My God, you are an idiot.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

Set up or legit?

It's a fairly old photo. I can't remember if it was from the primary or the race with White.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

To the extent that club thinks that prosecutors are worse than other lawyers, I would guess that it has more to do with the sorts of incentives you get when most people assume that most accused are guilty and just want them put away, and when you work in an institution devoting to putting people away, rather than because they have uniquely small and limp dicks, and thus were somehow drawn to prosecuting criminals.

I don't know if it's the incentives so much -- many plaintiffs' lawyers convince themselves that the other side is evil, and have a level of self-righteousness well above the average prosecutors'. (And by plaintiffs' lawyers I do not mean people who only/mainly represent plaintiffs. Among the worst self-righteousness I've seen is from lawyers with the kind of practice where they can easily be on either side of the v.)

I think it's about power, too. In some ways, the conduct is the same -- the plaintiff brings an overbroad suit and uses the threat of legal fees and a jury trial, the prosecutor overcharges, and both get a settlement result more often than the facts truly justify.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

We are all totally fucked.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Adder

It wasn't a good picture, and your obsession is creepy.

Huh. She seems to like my obsession. She sends me little notes almost every day, keeping me up-to-date on goings on in washington and telling me how much she likes those little cash gifts I leave her.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

We are all totally fucked.

Nah, we're just fucked. Greece is totally fucked.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

We are all totally fucked.

2. Which is why we need to reward cops willing to mace the rabble hordes not prosecute them.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Nah, we're just fucked. Greece is totally fucked.

They're not fucked. They got loaned a lot of money from Germany and spent it.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

They're not fucked. They got loaned a lot of money from Germany and spent it.

Incorrect pithy comeback. The correct one is, "Greece and Germany are both fucked."

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

2. Which is why we need to reward cops willing to mace the rabble hordes not prosecute them.

Research the manufacturers of parts for guns. The minute we get a good solid crime spike (and it's coming... we're already seeing increases here in PA), that stuff's going to spike.

I'd also bet like fucking crazy against urban real estate. First place the mobs hit, and the first place taxes will rise. This talk about suburban poverty is overblown. Bank on some crazy shit happening in places like Baltimore, Philly, Miami, Chicago.

[LessinSF]

New graph, not the same as the old graphs:

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I'd also bet like fucking crazy against urban real estate. First place the mobs hit, and the first place taxes will rise.

Cities are only going to get more and more expensive as traffic continues to suck and gas prices rise. Betting against urban real estate is a mistake.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Cities are only going to get more and more expensive as traffic continues to suck and gas prices rise. Betting against urban real estate is a mistake.

That's Yesterday's Conventional Thinking. Went stale about twelve months ago. Cities like NYC, SF and Boston will continue to be safe, if not great, investments in terms of r/e. Places without financial and tech centers are going to crater.

Safety and Cheaper Taxes > Fuel concerns. Cities are ahead of the curve on everything, including crime waves accruing from desperation. Those who can will run. And the suburbs have a glut of deals for them to buy. And decent public education, which most cities can't offer (forcing parents who can ill afford it in this economy to send kids to private schools).

It's a liberal totem cities are the future. *Some* cities are. But not the other 80% of them.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

That's Yesterday's Conventional Thinking. Went stale about twelve months ago. Cities like NYC, SF and Boston will continue to be safe, if not great, investments in terms of r/e. Places without financial and tech centers are going to crater.

Safety and Cheaper Taxes > Fuel concerns. Cities are ahead of the curve on everything, including crime waves accruing from desperation. Those who can will run. And the suburbs have a glut of deals for them to buy. And decent public education, which most cities can't offer (forcing parents who can ill afford it in this economy to send kids to private schools).

It's a liberal totem cities are the future. *Some* cities are. But not the other 80% of them.

C'mon, Germany. My future home in Finland awaits.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

C'mon, Germany. My future home in Finland awaits.

I believe I can take the Irish citizenry (if they don't find out about the English relatives).

In all sincerity, I was with a buddy who should be happy as fuck about the economy right now at a party on Saturday. His view was quite bleak. Volatility's good for business, but when all the math leads to Ty's earlier link title - "We're fucked" - it's just gilding your cabin on the Titanic.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I believe I can take the Irish citizenry (if they don't find out about the English relatives).

In all sincerity, I was with a buddy who should be happy as fuck about the economy right now at a party on Saturday. His view was quite bleak. Volatility's good for business, but when all the math leads to Ty's earlier link title - "We're fucked" - it's just gilding your cabin on the Titanic.

1. Finland's solid. Look at all the links and charts and graphs posted here. Basically no debt whatsoever. And the rampaging warm-blooded deadbeats (Greeks, Italians, Portugese) won't get past Holland.

2. Finland's chicks are hot, horny and direct (if you agree to go out on a date, they expect you to put out). And if you want to see what they (admittedly the high end) look like - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2-HL...eature=related (SFW). My favorite comment on the video page - "Näköjään kauneus ja matemaattiset taidot ei kulje ihan käsikädessä..näytti olevan niin vitun vaikee mennä ees numero järjestykseen."

3. Finland's so-called downsides, like weather and darkness, do not affect me. In fact, I rarely notice.

4. Global warming will make Finland increasingly balmy. I am looking at property on the soon-to-be Finnish/Estonian Riviera.