NFIB: Small Businesses Still Not Hiring
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CalculatedRisk on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 4:18pm (285 comments)
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Where's my bank failure?
ya Wanker!
...
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Nemo wrote:
A watched pot never boils...
Josap,
One thing I realized was that the businesses with money to give to nonprofits for brand exposure are also the businesses with money to hire me to expose their brand.
Nemo wrote:
Don't you work for a bank?
I would love to hire someone.
Need more clients.
I got yer bank failure right here friendo.
Ahhh ... two weeks in a row with no failures? Inconceivable.
best to all
Hoopajoops LTD wrote:
I'm going to think about how i can apply that to my business.
Yes weak is the operative word that the elites, the MSM, the Obama admin, Congress are trying to disguise with bullshit stats and spin.
weak economy
weak jobs
weak RRE
weak CRE
weak leaders
etc
CalculatedRisk wrote:
It really is unexpected.
Coal again?
HCN Christmas just ain't what it used to be.
I haven't found the link, but a recent article (from one of the links on the right side of CR's blog) mentioned that while small businesses create more new jobs than larger businesses, they also have a higher failure rate. Hence, it is a wash.
They have checkpoints on a regular basis down here in PC. They call them "safety checks"...I call them cash cows.
CalculatedRisk wrote:
Perhaps the FDIC is short on funds after all?
MiTurn wrote:
All I see are empty retail spaces. Small business going out of business and no new ones going in the spaces.
I'm thinking of semiotics here, call it an
odd almost subversive flavor
cause I'm building that database of
3-4 second clips that someday
when KCoop joins us in the 21st century
rather than type I'll just upload the quote...
many of you should reconsider your own
approach. I swear, some of you have been
writing the same thing over and over again
in what seems like years... just a thought.
MiTurn wrote:
Think about it, and you'll realize that's not true....
Cinco-X wrote:
Or a lack of good pizza joints. How can you shut down a bank if you can't get decent pizza for the crew?
Of course business isn't hiring. Obama created, er uh saved jobs.
Cinco, missed you today.
Hoop, I have a nonprofit that benifits Children inside our local school system who are abused by the system because of non parent involvement in their lives. Ten years ago I found teeth had to go with a loud voice inorder to prove no matter who you are don't abuse children in the name of education. I earwig local government in a very low key way but get things done immediately.
Any of you ever own a small retail storefront business?
That sign in front of your establishment that says open from 9 to 6, is like a prison sentence, if you aren't making any do re mi.
Small businesses are not only not hiring, but i'd guess most of em' are trying to figure out how to exit, stage left.
Comrade Kristina wrote:
I've gotten so that I shave and put on decent clothes just to go to the super or the hardware store out fear of what the safety forces might do to my naturally scruffy self. "You have the freedom to stay out of our clutches... if you can. Ha. Ha. Ha."
MaryAnn wrote:
Took my daughter to see Yale; BTW, the hurricane has so far been a
in my area.
On Topic: I'd hire, but salary expectations are still not where they need to be.
Before internet insanity hit: Newly minted EECS PhDs from top schools would make $55K. $60K if you were a badass (and then they'd shortchange you on the raises.)
Now the expectations are too high.
So we can get a KBF in the sandbox, but no BFF's here?
Juvenal Delinquent wrote:
It's like a prison sentence sometimes even if you're making do re mi.
Duke of Con Dao wrote:
In the meantime your tiles should be a wonder to behold.
This is the indicator we have all been waiting for! 2 weeks without a bank failure! The so-called crisis is over, forget about double dips. If I had any money at all I would put it in the most leveraged investment 'vehicle' I could find.
BTW, what was that thread that had how to apply for food stamps? I only have a few minutes before they kick me out of the library! Please hurry!
All ur banks r belonging to we.
Failure is nit an option.
That's a good thing Cinco. The NHC did a great job with Earl. It was a very tricky forecast and they nailed it. It is better to be safe than sorry, especially with such a small margin of error to work with like there was with Earl. Kudos to all the agencies involved.
Juvenal Delinquent wrote:
No. Small wholesale manufacturing business. A Mom-and-Pop shop. I got downsized back in the '90s.
2, 4, 6, 8
How much revenue
Can we create?
Go team!
Juvenal Delinquent wrote:
But they can't exit without a job to go to. No UE when you close the doors.
Then you have to get out of the lease, or wait until it ends.
And let employees know they have to look for a new job.
And have a sale, and box up the remaining stuff, and store it someplace.
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10 megabyte hard drives, $2495.00, deflation's a bitch.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
for the next five minutes we have a Viscount on Duke of Con Dao dolls.
They even advertise them on the radio JD. I heard one this morning that they would be having medical personnel at the checkpoints for drivers that refuse to blow. THey will pull blood on the spot. Nice, eh?
Cinco-X wrote:
How could a hurricane with a nice name like Earl ever hurt anybody?
Now if it was named Jezebel, it might have done some harm...
JBR wrote:
Well, I guess that the number of problem banks is sufficiently close to zero now.
Well, a few died. They had several drownings with the rip currents. They found a body this morning I believe.
Does this mean the banks are well capitalized?
Sometimes when I look at the list of names I'll get a bad feeling about one name...the last one I had a bad feeling about was Katrina. Maybe because she was so close to my own name. This year, Igor jumped out at me.
Why are they not closing any? Even a couple small ones? There is a reason. Funds should be sufficient. Staffing should be more than adequate. That leaves political but why?
Yeah, but when you start counting the Darwinistas, it always skews the numbers.
"After all, the chief business of the American people is business." - Calvin Coolidge 1923
After all, The chief business of the American people is Government handouts. - Barack Obama 2010
Is
farming destined to lead us out of this depression?
alkaloids wrote:
The First Descent of Linville Falls Gallery - Pat Keller | Canoe & Kayak Magazine
True that. We have 'em drowning here on a regular basis even when there is no nearby storm we still get rip currents and they still ignore the double red flags and the plane flying over with the giant banner that says "STAY OUT OF THE GULF"....
alkaloids wrote:
well capsized?
I think its more of an inverted capital structure, if the structure were fully capitalized, kABUL bANK would not have reached out while tHE aNNOINTED fULD revisionist history painted the faces of the blogosphere green.
kidbuck wrote:
Rabbits are much eaiser to farm.
If a big chunk of flaming meteor was headed to earth and scientists could pinpoint the impact place 50,000 people would die. Why? They would all be standing on the X looking for it. There would probably even be fights, pushing and shoving to get closer to the big X
josap wrote:
Everything you've stated is correct business thinking in normal times, but these are anything but, and people want out, sorry about my employees not having jobs anymore, but i'm happy about me not losing money hand over fist, seems to be the prevailing theme...
Yee haw....hope and change is alive baby....the US economy to the moon !
LAKE CHARLES, La. — The only new start-up bank to open in the United States this year operates out of a secondhand double-wide trailer, on a bare lot in front of the cavernous Trinity Baptist Church.
A blue awning covers the makeshift drive-through window.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/29/us/bank/bank-articleLarge.jpg
One New Bank in 2010, but at Least It’s a Double-Wide - NY Times
I'm going long
Grow what you want, all year round
greenhouseMEGAstore.com
So how is that proposition going in Kali?
josap wrote:
Squirrels can eat acorns (generally a waste) but I think that pigs will as well. I can't wait to get a pair of piglets...
nova wrote:
Not even one part per million
All seriousness aside, I think the lack of BFs is due to the end of summer and a 3 day weekend coming. Watch out NEXT week, though.
nova wrote:
........you forgot one: What's the point if you know the end result with or without the closures?
Anonymous Bosch wrote:
Imagine if he posted photo's of himself and every famous person he's mentioned as tiles? Conservatively that would be at least 1000 tiles at $25/week. kcoop could give the proceeds to slumdog to use the inherent leverage in futures to buy
Based on slumdogs 400% estimated rate of return kcoop should be able to buy all the REO housing in the US and save the economy. I hope Krugman is reading this 'cause I'm sure he knows the duke and can convince him to do the right thing.
Rabbits would actually be the way to go. They don't eat much, are low maintenance and breed...like rabbits.
...pets or meat...
Squirrels around here have a refined diet. #1 on their preferred list is the seeds inside pine cones. They jump from pine tree to pine tree until they find a suitable cone, then sit up there chewing on it like an ear of corn. later I see a pile of pine petals and a chewed core lying at the base of the tree. Acorns are consumed when pines cones are not available.
Juvenal Delinquent wrote:
Once you get close to losing money, you need to get out. Staying in until you are broke and or in debt is dumb.
On Topic: I'd hire, but salary expectations are still not where they need to be.
That's because the debt levels are still where they used to be
Comrade Kristina wrote:
And... you can get huge boxes of greens trimmed off of produce at the supermarket for free. The bunnies love it.
We used to put a little rabbit poo in the trench before planting shelling peas.
Best tasting peas, eva!
Cinco-X wrote:
Build a strong pen, they do get big and they do want out.
The old farmer next door used to raise rabbits. He sold them to pet shops. The rabbit droppings (under the row of cages) is where he raised fishing worms. A very simple and integrated operation.
Anonymous Bosch wrote:
.....the pig farm and the food banks have THAT source already locked up here......
Mike in Long Island wrote:
LOL OMG thqt is the funniest thing I have read here. My hubby thinks I have lost it.
MiTurn wrote:
You have to be careful about those statistics. I read somewhere recently that the FedGov counts anyone who files a Schedule C as a small business. That could be Sally Housewife selling a couple of stuffed bears or some cosmetics to her friends.
Comrade Kristina wrote:
good meat, you can tan the hide too.
I never eight know tamale that was maid from kitteh that I knew was cat-gut, never through no punch at know tennis match on the lawn neither.
tore-tour the werdz....
Kudos to Mike in Long Island!!!
I had them as pets but I was referring to the doomsday times and eating them. I don't know if I could do it as I like bunnies an awful lot but I guess if I was hungry enough...We used to save their droppings in five gallon buckets. We'd put half rabbit droppings and half water in the buckets and let them sit for a few days then spread them on the garden. Some of the best fertilizer in the world.
Black Star Ranch wrote:
Might have known. I was referring to a long time ago in a galaxy far away. Maine was like that.
Great fertilizer as well. We used to get our night crawlers from the horse manure pile we kept (back when I had horses as a kid).
josap wrote:
I'll be using an electrical fence with movable paddocks....
bANK fAILURE wrote:
You're in fine form tonight.
And not even tired from your trip to kABUL.
Impressive.
...pets or meat...
New band name
Pets of meat
bANK fAILURE wrote:
I had a couple of those once. Add in the price for the controller cards to run them and you were looking at $5K for a 10MB drive.
Black Star Ranch wrote:
The garbage (not refuse) from restaurants is usually sewn up as well...
Jim Goodman: The Value of Labor
The union movement was right, the attempts of farmers to organize for fair prices was right, strikes, walk-outs and wage protests are right. Labor, manual labor, has value, indeed it is the basis of society. Bankers and CEO's have come by their posh offices, limousines and multi-million dollar salaries on the backs of workers; the laid off union worker, bankrupt farmers and slave laborers around the world.
Unless American workers can figure out how to live on a few dollars a day, the outsourced jobs will not return. Unless we all insist upon, and are willing to pay, a living wage for manual labor, the loss of the middle class, of living wage blue collar jobs will continue. Either we accept the economic system those of privilege have given us, or we reject it and insist that all workers have value and pay them a living wage.
So, to Wall Street, from those of us who work with our hands, who grow your food, who clean your offices, who trim your lawns, who teach your children, who repair your streets and care for you when you are sick, Happy Labor Day!
Some might also wish that you choke on your fat bonuses, but no, we are not quite so devoid of compassion as you. The labor movement, the farmers, the peasants, the slave laborers in your factories still have dignity and know the value of real work, perhaps, something you will never know or understand.
Jim Goodman is a dairy farmer from Wonewoc WI and an IATP Food and Society Fellow.
Cinco-X wrote:
Use a strong current. 800 lbs of full grown hog will go right through most things.
josap wrote:
I've thought about angora rabbits too.
I'm looking into Alpacas myself. They are like big huggable bunnies
You have to be careful about those statistics.
Here is the link
Who Creates Jobs? Small vs. Large vs. Young
"There's been a long, sometimes heated, debate on the role of firm size in employment growth. Despite skepticism in the academic community, the notion that growth is negatively related to firm size remains appealing to policymakers and small business advocates. The widespread and repeated claim from this community is that most new jobs are created by small businesses. Using data from the Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics and Longitudinal Business Database, we explore the many issues regarding the role of firm size and growth that have been at the core of this ongoing debate (such as the role of regression to the mean). We find that the relationship between firm size and employment growth is sensitive to these issues. However, our main finding is that once we control for firm age there is no systematic relationship between firm size and growth. Our findings highlight the important role of business startups and young businesses in U.S. job creation. Business startups contribute substantially to both gross and net job creation. "
Time for a new slogan? Maid in America.
Cinco-X wrote:
Not too good for food, you need to brush them to get the fur. Lots of work for little return.
bANK fAILURE wrote:
The admissions lady at Yale was speaking about the required essays for admission, and mentioned that students should have someone else proof read them, and gave an example. One of the reviewers was reading an essay about a candidate who liked to torture smaller students after school. After further reading, the reviewer realized that the candidate ACTUALLY meant that she liked to tutor younger students...
man, if the big businesses are waiting for the small businesses to hire, we are truly
josap wrote:
I plan to have them slaughtered in the Fall, so it shouldn't run over about 350 or so...
Krugman knows the duke, methinks not.
...
Elvis once said 'the image is one thing the man's another.'
for instance, my image on this California inflected chat board is
so far the man...
I'd be hard pressed to remember the last time I 'name dropped' so to speak.
aleister perdurabo wrote:
......yep.......WE won't work for chump change, other countries people will. We'll make the turn at the corner when the freebies abruptly stop. Even the figurative trophy wives will be reduced to doing whatever is required for the available $2 paid.
Yeah, but does Roubini know the Duke?
nova wrote:
That's cool, but they're expensive to get into unless you find someone else going out of business and/or retiring...
paddocks....
are you refering to the Wal-mart customer?
Anonymous Bosch wrote:
Slogan for the month: Join the American Revolution.
josap wrote:
LOL.....and then he's a PO'ed 800# of pig.
josap wrote:
Thanks for the tip. I was worried that might be the case...
If I had an 800 pound pig I'd name him Rush.
MrM wrote:
The important thing is the jobs while they exist. Just because they go away doesn't take away from the value they had while they existed....
Cinco<
You still have the Muscovys?
I'd be hard pressed to remember the last time I 'name dropped
i imagined it more as a hard on
Is Krugman the Duke?
I wouldn't go out of my way two blocks to see Roubini.
he's a bit of a fraud, you see.
HomeGnome wrote:
I still have 2 females, but their laying has become a disappointment....
Cinco
They are tick eaters supposedly. Notice any difference?
nova wrote:
I haven't seen any ticks this year, but I have seen an awful lot of duck crap...
Juvenal Delinquent wrote:
Move the inventory to the garage at home and sell it off on eBay while you are living out your free rent before the foreclosure... if anyone sues you go ahead and start your bk proceedings... Keep the eBay proceeds in a shoebox, and hope that the storm clouds clear up... Now THAT is Hope and Change!!!
Now even if some hired a bunch small business hiring could be hurting, since the successful small businesses become large businesses.
Comrade Elmer Fudd wrote:
Later, Bosch.
Hmmmm....not sure about the trade off there.
MrM wrote:
Yeah, one well-funded start-up could be 30 to 50 jobs for a couple of years. Most of them stay under 50 as long as they can in order to avoid the extra government rules and costs that kick in over 50 employees. if the business is actually successful, it might make sense to keep growing. If the startup fails, the jobs vaporize. But that scenario seems to be the most efficient engine for creating new jobs. And it doesn't require government funding. But it does require a fairly stable, growing economy, and fairly predictable monetary and political policy.
Comrade Kristina wrote:
Could have been worse, could have been Algore....
MiTurn wrote:
Not really. When small businesses fail, they stop reporting any jobs at all. So, they are replaced in the survey sample by small businesses that survive. Millions of small businesses could fail, but small business employment would remain high, according to the survey.
You've got to start thinking more like Ben and Timmy.
nova wrote:
My wife is not happy about the crap, especially with the hot weather.
For you, MSFT lovers (and MSFT bashers)
YouTube - Microsoft Designs the IPOD package
Plus, contract workers aren't hired anyway.
Im still waiting on quality guidance for the Healthcare tax credit regarding small business on calendar filers, I did enjoy the Economist's View: Will a Payroll Tax Cut Stimulate the Economy?
I do suspect that this is the last year for any late inventory writedowns, that should be expected. I slumdogged myself on jobs.
Cinco-X wrote:
Port-o-potties in the summer heat are awful. I'm with her on that.
Black Star Ranch wrote:
yep.
Comrade Elmer Fudd wrote:
BTW, for you pool players, we're having a cancer fund raiser tomorrow. Mike Massey has decided to stop by tonight and tomorrow for a "trick-shooting" demo and to play some pool matches for charity. It's seems to be bringing into town every damned hotshot gunslinger with a pool cue. It's a two-day event for us (not including the unofficial PARTY tonight). Almost makes me wanna pull out the stick again. NOT. LOL.
Record corn shipment departs Grays Harbor port for Saudi Arabia - The Business Blog - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
Elvis quoted:
A large percentage of small businesses are in real estate related fields and that will keep hiring down
is that like Big Dog's moral failings that led to impeachment?
MrM
the MSFT spoof wasn't too bad. had its moments but I don't think the 'human ear' play
holds up over 2.5 minutes. by the end its stale.
Cosmic accelerators discovered in our galaxy by UCLA physicists, Japanese colleague / UCLA Newsroom
by the end its stale.
Since I am not the one who designed this clip, I will make sure they hear your comments.
Haha Duke, say it ain't so?
km4 wrote:
I named my first dog, Corndog. But somebody ate him. So now I name my dogs Spam. Nobody ever eats Spam.
V777 wrote:
dude, like i'm not down with Japanese accelerators, dude.
OT vanity post, I recently began using progressive lenses for reading and work, and I can now say when I dream, I actually perceive the glasses frames.
bANK fAILURE wrote:
People need to stop dreaming and accept reality.
Romer is on the PBS Newshour and chalks up everything that happened financially to it "being in uncharted territory".
Elvis wrote:
"Good boy, Scrapple. Good boy"
Romer is on the PBS Newshour and chalks up everything that happened financially to it "being in uncharted territory".
Wasn't it her job to be Pathfinder?
Elvis wrote:
Said the poster using the Elvis handle.
Roses so big, one got drafted in the second round.
she's so ugly, she had to wear make-up on the radio.
que up all by myself.+3
Juvenal Delinquent wrote:
You are if you intend to be or not.
SPOOL wrote:
That is a good name as well, but my friend gives Scrapple away for Christmas. I'd lose my dog.
bANK fAILURE wrote:
There were some pretty good quotes in an article on the Kabul Bank crisis in today's NY Times.
“We are taking no steps to bail out Kabul Bank,” said a White House spokesman, Tommy Vietor. “We support the Afghan Central Bank’s efforts to uphold international standards on transparency and its decisive action in response to reports of fraud at the Kabul Bank.”
“People don’t need to be worried,” Mr. Karzai said. “We’ve got enough cash to support the bank.
“Even if the whole financial system in Afghanistan collapses, we have enough money to support it,” he said.
“Nobody could have predicted the crisis,” Mr. Frozi said.
“This is nothing but a panic,” Mr. Karzai said. “People are under the impression that the bank is failing, and it’s not.”
She's so pathetic, a cherubic rubric that smiles a lot, but says nothing.
won day yore the king, the next you're pushing up Roses.
MrM wrote:
John Freemont was the Pathfinder.
Serfs up!
Where's surferdude?
hey man, dont be bringing me down with Krugmans mouth pithyist, and you can take yer Prince-ton education withcha.
It's going to be a Discount Christmas. The retailers will start with the piffling promotions early, but they won't tempt shoppers. They will try to order lean so they don't have a lot of stuff they have to move, but hope will prevail over caution. They'll bring out the real discounts late in the season, and they will open up some wallets.
They'll celebrate same store sales being 4-5% above last year.
And then they'll visit their bankruptcy lawyer.
Rajesh wrote:
He'll busy too busy at the strip joints blowing all the money he made the last couple of years.
the Duke wrote:
I swear, some of you have been
writing the same thing over and over again
in what seems like years... just a thought.
do the silicon gooves get paths carved by electronic sheep?
Can we now, take a double dip
off the table or is it still to early?
Comrade Elmer Fudd wrote:
Jas Jain tried to make love to his electronic sheep. He had to go to the emergency room immediately after. Now he can't make love to any sheep at all.
bobby dawg, essinpee tight rangebound till election season is over and the +/- is sweet music. brohiem.
Bad Dawg Bobby wrote:
The economy is frozen. However, it is just an amorphous lump in a bowl.
The DD has "Ben" inevitable since we decided in Sept 08 to extend and pretend.
Tackle corruption before bailing out Kabul Bank | Shadow Government
Like so many other institutions in Afghanistan, Kabul Bank is both politically well connected and the subject of rumors about corruption. Moreover, the news that Khalilullah Frozi, one the two largest Kabul Bank shareholders, was recently ousted as CEO because of purported corruption by the bank's leadership, does not help matters at all. That one of President Karzai's brothers, Mahmoud Karzai, is the bank's third largest shareholder -- and that the bank manages the government's payroll -- provides particular ammunition for Karzai's enemies. Finally, because a bank run is not a rational affair -- depositors panic when they read of other depositors withdrawing funds creating the human equivalent of a cattle stampede -- it matters little whether the rumors of corruption are true or not.
The United States has rushed a small number of experts to Kabul to provide technical assistance to the bank and reassure depositors. Mahmoud Karzai wants more than just technical assistance, however. He is calling for American financial assistance to cover all depositors. Since the bank has assets of only about $1.3 billion, it is not a large sum relative to what the United States pours into Afghanistan on a monthly basis. The money is not really the issue, however.
Rajesh wrote:
I remember back in the mid-1990s, I had a client who sold computer software on line.
He used to do a nice little business, had maybe 10 or 15 employees.
Then the venture-funded on line retailers appeared, using VC money to sell product below cost.
He closed up and BKed in September or October, didn't even run through the Christmas season that year.
No point, he was losing money on every sale.
aleister perdurabo wrote:
Maybe Shelia will come back with a tan, man.
Elvis wrote:
Natty Bumppo?
Bad Dawg Bobby wrote:
I am still expecting positive GDP growth in 3rd Qtr and negative GDP growth in 4th Qtr. Too soon to make a prediction for the 1st Qtr of next year but I am not sure where the growth might come from.
Rob Dawg wrote:
The tragedy is that there are even worse things baked into the cake, some since then, and even more as a result of the steps taken since then...
Bad Dawg Bobby wrote:
Can we now, take a double dip off the table or is it still to early?
already ate mine, eat it before it melts!
:peace out:
I am now requesting the piece icon, or two peaces.either way I'm all good. in-eye-dubba-gee-aye
sm_landlord wrote:
Forrest Gump would have kept running.
I thought Le Tan Orange was in California?
White House considers pre-midterm package of business tax breaks to spur hiring
Maybe the BIG-GOV FDIC regulator union is on strike for better working conditions.
Contract talks include Papa Johns instead of Dominos.
bearly wrote:
Hard to decide which is the crappier pizza.
Yes of course...."uncharted territory" is an easy way out of accountability for #fail economic policy
shill wrote:
Sad, really. Taking a break from golf to pull together a mid-term election bargaining chip instead of doing his job all along. Playing politics with J6P's existence.
Pathetic. Obama is a disgrace.
Whatevs. I'm out. See you all for the weekend ruminations once the opinators get some more absurdities up.
C
With just two months until the November elections, the White House is seriously weighing a package of business tax breaks - potentially worth hundreds of billions of dollars - to spur hiring and combat Republican charges that Democratic tax policies hurt small businesses, according to people with knowledge of the deliberations.
wish i had enough money to have these people kiss my ass (donated money to Obama)
If you give people the business, will you qualify for the tax break?
bearly wrote:
I guess that means Team Red is playing too.
Yes absolutely correct however both parties are a pimp system for corporatocracy !
Counterpointer wrote:
I'll do my best, C.
My nationwide chain of organ grinders will likely take advantage of the tax breaks. More monkeys on the gov't's tab. What a country!
I have to admit I tended to lean toward mps thinking but the market has taken me a little by surprize. The power of the fed and it's desire to stick it's nose into areas inappropriately, has caught me off guard.
Dawg, if they extend and pretend long enough the economy just might recover, but I know there are alot of variables in this uncharted world finance ocean.
Not all small bz are suffering. The small mom & pop shops in our neighborhood that have built a loyal following over the years are holding up well. We still need to wait for a table at our fav restaurants and downtown parking is still a pain. Even our fav neighborhood mom and pop beauty shop is doing well. They had at least 10 customers in the 2 hours I was there and today's supposed to be a slow day. They are shorthanded and have been looking for an assistant for a while. Neighborhood donut shop had a 'help wanted' sign up for months and the position (kitchen help) was finally filled. They too were having trouble hiring. Both claimed the recession haven't affected their business and that the people who interviewed for the jobs were picky.
Though I have also seen empty restaurant & shops too, but those were the ones that didn't do well even when times were good.
Elvis wrote:
McDonald’s Flunks Burger Taste Ratings - CBS News
snip/
“In this case, the bigger-name burger wasn’t better,” said Tod Marks, Senior Project Editor for Consumer Reports. “The Five Guys patty was more flavorful, juicy and meat tasting.”
we will sell each other donuts and beauty products
HomeGnome wrote:
I ate there once and thought the burgers weren't good. And the fries were awful. Consumer Reports should stop taking bribes.
km4 wrote:
I agree. The problem is the Dems don't know how to play corporatocracy well enough to give J6P at least enough of a sliver to get by. They attack the job supply engine and worship the lawyers and bankers. Not many J6Ps sharing in that game.
...don't be cruller
NY's Lake George Invaded by Asian Clams - CBS News
bearly wrote:
All the lawyers I know drink a six pack between dinner and billing more.
HomeGnome wrote:
Are they bearded?
Yes agree which is reason why GOP will likely take control of House in Nov and we get gridlock which means next 2 yrs will be greater hell for J6P. Then by 2012 with a
is full swing Merica should take mantle for biggest banana republic ever 
Juvenal Delinquent wrote:
Or a boston cream. That's not cream. Spit it out.
Gnome, I once found a healthy colony of small clams in a toilet tank. The nicest thing I ever found in a toilet during my time managing property.
Elvis wrote:
Agreed, 5G doesn't really match up to the press hype, and yep the fries are greasy mushsticks. Still, they get extra credit for cooking everything pretty much out in the open and they had fresh jalapenos for toppings. Haven't had a McD burger in > 15 years. I pretty much gave up on eating burgers that I don't prepare myself awhile ago, with the notable exception of whenever I am in the vicinity of In-n-Out.
Juvenal Delinquent wrote:
Elvis wrote:
I see you've eaten @ a LA doughnut shoppe run by 4 generations of Cambodians...
km4 wrote:
Good thing I drink moonshine. I won't be affected. By the way, I caught my banjo making love to my male cousin. What should I do?
Elvis wrote:
Say what the pluck?
Elvis wrote:
A tuba for alongside the head, might be what your cousin needs?
Juvenal Delinquent wrote:
I thought Dirk Digler owned it, but you might be right.
Julie Hilden: Litigation-Free Zones?
Finally, the limited universe of a Facebook "friend" group also raises another question: Should Facebook institute a response rule -- under which users agree to waive their right to sue other users for Facebook defamation, in exchange for the right to respond to any statement that they think is defamatory by contacting the very same set of "friends" who originally saw the allegedly defamatory statement?
Juvenal Delinquent wrote:
I think that cousin needs to be stuck in a blender so his DNA recombines. Incest produces lemons from time to time.
UPDATE 1-Heavy in dollars, China warns of depreciation
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Today's employment report?
Get DVD of Deliverance and watch repeatedly but don't Squeal Like A Pig
Juvenal Delinquent,
I just finished reading 'Class' by Fussell. Thanks for the recommendation. It was an interesting read. I've never paid much attention to class distinctions before, probably because I'm a prole, so I found the book entertaining.
Yaa, channeling Sebastian aroud here is not gonna go over well with this crowd, especially on BFF. It's a dangerous roving mob here ready to pounce.
...theme muzak...
Oh Sheila!
mp wrote:
Services ISM is still above 50, for now.
km4 wrote:
If his mother had squealed like a pig, he never would have been born and this mess would never have happened.
BNB,
It's probably a little dated being almost 30 years old, but you'll never look at us the same way again, will you?
The problem with hiring so many monkeys is the lawsuits from the banana peel injuries.
I think it is time I procreate to save the planet. Although, I hate the earth. That is why I don't eat organic food.
The double dip is still very much on the table.
Don't be diverted by the S&P. That's a different story altogether.
PostPartisan
- Let Rahm off the hook on that UAW expletive
Incidentally, Emanuel is well-known as a source to many columnists, and, yes, I'm one of them. But I don’t write this out of any desire to cultivate him as a source. I am quite confident I'll keep hearing from him, if only when he wants to throw his favorite expletive at me when I’ve written something he doesn't like. It's happened.
Raymond Chandler, the great American mystery writer, offered the world a collection of short stories called Trouble Is My Business. That could well be the title of some future biography of Rahm Emanuel. I'm sure he will get into trouble again for his mouth, and he may well deserve the grief he gets when it happens. But I don’t think he deserves the hit this time.
The Five Guys patty was more flavorful, juicy and meat tasting.
I've been two Five Guys twice, and will probably not return. First, the give out way too much french fries. Second, the burgers are so messy, you need a fork to eat them. And i find it humorous that they put a peanut allergy warning at the cash register, having already walked past 50 50-lb bags of peanuts.
No, I won't. For fun, I find myself looking around now trying to guess one's status. The book may be dated but a lot of it is still spot on.
I located that great quote from the movie "24 Hour Party People"
delivered by Steve Coogan
on the subject of Jazz:
YouTube - 24 Hour Party People Jazz is the last refuge
...
enjoy
EDIT
it last 6 seconds...
I was under the impression that "50% more cost" and "organic" were the same thing?
elvis wrote:
I caught my banjo making love to my male cousin. What should I do?
was it a male banjo or a female?
Juvenal Delinquent wrote:
Only at Costco. Everywhere else it is "200% more cost."
Comrade Elmer Fudd wrote:
All I know is it was sticky.
very early morning flight... time for a night cap at Lucky Dog in skinny pants plagued Williamsburg...
I read it when it came out, as a young adult, and it was my baedeker to status in America, taught me a lot.
Duke,
I figure you might be the likeliest to know. I slightly recall an independent film made within the last 3-5 years on the wealthiest top 1%. I think it was made by someone within one of these wealthy families. Any clue? I tried to google it but came up with nothing.
Duke of Con Dao wrote:
Say hello to Tom Cruise for us.
Have a great evening.
mp, "The double dip is still very much on the table."
I'm not as sure as I was, there is something going on out there....!
Comrade Elmer Fudd wrote:
YouTube - old joe clark on the banjo
Born Rich (2003)
Duke of Con Dao wrote:
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Broke Not Broken wrote:
Dude. Why did't you ask me? It was a Johnson and Johnson heir. Born Rich.
Edit: Was interrupted by a phone call and that weasily Basel Too beat me to it.
Yes! Thank you! I kept thinking it was one of the Du Pont members but I couldn't find anything.
Comrade Kristina wrote:
oh well, as long as the dutchess fergie knows Duke !
The best thing about being born rich is the silver knowledge.
YouTube - Caprices No's 4 & 5 - Mark O'Connor in Recital at CIM
Broke Not Broken
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a documentary, eh?
haven't a clue, really. but I don't really follow documentaries
too close. never seen Bowling for Columbine, Sicko or even An Inconvenient Truth.
years ago anthropologist GF would drag me to Margaret Mead film fest where her
own doc Black Water was shown...
know too much about the process and how even good intentions get subverted.
remember how makers of Brothers Keeper got really entangled in one of their
productions.
in a phrase - I don't trust documentaries.
I like movies cause they're fictional...
Thanks for the warning. Yeah I know, been lurking here for a while. Still remember Tanta.
Not claiming all is rosy, just saying not all is gloom either.
The best thing about being born poor is...ah...mmm...nevermind.
Looking good dukester.
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If you are going to be born, I suggest you request a Gates.
Elvis wrote:
The best thing about being born rich is the silver knowledge.
endlessly intimidating
having a low baseline to beat?
Duke of Con Dao wrote:
I used to be the leading primate trader in the world. I went to all those Margaret Mead film festivals. Margaret would always slip her hand down my pants. I can't believe you were there. Wait a minute. Were you that guy everyone made fun of behind your back?
Well I just came inside from working in the front yard to find a field mouse had mosied inside, and was sitting on our kitchen counter happily munching on a fresh white peach!!
Gnome...
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I wouldn't be laughing too hard if I were you cause that kid in the dress (a costume party)
usually arrives with some major talent on his arm... perhaps next life Home
good taste
poic wrote:
That's dirty.
poic wrote:
That is cute.
Now how do you get rid of him?
Broke not broken,
I think you're talking about this documentary
Born Rich (2003)
I love meases to pieces.
His name is A.J. Prufrock and he likes Allman Bros music.
Duke of Con Dao wrote:
Parrots are funny and talented. If you train them rights and teach them to speak like GWB.
I used to feed our field mice horse grain. It was like a bargaining chip...They ate the horse grain I provided and they stayed out in the barn.
Fool me once... YouTube - The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Comrade Kristina wrote:
Did they know the rats from NIMH?
Josap,
I have no idea. We are in the middle of tearing down the kitchen and bathroom so he has access behind the walls right now.
He might be the same guy I shooed out last week who hung around by the front door after I kicked him out of the house and tried to get back in next time I opened the door.
Elvis wrote:
NIMH? Secret of
Huh? I'm not sure what you mean Elvis...although that's nothing new.
sdtfs wrote:
Yes. I had not in my backyard stuck in my brain. Those rats and mice were smart. At least smarter than GWB.
poic wrote:
Well, you are putting out good food for him. And he knows you won't really hurt him.
You have a pet mouse.
Comrade Kristina wrote:
If you understood my allusions you'd be Dennis Miller. And he's a little off now.
Dad decided to reconcile with his diabetic/alcoholic Dad in early '79 so we moved to Buffalo so Dad could work for Grampa's roofing company (times were tough). We managed to rent a farm with 20 acres in Akron, NY outside of the city. We had a little mouse that would come to the dining room for breakfast every morning. I'd feed him some of my eggs and toast...That was also about two months of the Great Blizzard. Fifty foot drifts were everywhere and didn't melt until May...at the end.
josap wrote:
The mathematically correct way is to: paint stripes on his back; call him a chipmunk; and then solve the problem with the known solution; call Mrs. mp.
I just didn't get your acronym Elvis. I get your humor and I used to like DM until he became a political hack...
They are good pets, rats are too. I like rats.
Gotta go shoe the car and ride out to chase away the interlopers. May your night be black like my heart. Later.
Cr writes a crappy headline!
Only 50k jobs were lost, which is the new hiring! Mish said it best:
"One year ago the official unemployment rate was 9.7%. Today it is 9.6%.
One year ago U-6 unemployment was 16.8%. Today U-6 is 16.7%
For all the trillions of dollars in stimulus and additional trillions of dollars in bank bailouts and trillions of dollars of expansion of the Fed's balance sheet, this is all we have to show for it."
Lowers the BOOM! How's that Keynesian spending working for ya?
Kiss it........
Comrade Kristina wrote:
I have had several rats for pets. Not in cages.
Comrade Kristina wrote:
Life spans are too short to be really great pets.
They're very smart and loving. Humans disregard many creatures instead of understanding and accepting them for what they are. Rarely is their value recognized. Humans treat humans the same way.
True, but they can bring joy in their short visit here if allowed to.
Gosh, no banks?
That was unexpected.
lawyerliz wrote:
Ran out of money.
lawyerliz wrote:
Can't ruin a good three day weekend, just to clean up the banking system. Gotta have your priorities straight.
I read somewhere reliable that rats continuously dribble urine. Don't know about mice.
They can roam around outside all they want, except I'd prefer they didn't drown themselves in the pool.
Anybody want to say anything good about pantry moths? No? They are baaa-aaack.
YouTube - J. Geils Band ~ Give it to me
nova wrote:
Its the proverbial Ostrich farm pyramid scheme, if you treat as a biz - as a fun thing - bearing in mind it COSTs you money yeah - enjoy it.
nova wrote:
obama knows that the repubs interests are advanced by increasing unemployment
and bi partisanship died before it was born
so he stepping on the gas anyway he can
Comrade Kristina wrote:
Mice make great snake food.