Rob Dawg wrote:
mp wrote:
I just find it amazing that they're willing to screw their knowledge base, which took 80 years to build, and look elsewhere.
Hughes Helicopters redux.
Oh come now Rob. Clearly a Costco/Albertsons/Bank is much better use of that property than actual manufacturing! Course, it was a racetrack before Hughes so I guess it's just evolving... :-/
poic wrote:
I view this as a strong endorsement of longer term FaceBook fundamentals.
Facebook Director Thiel Sold Most of Holding as Lock-Up Ends - Bloomberg
burnside wrote:
Injera. It's a moist, soft wrap. Circular. I think very tasty.
Just had ethiopian food for the first time the other night... meh. The injera was OK but way too filling.
Agronox wrote:
Think about what would cause someone to do that rather than how he did it.
Someone was. 13 years ago.
The events at Columbine High School 12 days ago have plunged us into a national conversation about "youth violence" and how to stop it. Proposals came last week from all corners - the Oval Office, Congress, living rooms across America. That we are talking about the problem is good; but the way we are talking about it is misdirected...
Former Idealist wrote:
I'm on a strict diet of microwave popcorn and coffee.
I've actually started on the Gin and Tonic diet. I've already lost 2 days!
lawyerliz wrote:
A real estate agent knocked on our door, only my mom was home, she wanted to know if we wanted to sell our house. Weird.
We get those at least once a week here in L.A. My favorite was the nice hand signed letter from the nice young man who had lived and worked in the area for years and was finally ready to buy a "home". He had saved his cash and promised he could close quickly. I googled him... He's a partner in a RE investment/Flipper group here. We rent, and have pink flamingos on our lawn... I'm sure he put this letter on all the place that looked like they were inhabited by elderly folks. These A-Holes make me very angry. Wish I had been home when he stopped by.
So... a few years ago, houses were ridiculously overpriced so I did't buy. Now... houses are approaching a price point where it makes sense for me to buy, and there aren't any available. This is awesome!
"Maybe mom will put her in a plastic bubble on her way to her 4 waitress jobs (when she can't find one with her degree...."
She'll never get to work...
Well, there may be a recession somewhere but, despite all the comm'l vacancies in LA, LL's keep asking for ridiculous rents. (I've been looking for a space) Most sits vacant, but occasionally a gourmet ice cream shop or designer cupcake/clothing shop pays the high price and strengthens the resolve of all the other LL's. And residential? Well, prices have come down from the peak, but it's a similar dynamic to commercial. The bubble mentality is still quite alive.
Flipped Spanish Bungalow in Picfair Village - Weekend Open House - Curbed LA
Rob Dawg wrote:
Feh. It's only affecting steerage and third class.
That's true. Around these parts you'd never know there was anything wrong at all. It's like the early 2000's... Just a few more comm'l vacancies and slightly cheaper houses. Plenty of new luxury apartments and upscale restaurants and shopping coming online. Huzzah!
mp wrote on Sat, 6/23/2012 - 9:51 am
Well, I hope you all enjoy your day waving your copies of "Atlas Shrugged" and the US Constitution at each other.
LOL... I think I'll wave my copy of "Steal This Book"!
Calculated Risk wrote:
Tanta Vive!
It makes me happy that, despite the fact I don't often contribute good "content", I did at least contribute that...
Comment by JBR from thread 'Tanta's Bench and Charity Update'
Oh, and these:
Happy Saturday, Tanta Vive!
put it in the hoppa
YouTube - DISH Commercial - The Hopper: Boston (:30)
Probably only funny to New Englanders..
Well, here in shangri LA, everything is just peachy. Sh#tty little houses are still selling for close to a million bucks, two new trader joes are opening about a mile apart, new "luxury" apartments (not condos now) are still being started or finishing up, and cupcake stores are crowded at all times of day. All the new businesses are restaurants and boutique (insert item here) stores. One fails, another starts right up. In talking to my Boston relatives, the same is true there, at least in town and the western burbs. People around here think everything's just fine... Bifurcation FTW!
poicv2.0 wrote:
Who cares? Our glorious Dow futures are
U S A!