Politics: A new beginning

[Say_hello_for_me]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Productivity was up, what, 9%? Something about that number seems highly screwy to me. I personally don't think I've been any more productive lately. So, for that number to be right, that means both (a) that someone, somewhere, has to have been 18% more productive, to make up for me, and (b) that everyone else in the country has to have been, in the aggregate, 9% more productive. This seems unlikely.

And somewhere in NYC, an associate is saying "where the fuck is my bonus, I billed more hours this year than last and the partners are... [see the 30% increase in corporate profits for what goes here]".

So get to work Goddamnit. Somebody else can do your job more efficiently and he is pissed.

Hello

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Slave invented that? No kidding. Maybe he'll let me license it.

Well, he refused to use the first personal pronoun in reference to himself, like Rickey Henderson. So you've got obviousness, non-novelty, non-utility, and separate patentability going for you. Which is nice.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Well, he refused to use the first personal pronoun in reference to himself, like Rickey Henderson. So you've got obviousness, non-novelty, non-utility, and separate patentability going for you. Which is nice.

Tyrone's usually got obviousness going for him, ordinary skill and all...

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Productivity was up, what, 9%? Something about that number seems highly screwy to me. I personally don't think I've been any more productive lately. So, for that number to be right, that means both (a) that someone, somewhere, has to have been 18% more productive,

GUILTY!!!!

FWIW,
1) 2 of my clients got sued this week. Don't people know my opinions are usually quite solid?
2) I'm not posting on fashion much anymore

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
FWIW,
1) 2 of my clients got sued this week. Don't people know my opinions are usually quite solid?

Think of it as a chance to demonstrate your superiority once again.

[Not Me]

I cannot believe that I found it in the SF Chronicle, though. I never thought a liberal rag like that would admit the truth:

Newspaper Article Proving Me Right Again

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
Think of it as a chance to demonstrate your superiority once again.

alas...while my record here is quite stellar, judges and clients often look to something more that a clever turn of a phrase. facts are stupid things.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Not Me
I cannot believe that I found it in the SF Chronicle, though. I never thought a liberal rag like that would admit the truth:

Newspaper Article Proving Me Right Again

Are you sure you don't want your old log-in back? I'm sure it misses you.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Are you sure you don't want your old log-in back? I'm sure it misses you.

That presumes that I can remember the password of the hotmail/yahoo/excite e-mail account that I used to create it.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Not Me
That presumes that I can remember the password of the hotmail/yahoo/excite e-mail account that I used to create it.

if i guess it, do i win something?

[Not Me]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
if i guess it, do i win something?

No.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by The Larry Davis Experience
{tries to quote shit to justify insane ideas}

Why is this crazy? Didn't Congress just overrule the FCC's rollback of the media ownership regs?

its not crazy Larry. I'm subject to hyperbole. Mea culpa!
I think political promises to do politically motivated antitrust actions are a-okay! Dean is just being business-like really. how could any true Republican blame him for that?

oh, before I forget, some of my friends from Justice wanted me to throw up a trial balloon:

do you think the American public would react negatively if justice indicted all the children, grandchildren and great grand children of joseph Kennedy on a RICO count? i need to hear any no-go votes by monday at 2 EST.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
do you think the American public would react negatively if justice indicted all the children, grandchildren and great grand children of joseph Kennedy on a RICO count?

Ummm, it depends on what the facts are. Can you elaborate further?

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
sgtclub: if the jobs report had been better, the market might have broken the seal at 10,000, and would have snowballed, and we'd be at 10,500 soon

me: that's silly

sgtclub: if you think that's silly, you must have thought the internet bubble was rational

me: yeah, that follows

Not quite.

me: if jobs report better, dow would likely have broken 10,000. 10,000 has been an irrational barrier which, if broken, could result in significant market gains. I used 10,500 as an example. With signigicant market gains, valuaions rise and the cost of money cheapons, leading to incentive to raise money. Companies flush with money will use it to expand. Expansion equals jobs.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by sgtclub
me: if jobs report better, dow would likely have broken 10,000. 10,000 has been an irrational barrier which, if broken, could result in significant market gains. I used 10,500 as an example. With signigicant market gains, valuaions rise and the cost of money cheapons, leading to incentive to raise money. Companies flush with money will use it to expand. Expansion equals jobs.

This isn't addressed to you so much as to Ty (and partially to AG, whose response seems to put him in with Ty), but, hey guys, do you not understand that unemployment is termed a trailing indicator for a reason?

The very last thing you do when adding capacity is adding body count.