Crap Throwing Monkey

Hey, fink...market's up 90 right now...guess this is the "end" of the "bear market", isn't it?

This looks suspiciously like pragmatism, and hence has no place on this board.

Sounds like Tampa's not very happy with him, then...

Incorrect. My take-no-prisoners condescension isn't towards looking at the market analytically. It's simply towards you. Stocks go up. Stocks go down. How you actually manage your money when stocks go up and down determines your rate of return, not "the market", of some artificial label of "bull" or "bear".

Uh...yeah. I do actually know what a bear market is. Better than you do, it seems. And one of the key points of the '70s was: the market recovered. Stocks go up, stocks go down.

Stocks go up. Stocks go down. It's what they do. What triggers a bear market is: stocks go down. It's REALLY that simple.

The economy is strong. That's why the market's going down: the economy is TOO strong, and the Fed's going to have to hike interest rates again to slow down inflation. Just like last time this topic came up. Just like NEXT time this topic comes up.

Unpatriotic? No. Unproductive? Yes. Stocks go up and down. No big deal. Stupid? Probably. Depends on whether or not you know WHY stocks are going down...which I strongly doubt. But if you want a hint: the reason hasn't changed since the last time you whined about this.

Probably. I stopped looking a while ago.

Which is why basketball is so damned boring. "Oh, the Clippers are up by 12 at the half." Big deal. It's only the last five minutes that typically matter...and they take a !@#$ing hour to play with all the fouling. Even curling's more exciting than basketball.

Camera phones?

Go mow your sweet gum...

Oh. Well, okay. I can see where a rocket scientist would have the ethnographic knowledge to judge the content of the document. Thanks, that really clears things up...

1997 - Buffalo Bills tight end Lonnie Johnson did NOT suffer a severe head injury in an accident. He just played like he did.

You forgot to mention the clock doesn't stop, either. Takeo Spikes can take 15 minutes to limp off the field after he ruptures his hammy...it's not 15 minutes of game time. Yes, they add stoppage time...at the whim of the official. So everyone has a vested interest in getting an injured player off the field as quickly as possible, not just so the game can continue, but that a full game can be played...

Yeah, I think Fox has a nasty history of throwing sh-- against the wall and seeing what sticks. Who did that translation? Who did the analysis? Are they actually qualified to do either? They let you assume it's a military translation and analysis...but it clearly isn't so (and even if it were...why would it be coming from TRADOC? Nothing against them...I appreciate what they do, and they're very good at it. This isn't it.) Given that, and given that Fox (the media in general, actually, but Fox in particular) likes things to be straightforward and linear...what reason is there to believe that said document has been interpreted in any manner remotely corresponding to the complex reality of the situation?

There is a difference between not caring about something and being bitter about it, you know...

Untrue. Kiper's always been an assclown.

Yeah. Like they can block better than sand bags.

And I'd rather see idiots like that go without helmets. Cleans out the gene pool that much quicker...

None that I know of. I doubt they exist...Saddam was pretty clear about not getting involved with fundamentalists, even to defend Iraq...and the fundamentalists themselves had little use for Saddam. But then, the invasion of Iraq was never about al Qaeda, nor was it ever really sold as such. It was sold as part of the war on terror, for which a pretty good case could be made even now. But - and here's the real key everyone seems to miss - the Global War on Terrorism is not just against al Qaeda. It was never envisioned as such - were it envisioned as such, it would not be even remotely effective. It just happens that the defining moment of the GWOT - 9/11 - was uniquely identified with al Qaeda, hence the GWOT is identified with them in the public mind. But that's not policy. Not by a long shot.

Actually, it goes MACH 3

And it'll outrun Imperial starships. Not the local bulk-cruisers, mind you. I'm talking about the big Corellian ships...

The lettering keeps getting bigger, too. By tomorrow afternoon, it won't just be "300", it'll be 300!!!

Can we split the difference and just say most motorcycle accidents are caused by idiots, either on the bike or off?