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nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Obama opens oceans for offshore energy exploration
In response to: Obama opens oceans for offshore energy exploration
@barbaradurkin,
"Please note that Cape Wind has no source for wind turbines, or financing, as a phantom project. While based on their spec's, this project is an FAA 'Presumed Hazard'."
So, bd, how many fatalities and injuries will air hazards and boat collisions that necessarily mean? Post a link to the reports showing the risk models, won't ya? If it's significant, how much traffic curtailment or usage of Hyannis airport is worth the savings that wind farms bring? Maybe Hyannis airport should be shut altogether? How about maritime traffic? Only Hyannis harbor is affected? Why should it remain open?
Why not consider these options, too? Where else is the Cape going to get its power, with Pilgrim fading away and Mirant unable to secure more funding?
"Please note that Cape Wind has no source for wind turbines, or financing, as a phantom project. While based on their spec's, this project is an FAA 'Presumed Hazard'."
So, bd, how many fatalities and injuries will air hazards and boat collisions that necessarily mean? Post a link to the reports showing the risk models, won't ya? If it's significant, how much traffic curtailment or usage of Hyannis airport is worth the savings that wind farms bring? Maybe Hyannis airport should be shut altogether? How about maritime traffic? Only Hyannis harbor is affected? Why should it remain open?
Why not consider these options, too? Where else is the Cape going to get its power, with Pilgrim fading away and Mirant unable to secure more funding?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Obama move hailed by environmental groups
In response to: Obama move hailed by environmental groups
@CC Rockhopper,
So, leaving well enough alone created successful wind farm projects in the United States? Where are they? Just like Big Business can't be allowed to regulate itself, it seems to me small towns, cities, counties, and states put their own interest ahead of that of the United States collectively. NIMBY is the rule, all under disliking "BIG Brother".
You expect people to sign up for these things even *more* readily when there's an economic crisis and they fear for their jobs?
Uh, huh.
So, leaving well enough alone created successful wind farm projects in the United States? Where are they? Just like Big Business can't be allowed to regulate itself, it seems to me small towns, cities, counties, and states put their own interest ahead of that of the United States collectively. NIMBY is the rule, all under disliking "BIG Brother".
You expect people to sign up for these things even *more* readily when there's an economic crisis and they fear for their jobs?
Uh, huh.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Is environmentalism bad for the environment? Cape student in YouTube Symphony; Rockland gives back the money; Strong support for casinos
In response to: Is environmentalism bad for the environment? Cape student in YouTube Symphony; Rockland gives back the money; Strong support for casinos
Regarding Rockland, according to current rules (see http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bf878736-27c1-11de-9b77-00144feabdc0.html and http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b60a29b2-2243-11de-8380-00144feabdc0.html), simply paying back monies does not suffice to "exit the TARP", despite what ProvoJ writes.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Cyber Terrorism
In response to: Cyber Terrorism
"Don't make light of it. It is real." Real, no doubt. But in terms of risk, there's still a *far* greater threat getting in the car to drive nearly anywhere.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: It's safe to say nobody likes taxes, gray heads and suits protest here
In response to: It's safe to say nobody likes taxes, gray heads and suits protest here
In order to prevent the world falling to pieces like a child playing with a sandcastle, the event which causes that must be forseen.
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2009/04/there-were-exactly-five-people-who-foresaw-this-crisis.html
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2009/04/there-were-exactly-five-people-who-foresaw-this-crisis.html
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: It's safe to say nobody likes taxes, gray heads and suits protest here
In response to: It's safe to say nobody likes taxes, gray heads and suits protest here
"You guys just DON'T GET IT!!
They're not going to let this world fall
to pieces like a child playing
with a sandcastle!!!"
See:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/commerce/090419/world-trouble-the-sequel
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/commerce/090212/special-report
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/wallst.html
and my favorite of late ("Is America the New Russia?"),
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09f8c996-2930-11de-bc5e-00144feabdc0.html
They're not going to let this world fall
to pieces like a child playing
with a sandcastle!!!"
See:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/commerce/090419/world-trouble-the-sequel
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/commerce/090212/special-report
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/wallst.html
and my favorite of late ("Is America the New Russia?"),
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09f8c996-2930-11de-bc5e-00144feabdc0.html
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: It's safe to say nobody likes taxes, gray heads and suits protest here
In response to: It's safe to say nobody likes taxes, gray heads and suits protest here
"I enjoy paying taxes. They buy me civilization." -- Oliver Wendall Holmes
I happen to agree.
I happen to agree.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Where Are We Headed? Who Wants to Go There?
In response to: Where Are We Headed? Who Wants to Go There?
We've spent a chunk o' change on national defense, and even the most modest of proposals to cut that -- the Presidential helicopter -- is being received with cries and laments of unholy evisceration from the defense contractors and people whose jobs are on the line.
And you expect people to take proposals to cut spending *seriously*???
Sounds to me like China learned quickly a most excellent WMD: Loan Them Money.
And regarding "Sometimes good ideas must take a back seat until the revenue to support them appears", *how* exactly do you expect this revenue to appear? Will it rain from the heavens after enough prayers have been offered?
And you expect people to take proposals to cut spending *seriously*???
Sounds to me like China learned quickly a most excellent WMD: Loan Them Money.
And regarding "Sometimes good ideas must take a back seat until the revenue to support them appears", *how* exactly do you expect this revenue to appear? Will it rain from the heavens after enough prayers have been offered?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Cyber Terrorism
In response to: Cyber Terrorism
(continued)
And should you be harrassed online by one or more people, there are simple techniques and tricks you can learn to track them down. The stalker is not a professional criminal and is naive, unprotected, and often stupid.
And don't call this behavior "terrorism": The word doesn't fit, and diminishes what true cyber terrorism could be like.
And should you be harrassed online by one or more people, there are simple techniques and tricks you can learn to track them down. The stalker is not a professional criminal and is naive, unprotected, and often stupid.
And don't call this behavior "terrorism": The word doesn't fit, and diminishes what true cyber terrorism could be like.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Cyber Terrorism
In response to: Cyber Terrorism
I hardly think "gang stalking" or, for that matter, pedophiles-on-the-prowl are the biggest risks online. In comparison to other risks, like driving in your car on Route 28 or Route 6, these are small. Rather, you need to be sure your anti-virus is present and current, you have a desktop firewall and its properly configured, and you are "street wise" regarding which emails you open and which links within them you click.
Also, don't believe a random Web site your friend tells you about as being the Next Great Thing. Be cautious: It may deliver malware.
All that said, enjoy the news and shopping online, and the entertainments. Those, coming from major vendors and domains, are very safe, as long as you know how to visually verify that SSL encryption is enabled and are sure of the site you are visiting.
Also, don't believe a random Web site your friend tells you about as being the Next Great Thing. Be cautious: It may deliver malware.
All that said, enjoy the news and shopping online, and the entertainments. Those, coming from major vendors and domains, are very safe, as long as you know how to visually verify that SSL encryption is enabled and are sure of the site you are visiting.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: It's safe to say nobody likes taxes, gray heads and suits protest here
In response to: It's safe to say nobody likes taxes, gray heads and suits protest here
Guess who is Forbes' "best country in the world for business"? Think environmental zealousness, high taxes, and national health care: It's DENMARK.
See http://climateprogress.org/2009/04/16/forbes-global-warming-denmark/
USA is #2, with a caution and warning this year!
See http://climateprogress.org/2009/04/16/forbes-global-warming-denmark/
USA is #2, with a caution and warning this year!
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Why newspapers can't charge for online content
In response to: Why newspapers can't charge for online content
Yes. Charging more only works if the business is an effective monopoly -- and that's not always a dirty word. So, the proper solution for the MBTA's troubles is to raise fees for riders. That the Massachusetts legislature and governor won't do it isn't really the MBTA's problem. In the case of the Globe or the NY Times, your description is correct: There is a surplus of information online, shaped and delivered in the way people want it, at all levels. It fits their lifestyle better than messy newsprint does.
Also, people online have gotten used to free or at least "commoditized" content. Remember the PC/electronics business model is odd that prices *decrease* year after year for the same function. Markets based upon it tend to have that expectation spilled over into them.
Lastly, markets and tastes change. Why should the journalism/newsprint business be any different? The AP or Reuters don't print newspapers. Maybe for good journalism, those kinds of models are all that can work.
Also, people online have gotten used to free or at least "commoditized" content. Remember the PC/electronics business model is odd that prices *decrease* year after year for the same function. Markets based upon it tend to have that expectation spilled over into them.
Lastly, markets and tastes change. Why should the journalism/newsprint business be any different? The AP or Reuters don't print newspapers. Maybe for good journalism, those kinds of models are all that can work.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: AG sues Cape Timeshare; Sexy Cape moms on Craig's List; Ptown Fed project questioned; Towns call foul over CCBL; State loses wind
In response to: AG sues Cape Timeshare; Sexy Cape moms on Craig's List; Ptown Fed project questioned; Towns call foul over CCBL; State loses wind
Greg Bialecki, undersecretary from EO HED of Massachusetts was interviewed at MHT, the Journal of New England Technology, at http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/04/13/weekly23-Mass-development-chief-Bialecki-on-state-town-relationship-and-tech.html
He addresses wind energy in part, and visits other interesting things. Apart from comments on wind energy, I found interesting that the State approach to development is to encourage it, but State won't fight a community which is recalcitrant: they'll just go to a different community. I quote: "In the shorter term, we focused on the fact that we really don’t have to change the attitude of all of our 351 communities. In fact, what we really need to do is develop a sufficient inventory around the state of places where businesses are very welcome and can get up and running very quickly."
He addresses wind energy in part, and visits other interesting things. Apart from comments on wind energy, I found interesting that the State approach to development is to encourage it, but State won't fight a community which is recalcitrant: they'll just go to a different community. I quote: "In the shorter term, we focused on the fact that we really don’t have to change the attitude of all of our 351 communities. In fact, what we really need to do is develop a sufficient inventory around the state of places where businesses are very welcome and can get up and running very quickly."
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Democracy And Bigotry, An Easter Reflection
In response to: Democracy And Bigotry, An Easter Reflection
This is a fabulous post. It took time and care to compose. It is learned, and teaches.
Thanks for it!
Thanks for it!
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Lead, follow, or get out of the way
In response to: Lead, follow, or get out of the way
More on the pace of pole ice melting: http://climateprogress.org/2009/04/05/west-antarctica-ice-sheet-sea-level-rise-peninsual-ice-shelf-collapse-global-warmin/
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: 78 Legislators urge Interior Secretary to approve Cape Wind a.s.a.p.
In response to: 78 Legislators urge Interior Secretary to approve Cape Wind a.s.a.p.
And to think, the Cape might have been one of the first, had Certain People not INTERFERED. Check out the Wave:
http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/financial/index.shtml
Y'know, as long as some people insist "Things are fine as they are now", the Cape's never gonna solve its problems.
http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/financial/index.shtml
Y'know, as long as some people insist "Things are fine as they are now", the Cape's never gonna solve its problems.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Lead, follow, or get out of the way
In response to: Lead, follow, or get out of the way
Wilkins Ice Shelf collapse. See http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=667
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: On Wingnuts, Moonbats And Neo-Con Men
In response to: On Wingnuts, Moonbats And Neo-Con Men
@Buzz,
If the collective posts and comments in just Cape Cod Today regarding the economic collapse, bankers, real estate principals, and related politicians were to be collected together, I think it would make a compelling case that we don't need to go "over the pond" to find "anti-capitalists" but that there are a set of folks who deserve the description Right Here On Cape Cod.
No one however has addressed the central point of what do we do now that capitalism has so badly mucked it? Surely we don't know what else there should be, but that does not make what we have good.
If the collective posts and comments in just Cape Cod Today regarding the economic collapse, bankers, real estate principals, and related politicians were to be collected together, I think it would make a compelling case that we don't need to go "over the pond" to find "anti-capitalists" but that there are a set of folks who deserve the description Right Here On Cape Cod.
No one however has addressed the central point of what do we do now that capitalism has so badly mucked it? Surely we don't know what else there should be, but that does not make what we have good.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: You are missing the point
In response to: You are missing the point
Regarding my earlier comment on the "three generations will have trouble repaying" point, economist Samuel Brittan has explained why it is that national deficits aren't at all like company or State deficits, via the article http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9042452-1a3c-11de-9f91-0000779fd2ac.html (("Why UK should not fret about national debt"). It's directed to the UK, but clearly generalizes to any free country of comparable (economic) size or larger.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: You are missing the point
In response to: You are missing the point
@voiceofreason22,
"However, this does not give the D party carte blanche to pass a $3 trillion budget, that three generations will have trouble repaying."
Whether or not someone thinks this particular budget is a good idea or not, this claim repeats an oft' mouthed lament (more frequently from a Republican source than other) which is incorrect. We have "spent trillions" (primarily for defense and H.E.W.) all during the Cold War and didn't "repay" any of it. It wasn't a concern at that time either. Defense expenditures in particular are seldom judged with the same anxiety about spending that non-defense expenditures are, nor do they get the same critical eye. Nevertheless, the spending here is done with loans, has been done with loans, primarily to non-U.S. holders. To the degree people and institutions continue doing these loans without expecting higher yields (interest), this will continue to be a win. If they don't give these loans, interest rates will go up and "quantitative easing" will need to be used, resulting in inflation. U.S.Treasury is not a company or a State.
"However, this does not give the D party carte blanche to pass a $3 trillion budget, that three generations will have trouble repaying."
Whether or not someone thinks this particular budget is a good idea or not, this claim repeats an oft' mouthed lament (more frequently from a Republican source than other) which is incorrect. We have "spent trillions" (primarily for defense and H.E.W.) all during the Cold War and didn't "repay" any of it. It wasn't a concern at that time either. Defense expenditures in particular are seldom judged with the same anxiety about spending that non-defense expenditures are, nor do they get the same critical eye. Nevertheless, the spending here is done with loans, has been done with loans, primarily to non-U.S. holders. To the degree people and institutions continue doing these loans without expecting higher yields (interest), this will continue to be a win. If they don't give these loans, interest rates will go up and "quantitative easing" will need to be used, resulting in inflation. U.S.Treasury is not a company or a State.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Boston Globe may close in 30 days, Times threatens staff, union
In response to: Boston Globe may close in 30 days, Times threatens staff, union
Even if someone is supportive of a union position, it seems foolhardy of any union to risk forcing a company into Chapters 11 or 7, because then all bets and contracts are off. So, if unions are being "smart" about opposing concessions, what are they doin', playing "chicken"?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Taxes aren't the solution!
In response to: Taxes aren't the solution!
If Massachusetts State does "not deserve any tax revenue", then the counties of Barnstable, Yarmouth, Sandwich, etc don't deserve funds from the State either. That is, it's all well and good to complain about the ethics of paying taxes when a local hand is out to receive State (and Federal) funds.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Scammers hawk D-port waterfront; Salazar to cut Red Tape for wind; Obama's traveling forum on healthcare
In response to: Scammers hawk D-port waterfront; Salazar to cut Red Tape for wind; Obama's traveling forum on healthcare
On President Obama and socialism: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123751241072091037.html
From the WALL STREET JOURNAL, no less.
From the WALL STREET JOURNAL, no less.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Improved broadband service planned for Cape
In response to: Improved broadband service planned for Cape
High speed broadband access is considered essential in the tourist industry, in hotels, nearly world wide. This completely sets aside other benefits from having broadband access, commercial, retail, and demographic.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Incongruity lost on editors but not on readers
In response to: Incongruity lost on editors but not on readers
Easy here, folks. While (I think) Cape Wind is a great idea (no surprise there), it's not correct to believe doing so will reverse the warming that could contribute to these natural impositions. Facts are (a) the globe is like a big supertanker: even stopping additional CO2 and other contributions completely now, it will take some time to turn around, and (b) we don't entirely understand how sensitive climate is to our contributions. One of the travesties of the last 30 years is that the *potential* magnitude of the problem has not been seized to fund oceanography and atmospheric science, and a lot of *that* got reversed during the last 8 years of the previous administration. Thus, we could have known more by now, but don't. And it's turning out that now that we are looking more carefully, things look worse than they looked before. Read http://www.realclimate.org for continuing coverage. Also check out http://flood.firetree.net/?ll=43.3251,-101.6015&z=13&m=2. This has limitations, but does give an idea. This assumes flooding is gradual, and doesn't include storm effects.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Time for newspaper folks to fight back
In response to: Time for newspaper folks to fight back
Hearst's Seattle paper going Web-only:
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090316/FREE/903169977/1040
I think newsprint publishers need to adapt to the online world, getting creative. Why not include an electronically readable version of every week's hot links either with the paper or online? Or exploit people's ubiquitous mobile and smart phones? Or get ultra-local, and target ads by tipping them in based upon what Web demographics say are the hot things this week?
Need to syndicate RSS. Even CCT doesn't.
Sure the pace is going to have to be faster.
BTW, it's all well and good that there's a need for a "watchdog of the public interest" in the form of newspapers, but it still has to be paid for somehow.
Finally, regarding the suggestion of "plagiarism": Putting newscopy on a Web page gives people the right to copy it. This can be controlled to some extent by suitable "robots.txt" files in the root, but only the major trolling bots honor that.
The only sure way to control this is to not avail the paper of an online presence with its newscopy.
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090316/FREE/903169977/1040
I think newsprint publishers need to adapt to the online world, getting creative. Why not include an electronically readable version of every week's hot links either with the paper or online? Or exploit people's ubiquitous mobile and smart phones? Or get ultra-local, and target ads by tipping them in based upon what Web demographics say are the hot things this week?
Need to syndicate RSS. Even CCT doesn't.
Sure the pace is going to have to be faster.
BTW, it's all well and good that there's a need for a "watchdog of the public interest" in the form of newspapers, but it still has to be paid for somehow.
Finally, regarding the suggestion of "plagiarism": Putting newscopy on a Web page gives people the right to copy it. This can be controlled to some extent by suitable "robots.txt" files in the root, but only the major trolling bots honor that.
The only sure way to control this is to not avail the paper of an online presence with its newscopy.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind gets unanimous approval for composite certificate
In response to: Cape Wind gets unanimous approval for composite certificate
"Has anyone considered that with the future of homeland security and the likelihood of future terrorist attacks, all of Nantucket Sound will be off limits to boaters as soon as the towers are in place."
Hah! And the benefit to a terrorist of taking out ONE wind tower is what?? To illustrate their stupidity?
Hah! And the benefit to a terrorist of taking out ONE wind tower is what?? To illustrate their stupidity?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind gets unanimous approval for composite certificate
In response to: Cape Wind gets unanimous approval for composite certificate
Oh, dear, more Commons drama!
Y'need to learn that what's good for the Group can be bad for every Subgroup.
Y'need to learn that what's good for the Group can be bad for every Subgroup.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Magic Time! Now You See It, Now You Don't
In response to: Magic Time! Now You See It, Now You Don't
Hah! Get real.
RealClimate, that is.
See. Read. Learn.
http://www.realclimate.org
Might as well check out your neighborhood Woods Hole Oceanographic while you're at it: See
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12457
and
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12457&tid=282&cid=13366
RealClimate, that is.
See. Read. Learn.
http://www.realclimate.org
Might as well check out your neighborhood Woods Hole Oceanographic while you're at it: See
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12457
and
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12457&tid=282&cid=13366
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Policy or politics?
In response to: Policy or politics?
The spiting and venom just go on and on and on and on ....
You folks are ALL just morons.
You folks are ALL just morons.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Unemployment at 8.1%,
In response to: Unemployment at 8.1%,
(The space allocated for posts did not allow me to complete the one above.)
The above is quoted from an article at the Financial Times, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/453e55ca-0c0c-11de-b87d-0000779fd2ac.html, by Robert Shiller, in part promoting his (and George Akerlof's) book ANIMAL SPIRITS (reviewed at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ed2f82dc-fbbc-11dd-bcad-000077b07658.html), on Adam Smith.
The above is quoted from an article at the Financial Times, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/453e55ca-0c0c-11de-b87d-0000779fd2ac.html, by Robert Shiller, in part promoting his (and George Akerlof's) book ANIMAL SPIRITS (reviewed at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ed2f82dc-fbbc-11dd-bcad-000077b07658.html), on Adam Smith.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Unemployment at 8.1%,
In response to: Unemployment at 8.1%,
@dingbat, I'd rather cite Adam Smith:
"... some workers will be unemployed. But they will be unable to find work only because they are in a temporary search for a job or because they insist on pay that is unreasonably high. Such unemployment is viewed as voluntary, and evokes no sympathy.
"Classical theory also tells us that financial markets will also be stable. People will only make trades that they consider to benefit themselves. When entering financial markets – buying stocks or bonds or taking out a mortgage or even very complex securities – they will do due diligence in seeing that what they are buying is worth what they or paying, or what they are selling.
"What this theory neglects is that there are times when people are too trusting. And it also fails to take into account that if it can do so profitably, capitalism will produce not only what people really want, but also what they think they want. It can produce the medicine people want to cure their ills. That is what people really want. But if it can do so profitably, it will also produce what people mistakenly want."
"... some workers will be unemployed. But they will be unable to find work only because they are in a temporary search for a job or because they insist on pay that is unreasonably high. Such unemployment is viewed as voluntary, and evokes no sympathy.
"Classical theory also tells us that financial markets will also be stable. People will only make trades that they consider to benefit themselves. When entering financial markets – buying stocks or bonds or taking out a mortgage or even very complex securities – they will do due diligence in seeing that what they are buying is worth what they or paying, or what they are selling.
"What this theory neglects is that there are times when people are too trusting. And it also fails to take into account that if it can do so profitably, capitalism will produce not only what people really want, but also what they think they want. It can produce the medicine people want to cure their ills. That is what people really want. But if it can do so profitably, it will also produce what people mistakenly want."
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Unemployment at 8.1%,
In response to: Unemployment at 8.1%,
The Sage, interviewed today: http://www.cnbc.com/id/29552618/
@dingbat, that's your reference? pundits?? Yeah, like *they* know what's goin' on: http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=220252&title=cnbc-gives-financial-advice
@dingbat, that's your reference? pundits?? Yeah, like *they* know what's goin' on: http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=220252&title=cnbc-gives-financial-advice
nonesuch [Member]
In response to:
In response to:
It would be Really Sweet if the Republican Party kept supporting and pursuing the ideas of Rush Limbaugh, as well as Hannity. Heck, why not Savage?
That'd keep the Party out of the picture a good, long time.
That'd keep the Party out of the picture a good, long time.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Puritan Pontiac in Hyannis closes
In response to: Puritan Pontiac in Hyannis closes
Fun: http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=220252&title=cnbc-gives-financial-advice
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Puritan Pontiac in Hyannis closes
In response to: Puritan Pontiac in Hyannis closes
I fear we'll soon see more of the same. See
http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/2009/01/push-to-postpone-inevitable-collapse-is.html
and
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/4884975/We-need-shock-and-awe-policies-to-halt-depression.html
http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/2009/01/push-to-postpone-inevitable-collapse-is.html
and
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/4884975/We-need-shock-and-awe-policies-to-halt-depression.html
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Puritan Pontiac in Hyannis closes
In response to: Puritan Pontiac in Hyannis closes
Correction-- Toyota sales down 40% in USA, not 43%.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Puritan Pontiac in Hyannis closes
In response to: Puritan Pontiac in Hyannis closes
Remember folks, Toyota is also down 43% in United States sales, 12% worldwide, and has, I believe, stopped U.S.-side production. I also believe they are still producing in Canada.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to:
In response to:
Indeed, while I don't agree with all your points, Richard, a Comment by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times today (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f24fc392-082a-11de-8a33-0000779fd2ac.html) shows that 4 banks -- JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo -- hold 64% of all United States banking assets. Wolf says "If creditors of these businesses cannot [be allowed to] suffer significant losses, this is not much of a market economy." Therein lies the myth of free markets which many folks spouting off on CNBC and the Limbaugh clones cite. And this is from the head economic editor of FT, not exactly some socialist mouthpiece. Facts are, all these people have skin in these banks, and they want the government to protect them.
Also, this balanced budget illusion: Governments are not corporations. They don't have a finite supply of money, and they don't have to balance a budget. Indeed, the *only* thing keeping us from collapsing into a black hole of deflation right now is the probability that the federal government will "print money" and inflate.
Also, this balanced budget illusion: Governments are not corporations. They don't have a finite supply of money, and they don't have to balance a budget. Indeed, the *only* thing keeping us from collapsing into a black hole of deflation right now is the probability that the federal government will "print money" and inflate.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: ChemDucks
In response to: ChemDucks
Not to dampen the entrepreneurial spirits, but it seems Americans are consuming less food ...
See
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2009/03/a_surprise_what.html#more
See
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2009/03/a_surprise_what.html#more
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
Good catch, balognasamich. In fact, it's urban legend, per:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/cicero-plan.htm
Cicero was also a fan of divination, per
"Now I am aware of no people, however refined and learned or however savage and ignorant, which does not think that signs are given of future events, and that certain persons can recognize those signs and foretell events before they occur," taken from http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cicero/de_Divinatione/1*.html
So, Buzz, shall we erect an altar by the national Capitol, and slit open the bellies of dogs to divine how the Congress should vote?
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/cicero-plan.htm
Cicero was also a fan of divination, per
"Now I am aware of no people, however refined and learned or however savage and ignorant, which does not think that signs are given of future events, and that certain persons can recognize those signs and foretell events before they occur," taken from http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cicero/de_Divinatione/1*.html
So, Buzz, shall we erect an altar by the national Capitol, and slit open the bellies of dogs to divine how the Congress should vote?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
I find it thoroughly irritating that some, typically people interested in "small government", continue to misconstrue and mislead on the seriousness of the current economic situation. Here's another, from the Philadelphia Fed, nicely summarized:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/82cLs2IwEp4/philly-fed-activity-declined-in-every.html
Also, international air cargo has declined 20+% since December 2007.
What more could be wanted?
That there are record lows in home sales and record inventories despite plunging prices?
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/record-low-new-homes-sales-in-december.html
That for-hire truck tonnate in the USA stepped off an abrupt cliff?
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/truck-tonnage-index-cliff-diving.html
"All this fiscal stimulus is necessary, cause the alternative is a depression", Roubini, from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/roubini-bloomberg-interview-from-zurich.html
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/82cLs2IwEp4/philly-fed-activity-declined-in-every.html
Also, international air cargo has declined 20+% since December 2007.
What more could be wanted?
That there are record lows in home sales and record inventories despite plunging prices?
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/record-low-new-homes-sales-in-december.html
That for-hire truck tonnate in the USA stepped off an abrupt cliff?
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/truck-tonnage-index-cliff-diving.html
"All this fiscal stimulus is necessary, cause the alternative is a depression", Roubini, from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/roubini-bloomberg-interview-from-zurich.html
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
"People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
There is no amount of extra work people are capable of doing to offset a national debt that is 4x United States GDP. That is, there is no way people can "work harder" and thereby increase GDP offset a collective debt which is 400% of GDP. The vast majority of that debt is not government. See http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b048d69c-ec90-11dd-a534-0000779fd2ac.html
There is no amount of extra work people are capable of doing to offset a national debt that is 4x United States GDP. That is, there is no way people can "work harder" and thereby increase GDP offset a collective debt which is 400% of GDP. The vast majority of that debt is not government. See http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b048d69c-ec90-11dd-a534-0000779fd2ac.html
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
Professor Roubini restates the case, again today:
http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?N=av&T=Roubini%20Says%20Banks%20Insolvent%2C%20Shiller%20Wants%20More%20Action&clipSRC=mms://media2.bloomberg.com/cache/vhWH8BrEIL.I.asf
http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?N=av&T=Roubini%20Says%20Banks%20Insolvent%2C%20Shiller%20Wants%20More%20Action&clipSRC=mms://media2.bloomberg.com/cache/vhWH8BrEIL.I.asf
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Priest settles suit for $750k; Zip to a Cape home bargain; 4Cs seeks top alums
In response to: Priest settles suit for $750k; Zip to a Cape home bargain; 4Cs seeks top alums
See http://platial.com/map/Real-Estate-Bubble-Map-Cape-Cod/9522#post225979
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
"He dealt with an unemployment rate of 24 percent, vs. seven percent in December 2008. And the severity of the overall economic picture doesn't even compare with the travesty that President Carter handed over to incoming President Reagan. The misery index at that time (interest plus unemployment plus inflation) was 36 percent; Obama faces 14 percent."
Wait.
Martin Wolf of the Financial Times called it "falling off a cliff in slow motion".
Even if the government can stimulate the economy to keep unemployment below 20% for 3 years, without international help (read CHINA), it will crash then again, and there won't be any government debt left at affordable prices to help. THAT is the disaster waiting to happen.
Besides, the post is comparing apples and oranges. On the one hand it, compares present job losses to FDR's. On the other, it's comparing inflation indexes to Carter's and others. Misery indexes were not devised to reflect deflation, which is surely what we have now. Why the post is out of touch is because it knows not deflation.
Wait.
Martin Wolf of the Financial Times called it "falling off a cliff in slow motion".
Even if the government can stimulate the economy to keep unemployment below 20% for 3 years, without international help (read CHINA), it will crash then again, and there won't be any government debt left at affordable prices to help. THAT is the disaster waiting to happen.
Besides, the post is comparing apples and oranges. On the one hand it, compares present job losses to FDR's. On the other, it's comparing inflation indexes to Carter's and others. Misery indexes were not devised to reflect deflation, which is surely what we have now. Why the post is out of touch is because it knows not deflation.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Morals in an Immoral World?
In response to: Morals in an Immoral World?
Such courage and sensibilities as described come from the INDIVIDUAL, and NOT from the institutions of which they choose or don't choose to associate. I underscore this, contrasting this essay with the recently lauded piece by David Brooks in The Times, per:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/opinion/27brooks.html?em
My challenge to Brooks and to you is that to go along with whatever everyone else is doing is fine, as long as it is morally right. But, in that case, how much credit can be claimed by the individual. In contrast, when the group is wrong, and the individual goes contrary to the group pursuing the moral, using moral ends, then the individual claims all credit.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/opinion/27brooks.html?em
My challenge to Brooks and to you is that to go along with whatever everyone else is doing is fine, as long as it is morally right. But, in that case, how much credit can be claimed by the individual. In contrast, when the group is wrong, and the individual goes contrary to the group pursuing the moral, using moral ends, then the individual claims all credit.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Economics 101
In response to: Economics 101
More joy:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b048d69c-ec90-11dd-a534-0000779fd2ac.html
If I may quote in excerpt:
"Let us start with some facts. The ratio of US public and private debt to gross domestic product reached 358 per cent in the third quarter of 2008. This was much the highest in US history (see charts). The previous peak of 300 per cent was reached in 1933, during the Great Depression.
Nearly all of this debt is private. That reached an all-time high of 294 per cent of GDP in 2007...
In the early 1930s, most US private debt was owed by non-financial companies: so balance-sheet deflation occurred in companies... This time, however, the big increase in debt was in the financial and household sectors.
Over the past three decades the debt of the US financial sector grew six times faster than nominal GDP. The consequent increases in its scale and leverage explain why ... the financial sector allegedly generated 40 per cent of US corporate profits. Something decidedly unhealthy was going on: instead of being a servant, finance had become the economy’s master."
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b048d69c-ec90-11dd-a534-0000779fd2ac.html
If I may quote in excerpt:
"Let us start with some facts. The ratio of US public and private debt to gross domestic product reached 358 per cent in the third quarter of 2008. This was much the highest in US history (see charts). The previous peak of 300 per cent was reached in 1933, during the Great Depression.
Nearly all of this debt is private. That reached an all-time high of 294 per cent of GDP in 2007...
In the early 1930s, most US private debt was owed by non-financial companies: so balance-sheet deflation occurred in companies... This time, however, the big increase in debt was in the financial and household sectors.
Over the past three decades the debt of the US financial sector grew six times faster than nominal GDP. The consequent increases in its scale and leverage explain why ... the financial sector allegedly generated 40 per cent of US corporate profits. Something decidedly unhealthy was going on: instead of being a servant, finance had become the economy’s master."
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Ocean 'pump' turns back on, possibly balancing greenhouse gases
In response to: Ocean 'pump' turns back on, possibly balancing greenhouse gases
Ah, but most media are intellectually bankrupt,
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=644
unlike CCT.
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=644
unlike CCT.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Blowing in the face of Wind
In response to: Blowing in the face of Wind
Kudos to Mr Peckham! I'd just say that it seems Cape residents don't elect folks who have a surfeit of foresight in surfeit.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: WARNING!!!!! This Tax May Be Coming To Your Town.
In response to: WARNING!!!!! This Tax May Be Coming To Your Town.
Naw, we need a nice, national value-added tax. That should take care of things.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Obama calls on renewable energy in his inaugural speech
In response to: Obama calls on renewable energy in his inaugural speech
@crusader,
Well, John Authers of the Financial Times today makes a pretty compelling case Clinton had his hand in the mess, too. See http://www.ft.com/cms/bfba2c48-5588-11dc-b971-0000779fd2ac.html?_i_referralObject=1006598967&fromSearch=n
Well, John Authers of the Financial Times today makes a pretty compelling case Clinton had his hand in the mess, too. See http://www.ft.com/cms/bfba2c48-5588-11dc-b971-0000779fd2ac.html?_i_referralObject=1006598967&fromSearch=n
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Democrats disagree over wind energy; Cape boats assist plane wreckage search; Huffington Post on "American Primitive"
In response to: Democrats disagree over wind energy; Cape boats assist plane wreckage search; Huffington Post on "American Primitive"
The Economist is now running a bailouts scoreboard at http://www.economist.com/markets/indicators/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12943329
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: 1903: First two-way, transatlantic wireless messages sent from Marconi site
In response to: 1903: First two-way, transatlantic wireless messages sent from Marconi site
Sorry "savvy media" --> "savvy media manipulator".
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: 1903: First two-way, transatlantic wireless messages sent from Marconi site
In response to: 1903: First two-way, transatlantic wireless messages sent from Marconi site
Surely, people like Marconi, Edison, and Tesla deserve public acclaim, for their realization of physical ideas and processes in engineering constructs. (I am somewhat reluctant to lump Tesla with Marconi and Edison, because he was a good theoretician, too. Nonetheless, he did produce an astonishing number of patents, and was a savvy media .) But Marconi's achievement would not have been possible if they hadn't been preceded by work by people like Faraday, Stokes, and *especially* James Clerk Maxwell. See http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Maxwell.html
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: The Foreclosure Crisis: Does Your Bank Really Want to Help You?
In response to: The Foreclosure Crisis: Does Your Bank Really Want to Help You?
With banks -- per today's New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/business/18bank.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink) -- claiming they don't see why they should use TARP monies in the way Treasury wants them to be used, I'm thinking that some creative legislation might be in order. In short, these monies should be retroactively made taxable income, exempting, dollar-for-dollar, each amount which *is* properly used.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: MMS approves Cape Wind; no major environmental problems found
In response to: MMS approves Cape Wind; no major environmental problems found
Oh, right, and the JASONs had a look at the interference of wind farms with radar:
http://fas.org/irp/agency/dod/jason/wind.pdf
http://fas.org/irp/agency/dod/jason/wind.pdf
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: MMS approves Cape Wind; no major environmental problems found
In response to: MMS approves Cape Wind; no major environmental problems found
The Economist does a deep look at wind power this week. See
http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12673331
The U.S. Department of Energy has a major program advocating wind power:
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/wind_2030.html
And Stanford University reports a study of wind power, at:
http://suntans.stanford.edu/~lozej/Public/wxwise_wind_energy_fullres.pdf
http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12673331
The U.S. Department of Energy has a major program advocating wind power:
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/wind_2030.html
And Stanford University reports a study of wind power, at:
http://suntans.stanford.edu/~lozej/Public/wxwise_wind_energy_fullres.pdf
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: BULLETIN: MMS set to release Cape Wind report today
In response to: BULLETIN: MMS set to release Cape Wind report today
Tangentially related, a great set of responses (IMO) from Energy Secretary designate Steven Chu:
http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/hl_citizens_briefing_book_dr._steven_chu_reacts/
Dr Chu, if confirmed, will head the agency which orchestrates national energy policy, including renewables, and which builds and manages the United States nuclear arsenal.
http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/hl_citizens_briefing_book_dr._steven_chu_reacts/
Dr Chu, if confirmed, will head the agency which orchestrates national energy policy, including renewables, and which builds and manages the United States nuclear arsenal.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
Speaking of units ..., here's a comment from the incredible, wonderful XKCD ...
http://xkcd.com/526/
http://xkcd.com/526/
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
Temperature is also both less and more revealing than intuition suggests. For instance, the rate at which heat passes through walls is not simply the difference in temperature between inside and outside, but the magnitude of the thermal gradient. That is, if the wall (assumed uniform material and density) is made twice as thick, the temperature difference is unchanged (in equilibrium) but the rate of loss of heat is half: The temperature change per unit length through the wall is half, so the slope of temperature vs distance is half, so gradient is half. But, insofar as gases go, temperature is king: It is an index of the rate at which molecules wander about. Fluids, too. Some.
Very readable account of some of these basic things in a down-to-earth context: Steven Vogel, COMPARATIVE BIOMECHANICS: LIFE'S PHYSICAL WORLD, 2003, ISBN 0-691-11297-5.
Very readable account of some of these basic things in a down-to-earth context: Steven Vogel, COMPARATIVE BIOMECHANICS: LIFE'S PHYSICAL WORLD, 2003, ISBN 0-691-11297-5.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Why the blogosphere gets dissed
In response to: Why the blogosphere gets dissed
They oughtn't do it, but it's gonna happen. I've seen the NY Times do the same thing, although that's no justification at all. The Times should know better.
Hey, as far as comments go, (1) there are a lot of stupid people out there, and (2) one of the casualties of people no longer caring about education is that they no longer seem to know how to discuss and argue intelligently, let alone debate. It's not a new problem. It happened to Athens during the War with the Peloponnese, too, much to their suffering, because they could no longer tell the difference between demagogues and statesmen.
The Web, alas or for good, represents people as they are, not as we wish them to be, or hope they could be.
Hey, as far as comments go, (1) there are a lot of stupid people out there, and (2) one of the casualties of people no longer caring about education is that they no longer seem to know how to discuss and argue intelligently, let alone debate. It's not a new problem. It happened to Athens during the War with the Peloponnese, too, much to their suffering, because they could no longer tell the difference between demagogues and statesmen.
The Web, alas or for good, represents people as they are, not as we wish them to be, or hope they could be.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Economics 101
In response to: Economics 101
Joy: U.S. economy in depression, NOT recession. See
http://www.prisonplanet.com/the-economist-us-in-depression-not-recession.html
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2009/01/11/Expert_calling_it_a_US_depression/UPI-11211231704692/
http://www.prisonplanet.com/the-economist-us-in-depression-not-recession.html
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2009/01/11/Expert_calling_it_a_US_depression/UPI-11211231704692/
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Down to the wire for Cape Wind
In response to: Down to the wire for Cape Wind
If this set of folks is representative -- and it may well not be -- it seems y'all are *still* mired in an unreal world of pathetic sniping while the building burns down around you. Pathetic.
BTW, if you want to know *my* name, just google my handle. You'll find it soon enough.
BTW, if you want to know *my* name, just google my handle. You'll find it soon enough.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Real estate market continued decline in 2008
In response to: Real estate market continued decline in 2008
Sure, projections for real estate are truly great:
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/calcrisk/1462706.html
:-(
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/calcrisk/1462706.html
:-(
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Circuit City won't occupy new Hyannis store
In response to: Circuit City won't occupy new Hyannis store
Best Buy struggles, too: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c71b92d4-de61-11dd-8372-000077b07658.html
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Political skullduggery has delayed energy projects
In response to: Political skullduggery has delayed energy projects
Speaking of environmental things, here's RealClimate's reviews of 2008, the tragedy and the comedy:
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=634
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=634
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: The only thing surer than death and taxes
In response to: The only thing surer than death and taxes
(Too many "finally"s in my post. Sorry.)
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: The only thing surer than death and taxes
In response to: The only thing surer than death and taxes
These days, there's also a significant increase in online fraud. "That's where the money is!" So, let's be careful out there. It pays to learn a bit about phishing, frauds, and malware. Be sure to have a GOOD anti-virus/firewall suite on your home systems and LAN. (Some are terrible.) We have a firewall on our router, a WEP-encrypted wireless network, and then firewalls and anti-virus protection on each system connecting to these. And the firewalls are of a variety of makes.
We use Web-based email (not Hotmail, not Google: FastMail) instead of hack-susceptible Outlook or Eudora and the like. And we *always* sign in HTTPS secure.
It's *amazing* how sophisticated the Big Time Hoods are getting.
We use Web-based email (not Hotmail, not Google: FastMail) instead of hack-susceptible Outlook or Eudora and the like. And we *always* sign in HTTPS secure.
It's *amazing* how sophisticated the Big Time Hoods are getting.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: The Mortgage Bomb Keeps Ticking
In response to: The Mortgage Bomb Keeps Ticking
@Ned,
Gonna quote something, get it right. It was every 50 years, not 200 (began on 10th day of the 7th month of the 50th year), and it included other features, including: (a) being forbidden to prune, harvest, or plant trees (like Sabbatical years, see discussion below), (b) slaves were freed in a complicated formula of returning home, (c) land reverted to its "hereditary owners", except houses of laymen within walled cities, (d) the Jubilee Year was an extension of the Sabbatical Year which was the 49th year. The leaving of land to be "fallow" every 7th year (Sabbatical) and during the Jubilee was deliberately designed so that the poor and folks who otherwise could not feed themselves could gather and eat the crops which would inevitably spring up on the land nevertheless. Moreover, there's a prohibition, when harvesting, upon harvesting the corners of lots of lands every year, so that the residue there could be used by the poor for the same purposes.
The practice of Jubilee and Sabbatical ceased when people stopped living as tribes in the original land.
Gonna quote something, get it right. It was every 50 years, not 200 (began on 10th day of the 7th month of the 50th year), and it included other features, including: (a) being forbidden to prune, harvest, or plant trees (like Sabbatical years, see discussion below), (b) slaves were freed in a complicated formula of returning home, (c) land reverted to its "hereditary owners", except houses of laymen within walled cities, (d) the Jubilee Year was an extension of the Sabbatical Year which was the 49th year. The leaving of land to be "fallow" every 7th year (Sabbatical) and during the Jubilee was deliberately designed so that the poor and folks who otherwise could not feed themselves could gather and eat the crops which would inevitably spring up on the land nevertheless. Moreover, there's a prohibition, when harvesting, upon harvesting the corners of lots of lands every year, so that the residue there could be used by the poor for the same purposes.
The practice of Jubilee and Sabbatical ceased when people stopped living as tribes in the original land.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Economics 101
In response to: Economics 101
Oh, and on a serious note:
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/dec2008/db20081224_028134.htm?campaign_id=rss_topEmailedStories
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/dec2008/db20081224_028134.htm?campaign_id=rss_topEmailedStories
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: The Mortgage Bomb Keeps Ticking
In response to: The Mortgage Bomb Keeps Ticking
Ah, another fine example of governmental due diligence:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5397860.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093
Yeah, sure, don't ya all know that government DOESN'T WORK? Especially in Wasilla, AK:
http://xkcd.com/522/
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5397860.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093
Yeah, sure, don't ya all know that government DOESN'T WORK? Especially in Wasilla, AK:
http://xkcd.com/522/
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Economics 101
In response to: Economics 101
To quote the (very) beginning of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: "This planet has--or rather had--a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
"And so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.
"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.
"And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small cafe in Rickmansworth suddenly realize what it was that had been going wrong all this time ...".
"And so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.
"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.
"And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small cafe in Rickmansworth suddenly realize what it was that had been going wrong all this time ...".
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Reform before Taxes!!!
In response to: Reform before Taxes!!!
@voiceofreason22,
"....until then, the voters of Mass just keep putting the same ole' boys in office and then complain about it..."
So, are the "same ole' boys" simply those *you* wouldn't choose to support? Why don't you specify which issues, *precisely* you disagree with them upon? Or do you have an "in" with a blue-eyed, brown haired, 6 foot tall Dude sitting on a cloud who will send us angelic reps to Do The Right Thing, obviously one approved by You?
Stop doing the ad hominem thing and start talkin' issues.
"....until then, the voters of Mass just keep putting the same ole' boys in office and then complain about it..."
So, are the "same ole' boys" simply those *you* wouldn't choose to support? Why don't you specify which issues, *precisely* you disagree with them upon? Or do you have an "in" with a blue-eyed, brown haired, 6 foot tall Dude sitting on a cloud who will send us angelic reps to Do The Right Thing, obviously one approved by You?
Stop doing the ad hominem thing and start talkin' issues.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Reform before Taxes!!!
In response to: Reform before Taxes!!!
@think4urself,
Not to worry. Deflation's here! Four Seas will fire all but one employee, and charge but a fourth of what they are now.
The mood and sentiment of the movie "It's a Wonderful Life" brought you this achievement!
Not to worry. Deflation's here! Four Seas will fire all but one employee, and charge but a fourth of what they are now.
The mood and sentiment of the movie "It's a Wonderful Life" brought you this achievement!
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Rachel Maddow Rewrites History, Reinforces Liberal Myth
In response to: Rachel Maddow Rewrites History, Reinforces Liberal Myth
Sorry, "no where" --> "know where".
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Rachel Maddow Rewrites History, Reinforces Liberal Myth
In response to: Rachel Maddow Rewrites History, Reinforces Liberal Myth
The continuing implicit comparison with The Great Depression is wrong. It was different. This is worse. Not only are things bad, no one, not even the policy folks, no where we are going or why. See
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f615b3e-cbaf-11dd-ba02-000077b07658.html
and
http://www.ft.com/cms/bfba2c48-5588-11dc-b971-0000779fd2ac.html?_i_referralObject=967547207&fromSearch=n
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f615b3e-cbaf-11dd-ba02-000077b07658.html
and
http://www.ft.com/cms/bfba2c48-5588-11dc-b971-0000779fd2ac.html?_i_referralObject=967547207&fromSearch=n
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: You'd Better Watch Out...
In response to: You'd Better Watch Out...
Thanks Monponsett! Didn't know.
I wondered why OPEC and folks didn't just stop pumping. Learned this weekend: Many of those countries depend upon oil revenues to fund their gov operations. Indeed, they have a problem, 'cause the cost of this is like US$50/barrel. If oil is $40/barrel, they've decided to pump and sell anyway, just to keep their cash flow goin', even if they are losin' $10/barrel.
I wondered why OPEC and folks didn't just stop pumping. Learned this weekend: Many of those countries depend upon oil revenues to fund their gov operations. Indeed, they have a problem, 'cause the cost of this is like US$50/barrel. If oil is $40/barrel, they've decided to pump and sell anyway, just to keep their cash flow goin', even if they are losin' $10/barrel.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: You'd Better Watch Out...
In response to: You'd Better Watch Out...
Ah, that entrepeneurial spirit! This is what happens when institutional middlemen have decided it's not worth it to take out the loans to move product from A to B.
Alas, the same's gonna be true of petrol soon.
BTW, anyone know how much margin there is in gasoline sales? What happens to delivery stations if the price drops below a $1/gallon?
Alas, the same's gonna be true of petrol soon.
BTW, anyone know how much margin there is in gasoline sales? What happens to delivery stations if the price drops below a $1/gallon?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Protect Your ASSets! Part I
In response to: Protect Your ASSets! Part I
Regarding "... the more I realize that many people do not exercise due diligence when it comes to the management of their own life savings", (1) presumably whatever the Madoff's of the money management trade did in terms of accounting and reporting sufficed to fool the SEC and other accounting agencies, and (2) this argues for people being given *less* control of things like retirement portfolios (e.g., IRAs), not more.
That all said, surely you are correct that education and schooling ought to cover more of what it takes to survive let alone thrive in this world. Further, it isn't clear that pension funds left in the hands of corporations are any safer. Dunno, maybe they are. Since noone is an obvious choice for the role, seems that government is the "pension fund manager of last resort".
This is another reason why there's heat in the suggestion that government will eventually nationalize banking.
That all said, surely you are correct that education and schooling ought to cover more of what it takes to survive let alone thrive in this world. Further, it isn't clear that pension funds left in the hands of corporations are any safer. Dunno, maybe they are. Since noone is an obvious choice for the role, seems that government is the "pension fund manager of last resort".
This is another reason why there's heat in the suggestion that government will eventually nationalize banking.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Save Detroit?
In response to: Save Detroit?
@think4urself,
"...which member(s) of the Massachusetts congressional delegation will vote against the UAW?"
You don't get it: Whether or not there is a "bailout", GM and Chrysler are going down, filing Chapter 11. Ford might, too, so they said, if the others go. It's a matter of time, and a matter of how much public funds will be thrown after them.
Plus, already and irrespective of whether bailout's there or not, plants are being closed and people are being layed off. Only thing UAW is trying to save are pensions and retiree medical care, and these are insolvent.
They are gone. Face it. By opposing, UAW has lost the political argument by being the last one holding the hot potato.
Toyota's sales are down 34%. What the heck are GM and Chrysler going to do? I'd say it's a good time to be in the private auto repair business! Dealers aren't.
"...which member(s) of the Massachusetts congressional delegation will vote against the UAW?"
You don't get it: Whether or not there is a "bailout", GM and Chrysler are going down, filing Chapter 11. Ford might, too, so they said, if the others go. It's a matter of time, and a matter of how much public funds will be thrown after them.
Plus, already and irrespective of whether bailout's there or not, plants are being closed and people are being layed off. Only thing UAW is trying to save are pensions and retiree medical care, and these are insolvent.
They are gone. Face it. By opposing, UAW has lost the political argument by being the last one holding the hot potato.
Toyota's sales are down 34%. What the heck are GM and Chrysler going to do? I'd say it's a good time to be in the private auto repair business! Dealers aren't.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Save Detroit?
In response to: Save Detroit?
@videopaul,
"Seems Wall St. didn't have to jump through the same hoops..."
They did, they are, and they will continue to do so. There are innumerable regulations traders now need to comply with, and these change weekly. That's not such a big, but trading these days is done using custom software, and changes need to be tested, certified, and rechecked, lest some bug cost the trade a cool $10 million. I'm not saying the regulation isn't warranted given the nature of the crisis, but saying there's no penalty is simply wrong.
@j.madden,
"The hedge funds turn out to be pyramid schemes"
SOME hedge funds turned out to be pyramid schemes. This does not mean they ALL were. You can talk about greed and such, but the people who ought to be properly blamed are the government enforcers at the SEC and the FBI: It was THEIR job to detect and act on their suspicions. Some small percentage of all business transactions will be fraudulent. When are these regulators and the Bush and Clinton administrations going to be held properly accountable?
"Seems Wall St. didn't have to jump through the same hoops..."
They did, they are, and they will continue to do so. There are innumerable regulations traders now need to comply with, and these change weekly. That's not such a big, but trading these days is done using custom software, and changes need to be tested, certified, and rechecked, lest some bug cost the trade a cool $10 million. I'm not saying the regulation isn't warranted given the nature of the crisis, but saying there's no penalty is simply wrong.
@j.madden,
"The hedge funds turn out to be pyramid schemes"
SOME hedge funds turned out to be pyramid schemes. This does not mean they ALL were. You can talk about greed and such, but the people who ought to be properly blamed are the government enforcers at the SEC and the FBI: It was THEIR job to detect and act on their suspicions. Some small percentage of all business transactions will be fraudulent. When are these regulators and the Bush and Clinton administrations going to be held properly accountable?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: A Season of Fraud
In response to: A Season of Fraud
What it does suggest is that the notion of the private sector being "self-policing" and deferring assessments to private "ratings agencies" like S&P and Moody's is a role and a service which is as much properly that of government as is national defense.
There's no particular reason to believe that role ought to be limited to financial services. FDA probably should be strengthened, too, including giving them the authority to shut stores and food distributers down if they don't comply or cooperate during reports of food chain problems.
In other words, it means we've done with too small government for too long. That we've gotten away with it without harm for this long is no indication that something has just gone awry. It means we got lucky.
No doubt this means inefficiency and increased time to bring products to market. It seems without such oversight, people's pensions can get wiped out and we end up paying a trillion or so on top of comparable wealth loss.
There's no particular reason to believe that role ought to be limited to financial services. FDA probably should be strengthened, too, including giving them the authority to shut stores and food distributers down if they don't comply or cooperate during reports of food chain problems.
In other words, it means we've done with too small government for too long. That we've gotten away with it without harm for this long is no indication that something has just gone awry. It means we got lucky.
No doubt this means inefficiency and increased time to bring products to market. It seems without such oversight, people's pensions can get wiped out and we end up paying a trillion or so on top of comparable wealth loss.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Tonight's full Cold Moon
In response to: Tonight's full Cold Moon
That stuff about the Moon disintegrating because of the Sun is disingenuous for several reasons, the main one being the time scale. 5 billion years is a long time, longer than the entire lifespan of the Earth thusfar. Of the time the Earth has existed as a planet, it has only had life for about 2 billion years. The first billion or billion and a quarter was owned by single cell organisms and slightly more complicated.
Five billion years is a long time. I wouldn't take out insurance against it.
Also, it's not clear Wilson's conclusions in the original article are justified. With an expanding red giant in the center of the solar system, the decay of Moon to Roche Limit may still take some time. How long will Earth's orbit decay? Will the Sun remain stable during its expansion? And how long before any of this will Earth become uninhabitable.
This is very remote drama. Better to worry about global climate change. That's far more immediate.
Five billion years is a long time. I wouldn't take out insurance against it.
Also, it's not clear Wilson's conclusions in the original article are justified. With an expanding red giant in the center of the solar system, the decay of Moon to Roche Limit may still take some time. How long will Earth's orbit decay? Will the Sun remain stable during its expansion? And how long before any of this will Earth become uninhabitable.
This is very remote drama. Better to worry about global climate change. That's far more immediate.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Congressman: Delay Cape Wind; Says hearings are possible
In response to: Congressman: Delay Cape Wind; Says hearings are possible
@annudah1,
"So, Nantucket Sound shouldn't be considered regulatable by feds, as it is historically an enclosed body of water and there are plenty, hundreds of comparable miles of coast which would be more appropriate, still buildable for these turbines, and better site for wind farms..."
... but not as helpful to the local economy, no doubt.
"So, Nantucket Sound shouldn't be considered regulatable by feds, as it is historically an enclosed body of water and there are plenty, hundreds of comparable miles of coast which would be more appropriate, still buildable for these turbines, and better site for wind farms..."
... but not as helpful to the local economy, no doubt.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Congressman: Delay Cape Wind; Says hearings are possible
In response to: Congressman: Delay Cape Wind; Says hearings are possible
HAH!
Serves Cape Cod right.
Now that they need it, they won't get it. Now that those construction jobs would sure be handy, they'll be delayed because, after all, this is a "wind energy setting precedent".
Serves Cape Cod right.
Now that they need it, they won't get it. Now that those construction jobs would sure be handy, they'll be delayed because, after all, this is a "wind energy setting precedent".
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Double-Blind Item!
In response to: Double-Blind Item!
Oh, and BTW, when people like General Shinsheki pointed out the inconvenient truths of going into Iraq wrong-headedly, he was punished. Tsk, tsk: People don't like their patriotic and religious opiates tinkered with!
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Double-Blind Item!
In response to: Double-Blind Item!
Well, surely, lies are more entertaining and useful to an audience that doesn't want to know what reality is and says. Is it really surprising that audience is rich with folks who are intolerant of any criticism whatsoever of the USA and its commander-in-chief (at least when that chief is a Republican), in conservative religious sects, and folks who believe various cabals control the universe (well, okay, world) and do things that hurt them personally?
Ah, that business about "not being a part of the reality-based community"! Cartoonists had *such* an easy time!
Ah, that business about "not being a part of the reality-based community"! Cartoonists had *such* an easy time!
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Police chief, two others, club indicted for death of Christopher Bizilj
In response to: Police chief, two others, club indicted for death of Christopher Bizilj
Yes, I was wondering if/when something like this was gonna go down. I agree that the dad is culpable.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Residents in Hyannis lose power for hours after pickup hits pole
In response to: Residents in Hyannis lose power for hours after pickup hits pole
Obviously, the answer is to ban all pickup trucks. ;-)
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Confessions of an Obama Volunteer
In response to: Confessions of an Obama Volunteer
While I voted for Obama -- after rooting for Bill Richardson -- I think any attempt on someone's part to constrain your ability to write about it, here or anywhere, is stupid, wrong, and silly. Apparently, there are elements in the Democratic campaign who didn't understand why and how their "viral Internet" mechanism worked. It's the Republican Machine who always wants to be On Message and controlling.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Cape real estate market falls sharply in November
In response to: Cape real estate market falls sharply in November
"The market has been overvalued for quite some time." Yeah, well, do/did real estate agents tell that to people who were buying in November 2007? Of course not. It's curious when Mr Market is trotted out as the explanation for when things go bad, but is hidden behind curtains when people's profits would otherwise be at risk.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Biden is fed by Felis; Green business council formed; Orleans-connected Treasury Secretary's task
In response to: Biden is fed by Felis; Green business council formed; Orleans-connected Treasury Secretary's task
See http://redirect.ch.mm.st/hilarity/ for some perspective.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Perry: Dump Turnpike Authority, plans for higher taxes
In response to: Perry: Dump Turnpike Authority, plans for higher taxes
Time to pull together, people, not whine. I know you're good at the latter, but it doesn't help.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Biden is fed by Felis; Green business council formed; Orleans-connected Treasury Secretary's task
In response to: Biden is fed by Felis; Green business council formed; Orleans-connected Treasury Secretary's task
!correction!
"would have been and wouldn't be anything" --> "wouldn't have been and wouldn't be anything
"would have been and wouldn't be anything" --> "wouldn't have been and wouldn't be anything
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Biden is fed by Felis; Green business council formed; Orleans-connected Treasury Secretary's task
In response to: Biden is fed by Felis; Green business council formed; Orleans-connected Treasury Secretary's task
@voiceofreason22: Hah! Without our national banking system, this country would have been and wouldn't be anything! Consider your history. See: redirect dot ch dot mm dot st slash hamilton_bank slash
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Cape car dealers await Congress's bailout decision
In response to: Cape car dealers await Congress's bailout decision
Sorry folks, you're getting angry over nuthin'. See www dot fooledbyrandomness dot com or www dot rgemonitor dot com. You're too much hooked by MSNBC's Cramer or CNN's Lou Dobb's or CNNMoney or even a lot of what's on Bloomberg's with their axe-grinding, wishful thinking pundits and talking heads.
The Market (meaning in the big sense of it, whether Main or Wall Streets) does what it wants to do. The "after the Close" explanations that chime in every day are nonsense. It's random. That means although Congress and Presidents can influence and pick up the pieces, they don't control. You're all writing like someone can and does.
The Cape market was doomed two years ago. Consequences take time to work out.
The Market (meaning in the big sense of it, whether Main or Wall Streets) does what it wants to do. The "after the Close" explanations that chime in every day are nonsense. It's random. That means although Congress and Presidents can influence and pick up the pieces, they don't control. You're all writing like someone can and does.
The Cape market was doomed two years ago. Consequences take time to work out.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: US newspapers hemorrhaging ad dollars, web joins print in decline
In response to: US newspapers hemorrhaging ad dollars, web joins print in decline
2009? Try 6+% contraction in GDP. Possible scenes? Out of work folks with no health insurance clogging emergency rooms for routine health care so critical folks need to wait hours, possibly days. Hospitals fire nurses and doctors because they can't pay them, because health insurers are on the ropes, because of investments similar to other insurers and continuing credit tightness.
Joyful.
There's the outcome of "market oriented measures".
Joyful.
There's the outcome of "market oriented measures".
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Cape car dealers await Congress's bailout decision
In response to: Cape car dealers await Congress's bailout decision
Big Three are in a death spiral: Economic contraction, no plan-savings-backup, bloated inventory, raiding of their best and brightest employees by more stable and profitable firms, and no demand for product. Who wants to own a vehicle made by a company which will soon go out of business, bailout or not?
The hammer to the economy is coming. If this isn't the form, something else will be.
Doesn't matter how much or little CEOs get paid: The relatively meager salaries of other workers are so numerous that they control costs.
The hammer to the economy is coming. If this isn't the form, something else will be.
Doesn't matter how much or little CEOs get paid: The relatively meager salaries of other workers are so numerous that they control costs.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Did Russian Mafia loot Sandwich? Harwich charity to up the ante; Sea Captain laid to rest
In response to: Did Russian Mafia loot Sandwich? Harwich charity to up the ante; Sea Captain laid to rest
Sounds like sloppiness on Sandwich's part. They ought to have used a Kaspersky firewall, invented and delivered from -- you guess it -- Moscow, in the Russian Federation.
I do.
I do.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Summit participants ponder Cape's economic, demographic problems
In response to: Summit participants ponder Cape's economic, demographic problems
"...President Bush remains largely in denial, an unrepentant cheerleader for American-style capitalism. As he sees it, the current crisis does not reflect any fundamental flaw in the American model but instead results from individual failures by lenders, borrowers, financial firms and regulators that can be minimized in the future, not through more regulation but through smarter regulation. And while he gives rhetorical support to the notion that international institutions may need to be updated and strengthened to deal with the crisis that might arise, he also makes clear that reform should not come at the expense of U.S. sovereignty or freedom of action." -- Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, yesterday
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Summit participants ponder Cape's economic, demographic problems
In response to: Summit participants ponder Cape's economic, demographic problems
"To bring back the household savings rate to the level of a decade ago (about 6% of GDP) consumption will have to fall – relative to current GDP levels – by almost a trillion dollar. If all of this adjustment were to occur in 12 months GDP would contract directly by 7% and indirectly (including the further collapse of residential and corporate capex spending in a severe recession) by 10%, an exemplification of the Keynesian “paradox of thrift”. If such an adjustment were to occur over 24 months rather than 12 months you would still have negative GDP growth of 5% for two years in a row with a cumulative fall in GDP from its peak of 10% (note that in the worst US recession since WWII such cumulative fall in GDP was only 3.7% in 1957-58). One can thus only hope that this adjustment of consumption and savings rates occurs only slowly over time..." That's Nouriel Roubini (NYU economics, called this downturn), at his blog
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: The Post-Election Rant
In response to: The Post-Election Rant
crusader, if you or anyone else want to dig into campaign contributions, the link is: www-dot-campaignmoney-dot-com
If you want it by county, see
www dot campaignmoney dot com slash finance dot asp?type=it
If you want it by county, see
www dot campaignmoney dot com slash finance dot asp?type=it
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Real estate sales rise, prices fall on Cape Cod
In response to: Real estate sales rise, prices fall on Cape Cod
Found some great quotes today ...
"The idea that we're going to see a collapse in the housing market seems to me improbable." 2005, John Snow, former Bush Treasury Secretary.
"The notion of a bubble bursting and the whole price level coming down seems to me as far as a national nationwide phenomenon, is really quite unlikely." 2003, Alan Greenspan, Fed Reserve Chairman
"If you own your own home free and clear, people will often refer to you as a fool. All that money sitting there, doing nothing." 2006, Anthony Hsieh, CEO Lending Tree.
"Housing is still the best investment, without question." 2006, Stan Sieron, President, Illinois Assocn of Realtors.
"We may see a blip up in foreclosures and delinquencies." 2005, Leslie Appleton-Young, Chief Economist, California Assocn of Realtors
"It's impossible for prices to go down this year." 2006, Gary Watts, Orange County Assocn of Realtors
"At this juncture, the impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problems in the subprime market seems likely to be contained." 2007, Ben Bernanke, Fed Reserve Chair
"The idea that we're going to see a collapse in the housing market seems to me improbable." 2005, John Snow, former Bush Treasury Secretary.
"The notion of a bubble bursting and the whole price level coming down seems to me as far as a national nationwide phenomenon, is really quite unlikely." 2003, Alan Greenspan, Fed Reserve Chairman
"If you own your own home free and clear, people will often refer to you as a fool. All that money sitting there, doing nothing." 2006, Anthony Hsieh, CEO Lending Tree.
"Housing is still the best investment, without question." 2006, Stan Sieron, President, Illinois Assocn of Realtors.
"We may see a blip up in foreclosures and delinquencies." 2005, Leslie Appleton-Young, Chief Economist, California Assocn of Realtors
"It's impossible for prices to go down this year." 2006, Gary Watts, Orange County Assocn of Realtors
"At this juncture, the impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problems in the subprime market seems likely to be contained." 2007, Ben Bernanke, Fed Reserve Chair
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: The Post-Election Rant
In response to: The Post-Election Rant
"WHEN YOU WAKE UP TOMORROW MOONBATS BUSH WILL STILL BE PRESIDENT.....DEAL WITH IT!!!!"
Gee, I've heard that here before.
No surprise. Judging by
centerville02632-dot-blogspot-dot-com
umassjsp probably doesn't REMEMBER writing it before.
Gee, I've heard that here before.
No surprise. Judging by
centerville02632-dot-blogspot-dot-com
umassjsp probably doesn't REMEMBER writing it before.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Real estate sales rise, prices fall on Cape Cod
In response to: Real estate sales rise, prices fall on Cape Cod
crusader,
Thanks for your thoughtful and well-reasoned post.
"Old money", eh? Well, maybe. Another feature which struck me was that Cambridge contributed $10 million to the Presidential campaigns, with $3 million going to McCain and $7 million to Obama. The total for *all* of Cape Cod? $40,000. That even includes Christy Mihos' (sp?) some $2000-$3000, including an early sizeable to Fred Thompson. WHERE'S EVERYBODY ELSE?
This is a public database. I contributed, so I'm in there. There are a lot of these now, including ones which (CCTimes?) let you see what people in public service get for salaries.
Yeah, it would be better if mortgages got renegotiated locally. But, (a) with insolvency comes centralization, so big banks are gonna be the holders, and (b) vacation homes are often poor cousins to primaries.
FDIC and gov can encourage. But, like the TARP, banks are taking the money and holding it, not loaning it. They can't make 'em without nationalizing. Maybe they should.
Thanks for your thoughtful and well-reasoned post.
"Old money", eh? Well, maybe. Another feature which struck me was that Cambridge contributed $10 million to the Presidential campaigns, with $3 million going to McCain and $7 million to Obama. The total for *all* of Cape Cod? $40,000. That even includes Christy Mihos' (sp?) some $2000-$3000, including an early sizeable to Fred Thompson. WHERE'S EVERYBODY ELSE?
This is a public database. I contributed, so I'm in there. There are a lot of these now, including ones which (CCTimes?) let you see what people in public service get for salaries.
Yeah, it would be better if mortgages got renegotiated locally. But, (a) with insolvency comes centralization, so big banks are gonna be the holders, and (b) vacation homes are often poor cousins to primaries.
FDIC and gov can encourage. But, like the TARP, banks are taking the money and holding it, not loaning it. They can't make 'em without nationalizing. Maybe they should.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Real estate sales rise, prices fall on Cape Cod
In response to: Real estate sales rise, prices fall on Cape Cod
According to the search engine at
homesearch4investors-dot-foreclosure-dot-com for Massachusetts, there are over 1000 foreclosure, or pre-foreclosure, or tax lien, or bankruptcy sales in Barnstable County, compared arbitrarily with just 35 in Zip Code 02138, in a part of Cambridge, MA. Sure, that's a smaller area, but it's denser in population, too. Also, the New York Times today offers a graphic showing where this phenomenon is the worst: www-dot-nytimes-dot-com-slash-interactive-slash-2008-slash-11-slash-10-slash-business-slash-20081111_MORTGAGES-dot-html?hp
Finally, with the real estate market going down the tubes, and the State government less likely to bail out counties, wouldn't you think county and town coffers are gonna be a little, um, dry?
homesearch4investors-dot-foreclosure-dot-com for Massachusetts, there are over 1000 foreclosure, or pre-foreclosure, or tax lien, or bankruptcy sales in Barnstable County, compared arbitrarily with just 35 in Zip Code 02138, in a part of Cambridge, MA. Sure, that's a smaller area, but it's denser in population, too. Also, the New York Times today offers a graphic showing where this phenomenon is the worst: www-dot-nytimes-dot-com-slash-interactive-slash-2008-slash-11-slash-10-slash-business-slash-20081111_MORTGAGES-dot-html?hp
Finally, with the real estate market going down the tubes, and the State government less likely to bail out counties, wouldn't you think county and town coffers are gonna be a little, um, dry?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Real estate sales rise, prices fall on Cape Cod
In response to: Real estate sales rise, prices fall on Cape Cod
Wait: People are getting excited about a 1-in-20 increase in rates? What's the long term standard deviation in deed rates? Without that comparison, there's no basis for believing this change is one, it may may be the same as October 2007.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Circuit City won't occupy new Hyannis store
In response to: Circuit City won't occupy new Hyannis store
Circuit City filed for bankruptcy protection this morning. See the article at Reuters. I'd link it, but don't want to deal with the annoying inability of CCT posts to have HTML.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: The Post-Election Rant
In response to: The Post-Election Rant
No one should kid themselves that any President or party will stop the economic horror of 2009 and following. It's just that Barack Obama and his cadre are our last, best chance. What Greenspan did not get and admitted he didn't is that the crisis and crash is due entirely and simply to our long time economic success, and it is coming with the inevitability of a hurricane. It wasn't about Freddie, Fannie, or credit derivatives. These were symptoms. It was about long term risk not being properly accounted for in prices and loan standards, just like long term effects of climate change aren't properly reflected in taxes, property prices, and insurance premiums. It is and was a Taleb-style "Black Swan". Read Nouriel Roubini at RGEMonitor. The new commander-in-chief needs to be careful, considerate, and deliberate, as every indication is he will be. And I think all constituencies will be properly disappointed, and will need a lot of patience. He'll be tough, smart, and clever. But there are no miracles. Russia will test and al-Qaida will try to attack. And he'll show his mettle.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Ba-Rockin' The Vote
In response to: Ba-Rockin' The Vote
I seem to recall a comment somewhere: "Write all you want...Bush is STILL the President and McCain will be for the next four years after that."
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Ba-Rockin' The Vote
In response to: Ba-Rockin' The Vote
more escaped inmates from Free Republic, i see ...
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Chapter 91 hearing set for Cape Wind
In response to: Chapter 91 hearing set for Cape Wind
Oh, and how the silliness continues.
All such SMALL people, little thoughts, little lives.
Start thinking of yourself as an AMERICAN for once.
All such SMALL people, little thoughts, little lives.
Start thinking of yourself as an AMERICAN for once.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Tax Reform. That Is the Question
In response to: Tax Reform. That Is the Question
"I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization." -- Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: How Low can it go?
In response to: How Low can it go?
... and if the economic prognosticators have the say, it could well break under $2.00/gallon. ain't gonna be drillin' at those prices, i'll tell ya. wanna see the future? Volvo truck sales have dropped 99%!
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Can Cape Wind save your ocean view?
In response to: Can Cape Wind save your ocean view?
want answers? read and study:
realclimate dot org
realclimate dot org
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
I can only say "Blithering idiots!"
The economy is a hair's breath from melting down, we are at the utter mercy of foreign governments and their investors, and all either party can argue about is Palin, breasts and all.
We are we going hear about SOME REAL ISSUES?
Oh, and one of the most ANNOYING aspects of recent years' discussion is the implicit assumption that because someone IS or is RELATED TO someone serving in the military, that automatically gives them respect, precedence, or priority.
**Not**
The grade equivalent (American) English contractors need to target manuals for the United States military is 8th grade.
And we're choosing our future according to THEIR opinion?
All this campaign has done, so far, for me, is provide plenty of evidence for why a citizen would choose NOT to vote at all!
The economy is a hair's breath from melting down, we are at the utter mercy of foreign governments and their investors, and all either party can argue about is Palin, breasts and all.
We are we going hear about SOME REAL ISSUES?
Oh, and one of the most ANNOYING aspects of recent years' discussion is the implicit assumption that because someone IS or is RELATED TO someone serving in the military, that automatically gives them respect, precedence, or priority.
**Not**
The grade equivalent (American) English contractors need to target manuals for the United States military is 8th grade.
And we're choosing our future according to THEIR opinion?
All this campaign has done, so far, for me, is provide plenty of evidence for why a citizen would choose NOT to vote at all!
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia; The Battle of Hampton Roads
In response to: The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia; The Battle of Hampton Roads
Y'might want to check out a recent post on my blog about Enoch Greenleafe Parrott, hailing from not-so-far-away Portsmouth, NH.
See ekzept dot livejournal dot com slash 204018 dot html
I happened across Commander and eventually Rear Admiral Parrott's grave in Portsmouth and, not knowing anything about him, thought "That's a great name for a pirate!" I looked him up. Among other things, he captained the twin-turreted ironclad Monadnock in an action against Fort Fisher. There's more about the Monadnock in the links there. The Union apparently got quite adept at designing and building these after a start by the Confederacy.
See ekzept dot livejournal dot com slash 204018 dot html
I happened across Commander and eventually Rear Admiral Parrott's grave in Portsmouth and, not knowing anything about him, thought "That's a great name for a pirate!" I looked him up. Among other things, he captained the twin-turreted ironclad Monadnock in an action against Fort Fisher. There's more about the Monadnock in the links there. The Union apparently got quite adept at designing and building these after a start by the Confederacy.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Few details after DA's press conference; Lightning safety rules
In response to: Few details after DA's press conference; Lightning safety rules
@Buzz,
Sure, the guy should have stopped. That was the law. This is supposed to be a community that respects law. But if he was an "illegal" or a reefer smoker, or whatever, none of that absolves the community or the officer from respecting law.
The trouble is, with the randomness of it all, it may never be possible to definitively tell what happens in those moments. I think, however, we all need to be able to place ourselves in the mind of the officer, who probably did what he felt was a reasonable and sensible thing to do, and in the mind of the worker-immigrant-illegal, who also did what he felt was a reasonable and sensible thing to do: get away. Despite the pain to his beloved partner and his children, alas, the only one around to hurt is the officer.
Y'know, people who demonize one side or the other are doing neither a favor. Why must there be someone at fault? It is a tragedy. Isn't that pain enough?
Sure, the guy should have stopped. That was the law. This is supposed to be a community that respects law. But if he was an "illegal" or a reefer smoker, or whatever, none of that absolves the community or the officer from respecting law.
The trouble is, with the randomness of it all, it may never be possible to definitively tell what happens in those moments. I think, however, we all need to be able to place ourselves in the mind of the officer, who probably did what he felt was a reasonable and sensible thing to do, and in the mind of the worker-immigrant-illegal, who also did what he felt was a reasonable and sensible thing to do: get away. Despite the pain to his beloved partner and his children, alas, the only one around to hurt is the officer.
Y'know, people who demonize one side or the other are doing neither a favor. Why must there be someone at fault? It is a tragedy. Isn't that pain enough?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Few details after DA's press conference; Lightning safety rules
In response to: Few details after DA's press conference; Lightning safety rules
@Buzz,
"Car eludes police, crashes into innocent Family Killing 2"
Actually, the odds are far greater of that happening *without* officers present. As I've remarked elsewhere, the Big Risk to domiciles on Baxter Avenue are "law abiding citizens" tooling down the road at 50+ mph late at night, some of them perhaps Under The Influence. Those incidents happen over and over and over, unlike this freakish one.
And regarding "a vehicle was his weapon of choice", we'll never know, and we never can know since the mind which held that intent has been erased. Thus, all you have is a plausible piece of fiction with that story, and no possible evidence to confirm or deny it. Hey, reality is a bitch, y'know?
"Car eludes police, crashes into innocent Family Killing 2"
Actually, the odds are far greater of that happening *without* officers present. As I've remarked elsewhere, the Big Risk to domiciles on Baxter Avenue are "law abiding citizens" tooling down the road at 50+ mph late at night, some of them perhaps Under The Influence. Those incidents happen over and over and over, unlike this freakish one.
And regarding "a vehicle was his weapon of choice", we'll never know, and we never can know since the mind which held that intent has been erased. Thus, all you have is a plausible piece of fiction with that story, and no possible evidence to confirm or deny it. Hey, reality is a bitch, y'know?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Police shooting challenged; Brazilian Press reacts to shooting; Nat'l pundit Bob Novak stricken here
In response to: Police shooting challenged; Brazilian Press reacts to shooting; Nat'l pundit Bob Novak stricken here
The shooting is an unfortunate but totally rare incident. Of far greater danger to the residents of Baxter Avenue are the numerous "law abiding" citizens who tool down the road at 50+ mph, often late at night, especially during its straight stretch. If the town wanted to improve public safety there, they'd do better by installing speed bumps on the road.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: 1925: Yachts race around The Cape. 1981: Oil Drilling Begins Off Cape Cod
In response to: 1925: Yachts race around The Cape. 1981: Oil Drilling Begins Off Cape Cod
In the intervening time, fisherman, the fishing industry, and consumers appetite for fish have done the Georges Bank in pretty well, quite independently of oil drilling. Federal fisheries and wildlife had been trying to impose quotas on take since the 1930s, anticipating a population collapse, but were shunned. When collapse began, limits were agreed to, with much grumbling.
Ecosystems are complicated things, and surely drilling's impact should be properly considered before drilling begins. But other activities ought to be scruitinized as well, inclduing practices long followed.
This is quite independent a matter of whether seeking additional oil reserves is good federal policy, which I doubt.
Point is, we don't know whether oil drilling will help or hurt fishing. Sounds to me a lot like folks being opposed to railroads being set up across cattle lands in the 19th century.
Ecosystems are complicated things, and surely drilling's impact should be properly considered before drilling begins. But other activities ought to be scruitinized as well, inclduing practices long followed.
This is quite independent a matter of whether seeking additional oil reserves is good federal policy, which I doubt.
Point is, we don't know whether oil drilling will help or hurt fishing. Sounds to me a lot like folks being opposed to railroads being set up across cattle lands in the 19th century.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: The New Age is Green
In response to: The New Age is Green
The environmental problems Earth is contending with won't be solved by starting another religion, which is exactly what uncritical "new age" environmentalism is.
It demands science and engineering, which is all about objective assessments and tradeoffs. While the push should clearly be towards alternative energy sources, it's inevitable fossil fuels will be a part, so they should be made as efficient as possible.
And it demands a collective commitment to the commons, including realizing, for instance, that not only is nuclear power a component of a solution, but that people need to moderate their NIMBY attitudes about disposal of spent nuclear waste, or about increasing federal tax rolls to pay for alternative energy development, not only space-based and wind and tidal, but exotic nuclear power like thorium-based.
It would greatly help to support education in science and technology as well. Everyone can help there, starting with parents insisting that kids do homework before they do anything else, and including riding bicycles instead of cars.
It demands science and engineering, which is all about objective assessments and tradeoffs. While the push should clearly be towards alternative energy sources, it's inevitable fossil fuels will be a part, so they should be made as efficient as possible.
And it demands a collective commitment to the commons, including realizing, for instance, that not only is nuclear power a component of a solution, but that people need to moderate their NIMBY attitudes about disposal of spent nuclear waste, or about increasing federal tax rolls to pay for alternative energy development, not only space-based and wind and tidal, but exotic nuclear power like thorium-based.
It would greatly help to support education in science and technology as well. Everyone can help there, starting with parents insisting that kids do homework before they do anything else, and including riding bicycles instead of cars.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Census won't count our same-sex marriages; Fish consumption down but New Bedford is still #1
In response to: Census won't count our same-sex marriages; Fish consumption down but New Bedford is still #1
"The census exists to project future needs. Unions which are childless do not have much meaning for the crystal balls of the planners."
There are more things in census and statistics, Opinionator,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
There are more things in census and statistics, Opinionator,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Help name the Nimby Nabobs
In response to: Help name the Nimby Nabobs
Since this seems to be the Blog O' Th' Day for Cape Wind-related froth, I'd like to share the electronic correspondence with Congressfolks I just sent after a prod from the NRDC using their facilities regarding recent proposals to open oil and natural gas drilling off U.S. coasts:
"Recent proposals to allow drilling off the United States coasts are healthy movements towards a private incentive-based solution to our enormous energy problems. Limitations such as those on oil drilling and drilling for natural gas are simply mechanisms for NIMBY advocates to prevent any development along coasts, such as can be seen with the proposed Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound. While I am skeptical that producing additional fossil fuel sources will seriously help, misuse of environmental regulations to further personal ends has gone rampant, and needs to be stopped."
"Recent proposals to allow drilling off the United States coasts are healthy movements towards a private incentive-based solution to our enormous energy problems. Limitations such as those on oil drilling and drilling for natural gas are simply mechanisms for NIMBY advocates to prevent any development along coasts, such as can be seen with the proposed Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound. While I am skeptical that producing additional fossil fuel sources will seriously help, misuse of environmental regulations to further personal ends has gone rampant, and needs to be stopped."
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Truckin'....
In response to: Truckin'....
Here's another way trucks and the truck industry will be hurt ... See an article on how the highway trust fund is running a deficit because of less gasoline purchases, at:
www dot reuters dot com slash article slash newsOne slash idUSN1045850220080710
www dot reuters dot com slash article slash newsOne slash idUSN1045850220080710
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Truckin'....
In response to: Truckin'....
Do they make energy efficient trucks?
There's a possibility folks may find themselves in the slot that aerospace engineers were when the Apollo lunar landing missions got scrubbed. Facts are, we in the USA had a highly energy efficient transportation system called the railways. We killed it off, putting all our eggs into highways, fossil fuels, and, daresay, trucks.
It isn't only the price of gas or the amount of driving: The United States as we know it is deeply, deeply dependent upon oil. It will hurt and cost to get free.
There's a possibility folks may find themselves in the slot that aerospace engineers were when the Apollo lunar landing missions got scrubbed. Facts are, we in the USA had a highly energy efficient transportation system called the railways. We killed it off, putting all our eggs into highways, fossil fuels, and, daresay, trucks.
It isn't only the price of gas or the amount of driving: The United States as we know it is deeply, deeply dependent upon oil. It will hurt and cost to get free.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: State Agency Confirms Federal Jurisdiction over Cape Wind
In response to: State Agency Confirms Federal Jurisdiction over Cape Wind
"Independence? From whom? Arab oil? Cape Wind will have no effect."
The truth of that is entirely contingent upon people continuing to drive vehicles powered by fossil fuels. If folks switch to electric cars, as Britain is recommending their people do, then Cape Wind can definitely help.
The truth of that is entirely contingent upon people continuing to drive vehicles powered by fossil fuels. If folks switch to electric cars, as Britain is recommending their people do, then Cape Wind can definitely help.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Soaring gas prices guarantee Cape Wind's success
In response to: Soaring gas prices guarantee Cape Wind's success
One term: Joule losses. Yes, power (or, rather, energy) will "go to the grid" and so will be indistinguishable in source from the rest, but locals will be using more of Cape Wind than others. What does it matter if 100 kilowatt-hours of Cape Wind are used directly or if 100 kilowatt-hours of Cape Wind are sent somewhere else and 100 KWH taken from there to be used on the Cape?
Complaining about cost of "green energy", or "green energy premiums"? The cost of fossil fuel sources will increase. Developing alternative green energy sources demands use of capital. That capital needs to be paid for, plus reasonable profit. Hence, premiums.
The capital costs for building Cape Wind would *not* have been as high if it wasn't so fiercely opposed. Those who favored wind farms did so in part because they knew the shortage of energy was inevitable, that the same NIMBY attitudes would preclude building a nuclear power plant on the Cape, and that on-land prices and licensing would be prohibitive. Hence, Sound and ocean.
Complaining about cost of "green energy", or "green energy premiums"? The cost of fossil fuel sources will increase. Developing alternative green energy sources demands use of capital. That capital needs to be paid for, plus reasonable profit. Hence, premiums.
The capital costs for building Cape Wind would *not* have been as high if it wasn't so fiercely opposed. Those who favored wind farms did so in part because they knew the shortage of energy was inevitable, that the same NIMBY attitudes would preclude building a nuclear power plant on the Cape, and that on-land prices and licensing would be prohibitive. Hence, Sound and ocean.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind reacts to judge Kane's ruling
In response to: Cape Wind reacts to judge Kane's ruling
There's an interesting article on the peculiar benefits of wind farms as an energy source available at:
www dot economist dot com slash specialreports slash displaystory dot cfm ?story_id=11565667
www dot economist dot com slash specialreports slash displaystory dot cfm ?story_id=11565667
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Broadband Summit at WHOI
In response to: Broadband Summit at WHOI
Web presence and good Web sites were important to upstate New York bed and breakfasts as far back as 1996. Today, guests expect good Internet access at a minimum and often expect it to be free. (Otherwise they'll FIND someplace where it IS free.) Anything the Cape can collectively do to smooth their paths and opportunities to interact will benefit the Cape.
Please do not make the mistake of trying to control such access. If that's done, the younger generation Simply Won't Come, as they expect continuous access, as difficult as that might be to understand.
There is also a benefit, I believe, to be had by not being exclusively dependent upon Comcast and Verizon as providers. There's nothing wrong with them. It's just that when companies believe "There are just We Two", they may take actions contrary to what the Cape needs.
Please do not make the mistake of trying to control such access. If that's done, the younger generation Simply Won't Come, as they expect continuous access, as difficult as that might be to understand.
There is also a benefit, I believe, to be had by not being exclusively dependent upon Comcast and Verizon as providers. There's nothing wrong with them. It's just that when companies believe "There are just We Two", they may take actions contrary to what the Cape needs.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Major victory for Cape Wind against Alliance, others
In response to: Major victory for Cape Wind against Alliance, others
@possee:
Who needs an electric car?
I'm not losing sleep or skin. Even in Massachusetts there are folks who have the foresight to see things can't continue as they are. This apparently does not include Cape Cod, however, whether it concerns oil fired power plants, nuclear, or shutting down the railway link to Hyannis when the area depends upon tourism and gasoline is heading towards $10/gallon.
Who needs an electric car?
I'm not losing sleep or skin. Even in Massachusetts there are folks who have the foresight to see things can't continue as they are. This apparently does not include Cape Cod, however, whether it concerns oil fired power plants, nuclear, or shutting down the railway link to Hyannis when the area depends upon tourism and gasoline is heading towards $10/gallon.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Major victory for Cape Wind against Alliance, others
In response to: Major victory for Cape Wind against Alliance, others
Still the same old debates, I see.
I imagine, then, those not in favor of public land use by private interests would prefer nationalization of energy resources, as in done in many countries? If you're opposed to use of public lands by private companies, you surely are in the wrong country and place, for that practice is a century and a quarter old.
Onshore wind farms are nearly always more efficient than offshore farms, because they are closer to the distribution net. The major reason why people sought offshore sitings is because onshore they get extensive NIMBY opposition. Ditto sitings for refineries, the lack of which explains a lot about the price of gasoline, or even for oil and gas exploration.
See the push for offshore oil and gas derricks? How pretty would you think those would look near Nantucket Sound?
I imagine, then, those not in favor of public land use by private interests would prefer nationalization of energy resources, as in done in many countries? If you're opposed to use of public lands by private companies, you surely are in the wrong country and place, for that practice is a century and a quarter old.
Onshore wind farms are nearly always more efficient than offshore farms, because they are closer to the distribution net. The major reason why people sought offshore sitings is because onshore they get extensive NIMBY opposition. Ditto sitings for refineries, the lack of which explains a lot about the price of gasoline, or even for oil and gas exploration.
See the push for offshore oil and gas derricks? How pretty would you think those would look near Nantucket Sound?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: If you have to be depressed, why not in a beautiful place like Cape Cod?
In response to: If you have to be depressed, why not in a beautiful place like Cape Cod?
What? Native Cape Codders never suffer from depression? Or is the suggestion that depression is some new-fangled politically correct term for laziness and failing to have a "stiff upper lip"?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Money doesn't add up at Pilgrim power station
In response to: Money doesn't add up at Pilgrim power station
It is very interesting that some people who moan and criticize federal bureaucrats and bloat when it comes to Health or Human Welfare programs, or, dare I say, government involvement in the medical marketplace, seem oblivious to the same government being involved in DHS or DoD. So, is it that DHS or DoD involvement automatically makes federal overseers efficient, apolitical, and willing to work for peanuts?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Kennedy has malignant brain tumor; Stunned silence in DC; Is Hillary Clinton the new Ted Kennedy? Byrd offers weeping tribute
In response to: Kennedy has malignant brain tumor; Stunned silence in DC; Is Hillary Clinton the new Ted Kennedy? Byrd offers weeping tribute
yeah, on my last comment, see
syndicated dot livejournal dot com slash vyomablog slash 181590.html?thread=1110#t1110
syndicated dot livejournal dot com slash vyomablog slash 181590.html?thread=1110#t1110
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Kennedy has malignant brain tumor; Stunned silence in DC; Is Hillary Clinton the new Ted Kennedy? Byrd offers weeping tribute
In response to: Kennedy has malignant brain tumor; Stunned silence in DC; Is Hillary Clinton the new Ted Kennedy? Byrd offers weeping tribute
Incidently, a photo showing a "This recent photo shows a much less vigorous looking person" does not mean he can't THINK or DO. I don't agree with him on A LOT (including Cape Wind), but relegating someone to the grave, or circling the vultures of major media, which Cape Cod Today appears to be joining, is hardly appropriate.
I think we'll hear from Mr Kennedy again.
I think we'll hear from Mr Kennedy again.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Kennedy has malignant brain tumor; Stunned silence in DC; Is Hillary Clinton the new Ted Kennedy? Byrd offers weeping tribute
In response to: Kennedy has malignant brain tumor; Stunned silence in DC; Is Hillary Clinton the new Ted Kennedy? Byrd offers weeping tribute
The cited Globe article is the most positive and upbeat. After all, like it or not, we are all going to die. Might as well put as positive an interpretation on it as possible.
And, sorry, this writer does NOT believe in any kind of afterlife. That's silly and inconsistent with reality, in my book. And it IS religiously educated, thank you very much.
And, sorry, this writer does NOT believe in any kind of afterlife. That's silly and inconsistent with reality, in my book. And it IS religiously educated, thank you very much.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: McCain Campaign Chairman received $380k to stop Cape Wind
In response to: McCain Campaign Chairman received $380k to stop Cape Wind
Regarding "McCain's deficit hawkishness is non-discriminatory", I would qualify that. The biggest chunk of the mainline federal budget is defense, and he's not a hawk on squashing that. It's interesting the Commenter shares that particular blind spot.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Kennedy to stay in hospital longer; Tuesday morning update
In response to: Kennedy to stay in hospital longer; Tuesday morning update
Incidently, comments about Kennedy at various places including the Cape Cod Times online are receiving comment as well as the news of the event. See, for example,
www dot dailykos dot com slash comments slash 2008 slash 5 slash 17 slash 145917 slash 551 slash 33#c33
It is sad, I think. After all, y'may not like someone, but they are a human being, after all. And even if you don't like their behavior, agree or not, some number of fellow citizens voted for him to be senator. So, it seems some respect is deserved.
www dot dailykos dot com slash comments slash 2008 slash 5 slash 17 slash 145917 slash 551 slash 33#c33
It is sad, I think. After all, y'may not like someone, but they are a human being, after all. And even if you don't like their behavior, agree or not, some number of fellow citizens voted for him to be senator. So, it seems some respect is deserved.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Kennedy to stay in hospital longer; Tuesday morning update
In response to: Kennedy to stay in hospital longer; Tuesday morning update
There is a blogger covering the event live from MGH, available at:
www dot dailykos dot com slash story slash 2008 slash 5 slash 17 slash 134439 slash 059 slash 192 slash 517455
www dot dailykos dot com slash story slash 2008 slash 5 slash 17 slash 134439 slash 059 slash 192 slash 517455
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Kennedy to stay in hospital longer; Tuesday morning update
In response to: Kennedy to stay in hospital longer; Tuesday morning update
That Globe story continues to be updated at the same location. Their story is more detailed, and far more optimistic than the tone taken in the earlier report.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Kennedy to stay in hospital longer; Tuesday morning update
In response to: Kennedy to stay in hospital longer; Tuesday morning update
The Globe reports (at www dot boston dot com slash news slash local slash breaking_news slash 2008 slash 05 slash ted_kennedy_sai.html) that the Senator suffered "a second seizure" while on the helo to MGH. Later, the article says "Kennedy family members were called this morning and told to rush to Boston, according to sources."
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Operation "Greenscam"
In response to: Operation "Greenscam"
"So now I ask, do you want to pay more for the same power you are already paying too much for?"
Paying too much compared to WHAT? To recent history? To what the price was 10 years ago?
Renewable energy is one step towards partially decoupling ourselves from Mideast oil producers and (eventually) from Russia, but it is not an answer on its own, and noone ever said it will be cheaper. We also need safe nuclear power plants (designed in France), which we are very slowing beginning to get, and more oil imported from South America. But the age of cheap energy is gone, for many reasons, including the growing thirst of newly industrial India and China for the stuff. Need to learn how to use less to do more, including losing all those damn trucks and SUVs.
Paying too much compared to WHAT? To recent history? To what the price was 10 years ago?
Renewable energy is one step towards partially decoupling ourselves from Mideast oil producers and (eventually) from Russia, but it is not an answer on its own, and noone ever said it will be cheaper. We also need safe nuclear power plants (designed in France), which we are very slowing beginning to get, and more oil imported from South America. But the age of cheap energy is gone, for many reasons, including the growing thirst of newly industrial India and China for the stuff. Need to learn how to use less to do more, including losing all those damn trucks and SUVs.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Barnstable Police arrest four peace protesters
In response to: Barnstable Police arrest four peace protesters
"4 protesters out of a cape population of how many??"
It is always true only a fraction have the guts to speak out, even when a larger number know what's going on is wrong.
And there are plenty of officers who served in Iraq and Afgahnistan opposed to the war. I've put a link to one such example on my blog, ekzept.net, accessible through my profile. It's post 185455-dot-html.
It is always true only a fraction have the guts to speak out, even when a larger number know what's going on is wrong.
And there are plenty of officers who served in Iraq and Afgahnistan opposed to the war. I've put a link to one such example on my blog, ekzept.net, accessible through my profile. It's post 185455-dot-html.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Are Americans Arming Themselves?
In response to: Are Americans Arming Themselves?
Correlation does not constitute causation. When the economy turns down, in recession, and the crime rate turns up in consequence, will you also hold THAT as a result of increased gun ownership?
And, so, when gasoline is $15/gallon, will gun owners also intimidate non-owners so they get gasoline? If so, how wonderful for them, eh?
And, so, when gasoline is $15/gallon, will gun owners also intimidate non-owners so they get gasoline? If so, how wonderful for them, eh?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Mirant Canal electric plant owners sued for causing global warming
In response to: Mirant Canal electric plant owners sued for causing global warming
While the risks to Kivalina and the rest of us from global climate change are very real, I hardly think it's productive to mount litigation like this against a company which is already on the ropes. I don't know, of course, but I suspect it's far more productive at putting Professor Matt Pawa in the limelight.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Global Warming: Coming to A Town Near You
In response to: Global Warming: Coming to A Town Near You
I attended a presentation at WHOI regarding the "Changing Massachusetts Coastline", brought by WHOI's coastal science group (see www dot whoi dot edu slash page dot .do?pid=11914). A synopsis is also available online (see more at www dot whoi dot edu slash science slash seagrant slash education slash cdm dot html). The message is that erosion is here and getting worse. Ramifications for insurance and property values are being felt. It's difficult to separate increasing losses due to appreciation of properties along the coast from losses due to increased risks. Public education is critical to addressing these matters.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Hypocrisy and virtue is but half of it
In response to: Hypocrisy and virtue is but half of it
Perspective.
Yes, that's what a Kennedy and Delahunt and their political supporters lack. (And, indeed, members of the Alliance are *political* supporters of Kennedy and Delahunt.) The presumption is that wind turbines are "ugly", that they interfere with present day commercial activities. It's all about perspective. An array of wind turbines can be seen to be beautiful, a tourist atraction in their own right, and a boon to tourist and recreational fishing, because their fixtures will encourage flora growth in the unstable Nantucket Sound sands, and thereby increase fish production.
As for interfering with sailing, what, aren't the sailors of Nantucket Sound *up* to the challenges of the variable winds such an array might produce? People, including me, sail in the Charles in Boston all the time, dealing with turbulence and gusts because of city topography.
Yes, that's what a Kennedy and Delahunt and their political supporters lack. (And, indeed, members of the Alliance are *political* supporters of Kennedy and Delahunt.) The presumption is that wind turbines are "ugly", that they interfere with present day commercial activities. It's all about perspective. An array of wind turbines can be seen to be beautiful, a tourist atraction in their own right, and a boon to tourist and recreational fishing, because their fixtures will encourage flora growth in the unstable Nantucket Sound sands, and thereby increase fish production.
As for interfering with sailing, what, aren't the sailors of Nantucket Sound *up* to the challenges of the variable winds such an array might produce? People, including me, sail in the Charles in Boston all the time, dealing with turbulence and gusts because of city topography.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Commission hearing extended to Monday
In response to: Cape Wind Commission hearing extended to Monday
"The play's the thing ..."
Once again, the citzenry of the south Cape demonstrate dearth of foresight. At the rate this approval process is creeping, either Cape Wind will go away out of sheer financial exhaution, or some new technology will land in Nantucket Sound so superior to these wind turbines noone will be able to stand against it.
However, this record of parochialism will live in history, in primary measure due to the Internet, the Web, and vehicles like Cape Cod Today. Like it or not folks, you are On The Record. How do you think history will judge you?
(None of the above should be construed as anything other than my personal remarks. In particular, references to Cape Cod Today in any context do not imply their approval or disapproval of my remarks or of the Cape Wind project. My views here and elsewhere in postings are clear: I support Cape Wind without qualification.)
Once again, the citzenry of the south Cape demonstrate dearth of foresight. At the rate this approval process is creeping, either Cape Wind will go away out of sheer financial exhaution, or some new technology will land in Nantucket Sound so superior to these wind turbines noone will be able to stand against it.
However, this record of parochialism will live in history, in primary measure due to the Internet, the Web, and vehicles like Cape Cod Today. Like it or not folks, you are On The Record. How do you think history will judge you?
(None of the above should be construed as anything other than my personal remarks. In particular, references to Cape Cod Today in any context do not imply their approval or disapproval of my remarks or of the Cape Wind project. My views here and elsewhere in postings are clear: I support Cape Wind without qualification.)
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Dept. of Defense gives Cape Wind "thumbs up" - no impact on radar at Pave Paws
In response to: Dept. of Defense gives Cape Wind "thumbs up" - no impact on radar at Pave Paws
(1) it's a good thing Cape Wind does *not* interfere with PAVE PAWS. if it did, that would mean the PAWS beam passed low enough to illuminate citizens of the south Cape. that's a *strong* microwave beam whose long term cancer effects are probably significant. (2) while PAWS continues to serve a protective role today, its utility is growing less. it's not like it's driving an anti-missile defense system. it is and always was a launch detect to initiate a counterstrike. who are we gonna hit? there are too many candidates now, some not having a fixed based of operations.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Sen Harry Reid-Saboteur
In response to: Sen Harry Reid-Saboteur
and THIS is what a 20th century American empire have brought us to? embracing "might makes right" and endowing a President with far more authority than any 18th century British monarch.
if the view is correct, you are declaring loud across the globe that the American experiment has failed, and our Constitution is a joke.
the very idea of "needing Democracy shoved down their throats" makes it sound more like Communism than any philosophy i know.
sure we like democracy, but only when the outcomes of elections are supportive of the United States.
if the view is correct, you are declaring loud across the globe that the American experiment has failed, and our Constitution is a joke.
the very idea of "needing Democracy shoved down their throats" makes it sound more like Communism than any philosophy i know.
sure we like democracy, but only when the outcomes of elections are supportive of the United States.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Wake up and smell the taxes, Cape Codders
In response to: Wake up and smell the taxes, Cape Codders
this all brings new meaning to the phrase, "Fighting the last war".
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Carl's cows and Cape Wind
In response to: Carl's cows and Cape Wind
there's another case of people making money from the wind and helping out. see
http://tinyurl.com/pkwz8
it is an advertisement from the Shell Oil Company.
http://tinyurl.com/pkwz8
it is an advertisement from the Shell Oil Company.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Harvard panel asks "are we safer?" "Are our liberties in jeopardy?" "Do Democrats has the answers?"
In response to: Harvard panel asks "are we safer?" "Are our liberties in jeopardy?" "Do Democrats has the answers?"
Monponsett, you cling to the ignorant Cold War thinking that use of nuclear weapons is akin to using any other armament: you assume there are no collateral repercussions for allies, friends, and forces sympathetic to you. nuclear devices are so huge, there is no such containment possible. it isn't even reasonable to send your own troops in after such a "preparatory" strike. you are condemning them to death from your own preparations.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Harvard panel asks "are we safer?" "Are our liberties in jeopardy?" "Do Democrats has the answers?"
In response to: Harvard panel asks "are we safer?" "Are our liberties in jeopardy?" "Do Democrats has the answers?"
"Iran simply can't be allowed to have the bomb. Taking it either further, they can't be allowed to have the capacity to build one."
WHY is it okay for Pakistan to have nuclear weapons but it's NOT okay for Iran to have them? we haven't invaded Pakistan. sure, Musharriff claims he's a bud and maybe he is. but he won't remain in power forever. Pakistan is full of mudrassas and even people in his intelligence and army are suspected of cooperating with al-Qaida. and Khan GAVE Iran and others some of the stuff they needed to progress more quickly. yet he's in some kind of limp-wrist house arrest.
the judgment that it is pointless to try to stop Iran is not only scientific and political, it is military. as some wingnuts elsewhere (JAWA blog) suggested, even if we use nuclear weapons there, ignoring the fallout on friendly nations, there are actually limits to how deep nukes can disrupt. sure, they'll disrupt surface contacts and set development back. but they won't end it. they'll give more motivation. MAD just doesn't work any more.
WHY is it okay for Pakistan to have nuclear weapons but it's NOT okay for Iran to have them? we haven't invaded Pakistan. sure, Musharriff claims he's a bud and maybe he is. but he won't remain in power forever. Pakistan is full of mudrassas and even people in his intelligence and army are suspected of cooperating with al-Qaida. and Khan GAVE Iran and others some of the stuff they needed to progress more quickly. yet he's in some kind of limp-wrist house arrest.
the judgment that it is pointless to try to stop Iran is not only scientific and political, it is military. as some wingnuts elsewhere (JAWA blog) suggested, even if we use nuclear weapons there, ignoring the fallout on friendly nations, there are actually limits to how deep nukes can disrupt. sure, they'll disrupt surface contacts and set development back. but they won't end it. they'll give more motivation. MAD just doesn't work any more.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Harvard panel asks "are we safer?" "Are our liberties in jeopardy?" "Do Democrats has the answers?"
In response to: Harvard panel asks "are we safer?" "Are our liberties in jeopardy?" "Do Democrats has the answers?"
"By late 1998, Hussein was so emboldened by the cheap talk emanating from the UN and Washington that he forced UN inspectors out of his country, which led Clinton to bomb Baghdad for a few days in December 1998, and that was it."
but the point is that won't work against terrorist squads. they'll buy, obtain, or be given a nuke from a Pakistan or a North Korea. noone will know they did. how will THEY be countered or threatened?
but the point is that won't work against terrorist squads. they'll buy, obtain, or be given a nuke from a Pakistan or a North Korea. noone will know they did. how will THEY be countered or threatened?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Harvard panel asks "are we safer?" "Are our liberties in jeopardy?" "Do Democrats has the answers?"
In response to: Harvard panel asks "are we safer?" "Are our liberties in jeopardy?" "Do Democrats has the answers?"
HOW is any administration going to prevent a terrorist group from eventually having and fielding a nuclear weapon? The opportunity to remove nuclear weapons from terrorists was lost when we refused (yes, REFUSED) to aggressively demilitarize their use and destroy them after the end of the Cold War, if not the years leading up to its end. No, we decided we would hold an advantage over everybody by handing on to our (now) 8000+ weapons. Russia wanted to dismantle faster than we are, because it was cheaper for them to have a smaller arsenal. We said 'No'. Why would any country then NOT want it's own weapons? Worse, India sought and obtained theirs, and now India is our new best buddy. Our defense against nuclear weapons has been the threat of retaliation. It works (1) if you know who to retaliate against and (2) if there is only one or a couple of opponents. If a dozen countries are running around with nuclear weapons, whether or not they are connected to terrorists or not, the world is not secure. The dangerous future W talked about is our own damn fault.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Carl's cows and Cape Wind
In response to: Carl's cows and Cape Wind
"Carl didn't tell us how much money he made on his new 'crop'."
lots of farming folks in upstate New York also make money by having gas companies drill wells to the supplies underneath. they make a certain amount per cubic foot extracted. should they reject that, too?
or is this just envy? how come some Cape Codders don't know how to benefit from the natural resources *they* have? maybe the farmers are smarter than them, eh?
lots of farming folks in upstate New York also make money by having gas companies drill wells to the supplies underneath. they make a certain amount per cubic foot extracted. should they reject that, too?
or is this just envy? how come some Cape Codders don't know how to benefit from the natural resources *they* have? maybe the farmers are smarter than them, eh?
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Danish wind power expert at Cape College Wednesday
In response to: Danish wind power expert at Cape College Wednesday
while you folks indulge in your xenophobic banter, note that upstate New York, home to Fort Drum and other military air installations near Rome and Syracuse, has its own highly successful wind facility. (see http://ekzept.livejournal.com/84285.html?thread=43069#t43069)
now, regarding radar: most military and other radar is indeed governed by computer software. there's plenty of expertise available in the U.S. and elsewhere (e.g., http://www.bwea.com/media/news/adt_trials.html) for how to mitigate interference.
frankly, the objections are disingenuous, as there is plenty of interference and backscatter from ground and air radar at civilian airports simply from the structures at the airport, from moving trucks, and from aircraft parked on the apron.
these adjustments need to be made to radar on a regular basis. there's nothing extraordinary about it.
now, regarding radar: most military and other radar is indeed governed by computer software. there's plenty of expertise available in the U.S. and elsewhere (e.g., http://www.bwea.com/media/news/adt_trials.html) for how to mitigate interference.
frankly, the objections are disingenuous, as there is plenty of interference and backscatter from ground and air radar at civilian airports simply from the structures at the airport, from moving trucks, and from aircraft parked on the apron.
these adjustments need to be made to radar on a regular basis. there's nothing extraordinary about it.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: America's largest wind farm completed by Labor Day
In response to: America's largest wind farm completed by Labor Day
Carl Stone who with wife Bonnie owns farmland on which 5 of the Vestas V66 turbines are located wrote a poem in celebration and praise of it: http://www.mapleridgewind.com/comments.htm
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: America's largest wind farm completed by Labor Day
In response to: America's largest wind farm completed by Labor Day
check out the following link if you want to see some good pictures of this wind farm: http://www.mapleridgewind.com/whytughill.htm
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: America's largest wind farm completed by Labor Day
In response to: America's largest wind farm completed by Labor Day
yup, that's us up here. story at: http://ekzept.livejournal.com/84285.html
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Results of Cape Wind survey, Gay Tourism, Ptown Doc loses licence, Behind the scene at the Orleans PD, Candidates spar over missing signs
In response to: Results of Cape Wind survey, Gay Tourism, Ptown Doc loses licence, Behind the scene at the Orleans PD, Candidates spar over missing signs
has Gallup or any of the other professional organizations ever been commissioned to do a scientific polls of people's opinion regarding Cape Wind? there are even polling centers capable of doing that more cheaply at various universities, http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/. a complete list is available at: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stpolisc.html
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Cap Weinberger-A Final Gift
In response to: Cap Weinberger-A Final Gift
the war in Iraq is in no manner comparable to World War II, despite what Mr Weinberger might have thought or written. and while our soldiers, airmen, and sailors are brave and dedicated, that they do their duty without question in no way either justifies the task they are sent to do, is worthy of them, or indicates the leaders that sent them to do it are honorable men.
nonesuch [Member]
In response to: Chewing Up All Your Data
In response to: Chewing Up All Your Data
need to invest in a good spam blocking service, Opinionator. some are built-in to email services, some ride sidecar along with your email client, some are embedded within email clients. that's one reason i use FastMail for my primary email service.
these don't stop all spam, but they stop like 90% of it. i am very obvious on the Web and don't take any special precautions to disguise my email address. that's often a recommendation by experts on the matter. i find it too much of a bother. anyway, the spam filter still works despite that.
these don't stop all spam, but they stop like 90% of it. i am very obvious on the Web and don't take any special precautions to disguise my email address. that's often a recommendation by experts on the matter. i find it too much of a bother. anyway, the spam filter still works despite that.
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In response to: Obama opens oceans for offshore energy exploration
The statement "Vestas hasn't installed an offshore wind turbine since 2006" is badly misleading if not an outright lie. Bloomberg reported on 12 April that U.S. only deliveries for Vestas and GE were 4700 MW (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aU5YTxhhDvIE&refer=home). WHY would bd say "Vestas installed"? Because she's using standard neocon (and, for that matter creationist) practice of using selective quoting and placing things into deliberately deceptive contexts to win her case. Vestas is a manufacturer and supplier, not an installer. Construction is usually left to someone else, although the manufacturer is clearly involved. She knows most people don't have the spare time or energy to check up on her vindictive program, so she can get away with these deceptions. Vestas has won orders from Brazil in 2008 and late 2008 saw an order from Romania.
Despite the economic downturn, Vestas just won an order from Italy: http://greenstockscentral.com/vestas-wind-systems-vwsf-gets-turbine-orders-from-italy-and-romania-1458.html