From Movoto:
28 Reasons You Need To Move To New Jersey
1. Diners Are the Only Restaurants You Ever Need
2. Taylor Ham, Egg, and Cheese, Salt, Pepper, Ketchup on a Roll
3. You Know in Your Heart North Jersey Is Way Better than South Jersey.
4. The Bagels
5. No Pizza Compares to NJ Pizza
6. It’s Called the Garden State for a Reason
7. You Went to the Shore Every Summer as Much as Humanly Possible
8. You Know the Cast of Jersey Shore Is from Freakin Staten Island
9. You Let People Judge NJ by the Turnpike and Parkway Near New York City & Newark
10. You Know the Giants and Jets Are Actually New Jersey Teams
(click the link for the rest)
From Forbes:
Though Slowing, Asking Home Prices Still Climbing Fast
Asking home prices increased 0.6% month-over-month in October. That’s the second-slowest monthly gain in seven months. However, even though prices are slowing down compared to earlier this year, the monthly, quarterly, and yearly gains are all high compared with historical norms. In fact, the 11.7% year-over-year increase is the highest since the housing bubble burst. Why this big increase? Asking prices are rising quickly because buying still looks cheap relative to renting – and also because inventory remains tight, even though it has increased since January.
As we reported mid-month, the government shutdown does not appear to have hurt asking prices. There was no difference in the October month-over-month asking-price change between metros more directly affected by the shutdown (i.e. those which are more dependent on federal wages like Washington, D.C.) and other metros. The price slowdown in recent months is primarily because of expanding inventory, rising mortgage rates, and declining investor activity. In coming months, we could see prices slow further if consumer confidence suffers from the ongoing budget uncertainty and future shutdown and debt-default worries.
Congratulations to New Jersey for reelecting Bernie Madoff’s attorney and lobbyist.
From Bloomberg:
Bernanke Giving Homebuyers Second Chance With Pledge: Mortgages
This was supposed to be the year that Herb Harrison found a newer, bigger home to replace his current house in Framingham, Massachusetts. Then, in May, mortgage rates began to rise and he put his hunt on hold.
“My wife and I looked at each other and said ‘no way,’” said Harrison, who works in information technology. “It was something we thought about when rates were at rock-bottom, but once the rates spiked, we decided to stay where we are.”
Now shoppers like the Harrisons are getting another chance, thanks to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke. After five months of public speculation about when the Fed would end its housing stimulus sent mortgage costs to a two-year high in September, the U.S. central bank last week pledged a continuation of the bond buying responsible for last year’s all-time low 3.36 percent for a 30-year fixed loan. Interest rates may now hold at close to 4 percent through early next year, said Joel Naroff, president of Naroff Economic Advisors.
“People who were priced out of the market by the jump in rates are getting a do-over,” saidNaroff, based in in Holland, Pennsylvania. “Rates aren’t going back down into the low 3s, but we may see the high 3s and we’ll see those rates remain stable through at least February or March. That’s going to restore buyer confidence.”
Also from Bloomberg (discrepancies in the indices are causing many to question the accuracy of the series in general):
Homeownership Rate Climbs From Lowest Level Since 1995
The U.S. homeownership rate climbed from the lowest level in 18 years, signaling that the real estate rebound is drawing in more buyers.
The share of Americans who own their homes was 65.3 percent in the third quarter, up from 65 percent in the previous three months, the Census Bureau reported today. The prior level was the lowest since the third quarter of 1995.
Rising real estate values are removing negative equity, helping homeowners avoid foreclosure, while also luring would-be purchasers into the market before prices and mortgage rates go higher. The pool of eligible buyers is expanding as U.S. employment improves and families who lost properties during the recession repair their credit and seek another chance at owning.
Americans whose properties were repossessed were once “homeowners by choice and now they are renters by chance,” Richard Smith, chief executive officer of Realogy Holdings Corp., owner of brokerage brands Coldwell Banker and Century 21, said in a telephone interview yesterday. “They will repair their credit and be back in the market as homebuyers. We don’t grow up in the country aspiring to be renters. We aspire to be owners.”
…
The increase in the national homeownership rate was the first in a year. The measure peaked at 69.2 percent in 2004. The seasonally adjusted rate in the third quarter was 65.1 percent, unchanged from the previous three months.
“Today’s data could be interpreted as an early sign that mortgage buyers are finally beginning to make more of a contribution to the housing recovery,” Ed Stansfield, chief property economist at Capital Economics Ltd. in London, wrote in a report today.
It is too soon to call a turning point given recent increases in mortgage rates and declines in home sales, he said. Contracts to buy previously owned residences tumbled the most in three years in September as borrowing costs climbed, the National Association of Realtors reported last week.
How’s everyone doing today?
A Good Ol Mom expressing her first amendment rights.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/mom-son-kkk-halloween-costume_n_4212461.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000010
There wasn’t really much of an alternative.
2.Ottoman says:
November 6, 2013 at 6:58 am
Congratulations to New Jersey for reelecting Bernie Madoff’s attorney and lobbyist.
yesterday over 20o hundred posts. wheres Michael at?
Good morning to all, how’s everyone doing today?
Fine thanks. Hey did you ever buy a house? I seem to remember you were looking at one point.
BearsFan says:
November 6, 2013 at 7:57 am
Good morning to all, how’s everyone doing today?
Ottoman,
Your side is slowly making strides and advancing “forward” to fulfill their “progressive” agenda. Dismantling and transformation doesn’t happen overnight. Be patient, collectivism at the behest of the proletariat takes time.
front pg NYT. powerful, cool picture.
i can just imagine the reaction of the regressives.
@NewsBreaker: FRONT PAGE: Tomorrow’s New York Times, http://t.co/d9hhdTeUuZ -@mikiebarb http://t.co/1KvxRBcC3B
Q. Why do we spend so much time promoting “team” behavior, team sports, teamwork, etc, when in the USA everyone brags about “indivduality?” Seems like a contradiction to me and is only used when “individuality” fails. Kinda like teamwork is second fiddle or for the less talented.
Thought some of you might enjoy this. Smoke and mirrors…sad but true
You hear that 69% of russias money is controlled by 9 guys. .. talk about a monopoly and oligarchy! But hey it’s a free market!!
http://www.policymic.com/mobile/articles/71255/10-corporations-control-almost-everything-you-buy-this-chart-shows-how
Why can’t we have both? Clearly the human being is a social creature and in a modern open society we depend on each other. But the rugged individual spirit that was once celebrated in our movies, culture, and history books shaped this country and is part of what made it great.
13.Phoenix says:
November 6, 2013 at 8:48 am
Q. Why do we spend so much time promoting “team” behavior, team sports, teamwork, etc, when in the USA everyone brags about “indivduality?” Seems like a contradiction to me and is only used when “individuality” fails. Kinda like teamwork is second fiddle or for the less talented.
Why can’t I post the link to this website?
Christie’s connection to Madoff was never as close as you make it out to be, if you want to call him a shill for Wall Street, go for it, but a shill for Madoff? No. Christie represented the Securities Industry Association, of which Madoff was a board member at the time. If you aren’t up on the lingo, SIA became SIFMA in 2006. SIFMA’s board is largely made up of high powered securities industry executives. Trying to implicate Christie in Madoff’s scheme is a specious argument.
How about this SAT question:
SIFMA is to the securities industry as the NJEA is to:
a) NJ Teachers
b) NJ Teachers
c) NJ Teachers
I understand, it’s “OK” to lobby for the NJEA – but it’s bad to lobby for Wall Street, it’s for the kids, right?
Besides, pointing to Christies securities industry association (which was a long time ago by the way), without also mentioning Corzine’s affiliation? Do I really need to bring up the Corzine’s post-public MF Global fiasco as indicative of both his affiliation and his character?
http://www.policymic.com/mobile/articles/71255/10-corporations-control-almost-everything-you-buy-this-chart-shows-how
18-Got it up…wouldn’t let me post for some reason. In reference to the site- smoke and mirrors…sad but true. You guys hear that 69% of the money in Russia is controlled by 9 people…talk about a monopoly/oligarchy.
I had a conversation yesterday with two young ladies who work at a local retail shop I visit on the way home every day. Both are 24 years old, college grads and still looking for a full time gig while they work in retail. We were talking about interviewing dooz and donts and the conversation went to jobs, economy and politics.
They both voted for Obama because they were under the impression that it was what everyone else was doing. They really didn’t have a reason why other than they thought it would benefit them somehow. They both agreed that they’re not sure what he’s really done to make things better nor do they really understand Obamacare. I didn’t indulge, I just listened and nodded.
They also said they sort of regret voting for him because they see him as nothing more than part of the celebrity crowd and not really presidential. I just thought it was interesting and probably reflects the thoughts of many in this age range.
17- grim, did you read buono’s consession speech in which she showed the truth behind nj politics. Talked about how the democrats sold her out and their party through back room deals with Christie. Check it out or better yet I will try to post it.
19 – You say that like it’s a bad thing. So buy shares in those companies…and you can be part owner and collect dividends. Buy their corporate bonds and lend them some of your money and collect interest.
21- Here it is
Christie’s challenger blasts her own party
Democratic Sen. Barbara Buono used her concession speech to offer a blistering critique of her own party. She said: “We rose above the political system that too often requires surrendering one’s values. A system where backroom deals fueled by greed and self-interest are just the order of business. The Democratic political bosses, some elected and some not, made a deal with this governor despite him representing everything they’re supposed to be against. They didn’t do it to help the state. They did it out of a desire to help themselves politically and financially. But we did it our way and I’m proud of that.”
http://usat.ly/1hi27dx
21- Here it is
Christie’s challenger blasts her own party
Democratic Sen. Barbara Buono used her concession speech to offer a blistering critique of her own party. She said: “We rose above the political system that too often requires surrendering one’s values. A system where backroom deals fueled by greed and self-interest are just the order of business. The Democratic political bosses, some elected and some not, made a deal with this governor despite him representing everything they’re supposed to be against. They didn’t do it to help the state. They did it out of a desire to help themselves politically and financially. But we did it our way and I’m proud of that.”
23 – Your post demonstrates one of the reasons she lost. Nobody wants to vote for a whiny debbie downer.
They did it out of a desire to help themselves politically and financially.
If you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance.
22- If we believe that we truly are in a free market, it is a bad thing. What are we down to 4 major banks controlling the financial system…yea that sounds like a great thing. Let me go buy some shares.
26- lmao!!! Nice!
25- my post was to demonstrate everything wrong with politics….fast Freddy got it!!
Fast Eddie lol
The concept of the “conglomerate” was a hot one, even 50 years ago, so this is nothing new.
What that graphic illustrates however, is something different.
You seem to believe that a “brand” represents a “company”, which it does not. None of those companies hide their ownership of those brands, in fact, those companies are DEFINED by their brand portfolios. Those are their assets. These companies manufacture brands, that is their business. The best performers are the ones that can build new brands out of nothing, create a space that didn’t exist before.
Overtones of a secret conspiracy is nonsense.
Street Justice [22],
Exactly.
Grim, thought you had an Outback – good car (reliable, safe), would you get another one?
Thanks,
31- it’s not a secret conspiracy. I was making a point of what happens in a capitalist system after it has been in the game for a while. It all eventually gets swallowed up by a few players. I don’t think that represents a free market economy. It halts innovation.
What a bona fide a%%hole….
THE PRESIDENT: And during the campaign, I made you a promise. I promised that by the end of my first term, I would have passed health care reform into law. I would have signed that bill. And thanks to your help, we did that. We got it done. (Applause.)
Now, let’s face it, a lot of us didn’t realize that passing the law was the easy part.
It halts innovation.
Unlike endless tariffs, taxation, regulations and forcing one to buy a product and being punished if they fail to do so.
You demonstrate ignorance and a complete misunderstanding of those organizations. So does the author of that article.
34.Michael says:
November 6, 2013 at 9:34 am
31- it’s not a secret conspiracy. I was making a point of what happens in a capitalist system after it has been in the game for a while. It all eventually gets swallowed up by a few players. I don’t think that represents a free market economy. It halts innovation.
Michael goddam those corporations for making things at reasonable prices that people want.
the wonders of capitalism is there are always niche providers of things that the big guys make. they cost more. Here is a list i found just by looking:
http://www.seventhgeneration.com/Natural-Laundry-Detergent
http://www.sodapopstop.com/products/detail.cfm?link=783
you can get anything if you look. If your really concerned about supporting the little guy. Forgo the ease of use and utilize this new tool called the internet.
Michael demonstrates ignorance period. Nearly all of his comments are half baked.
Looking forward to stepping over the homeless at NY Penn and the Port Authority only to pay higher fares, now that De Blasio was elected.
One area where capitalism does not work well. There are some things, like vaccines, that need to be produced for the masses unless you are willing to risk that some of the bugs won’t affect the wealthy. I guess it’s just a roll of the dice to not produce new antibiotics due to cost constraints.
“Economics have also played a major role in the shift away from antibiotic research. Antibiotics aren’t easy drugs to make money off of. Unlike diabetes or blood pressure medication, where patients usually need to take the drug for life, antibiotics are short-course therapies, less likely to create a dependable market. There have been some exceptions, such as Pfizer’s Zithromax, which netted over $1 billion annually. But generally, drugs for chronic disease offer a higher return on investment than antibiotics.”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/health-science-technology/hunting-the-nightmare-bacteria/whos-trying-to-fix-the-pipeline-problem/
…for spine and nom…
Invest in a good thermal camera. It will make it easier for you to detect the sick ones and keep them away……
http://www.flir.com/cs/emea/en/view/?id=52294
All hail the corporations!!! Worship them for they make things at a reasonable price that people want!! You guys are corporation’s bitch!! Lol. If this was the 1700’s you would prob be sucking off the British East India corporation for the great products they make.
@MarkHarrisNYC: “Ugh, already so disappointed in De Blasio, how could he let us down like this?” –somebody on the left, somewhere, already.
Buono greatest quote on the Dems in NJ. – “I took one for the team. … I realized too late there was no team.”
#44
As you sit and type away on your macbook, idiot.
If I buy a corporate bond, you are lending a corporation money. That makes them my bitch. If I buy a share in a corporation, that makes me part owner. That makes you my bitch.
44.Michael says:
November 6, 2013 at 10:31 am
All hail the corporations!!! Worship them for they make things at a reasonable price that people want!! You guys are corporation’s bitch!! Lol. If this was the 1700′s you would prob be sucking off the British East India corporation for the great products they make.
If your really concerned about supporting the little guy. Forgo the ease of use and utilize this new tool called the internet.
When presented with a choice to buy mainstream at Walmart or pay a premium at a specialty retailer for a small local brand, how do you think the average American would choose?
Don’t blame the evil corporations when we’ve done this to ourselves. We’ve voted with our dollars and deserve everything we have.
re: De Blasio – Let’s see if he really ends stop and frisk. I have my doubts he will. Right now 90% of the firearms recovered from crimes in NYC come from other states, there will literally be thousands of young men packing heat if they have no fear of being stopped by the NYPD.
Grim totally agree. In some ways I miss the mom and pop shops in others I don’t. I buy stuff I like from single vendors over the internet all the time, but those are for items that I don’t use everyday. For the everyday crap why pay more if I don’t have to.
Just hope that mentality doesn’t carry over to Bourbon…
Please, pay more for good bourbon!
By the way, the same company that makes Makers, Bakers, Bookers, Beam, Basil and Knob – Make “Skinny Girl” Margarita and Pinnacle Vodka (with refined varietals such as Swedish Fish and Cotton Candy).
Grim [48];
I don’t like shopping in Wally World, not because of any corporate hatred (and I’m particularly amused at the Occupy babyies’ corporate hatred typed on an iPad), but because WalMart sells poor quality crap. Target is only marginally better. I shop for value, not price. Most clothing stores don’t carry anything in my size, I recently dropped several hundred dollars shopping online to update my work wardrobe; money that every local mom-pop merchant was willing to leave on the table.
I feel like low prices are a bribe. People accept corporations and support them because of low prices. The low prices cause everyone of us to turn our heads away from the negatives like low wages, outsourcing, destruction of small town America, and the worst of them all…the destruction of our environment. All of this negativity is accepted in the name of low prices. Heard walmart has some great early christmas deals going on guys!!! Get it!!
45- I like that lol
From Bloomberg:
Home Prices Climb in 88% of U.S. Cities
Prices for single-family homes climbed in 88 percent of U.S. cities in the third quarter as buyers competed for limited inventories that included fewer discounted foreclosures.
The median transaction price rose from a year earlier in 144 of 163 metropolitan areas measured, the National Association of Realtors said in a report today. A third of areas had double-digit increases.
http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7tM5/walmart-american-jobs
53.Michael says:
November 6, 2013 at 11:14 am
I feel like low prices are a bribe. People accept corporations and support them because of low prices. The low prices cause everyone of us to turn our heads away from the negatives like low wages, outsourcing, destruction of small town America, and the worst of them all…the destruction of our environment. All of this negativity is accepted in the name of low prices. Heard walmart has some great early christmas deals going on guys!!! Get it!!
The things you are talking about are more a symptom of globalization and a rising global middle class. If it wasn’t walmart, it would be some other company from some other country.
53.Michael says:
November 6, 2013 at 11:14 am
I feel like low prices are a bribe. People accept corporations and support them because of low prices. The low prices cause everyone of us to turn our heads away from the negatives like low wages, outsourcing, destruction of small town America, and the worst of them all…the destruction of our environment. All of this negativity is accepted in the name of low prices. Heard walmart has some great early christmas deals going on guys!!! Get it!!
We’re working with local NJ farmers to provide locally grown grain for the distillery (primarily corn but also focusing on adjunct grains as well for the longer term (very little barley, rye and wheat grown here), fingers crossed we can do it Non-GMO and Organic as well) – we’re working hard to establish what will hopefully be strong relationships long term. It’s something that’ll be an important part of our brand and marketing strategy … farm to bottle. Putting names and faces to the people and places that play a critical role our supply chain.
Doing our part to do more than support the little guy, we want to celebrate the little guy.
When it came time for me to stock up on missing items for sleepaway camp, I was able to comparison shop on a lot of different items at Kohl’s, Target and then Wal-mart. One item, flip-flops (or shower shoes) was $17 at Kohl’s. $15 at Target and $4 at Wal-mart. Same with the rolling duffle. $200 at Kohl’s (though the second one would have been 1/2 price, like I need a second one), $80 at Target, $40 at Wal-mart. Kohl’s is a complete sucker store. Target is K-mart with nicer marketing. Wal-mart is K-mart, but larger and cheaper. I don’t see any difference in quality between the three. They all sell the same thing.
Michael despite the lefts hatred of Walmart, if you can do it better and provide higher quality products at lower prices that peopel will demand why don’t you. Your not forced to shop there much like Moose said above, nor is anyone else for that matter.
Grim, while I love my scotch I have never had a taste for bourbon. I’m willing to learn though. Just make sure you stock it a clot’s store so if I’m ever in Jersey city I can kill two birds with one stone.
Was a scotch guy that became a bourbon guy – surprisingly, had I started with bourbon I don’t know that I’d ever have become a scotch guy. I’ve fallen out of love with peat, and fallen in love with corn and wheat.
Balvenie Doublewood is just about my favorite scotch at any price range, you want to talk about targeting value – this one is it, I think it’s better than many whiskeys at twice the price.
Could be because it starts it’s life in a used American bourbon barrel.
Grim, did you ever pick a location for your distillery?
grim that brings up a good question, where are you getting your barrels from for aging? Would imagine that would drive up the cost significantly since they are single use then recycled into the scotch industry.
Grim [61];
I really like Glenmorangie Lasanta — Highland single malt aged in American bourbon casks, then finished in Spanish sherry casks; nice color and flavor. I also remember liking the Islay malts I had at a tasting some years back.
My last name, translated into English, is Cooper (Barrel Maker).
There are smaller sized cooperages in the midwest that cater to the craft distilling industry. But yes, barrels (and associated freight charges) are expensive and they can only be used once for Bourbon.
We will likely reuse barrels for longer-term aging of other spirits. Although I’m sure the folks over at the local rummery would love to take our bourbon barrels for rum aging. Interestingly, I’ve never run the idea past any of my friends in the microbrew business, but a bourbon cask aged microbrew sounds like a good idea to me.
Has anyone tried Busted Barrel Rum yet?
http://www.jerseyartisandistilling.com/
another traffic stop nightmare
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3210356.shtml#.UnpuTvmshca
It’s a story that has left the entire country wondering about the state of law enforcement in New Mexico.
4 On Your Side revealed how David Eckert rolled through a stop sign in Deming.
A K-9 named Leo alerted that it sniffed drugs on Eckert’s driver’s seat.
And, for the next 14 hours, those police officers, and doctors at the Gila Regional Medical Center performed eight medical procedures including x-rays, rectal finger exams, enemas, and finally a colonoscopy.
According to a federal lawsuit, officers Bobby Orosco and Robert Chavez were two of the officers involved, and they never found drugs inside Eckert.
Our investigation reveals another chapter. Another man, another minor traffic violation, another incident with Leo the K-9 and another example of the violation of a man’s body.
Police reports state deputies stopped Timothy Young because he turned without putting his blinker on.
Again, Leo the K-9 alerts on Young’s seat.
Young is taken to the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, and just like Eckert, he’s subjected to medical procedures including x-rays of his stomach and an anal exam.
Again, police found nothing, and again the procedures were done without consent, and in a county not covered by the search warrant.
We’ve learned more about that drug dog, Leo, that seems to get it wrong pretty often. He might be getting it wrong because he’s not even certified in New Mexico.
If you take a look at the dog’s certification, the dog did get trained. But his certification to be a drug dog expired in April 2011. K-9s need yearly re-certification courses, and Leo is falling behind.
“We have done public requests to find anything that would show this dog has been trained, we have evidence that this dog has had false alerts in the past,” Eckert’s attorney Shannon Kennedy said.
The doctors from the Gila Regional Medical Center have been turned over to the state licensing board. It’s possible they could lose the ability to practice to medicine.
And the police officers will be answering to a law enforcement board
I’m very happy the police will be investigating their own, and some medical board may suspend a license or something. I’m also very happy the D.A. has apparently not filed any charges like rape or kidnapping.
60- cheap products aren’t the end all answer when they are flushing your quality of life down the drain by shipping our jobs overseas, destroying small biz, and destroying the environment. Everything comes at a cost. I’m sure people would pay more if they knew the consequences that come with buying cheap products.
Also, I’m sick of having to bribe businesses with low taxes in order to have them setup shop in town. If a politician like Christie really had some balls, he would create a law stating that you can’t sell your products here if you don’t create enough high paying jobs here. It’s that’s simple. Cut the market off from them. We control that but refuse to use that hand. Obviously, these officials are bribed and make every excuse in the book to help big biz at the expense of the citizen.
Politician’s job requirements– able to con and maintain control over people while you are sticking it in their ass. Able to look them dead in the eye and hold a straight face while you are lying to them. Able to get people to rally around policies that actually will hurt them.
That sounds about right.
[69] “If a politician like Christie really had some balls, he would create a law stating that you can’t sell your products here if you don’t create enough high paying jobs here. It’s that’s simple. Cut the market off from them. We control that but refuse to use that hand.”
No, we don’t control that. The law you describe would be blown to pieces by the all-consuming federal government and its bloated “Commerce Clause” power to regulate commerce among the states.
Full steam ahead on the privatization and charterization of our public schools with Christie re-elected. It’s so much better to use tax money on run for profit schools. Hope you guys are happy when you get what you asked for.
http://blog.nj.com/njv_bob_braun/2011/12/braun_new_kind_of_nj_school_pr.html
71- you mean big businesses will hire a ton of lobbyists to make sure a logical law that helps the people can never come about.
Why can’t we outlaw lobbyists? Everyone knows pay-to-play is wrong in every aspect.
re # 68 – The $6,000 Medical bill they sent hurt allot too. He is also suing the DA who got the warrant for the clenched cheeks tooo.
Wow mikey you said something prescient
Also, I’m sick of having to bribe businesses with low taxes in order to have them setup shop in town.
followed by lines of mind blowing stupidity, but there may be some hope for you in that clap trap of a brain of yours.
Grim craft brew in bourbon casks, that sounds like an idea that is almost to good to be true. Shocked no one has stumbled onto it yet. You may have just solved your single use problem. Make it a stout, call it Andrew Jackson, print the cash.
re: # 74 -re: lobbyists… Take away free speech problem solved.
There’s just so much to this horrific story (now a 2nd story). But yes, I agree sending the victim the bill takes the cake.
Juice Box says:
November 6, 2013 at 2:14 pm
re # 68 – The $6,000 Medical bill they sent hurt allot too. He is also suing the DA who got the warrant for the clenched cheeks tooo.
[73] “you mean big businesses will hire a ton of lobbyists to make sure a logical law that helps the people can never come about.”
No – I mean that such a law would be struck down as an unconstitutional restraint on interstate commerce.
Joyce – I will make it a point to let one rip in the presence of the police dog from here on in, poor doggy will go running that is for sure. Nobody will ever accuse me of clenching and use it as probable cause to get a warrant for several anal probes.
This story is so strange it needs made into a movie, a comedy how calling it about Turner & Hooch II?
juice how about Bend Over for Hooch?
Damn…what is this blog full of trust fund babies? You guys sympathize with corporations so much. Pretty sad. No wonder nothing ever changes. Always a bunch of support for the bullies instead of the bullied. You guys are pretty sick.
It’s funny that the Johnson and Johnson heir made a documentary bashing his family’s business practices but you guys line up like lemmings in full support. If this was 1776, you guys would support the king instead of the revolution. If this was 1776 in France, you guys would be supporting the king of France. Probably trying to con me into believing he receives the right to rule from God (divine right).
Michael [74];
Why can’t we outlaw lobbyists?
Something about the First Amendment. You should check it out some time. Maybe get someone to read the big words to you.
You couldn’t be a better leftist troll if I had ordered you from central casting.
85- Jesus, you are really going to defend that bs. Pathetic.
Innis & Gunn do oak aged beer and it is stunning. They started with straight oak and then tried rum casks and Irish casks.
85- If the creators of our constitution knew that the first amendment would be used to defend the hijacking of our politicians, I’m sure they would have followed up with a law forbidding legalized bribery.
And it’s sickening that I’m accused of being a leftist troll because I don’t support this.
Michael take your medication.
Michael = RE Investor 101
“Wine is fine, but whiskey’s quicker…” -Ozzy
Mikey so your a communist or facist then? got it.
In NJ every time I order a “Ham and Egg” sandwich, the guy asks “Taylor ham or boiled ham?” As if the processed meat product “Taylor Ham” is actually ham.
“2. Taylor Ham, Egg, and Cheese, Salt, Pepper, Ketchup on a Roll”
Michael [87];
I’ll grant you that the founders may not have envisioned lobbyists as we know them today (though they were well acquainted with the political problem of faction), but that is only because the founders never envisioned the federal government would have metastasized into the all-encompassing leviathan that would warrant the expenditure of resources that troubles you so.
You want to reduce lobbyists? Reduce the power of the government to grant them favors, and they’ll stop spending money to acquire those favors.
Con’t [94];
Now back under the bridge with you.
93. Taylor Ham kicks ass. Reason to stay in Jersey…Got a job? As long as the revenue stream is intact and one can pay da bills yo.
I love the topic of comparison shopping Kohl’s v. Target v. Walmart, etc. If everything is made in China anyway I really find little difference in quality. Just today I wore a pair of flats which aren’t new. I bought them for $10. at Payless. Pharma rep. told me show loved me, where did I get them? Funny, she said they were just as nice as the ones she saw at expensive dept. store. I told her no, they aren’t new at all. Most consumer products, esp. clothes, are not really made to last anyway so why pay a dime more than you need to?
Then why do I have all those 12 year old+ polo shirts in my closet?
I like buying stuff and find that you do get what you pay for in many cases. However, shoes are a funny thing. Sometimes $$$ does not translate into comfort. Unless they are some comfort made Swedish or German shoes.
If you want a better economy, stop supporting this.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/world/asia/china-labor-camp-halloween-sos/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
@owlese: At 15 Central Park West, a limestone palace for Wall St financiers, Lhota won the mayoral race in a landslide http://t.co/HKD7hqjXGo
@SenSanders: The nation’s poverty rate was 16% in 2012, according to @USCensusBureau data released today: http://t.co/ZxTKpdiXvZ
gary (20)-
If the worst you could say about Bojangles is that he’s part of the celebrity set, he’d be no worse than, say, Clinton (who, IMHO, now seems like one of the best presidents of the last 50 years). Unfortunately, he is so much worse than that.
“They also said they sort of regret voting for him because they see him as nothing more than part of the celebrity crowd and not really presidential. I just thought it was interesting and probably reflects the thoughts of many in this age range.”
michael (24)-
There’s already one Nancy Pelosi, and she’s one of the most despicable people on the planet. Buono lost because she comes off like a Pelosi wannabe, is beholden to all kinds of wacko liberal special interests and regards white people of moderate means as the potential underwriter of all kinds of giveaways and programs for the entitlement class.
Lots of bourbon barrel aged stouts out there.
Kentucky breakfast stout by founders is fantastic if you can find it.
@BloombergNews: BREAKING: Twitter said to price IPO at $26 per share
street (66)-
I’ve carried it since it was first released. Good rum.
pain (76)-
Lots of craft brewers in the US (Great Divide, Allagash, Blue Mountain, etc) do a range of brews aged in bourbon barrels.
I especially like these beers as chasers for my occasional hourly dram.
michael (83)-
In case you haven’t noticed, most of the Johnson & Johnson heirs are inbred dope fiends.
Spine and I thought I had a new and great idea just goes to show I’m better at drinking than thinking about what to drink.
Thinking and drinking don’t mix.
If this isn’t a joke, it should be:
“San Bernardino, California, United States: Mason “The Beast” Bramlette, 7, is weighed in before a tournament at Adrenaline Combat Sports and Fitness in San Bernardino”
“Tears: Mason “The Beast” Bramlette, 7, cries after receiving a punch during 2013 California State Pankration Championships Youth Division”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2487527/Inside-world-child-cage-fighting-Boys-trained-attack-MMA-arenas.html
[112] expat,
It isn’t a joke and we are all well and truly fuct.
expat (112)-
That’s the funniest thing I saw today. And, I even got a new tag from it!
I took the PATH to 33rd and walked right into the middle of this in Greeley Sq Park…..and they are serving beer…..
https://urbanspacenyc.com/broadway-bites/
Brian – yes, I bought one. Been in a few weeks. somewhat settled now.
CHI – any chimney/fireplace guys u can recommend?
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