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13500 131st Pl NE Kirkland, WA 98034 http://www.redfin.com/WA/Kirkland/13500 ... ome/452969 Nov 26, 2008 Price Changed $349,950 -- NWMLS #28170295 Nov 25, 2008 Price Changed $364,950 -- NWMLS #28170295 Nov 21, 2008 Price Changed $…
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EastSider wrote: Alan wrote: http://www.redfin.com/WA/Renton/1170-Monroe-Ave-NE-98056/home/241881 1170 Monroe Ave NE Renton, WA 98056 Jul 15, 2003 Sold $217,000 Asking $199,900 Lower than 2003 prices. Wow! Lower than 2003 pr…
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the candles burned for 8 days instead of 1. Is that like when housing values went up by 12% instead of 3% for 6 years? You are making way too much sense for my level of comfort, RCC. Also, those Neanderthals totally had it coming.
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Not really. I was using a very narrow definition of fascism. In truth, the definitions for fascism are all over the map. Everyone seems to think it means something different. I bet Mussolini didn't even have a good definition of what he wanted. T…
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Um... yeah... Sorry, I'm just not very good at this. Maybe someone else would like to give it a shot.
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I guess since you guys are hurting... Mussolini had a political/economic theory called fascism. Painting fascism with broad brush strokes, he wanted to merge government and industry in a way that he believed would stand for a thousand years. T…
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I'm torn. On one hand, standing behind your spam with your personal information is commendable. And the product he is hawking is "education" -- although it is also certainly a sales pitch. I'm not super opposed to spam for something like that. It is…
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My character will assert faith in the existence of Gary Gygax's twin brother and nothing you can say in character will be able to refute that faith. Unless your are the DM and you allow my character to see into the real world.
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I'd like to close out this argument by claiming that the next time I play D&D, my character is going to claim that the entire world was created 30 years ago by a great being named Gary Gygax and that all of the evidence to the contrary was place…
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Taking a small loss now to convert the loan from non-recourse might prevent larger future losses. In effect, the government "bailout" might be forcing people who bought in too high to eat their losses. From that perspective it doesn't sound so bad.
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http://www.redfin.com/WA/Renton/1170-Mo ... ome/241881 1170 Monroe Ave NE Renton, WA 98056 Jul 15, 2003 Sold $217,000 Asking $199,900 Lower than 2003 prices.
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How to win an unproveable argument in 3 easy steps: 1. Assert that your unproveable argument is true because you are special. 2. Assert a different argument that your audience strongly disagrees with but has a chance of being true. 3. If your s…
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Don't go away on account of the election results.
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You said there was no such thing as Microevolution. I disagreed and gave authoritative proof. Beyond that, we can argue the definition of the word "is" ad nausium. Or we could always fall back on the ol' "it's not a theory, it's a hypothesis!" argum…
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It's a trap.
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When participants in an argument begin using dictionaries to make their point, both sides have lost and should probably just stop talking to each other altogether. I'm dubbing this "Alan's law".
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We used to claim that God was behind the Sun and Moon travelling across the sky, and know we know better. Not really. We can just predict it better. We don't really know what gravity is. Maybe it is God's will that thinks move in a way that l…
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It is a fairly well known feature of software development that a piece of software will grow in complexity up to its authors ability to manage it. The smarter the programmer, the more complexity will eventually creep in. Although a good, smart progr…
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Hey! I put that house on my Redfin favorites, Ira. My favorites list has been growing way to quickly the last few weeks. I think I'm going to have to be more selective about what I add to it.
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I made the same mistake, DJO. For a minute I was thinking, "Yeah, I might buy that at $38k. I wonder what is wrong with it though. Better not touch it." Then I saw the extra zero and thought, "Too expensive for me."
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I think this one might be a typo... http://www.redfin.com/WA/Bellevue/1749-162nd-Ave-NE-98008/home/432382 1749 162nd Ave NE Bellevue, WA 98008 Listing Price History Date Price Sep 25, 2008 $445,000 Oct 23, 2008 $340,000 Source: NW…
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I think 50/50 is pretty strong belief for an agnostic. Do you believe there is a 50% chance of the flying spaghetti monster actually existing?
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Sure, but you have to pay money for that. That eats into your return on investment (I don't know how expensive those services are or how good they are). If the service they provide costs less that it would take to do it yourself then use it.
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The bank that lended the 80% of an 80/20 loan should still have that equity cushion (unless prices dropped past that). The 20% loaner is the one that loses all his money. For the 3% and 5% downers, they should have been paying PMI and the losses …
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That is a very good question. PMI should prevent the banks from losing their money.
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There are options to filter by Section Land. I don't know how those map to zipcodes though. You'll have to figure it out. The parcel viewer might be helpful there. The hard work will actually give you an edge. If it were super easy, there would b…
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Forgive my ignorance, what is a "comp"? "comp" = "comparable" The asking price for a house is generally determined by looking at comparable houses and seeing what they sold for.
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I might add that under this theory, the way to become wealthy is to do more for others than you allow them to do for you. This short story descibes a small town where everyone becomes basically self-sufficient: http://escapepod.org/2006/10/12/…
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If someone is self-sufficient then it doesn't matter to them whether there is an economy or not Oops. That is what I meant to say. Change that 'becomes' to 'isn't'.
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Our economy is based on the principle that people can work to provide value to others. If everyone becomes self-sufficient the economy will disappear. If everyone is self-sufficient that becomes a problem. If 90% of people decide they need less 2…