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Notabull wrote: The issue with the *Iraq* war, however, is that the dirty work wasn't just dirty, it was the wrong work! It was a war built on lies, misleading representations of information, omission of facts. The way I see it, it was a war…
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I've been long convinced that terrorists target the US for good reason, because we're often the bad guys. So I'm convinced that being the good guys, including by not waterboarding, is best for us. One man's terrorist is another man's patriot. While …
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jon, if it causes more harm to the US (more terrorism, beheadings, whatever), are you still okay with it?
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Superimpose the Dow onto the national debt chart to see where the money came from that fueled the run-up since 1985. The country's future was sold to win elections. The Constitution has a major loophole.
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victorchai wrote: All I can say is whoever got this crap for 700K is a Sucker... That was my thought too. Better houses can be had for a lot less in Issaquah, or Bellevue for that matter.
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I spoke too soon. Now it's down to an average of 4.3% annually. (At 8905 now.) 37% off last year's peak.
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If you think the stock market will be flat or down in the next two years or so, putting new money in CDs (for now) beats dollar-cost averaging.
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Ubersalad wrote: 725k at Glendale...I still think that's too high. Not to me, for 0.9 flat acres in the heart of Bellevue. Maybe the CC&Rs won't let it be subdivided though.
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SeattleMoose wrote: 2. Government comes out with new slogan "We're All In This Together" as excuse to jack taxes to pay for Bush War and Bank Bailout 4. U.S. enters recession 6. Ads for "luxury items" and for travel increase 7. Financial meltdo…
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EastSider wrote: Bellevue Home Sold in Jul/2006 for $940k Currently listed for $725k (22% drop from 2006) ZEstimate is NA http://www.redfin.com/WA/Bellevue/217-1 ... ome/507800 Now if only more sellers knew to cut prices like this one…
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Whenever the Dow takes a big dive, the MSM shows a pic of some supposedly shell-shocked trader who is actually just yawning or doing a trading signal with his hand. These traders usually make more money on the big dive days, at least for their compa…
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Former MS contractors might find work on the JPMorganChase-WaMu merger. Lately, Boeing has sucked up a lot of contractors for the 787 project.
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Markor wrote: It'll be bittersweet when the Dow falls below last week's low and Bush says the equivalent of "Did I say $1 trillion? I meant $2 trillion!" Here it comes! Although I guess it's already happened, since it's $700 billion "at any o…
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rose-colored-coolaid wrote: Keep in mind, most of the developed world is currently taking their own drastic actions. Many are simply lowering interest rates, but France/Germany are now fighting over a very similar bailout. Ireland recently declar…
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rose-colored-coolaid wrote: If you are really worried about downside, how will you feel putting all your dollars in loonies, and then seeing the loony drop from 1:1 to 1:0.93. I'd feel horrible! I hate losing money! I could stand to lose 5…
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perfectfire wrote: Deflation. Cash. Return of capital rather than return on capital. This morning I moved 95% (the most I can move) of my 401k into FDLXX (US Treasury Money Market Fund). My non-retirement money is just in bank accounts, but I …
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rose-colored-coolaid wrote: A lot has to do with your time horizon though. One year? Five years? Fifteen? I'm guessing 1 to 3 years. True, I'll be paying for a house in dollars, that's a big part of the equation. But I'd like some insurance…
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Debt sure gave these big banks a lot of power. It let them hold the whole world hostage until Americans borrow to pay a $700 billion+ ransom.
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See the movie The Lookout. Great line in there: "Whoever has the money has the power".
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What angry voters? 50% of voters support the bailout after the manufactured Wall Street plunge succeeded in scaring them.
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MSNBC says "Senate leaders of both parties predicted easy passage of a mammoth bill to rescue the financial services industry when it comes to a vote Wednesday night..." BREAKING NEWS: Senate approves revised bailout package
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perfectfire wrote: The one good thing that comes from this bailout bill if it passes is it will drive housing prices much much lower than they would've gone. If I can just keep my job during the depression that follows I'll be able to buy a mansi…
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rose-colored-coolaid wrote: Hurt, or unaffected? I'd lean towards the second. I would be shocked, and will admit I'm completely wrong if this bailout does much of anything except take bad loans off bank books and put them on taxpayer's books. …
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Would you be surprised if the bailout did little or nothing to ease your business situation? Every crisis like this in history I look at, throwing money at the banks did not cause them to be much looser in lending. I think they'll just celebrate and…
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Sounds like rhetoric to me. I asked them to vote no on the bailout, but I expect them to support it. Plus now it's a "rescue" package and has 50% support of voters, after Wall Streeters successfully scared them.
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On #1, if I'm the CEO and have no scruples and you give me a zillion stock options, I'm gonna run that company into the ground to boost the stock price in the short term and cash out. When the company goes bust I'll take my $20 million parachute. …
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EastSider wrote: http://www.redfin.com/WA/Sammamish/3500-207th-Ave-SE-98075/home/268635 Now listed at $999K (17% drop from 2006) Wouldn't it be fun to pay $14K property taxes on a $1M house? The buyers better hope they can get that reduced.
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Sounds more like buyers will get houses that are better for the money; that $30M is effectively being distributed to the final buyers. It's also a drop in the bucket. The supply/demand picture isn't changing in the long run.
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jon wrote: Any kind of limit is going to motivate CEOs to focus on getting around the limit instead of focusing on running their company. They can move the headquarters out of the country, or they can split the company and get the max for each, li…
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rose-colored-coolaid wrote: There might be some regulation that would be reasonable (like you can't be an executive of any major corporation and be on the board of another major corporation), but what do you hope to get out of salary limits? Do…