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<title>No tin foil hat necessary (no replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73187,73187#msg-73187</link><description><![CDATA[ No Feds or aliens will be reading his mind, at least not while he's in his office.<br /><br /><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100723/capt.693541ce3a214055bcc51dfe0972722b-693541ce3a214055bcc51dfe0972722b-0.jpg" class="bbcode" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.news4jax.com/education/24373667/detail.html" rel="nofollow" >Professor Returns From Vacation, Gets 'Foiled'</a><br /><br />What a waste of perfectly good tin foil.]]></description>
<dc:creator>Steve in Golden</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:47:57 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>&quot;Operation Invincible Spirit&quot; ... or, America's Endless Stupidity. (26 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73108,73108#msg-73108</link><description><![CDATA[ From google news ...<br /><br />The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington drops anchor at the Busan port in Busan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 24, 2010.<br /><br /><br /><br />A large 4-day exercise involving U.S and South Korea forces is under way in the Sea of Japan.<br /><br />It comes in response to the sinking of a South Korean warship, the Cheonan, four months ago. An international investigation blamed a North Korean torpedo attack for the incident.<br /><br />The war games off the east coast of the Korean peninsula were called to send a strong message of deterrence to Pyongyang.<br /><br />The joint military exercise is known as &quot;Invincible Spirit.&quot; And while the forces of the United States and South Korea routinely conduct drills together, this war game is considered unprecedented in scope.<br /><br />For the first time, the most advanced fighters of the U.S. Air Force are participating. They are the F-22 Raptors. U.S. officials say four of the stealth technology jets are taking part, along with nearly 200 other aircraft.<br /><br />At sea is the strike group of the USS George Washington. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is accompanied by three destroyers.<br /><br />U.S. and South Korean top military officials say the exercises are a significant show of force intended to deter North Korea from further aggression.<br /><br />South Korea originally said the U.S. aircraft carrier and other vessels would deploy in the Yellow Sea, where the Cheonan incident occurred. That announcement prompted strong protest from China.<br /><br />South Korean Navy Rear Admiral Kim Kyung-shik denies pressure from Beijing was the main reason the war game was shifted from the western waters.<br /><br />The admiral says planners considered the objectives for the exercise and what needed to be emphasized for training, as well as the required air and maritime space. That is why, he says, a decision was made to conduct it in the eastern waters, instead of the Yellow Sea.<br /><br />The shift of location may have mollified China to some extent, but North Korea is reacting with rhetoric typically heard whenever the United States and South Korea conduct joint exercises here.<br /><br />A North Korean TV newscast announcer Saturday evening quoted a statement for the National Defense Commission: the army and the people will counter the &quot;nuclear war exercise&quot; with atomic weaponry.<br /><br />North Korea says the maneuvers could compel it &quot;to start a retaliatory sacred war.&quot;<br /><br />Analysts dismiss the statements as bluster and there is no indication of unusual activity among North Korea's forces.<br /><br />The current escalating tension comes 60 years after North Korean forces crossed into the South, starting three years of combat that ended in stalemate. No peace treaty has ever been signed.<br /><br />............................................................................... ...................................................................................<br /><br />So there we are folks, the good ole US of A is out there again, waving its guns around in an effort to quell those ignorant orientals. Any idea that Obama would bring some sense to America's Rabid Right has gone out of the window, as they obviously think that what the world needs now is a nuclear stand-off with a totally unpredictable regime.<br /><br />Will the global search for a nation the USA can actually win a war against never cease?<br />Surely there's some little tin-pot country they could beat into glorious submission?<br />Somewhere where they aren't too fierce for the drug-raddled goons who form the major part of the American forces?<br /><br />C'mon America ... bomb your bloody self into the stone age ..............<br /><br />Sunbeem.]]></description>
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<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:50:47 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Significance? (6 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73040,73040#msg-73040</link><description><![CDATA[ Hey Vansen, is this related?<br /><br /><img src="http://msnden.smugmug.com/Events/misc/doubletroubleoldcrow/505773925_9rVuv-X2.jpg" class="bbcode" border="0" />]]></description>
<dc:creator>SteveD</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:22:54 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Ok, yes, it's another wimp.com vid (4 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73015,73015#msg-73015</link><description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.wimp.com/lightningslowed/" rel="nofollow" >This</a> is quite spectacular. The video is of lightning<br />slowed down 300 times. There sure is a heckovalot going on there.<br />Edit to add...real time is a bit less than half a second.]]></description>
<dc:creator>Randy /7 RS</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:09:43 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>gspd gets looped (9 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,73013,73013#msg-73013</link><description><![CDATA[ Saw her on Elvis Costello's 'Spectacle' TV show.<br />Neko Case.<br />Looks like a low maintenance, <u>naturally beautiful</u> woman,<br />sweetest disposition, but street smart too.<br /><br />Neko speaking:<br /><i><span style="color:#336600">I was born on an Air Force base in Virginia to some teenage children. After a short classified assignment for the president, my family returned home to Washington State. From about age four to age fifteen, I was raised by dogs and cats. I occasionally intersected with my parents by accident. “Oh it’s you?! I have to make you a lunch, don’t I?” As I grew into a young adult I was very confused and lacked direction. My parents very much wanted me to become a crack-whore, but I gravely disappointed them by graduating from college. Though they did not notice until years after the event, they still take my failings personally.</span></i><br />Bonus: I'm sure the carpet matches the drapes.<br /><br />I'm in love!<br /><br />[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9KrotLtC-Y" rel="nofollow" >www.youtube.com</a>]]]></description>
<dc:creator>gspd</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:27:58 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>The Nietzsche Family Circus (no replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72998,72998#msg-72998</link><description><![CDATA[ [<a href="http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=111&amp;q=125" rel="nofollow" >www.losanjealous.com</a>]<br /><br />Hit refresh for a new Nietzschetoon.]]></description>
<dc:creator>Randy /7 RS</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:09:33 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Cool train vid.... (2 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72834,72834#msg-72834</link><description><![CDATA[ Quite the machinery here!...<br /><br />[<a href="http://www.wimp.com/traintrack/" rel="nofollow" >www.wimp.com</a>]]]></description>
<dc:creator>Randy /7 RS</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:23:16 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Police harassment (4 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72816,72816#msg-72816</link><description><![CDATA[ Recently, the Chula Vista Police Department ran an e-mail forum (a question and answer exchange) with the topic being, &quot;Community Policing.&quot; One of the civilian email participants posed the following question,<br /><br />&quot;I would like to know how it is possible for police officers to continually harass people and get away with it?&quot;<br />From the &quot;other side&quot; (the law enforcement side) Sgt. Bennett, obviously a cop with a sense of humor replied:<br />&quot;First of all, let me tell you this...it's not easy. In Chula Vista , we average one cop for every 600 people. Only about 60% of those cops are on general duty (or what you might refer to as &quot;patrol&quot;) where we do most of our harassing.<br />The rest are in non-harassing departments that do not allow them contact with the day to day innocents. And at any given moment, only one-fifth of the 60% patrollers are on duty and available for harassing people while the rest are off duty. So roughly, one cop is responsible for harassing about 5,000 residents.<br />When you toss in the commercial business, and tourist locations that attract people from other areas, sometimes you have a situation where a single cop is responsible for harassing 10,000 or more people a day.<br />Now, your average ten-hour shift runs 36,000 seconds long. This give a cop one second to harass one person, and then only three-fourths of a second to eat a donut AND then find a new person to harass. This is no easy task. To be honest, most cops are not up to this day in and day out challenge, it is just too tiring. What we do is utilize some tools to help us narrow down those people which we can realistically harass.<br />The tools available to us are as follows:<br />PHONE: People will call us up and point out things that cause us to focus on a person for special harassment. &quot;My neighbor is beating his wife&quot; is a code phrase used often. This means we'll come out and give somebody some special harassment.<br />Another popular one is, &quot;There's a guy breaking into a house.&quot; The harassment team is then put into action.<br />CARS: We have special cops assigned to harass people who drive. They like to harass the drivers of fast cars, cars with no insurance or no driver's licenses. It's lots of fun when you pick them out of traffic for nothing more obvious than running a red light. Sometimes you get to really heap the harassment on when you find they have drugs in the car, they are drunk, or have an outstanding warrant on file.<br />RUNNERS: Some people take off running just at the sight of a police officer. Nothing is quite as satisfying as running after them like a beagle on the scent of a bunny. When you catch them you can harass them for hours.<br />STATUTES: When we don't have PHONES or CARS and have nothing better to do, there are actually books that give us ideas for reasons to harass folks. They are called &quot;Statutes&quot;; Criminal Codes, Motor Vehicle Codes, etc.. They spell out all sorts of things for which you can really use to harass people.<br />After you read the statute, you can just drive around for awhile until you find someone violating one of these listed offenses and harass them. Just last week I saw a guy trying to steal a car. Well, there's this book we have that says that's not allowed. That meant I got permission to harass this guy. It is a really cool system that we have set up, and it works pretty well.<br />We seem to have a never-ending supply of folks to harass. And we get away with it. Why? Because for the good citizens who pay the tab, we try to keep the streets safe for them, and they pay us to &quot;harass&quot; some people.<br />Next time you are in my town, give me the old &quot;single finger wave.&quot; That's another one of those codes. It means, &quot;You can harass me.&quot;<br />It's one of our favorites.]]></description>
<dc:creator>Duane Ausherman</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:43:36 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>This sounds familiar (6 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72778,72778#msg-72778</link><description><![CDATA[ In a story about North Korea and the sanctions our government is attempting to use to control their nuclear arms buildup, there is a sentence that struck me as ironic.<br /><br /><span style="color:#0000CC">&quot;Analysts say Kim uses the constant threat of war as justification to focus on maintaining one of the world's largest standing armies while the economy falls into near ruin.&quot;</span><br /><br />Paranoia runs deep. Stephen Stills said that. Military madness is killing our country. Graham Nash said that. We, the US and North Korea, are living behind an iron(ic) curtain. I said that. The irony is that military spending is making me think of the old Biblical saying about &quot;beating our swords into plowshares&quot;.<br /><br />Chuey]]></description>
<dc:creator>chuey</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:42:49 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Very Funny Video That You Will Watch More Than Once (6 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72708,72708#msg-72708</link><description><![CDATA[ [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKl_CldMa0" rel="nofollow" >www.youtube.com</a>]]]></description>
<dc:creator>rob valdez '79 r65</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:31:53 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>A word that bugs me: (29 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72681,72681#msg-72681</link><description><![CDATA[ I was just responding to Veg's comment in the Karma thread when a thought occurred to me that I felt may get lost in the shuffle if I put it in my response.<br /><br />The word &quot;gunman&quot; bugs me. It bugs me because I think it lends a romantic aspect to someone who is shooting people with a gun.<br /><br />I don't think we want more of that, so why don't we use a word like &quot;shooter&quot;? There could very well be other words that would work.<br /><br />Chuey]]></description>
<dc:creator>chuey</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:39:32 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Thank you Shannon Lee (video) (1 reply)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72653,72653#msg-72653</link><description><![CDATA[ My Ozzie friend turned me onto this one:<br /><br />[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI0_w9aV8G0&amp;feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow" >www.youtube.com</a>]#!]]></description>
<dc:creator>rob valdez '79 r65</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:10:40 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Karma? (20 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72614,72614#msg-72614</link><description><![CDATA[ I don't know if I believe in Karma or not but it seems appropriate in this case. You get what you give, sometimes anyway.<br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100719/ap_on_re_us/us_emts_pregnant_woman" rel="nofollow" >EMT accused of ignoring dying NYC woman is killed</a><br /><br />The milk of human kindness was pretty scarce with this guy - I'd say he got back what he gave, in spades. Callousness was rewarded with even more callousness.<br /><br />So what kind of karma did the gunman generate?]]></description>
<dc:creator>Steve in Golden</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:29:38 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Consider this new tax (8 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72600,72600#msg-72600</link><description><![CDATA[ I don't have time to check this one out, as we are off to San Francisco to show our Polish friends the city.<br /><br />All real estate transactions are now subject to a 3.8% Sales Tax???<br /><br /><br /><br />Under the new health care bill - did you know that all real estate transactions are now subject to a 3.8% Sales Tax? The bulk of these new taxes don't kick in until 2013 (presumably after Obama's re-election). You can thank Nancy, Harry and Barack and your local Democrat Congressman for this one. If you sell your $400,000 home, there will be a $15,200 tax. This bill is set to screw the retiring generation who often downsize their homes. Is this &quot;Hope &amp; Change&quot; great or what? We can vote the bums out in November and demand that they eliminate the bill or at the very least defund it. Then in 2012 repeal it.]]></description>
<dc:creator>Duane Ausherman</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:55:10 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Funny Commercial (2 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72597,72597#msg-72597</link><description><![CDATA[ WITH minor MC content!<br /><br />[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLTIowBF0kE&amp;feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow" >www.youtube.com</a>]]]></description>
<dc:creator>rob valdez '79 r65</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:48:38 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>A realistic view of the economy??? (5 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72501,72501#msg-72501</link><description><![CDATA[ Despite several quarters of rising GDP, and the upbeat exertions of Administration spokespeople, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has yet to announce the recession is over. Their reluctance is well-founded. It is beginning to dawn on even the more optimistic analysts that the tepid growth we have seen over the past three quarters is only an interlude in an otherwise grave and prolonged recession. Moreover, the respite will cost dearly as the United States has racked up a generation worth of debt for dubious benefit.<br /><br />The paltry number of new jobs currently being created still fall far short of the 375,000 per month needed to offset the 125,000 new entrants to the job market due to population growth and to erode the 8 million people laid off in the past year alone. Meanwhile, house prices continue to fall and credit continues to contract. With retail sales dropping in June and the Leading Economic Index (LEI) standing at minus 7.7 per cent, it should be clear that the US economy is heading back towards recession, following a temporary distortion created by some $1.3 trillion in federal stimulus. In short, the stimulus has failed.<br /><br />While there can be no doubt that an increase in government spending will result in a boost to GDP figures, the evidence of history shows that such growth is short-lived. Unfortunately as leaders around the world look to tighten the reins on out of control spending, President Obama and his Democratic supporters in Congress believe that their stimulus actions have succeeded and should be redoubled. Armed with nothing more than faith in government and a belief that spending is both a means and an end, it appears that the US stimulus policy will continue. The net result of these efforts will not be a more vibrant economy, but the perpetuation of fear and confusion in the business community and the continuing expansion of deficits that will lead inevitably to higher taxes.<br /><br />If you wish to read the rest of the article, go to [<a href="http://www.321gold.com/editorials/browne/browne071610.html" rel="nofollow" >www.321gold.com</a>]]]></description>
<dc:creator>Duane Ausherman</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:26:18 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Wait, did he say CAMRY??? :D (14 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72419,72419#msg-72419</link><description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHcLP0wvENQ" rel="nofollow" >Jeremy Clarkson at it again</a><br /><br /><br />Dammit, somebody turn the embedding back on!]]></description>
<dc:creator>The Veg</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:44:55 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>At last (8 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72374,72374#msg-72374</link><description><![CDATA[ Four months and who knows how many bazillion gallons of crude later, the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100715/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill" rel="nofollow" >worst oil spill in history is finally stopped</a>. Jeezus H Christ it's about friggin' time.<br /><br />Now we can all go back to business as usual driving our enormous gas guzzlers and furiously consuming fossil fuels like there's no tomorrow. Oh wait, we never stopped.]]></description>
<dc:creator>Steve in Golden</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:19:32 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Nice to see.... (no replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72341,72341#msg-72341</link><description><![CDATA[ ...people getting the public in touch with nature.<br /><br />[<a href="http://beyondthebox.org/the-beetle-queen-conquers-san-francisco/" rel="nofollow" >beyondthebox.org</a>]<br /><br /><img src="http://beyondthebox.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/jessica.jpg" class="bbcode" border="0" />]]></description>
<dc:creator>rob valdez '79 r65</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:46:34 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Confession of a twisted mind (13 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72338,72338#msg-72338</link><description><![CDATA[ welll.....I was thinking...<br />I actually DO have <u>ONE</u> item on my bucket list.<br /><br />This one needs a full paint and resto, cracked paint, rust on the rocker panels, cracked tailights, etc. (read the text)<br />That's why it's going for <u>ONLY</u> $875,000.<br />I NEED to rip this 'effin car apart and smash it back together before I die.<br />It's THE ONLY mechanical thing on the planet that gives me a boner.<br />That V-8 is a drool jewel.<br />If you guys pool together I'm sure you can collect around a million bucks of spare change for me, can't you?<br />It's for a good cause.<br />They only made around 250 of them and they're all over 50 years old, so not that many come up for sale.<br /><br />[<a href="http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=120584208629#ht_38840wt_1139" rel="nofollow" >cgi.ebay.ca</a>]<br />Scroll down<br />It reeeaaally needs an original tube Blaupunkt, that semi-contemporary electronic POS radio is almost a deal breaker.]]></description>
<dc:creator>gspd</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:09:33 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Just a reminder of what we're fighting for..... (4 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72272,72272#msg-72272</link><description><![CDATA[ Quite a shindig an hour from here, out at Lake Travis, Austin, Texas last weekend. 50,000 show up.<br />(no, as usual I wasn't up about this, I was home napping/laundry/mowing<br />the yard. At least there's pics)....<br /><br />[<a href="http://galleries.austin360.com/gallery/aquapalooza/?srcTrk=RTR_797459#99563" rel="nofollow" >galleries.austin360.com</a>]]]></description>
<dc:creator>Randy /7 RS</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:34:05 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>It's people like me what cause unrest (6 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72260,72260#msg-72260</link><description><![CDATA[ The story:<br /><br />My buddy moved to Penn. (from Corpus Christi, Texas) recently for a job, his Brother came up for the Mopar Nationals and my buddy started having EVIL, car thoughts. He told me what he wanted (1967-1972 Charger, clean, BIG V-8, no projects!) so I keep finding likely cars for sale and sending him the links. He is telling me that I'm pissing-off the Boss but his Wife and I talk regularly and she is encouraging him from that end, he needs a toy!<br /><br />Unclviny]]></description>
<dc:creator>Unclviny</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:24:58 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Why Men Are Never Depressed (3 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72247,72247#msg-72247</link><description><![CDATA[ Received this from a female-type person. I'm sure glad I'm a man. Life is so simple for us, all we need to keep us happy is beer. And a motorcycle or four. And sex every now and then.<br /><br /><hr class="bbcode"/>
Why Men Are Never Depressed:<br /><br />Men Are Just Happier People-- What do you expect from such simple creatures. Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can be President. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park. Car mechanics tell you the truth. The world is your urinal. You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky. You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Same work, more pay. Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100. People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them. New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.<br /><br />One mood all the time.<br /><br />Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks. A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.<br /><br />Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more than enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. Everything on your face stays its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. You only have to shave your face and neck.<br /><br />You can play with toys all your life. One wallet and one pair of shoes -- one color for all seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can 'do' your nails with a pocket knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.<br /><br />You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.<br /><br />No wonder men are happier.]]></description>
<dc:creator>Steve in Golden</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:35:47 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>I must be really special (11 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72243,72243#msg-72243</link><description><![CDATA[ Michael Huntley wants to give me 20% of $40,000,000 (Scot, how much is that? B)-) just for acting as his trustee! Yippee! I'm rich! I think I'll run down right now and quit my job, and start shopping around for a brand new R1200R!<br /><br />Life is good when you are a much sought after trustee sort of person, as I apparently am.<br /><br /><hr class="bbcode"/><br />Attn:<br /><br />Confident this letter meets you in good health.<br /><br />I am Michael Huntley; an underwriter with TianJin Phoenix Venture Capital Fund Management Co Malaysia; that specializes in private equity and property equity investment.<br />Have contacted you on the hope of presenting you as my associate to assume the new recipient of a Fixed-Income deposit valued at $40,000,000.00 .<br /><br />You get 20% of the total $40,000,000.00 equity investment as your commission for acting as my TRUSTEE.<br /><br />Will need your legal details; names, address and phone numbers to enable me re-profile your details on the $40million with the institution where the funds is presently deposited as the new recipient.<br /><br />Note that time is of the essence since the fixed-income deposit has to be cleared before the ending of this first quarter of the financial fiscal year 2010 .<br /><br />I will enumerate further upon your response.<br /><br />Michael Huntley.<br /><a href="mailto:&#109;&#104;&#117;&#110;&#116;&#108;&#101;&#121;&#50;&#48;&#48;&#49;&#64;&#119;&#46;&#99;&#110;">&#109;&#104;&#117;&#110;&#116;&#108;&#101;&#121;&#50;&#48;&#48;&#49;&#64;&#119;&#46;&#99;&#110;</a>]]></description>
<dc:creator>Steve in Golden</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:26:21 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Hang on tightly...... (9 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72215,72215#msg-72215</link><description><![CDATA[ badbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbad<br /><br />[<a href="http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/07/you-are-not-authorized-to-see-these.html" rel="nofollow" >www.washingtonsblog.com</a>]]]></description>
<dc:creator>rob valdez '79 r65</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:17:08 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Another good idea that backfired (4 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72152,72152#msg-72152</link><description><![CDATA[ A little background history: Us Californians a few years back voted for and enacted a two-term limit on politicians. People were sick and tired of career politicians not doing what the people wanted. It was also believed that this would minimize the influences from special interest groups.<br /><br /><br />Well I read an article over the weekend which indicated 60% of all passed legislature was backed by &quot;private&quot; support. It doesn't seem to have worked. Granted I don't have before and after numbers to compare, but damn 60% of all legislation written or modified for the benefit for private companies and industries seems a bit high to me. It was also reported that the new/inexperienced politicians end up relying on the special interest groups to help guide them through the process. It seems like in the end, we ended up creating more influence than less.]]></description>
<dc:creator>Jeff in W.C.</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:16:42 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>So what's your ideal America? (12 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72149,72149#msg-72149</link><description><![CDATA[ There seems to be no shortage in complaining about what a current administration policies are. Can anyone describe the ideal set of policies? And if these were actually established, would you then be happy?<br /><br />I hear, smaller government. So what do you want to do without? Should we eliminate the FDA, Medicare, all regulation? Would &quot;all&quot; Americans be happier then? Should we eliminate the military? Sure would free up lots of spending.<br /><br />Should we just have states that have there own independent laws? That used to be the case.<br /><br />We are faced with complex issues. I see politicians supporting a view, an economic view for example--perhaps taxation. Are these people economists? No. Their basic level of understanding is I'll get votes if I support this view. However do they understand complex market forces, sociology, finance and banking, world events? Probably not. And yet, these people are fearful of people who do understand these issues.<br /><br />It's so easy to complain. Especially without doing the analysis to see what happens if you get what you wish for.]]></description>
<dc:creator>George in Minneapolis</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:24:21 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>World's fastest production car... (16 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72135,72135#msg-72135</link><description><![CDATA[ ...taken up to speed.<br />Fasten your seat belts.....<br />[<a href="http://www.wimp.com/fastestcar/" rel="nofollow" >www.wimp.com</a>]]]></description>
<dc:creator>Randy /7 RS</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:19:01 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>The con of the century (3 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,72065,72065#msg-72065</link><description><![CDATA[ I just copied it, but it really sums up what is happening to us. DA<br /><br />I've laid out the Con of the Decade (Part I) in outline form:<br /><br /><br /><br />1. Enable trillions of dollars in mortgages guaranteed to default by packaging unlimited quantities of them into mortgage-backed securities (MBS), creating umlimited demand for fraudulently originated loans.<br /><br />2. Sell these MBS as &quot;safe&quot; to credulous investors, institutions, town councils in Norway, etc., i.e. &quot;the bezzle&quot; on a global scale.<br /><br />3. Make huge &quot;side bets&quot; against these doomed mortgages so when they default then the short-side bets generate billions in profits.<br /><br />4. Leverage each $1 of actual capital into $100 of high-risk bets.<br /><br />5. Hide the utterly fraudulent bets offshore and/or off-balance sheet (not that the regulators you had muzzled would have noticed anyway).<br /><br />6. When the longside bets go bad, transfer hundreds of billions of dollars in Federal guarantees, bailouts and backstops into the private hands which made the risky bets, either via direct payments or via proxies like AIG. Enable these private Power Elites to borrow hundreds of billions more from the Treasury/Fed at zero interest.<br /><br />7. Deposit these funds at the Federal Reserve, where they earn 3-4%. Reap billions in guaranteed income by borrowing Federal money for free and getting paid interest by the Fed.<br /><br />8. As profits pile up, start buying boatloads of short-term U.S. Treasuries. Now the taxpayers who absorbed the trillions in private losses and who transferred trillions in subsidies, backstops, guarantees, bailouts and loans to private banks and corporations, are now paying interest on the Treasuries their own money purchased for the banks/corporations.<br /><br />9. Slowly acquire trillions of dollars in Treasuries--not difficult to do as the Federal government is borrowing $1.5 trillion a year.<br /><br />10. Stop buying Treasuries and dump a boatload onto the market, forcing interest rates to rise as supply of new T-Bills exceeds demand (at least temporarily). Repeat as necessary to double and then triple interest rates paid on Treasuries.<br /><br />11. Buy hundreds of billions in long-term Treasuries at high rates of interest. As interest rates rise, interest payments dwarf all other Federal spending, forcing extreme cuts in all other government spending.<br /><br />12. Enjoy the hundreds of billions of dollars in interest payments being paid by taxpayers on Treasuries that were purchased with their money but which are safely in private hands.<br /><br /><br /><br />Since the Federal government could potentially inflate away these trillions in Treasuries, buy enough elected officials to force austerity so inflation remains tame. In essence, these private banks and corporations now own the revenue stream of the Federal government and its taxpayers. Neat con, and the marks will never understand how &quot;saving our financial system&quot; led to their servitude to the very interests they bailed out.<br /><br />The circle is now complete: in &quot;saving our financial system,&quot; the public borrowed trillions and transferred the money to private Power Elites, who then buy the public debt with the money swindled out of the taxpayer. Then the taxpayers transfer more wealth every year to the Power Elites/Plutocracy in the form of interest on the Treasury debt. The Power Elites will own the debt that was taken on to bail them out of bad private bets: this is the culmination of privatized gains, socialized risk.<br /><br />In effect, it's a Third World/colonial scam on a gigantic scale: plunder the public treasury, then buy the debt which was borrowed and transferred to your pockets. You are buying the country with money you borrowed from its taxpayers. No despot could do better.]]></description>
<dc:creator>Duane Ausherman</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:31:41 -0500</pubDate></item>
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<title>Million+ dollar homes being given up. (6 replies)</title><link>http://boxerworks.com/phorum5/read.php?8,71952,71952#msg-71952</link><description><![CDATA[ [<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38158763/ns/business-real_estate" rel="nofollow" >www.msnbc.msn.com</a>]<br /><br />A quote from the article:<br />Whether it is their residence, a second home or a house bought as an investment, the rich have stopped paying the mortgage at a rate that greatly exceeds the rest of the population.<br /><br />Unclviny]]></description>
<dc:creator>Unclviny</dc:creator>
<category>the Speakeasy</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:56:16 -0500</pubDate></item>
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