RedSpawn Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 https://www.yahoo.com/news/cuba-incidents-caused-brain-injury-nerve-damage-diplomats-164017772.html What????!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 Off topic but watching Austin Powers,,,,goofy but funny fwiw where the heck is Elizabeth Hurley?Somewhere in England, I would imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 Somewhere in England, I would imagine.Incorrect as it happens - from 2 days ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Incorrect as it happens - from 2 days ago...I grant you that's probably not England, but the article does say she's on vacation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 There are unconfirmed rumors that PepsiCo Inc is going to decorate their cans with Bermuda Bowl B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpawn Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/business/dealbook/wells-fargo-ceo-sloan.html?mcubz=1https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-28/wells-fargo-to-compensate-customers-for-unwanted-auto-insurance http://www.sitnews.us/SusanBrown/091416_wolverton.jpghttp://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/Wuerker/art_images/cg57f1e62ec9711.jpgWhat the hell? Can we talk about the white elephant in the room? How in the world can 1,000,000+ fake accounts be opened at a mega-bank and no senior management member be held to SERIOUSLY ACCOUNT for the lack of internal controls at a financial institution where massive identity theft occurred? Either senior management is responsible for the effective operation of internal controls at the enterprise of their employ or they aren't. There is no "contextualizing" the criminal nature of this breach of customer trust and culpability that senior management has in this matter. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 3.5 million fake accounts so far and counting btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Plausible deniability....it's spreading! Banks, like other organizations that are used to getting their way, do pretty much what they want... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Comment about Matiz Gallego sardines by someone named chardino on Amazon: And of course it is important to remind everyone that these noble fish have a long shelf life. Buy lots of them now and use them to barter for gasoline, ammunition, water filters , propane, and whatever else you may need during the apocalypse/zombie invasion/economic collapse. But chances are you will just keep them for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 How many realize that World War Z was a prequel to the documentary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted September 27, 2017 Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 From 20 Wines for Under $20: Weeknight Pleasures for Relaxed Evenings by Eric Asimov: The requirements for weeknight cooking are easy to understand, but weeknight wine? It’s a bit more conceptual. The last thing anyone wants after a long day of work is to put in another few hours over a cutting board and stove. But where is the labor in opening a bottle? It is the wine inside that matters. Weeknight wines ought to be undemanding, like easygoing comedies rather than Ingmar Bergman films. They need not require rapt attention, but they should be delicious and refreshing. And if you do choose to focus on them, you should be rewarded with something of interest, a touch of nuance or complexity that would repay the gift of your attention. Did I mention price? They should be relatively inexpensive and great values, which are not necessarily the same thing. You can find plenty of innocuous wines for $10. Most will be sound but boring — paint-by-numbers facsimiles of more interesting bottles. They are cheap, but where is the value? In the range of $15 to $20, however, the level of interest and excitement rises exponentially over $10 wines. These 20 bottles I’ve selected, all under $20, are great weeknight wines, easygoing and friendly. And if you wish to engage with them, they will be worth your while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted September 27, 2017 Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 jesus christ. "easygoing and friendly" wines? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpawn Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 http://www.investopedia.com/news/equifax-tries-save-face-free-credit-freeze/ At least Equifax is offering free credit freezes for its own debacle. Our Congress needs to have a pow-wow and create some regulations that treats the almagamation of our credit and personal data as a national security matter requiring stringent and vigorous internal controls. For this much credit fraud exposure to exist as a result of professional negligence with respect to a business enterprise's network security is unacceptable by 1st world standards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpawn Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 http://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/city-amazon-proposed-attract-company-hq2-georgia/WVuopYRd6WFQE3w7JjcdnO/. There is a new form of municipal prostitution in America and Amazon's public campaign to have "thirsty" cities give away or sell land to Amazon at "bargain basement" prices to facilitate the construction of its new 2nd headquarters is an all-time low. Now some of the oldest state governments and newest municipalities are wearing fishnet pantyhose, shiny new leather mini-skirts, and red lipstick to woo Amazon. Just a sad state of affairs. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 Kazuo Ishiguro, the British author known for his spare prose style and his subversion of literary genres, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Mr. Ishiguro, 62, is best known for his novels “The Remains of the Day,” about a butler serving an English lord in the years leading up to World War II, and “Never Let Me Go,” a melancholy dystopian love story set in a British boarding school. In a statement, he expressed astonishment and gratitude for the honor: “It comes at a time when the world is uncertain about its values, its leadership and its safety. I just hope that my receiving this huge honor will, even in a small way, encourage the forces for good will and peace at this time.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Tyler Cowen on Richard Thaler from Thaler’s book on the making of behavioral economics: …my thesis advisor, Sherwin Rosen, gave the following as an assessment of my career as a graduate student: “We did not expect much of him.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Tyler Cowen on Richard Thaler This has drastically increased the amount of stuff I should read. He links to many articles. I suspect I would serious like Thaler. I am going to at least give some of his stuff a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyams Posted October 11, 2017 Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 A thread question: Did the title always end as "Thread Thread"? This thread been in existence for so long, but it's only recently that I realised that the title has two "Thread"s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted October 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 A thread question: Did the title always end as "Thread Thread"? This thread been in existence for so long, but it's only recently that I realised that the title has two "Thread"s! Yes and yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted October 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 Is it true that Colin began kneeling after speaking with a veterarn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted October 11, 2017 Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 Is it true that Colin began kneeling after speaking with a veterarn?https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/heres-how-nate-boyer-got-colin-kaepernick-to-go-from-sitting-to-kneeling/ Edit: Postscript to this, I've just listened to the BBC doing a 2 hour special on the whole NFL kneeling issue, probably available as a podcast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpawn Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 http://www.barrons.com/articles/proposed-401-k-ira-caps-rattle-the-industry-1508518098 Capped 401(k) contributions of $2,400 annually to pay for tax cuts. HAVE YOU LOST YOUR NATURAL MIND????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpawn Posted November 12, 2017 Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/mariah-carey-ex-security-plans-sue-sexual-harassment-article-1.3618894 So this is where we are now with the sexual harassment claims? Mariah Carey's bodyguard claims she sexually harassed him when she seranded him in a see-through negligee singing "Touch My Body"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted November 12, 2017 Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 From The Secret to Roger Federer’s Success is This Man: Paganini said his methods of training Federer have changed with the years. They used to play other sports like basketball in Federer’s youth to add variety but now focus on activities that directly correspond to tennis and, according to Paganini, they emphasize complex drills that mimic the multipronged challenges of the sport. “You have to be strong, fast, coordinated and have endurance in tennis and you have to do drills for that,” Paganini said. “But you also should never forget you have to use this on a tennis court; not on the road or in the pool. So you always have to create a link between the speed and the athletic way it’s used on the court. Nine times out of 10 on the court, the speed is in the first three steps and then you’re playing the tennis ball. So you have to train to be particularly strong in the first three steps.” Paganini said he truly believes Federer has not lost a step while acknowledging that full transparency was not the goal. “If there is anything that has diminished, it’s for the opponents to figure out,” he said with a chuckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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