All Things in Moderation

Morning Report – Increasing employment / decreasing earnings?

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   Troll McWingnut or George, whichever, on September 10, 2013 at 9:01 am said:

   Hey Brent, watch ya think, does this support a housing bubble?

   http://www.cnbc.com/id/101019905

   Thanks!

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   Brent Nyitray, on September 10, 2013 at 9:36 am said:

   We aren’t in another housing bubble. Bubbles require a mentality that an asset class is “special” and can never decline in price. We all know now that it can.

   We may never see another real estate bubble, but our grandkids might…

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   novahockey, on September 10, 2013 at 9:59 am said:

   OT: AARP lauching a campaign to encourage mothers to “nudge” their kids to enroll in an insurance plan.

   http://www.aarp.org/health/affordable-care-act/mommeansit/?intcmp=EDO-RDRCT-MOMMEANSIT-20130909

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   Troll McWingnut or George, whichever, on September 10, 2013 at 9:59 am said:

   Fair enough with the self-awareness aspect. But I’ll counter with the belief among stakeholders that they’ll always be a government bailout resulting in never losing one’s equity. Maybe the rate of return might occasionally drop but the principle is always insured.

   Bubble reinflated?

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   jnc4p, on September 10, 2013 at 10:12 am said:

   Note that you can go to jail now for posting a link so watch what you link to:

   “In a chat room for Project PM, Mr. Brown posted a link to it.

   Among the millions of Stratfor files were data containing credit cards and security codes, part of the vast trove of internal company documents. The credit card data was of no interest or use to Mr. Brown, but it was of great interest to the government. In December 2012 he was charged with 12 counts related to identity theft. Over all he faces 17 charges — including three related to the purported threat of the F.B.I. officer and two obstruction of justice counts — that carry a possible sentence of 105 years, and he awaits trial in a jail in Mansfield, Tex.

   According to one of the indictments, by linking to the files, Mr. Brown “provided access to data stolen from company Stratfor Global Intelligence to include in excess of 5,000 credit card account numbers, the card holders’ identification information, and the authentication features for the credit cards.”

   Because Mr. Brown has been closely aligned with Anonymous and various other online groups, some of whom view sowing mayhem as very much a part of their work, his version of journalism is tougher to pin down and, sometimes, tougher to defend.

   But keep in mind that no one has accused Mr. Brown of playing a role in the actual stealing of the data, only of posting a link to the trove of documents. ”

   http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/09/business/media/a-journalist-agitator-facing-prison-over-a-link.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all&_r=0

   http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/journalist-agitator-faces-prison-091013

   Edit: This is truly nuts:

   “In the news release announcing the indictment, the United States attorney’s office explained, “By transferring and posting the hyperlink, Brown caused the data to be made available to other persons online, without the knowledge and authorization of Stratfor and the card holders.” “

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   Troll McWingnut or George, whichever, on September 10, 2013 at 10:24 am said:

   Who thinks the Russian option will actually have a detrimental effect on Assad’s ability to wage chemical warfare?

   In case your curious, I do not. But, so what.

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   Brent Nyitray, on September 10, 2013 at 11:15 am said:

   “Fair enough with the self-awareness aspect. But I’ll counter with the belief among stakeholders that they’ll always be a government bailout resulting in never losing one’s equity. Maybe the rate of return might occasionally drop but the principle is always insured.
   Bubble reinflated?”

   No, because the lenders won’t play along…

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   jnc4p, on September 10, 2013 at 11:18 am said:

   The memory of the most recent hunts for villains and scapegoats in the mortgage meltdown is too recent.

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   jnc4p, on September 10, 2013 at 11:19 am said:

   As we get closer to the debt ceiling showdown, the framing is shifting:

   http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2013/09/10/on-the-road-to-default/

   Now we see the actual numbers and what the tradeoffs are. To my mind, this benefits the Republican position in the run up argument that it really is a fight over spending.

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    lmsinca, on September 10, 2013 at 11:41 am said:

    I don’t get your point on the debt ceiling showdown jnc. Isn’t it always about spending? That’s what a budget is for…………..allocating money to pay the bills.

    Considering R’s won the sequester fight I doubt there’s much appetite for more spending cuts do you? Unless we want to unleash another grand bargain repeat performance which has virtually no chance of passing now, I don’t see the point in holding up the payment of bills due. I think that harms Republicans right now.

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    Troll McWingnut or George, whichever, on September 10, 2013 at 12:52 pm said:

    He’s being punked like a prison bi…, er, wife.

    @philipaklein: RT @AFP: BREAKING: Chemical weapons checks in Syria can go ahead if US renounces use of force: Putin

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    jnc4p, on September 10, 2013 at 1:04 pm said:

    “lmsinca, on September 10, 2013 at 11:41 am said:

    I don’t get your point on the debt ceiling showdown jnc. Isn’t it always about spending? That’s what a budget is for…………..allocating money to pay the bills. ”

    No, Democrats have been desperately trying to frame this as a debt default, not a budget fight over spending priorities. Hence the arguments about not negotiating over the debt ceiling.

    I.e. all the blather about terrorism, hostage taking, and ransoms.

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    jnc4p, on September 10, 2013 at 1:06 pm said:

    “Considering R’s won the sequester fight I doubt there’s much appetite for more spending cuts do you? ”

    I agree. And this is borne out by the new R proposal per Greg Sargent for a clean CR at FY2013 levels. Some of us predicted that months ago.

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    Troll McWingnut or George, whichever, on September 10, 2013 at 1:50 pm said:

    Whew!

    Heitkamp: ‘We’re Not Trusting Assad, We’re Trusting the Russians’ on Syria

    http://freebeacon.com/heitkamp-were-not-trusting-assad-were-trusting-the-russians-on-syria/

    Because Putin is nothing if not honest.

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    Troll McWingnut or George, whichever, on September 10, 2013 at 2:19 pm said:

    Tweet of the Day!

    @BenK84: Putin doesn’t take a dump on Obama’s chest without a plan.

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    Troll McWingnut or George, whichever, on September 10, 2013 at 2:40 pm said:

    Good sign for the effort to recall the CO gun grabbers?

    @amyewalter: CO Recall: Turn-out model in Co. Springs district shows R’s w/ “super voter” advantage. http://t.co/TzFFy8I7A7

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