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That is Pepper, my cocker waiting for the mailman.
Now that I think about it, the transcripts would/might have the ACH info. I have never understood why ACH is not used by crooks. It seems easy; the info is on a person's checks.
From the article: "In order to access the information, the thieves cleared a security screen that required knowledge about the taxpayer, including Social Security number, date of birth, tax filing status and street address."
The only thing they did…
litle5bee, Should his daughters apply for student loans and become single moms so someone in his immediate socialist family can at least apply for welfare and food stamps? Do you need to become needy in order to help others in need (of healthcare)? …
Did massive globalization spell the end of markets or just the end of regulation of markets? Perhaps the "Wall Street" model is just in the last throws of failure as a means of investing. What is looming when/if the full fruition of "free market" mo…
Junkster has solved the aging boomer problem for America. Only the top 10% of boomers without generous pensions can retire. Oops, now who will step up to the plate and solve the aging boomer jobs problem?
Perhaps a compromise model like FIRECalc?
Hi Lewis, I can tell you why I don't care. If the purpose of life is survival of the species, solutions chosen that are adverse to survival will show man was never a viable species in the first place. If the purpose is not survival, then no one shou…
This wasn't a fund thread but it is the only one I remember that was recent and long:
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/20841/3-out-of-4-retirees-receiving-reduced-social-security-benefits/p1
Well, I guess some good came of looking at this a little early. I thought I could withdraw from one of several accounts the amount owed for all the accounts. From the IRS, I can't because there is an IRA, 2 403(b)s and the TSP(401(k)??):
Can an acco…
Yesterday, Barry Ritholtz linked a Bloomberg graphic of social change that gives perspective to some ot the aspects of social change over the years. If Ted hasn't already linked it, here is the Bloomberg entire graphic. There are some surprises in t…
Actually Ted, when I was an undergraduate I used the medical school's wanna-be-dentists. They weren't perfect but they were cheap. I still have a permanent bridge they gave me in about 1970 and have never had one problem with it. The worst mistake t…
I moved to WA State four years ago. There is a category of "dentist" here called denturist. I had never heard that term before so I invested their credentials. What I discovered was that denturists are restricted or barred from practicing in many st…
Um, Ted has no "human" frailties. What is the title of this thread again? Can a robot tell a robot from a human better than a human can tell a robot from a human? Oh my! Maybe a robot programmer can tell a program result from a recipe result. But, b…
I'm not saying Bernanke was wrong in his approach to saving the economy, but I hang with seniors and there has been a consequence to their bottom lines. They are not all so rich that it hasn't affected them. Little things matter a lot - a trip to se…
Keep telling yourselves value is efficiently rewarded but come the revolution that racist capitalist's mansion is going to be this "left wing commie's" (populist's) home sweet home. And so goes the true nature of the beast that is mankind.
Yes bee, Your analogy is appropriate. I'm nothing if not a product of the 60s and all that SciFi of my youth. What's wrong with a little Zen? I sometimes tell people when instruments of my work come up that, yes, there is a piece of me in that there…
Perhaps youtube is the intermediary between yesterday and tomorrow.
Funny you mention virtual reality. I see virtual spaces as tools, just another play toy for the man to manipulate to his own purposes, a fertile ground for future innovation, exp…
(Once Bezos gets his drones, many a FedX and UPS driver will join the ranks of the unemployed.)
As I read your entire post, I cannot help thinking that everyone at MFO is supporting the owners of the robots through investment in the direction you …
Maybe prostitution will survive change. Is there an etf?
Radio Shack just isn't Radio Shack of yore. It long ago tugged nostalgically at my heart strings.
Hi Ted,
With utilites, health care and consumer staples well in overbought territory ... this leaves _________________?
With the fed and wall street playing tic-tac-toe, I would say:
With utilites, health care and consumer staples well in overbou…
