Brent Nyitray
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Let the mutherfuker burn!
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Kevin S. Willis
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yellojktThe Addam’s Family Credo. Those just aren’t pretty words.
Christina Ricci supplies a classic film moment as Wednesday Addam’s, also from Addam’s Family Values.
I just recently heard a reference to Fried Green Tomatoes as “that movie that came out in 1991”. Finding that unbelievable, I checked, and indeed that is when it came out. What’s wrong with time? Why does it keep moving forward? And so fast? Anyway, the inimmitable Jessica Tandy starred in Fried Green Tomatoes, and was also in The Birds. Boo!
Scary Halloween (in 3 days), everyone!
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And one more baseball game……….although it'll be tough to beat last night's game. We're going to a Halloween party tomorrow at our sons house. I tried to talk my husband into all kinds of crazy costumes last weekend, but no dice. We settled on hippies, lol. I found a groovy pair of sunglasses today though so I'm happy now.
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Know what's scary? The weather channel was predicting we are going to get 10-15 inches of snow saturday night. And since the trees still have their leaves, we are in for a bunch of fallen trees, which means no power for a week.On the bright side, I am spending next week in San Diego on business. On the other hand, my wife is not so happy about that.
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Brent, where are you located? I'm in OKC and weather changed here in last couple of days, but nothing like what you describe.lms, agreed about the WS game. I've been kind of conflicted about this series, so I'll be happy whoever wins. Glad it's gone 7 games.I can see at some point I will want to have a discussion with the Three Stooges about income inequality.
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Brent: A good hubby would hire somebody to deal with the house and take the wife to San Diego, too.Just sayin'. . .:-)
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Good one, michi. Guess I've been single too long, never even thought about that. 🙂
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Wow, the game is off to some start!
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Stamford CT. And if I could get my boss to pay for taking the fam down to SD, I would. But..
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Was inSan Diego in August. Such beautiful weather.
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kev, did you see my question in another thread about whether we can have a "boss button"? (michi, not being naughty but planning to.)Ah, brent, I fear you have missed the point. You have to spring for wife/family, but at least your expenses are paid. If situation looks as described (e.g., no power), taking them to another area might be a lovely respite worth far more than the dollars. Cheers.
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Hi all, I'm back. Sometimes I get called away for Hospice and this afternoon was one of those days. Anyway, looks like Texas may have blown their chance last night. I love San Diego, we camp there a lot. There's a beach community (Imperial Beach), the last one before Mexico, that has a great campground right on the beach that we go to several times a year. I went to San Diego State for two years right out of high school and when my parents retired they moved back to CA and lived in Vista………beautiful weather.
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I lived in San Diego right out of college. I was a Naval Officer, living 4 blocks from the beach in Pacific Beach. My rent was $180 a month, my car payment was $140, and that was it. I spent the weekend days playing beach volleyball and at night, we would take the truck behind Von's supermarket, take a bunch of pallets, and have a bonfire on the beach. I would bring a Weber Kettle down with my guitar and we would have a party and pick up girls. Great times.
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I'm not fan of Herman Cain, and neither is this Democrat on MSNBC.. Careful, the link goes to the dreaded Ace of Spades, but he's (once again) spot on. It's a conundrum for the right, if you don't support Cain it's because you're a racist. Oh, you support Cain? It's because you're a racist.And having spent some time at the Marine Corp Recruit Depot San Diego, you can keep it.
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MCRD has the best gym on the planet. Bar None.
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Sure, the gym is nice, it's the "trainers" you have to worry about.
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I remember in '68/'69 riding the train into the train station late at night and being a little panicked. One Sunday night my ride never showed up to take me back to school and I hitched a ride with a family kind enough to go out of their way. Downtown San Diego was not a safe place in those days.That Cain story was strange McWing. Honestly, I think racism still exists, I've seen it, but this pontificating about who's voting for whom based on race is strange. I think it says more about the person doing the talking than race relations in the country.
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It is a strange story. Almost as strange as Lawrence O'Donnell criticizing Cain for not being Rosa Parks.
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Look McWing, I don't know how many black Americans are Republican but I presume it's a minority, the same with gay Americans. Having said that, I don't find any reason personally to call those particular Republicans something other than conservative. That's one of the reasons we started this site. I'm not a registered Democrat, in case you might have been wondering. I find people in both parties reprehensible on a daily basis, but I don't think it's fair to assume just because we might identify more with liberals or conservatives that we always agree with either their tactics or their language.
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McWing: second what lms said re branding people.Bummer for scat and others about the Rangers. . .
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No Lms, I wasn't trying to imply anything, and sorry if it came out that way.I find the criticism of Cain from the left interesting in that it demonstrates a rather shallow view of conservative thought. To repeat, I wasn't trying to hold you responsible for it or to imply that you agree with it. Sorry it sounded that way. I included the O'Donnell reference because of his absurd interview.
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np McWing, I don't watch O'Donnell or really any cable news anymore so I didn't even know what you were referring to. Even if you put a link up, I probably wouldn't watch it. I imagine we could probably all agree that anyone depicting Obama as a witch doctor or saying Cain is essentially an Uncle Tom probably all have some unresolved race issues, that's all I was trying to say. I try to take people at their word on an individual basis. There are people in politics or on the internet that I admire but they're few and far between.My biggest problem with politics today and the state of the economy is that no one really seems to realize that we've probably got at least 5 to 10 years before the middle class can climb out of their debt hole and so our economy will just stagger along. If that's the way it is and there's no willingness to try something to speed the process along, so be it, but I think it's a bigger issue than the race of whomever is running for President. Honestly, I don't really think it matters that much who is President anymore.
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Brent:Stamford CTNew Canaan. We should grab a drink sometime.
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Was anyone else affected by the Chevy ad featuring Ray Charles version of "America the Beautiful" accompanied by iconic images of America in different eras complete with appropriately dated Chevies?Made me want a '65 'Vette all over again. Made me think of driving Route 66 from ABQ to Flagstaff. In 1965. In that 'Vette. When I was 22.That never happened, of course. But the ad made me sense it as just having been barely out of my reach.Probably no one else noticed the ad at all.
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Sorry mark, didn't see it. I did see a '66 split window stingray yesterday that was absolutely stunning, if that helps you.
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TMW, that video of a woman on MSNBC analyzing the motives of millions of persons she does not know is the kind of stuff that keeps me from ever watching 24/7 cable news except on the treadmill in the gym, where I just see them smirk and move their lips.Very few persons, statistically, are motivated solely by race, or even primarily by race. Given no other information except race, persons tend to favor one who looks like them, but given more information race becomes incidental for most. To me, ascribing conservative whites as motivated by race guilt is as irrelevant as ascribing liberal whites as motivated by race guilt.LMS said it above, I think. Race is so far down the list that anyone who harps on it in a presidential race is probably telling more about herself than anyone else.OTOH, about Cain personally – I think he is running for book sales, based on his campaign schedule, which is all about book signings.
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Brent:Stamford CTNew Canaan.We should grab a drink sometime. Cool. Will be out all next week, but a beer after work would be great. Do you work in the city or out here? Luckily I work in Rye Brook.
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Brent:City, unfotunately. But midtown, so that makes it a little better. I'll e-mail you.
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Here's a little more information on the how and why the top 1% managed such an increase in after tax income better than the rest of us. Basically, it's the difference between wage income and investment income.When it comes to income inequality, this is what U.S. politicians should be digesting now. While it's hardly a major revelation that for the top 1 percent of earners real after-tax income rose 275 percent between 1979 and 2007, the top 20 percent made more in after-tax income than the remaining 80 percent. That's quite a difference since the lowest-income group's median income only rose 18 percent.The reasons for the growing disparity, which the CBO, without irony, measured by an increasing "Gini coefficient," were buried deep in the report. It's how income was taxed that allowed the ultra-wealthy to keep more of what they earned compared to middle- or lower-class Americans.INVESTMENT INCOME EARNERS ARE TAXED LESSMost lower- and middle-class earners make their money from wages, which are subject to Social Security, Medicare, federal and state taxes. But income from businesses, capital gains and dividends may be taxed at lower rates. In the CBO study period, the share from capital gains and business income increased, meaning upper-income families reaped greater after-tax benefits just from the kinds of non-wage income they reported.When you're on salary, you get taxed regularly through your paycheck. If you hold stocks, bonds, business equity and property, your capital gains — if any — can be delayed for years. Holding securities in tax-deferred retirement accounts can put off taxes for decades.
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Lmsinca, is part of the problem deferment of gains? Certainly, we wouldn't want to tax people on unrealized gains? Until appreciated assets are sold, such gains are theoretical.
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BTW, if it involved a paycheck, I'd take a crack at analyzing a million people I didn't know. The incentives in cable news tend to make the content of little value, especially punditry. Its mostly designed to pander or piss off.
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One of the creepier things that is supposed to happen on Monday is the world will have 7 billion humans on it.That's about 13.7 people per square kilometer, which isn't so bad until you realize most of the world's land mass is uninhabitable. Just for fun I looked up population densities around the world. Monaco (42,735 people/sq. km.) and Singapore (18,640) head this list.http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/populations/ctypopls.htmVatican City is also pretty crowded (2,072). The USA is a roomy 83.When I was fresh out of college I seriously thought about taking 6 months off to drive the length of US Route 1. The plan was to start in northern Maine on July 4th and end up in Key West, FL on Thanksgiving. I was going to interview people along the way and then write a book.Alas, I was broke and my car died.
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"That's about 13.7 people per square kilometer, which isn't so bad until you realize most of the world's land mass is uninhabitable."That's why you move up. Plus, China keeps building cities that nobody is even living in. People can move there. ;)As longevity increases population is going to be more of a problem. We'll hit 8 billion sooner rather than later.
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Kevin, I think it's just an acknowledgment that the asset class has an advantage to the wage class when it comes to paying taxes. I'm not sure what can or should be done about it.BTW, I'm in Halloween mode for the rest of the day. I just painted my nails blue and am getting ready to decorate two pumpkin cakes…..yay
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Kevin–I was surprised when I found this. Actually pretty steady growth between four and eight billion, then it may start slowing down. Huh.World population milestones (USCB estimates)Population(in billions) 1 1804 2 1927 (123 years elapsed) 3 1960 (33 years) 4 1974 (14 years) 5 1987 (13 years) 6 1999 (12 years) 7 2012 (13 years) 8 2027 (15 years) 9 2046 (19 years)
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