lama (profile) wrote on Mon, 6/15/2009 - 9:09 pm
I have really good health insurance. Between my boss and me, the cost is about $18,000/yr without a governmental oversight bureaucracy.
Does $18k x 300 million = $200 billion?
I don't think so.
If about 80% of Americans already have health insurance, and only 20% do not, what is $200B divided by 60 million people?
Less cheap Chinese crap coming to our shores. Toys that are so poorly made that they break within half an hour of use aren't worth buying at any price.
We give the Chinese fake money, China ships us fake merchandises. I wonder if ultimately, it's the oil-producing middle east that is getting screwed. After all, when oil runs out/we switch to clean energy, they're still stuck in a desert.
I was driving over the bridge yesterday between Long Beach and San Pedro and noticed the parking lot for auto inventory was completely empty. I'm not sure if the rest of the pipeline has been stuffed with those cars but from the port area it looks as if imported car inventory has been reduced.
"But he did turn her electricity off. Punishment: 3 month's rent. I dunno. "
I know you need the business, but maybe that's a client you don't need. 3 month's penalty for late rent? There should be a penalty, but -- 3 months? He's got you to front for him so he doesn't have to take the emotional hit for doing what he pays you to do.
I was driving over the bridge yesterday between Long Beach and San Pedro and noticed the parking lot for auto inventory was completely empty. I'm not sure if the rest of the pipeline has been stuffed with those cars but from the port area it looks as if imported car inventory has been reduced.
We're returning all the cars. Thats why the export numbers are so high!
"Is that Airbus capable of perpetual flight? The airport might be closed. The Shah wound up in Egypt, but Sadat got shot. "
if they were clever, they would make the engine run on dollar bills. Then the aliens will discover the remains of our civilization and the airbus in flight.
Tenant just called me was late. Has an autistic kid.
Tried to offer the rent & was refused. I explained the landlord
is not a charity.
But he did turn her electricity off. Punishment: 3 month's rent. I dunno.
====
liz - i'm confused. she was late for rent payment, tried to offer the rent and the landlord refused it, then he turned her electricity off, then he demanded three months' rent as a late fee?
I haven't decided yet. The lady clearly wants to stay there forever at the landlord's expense.
Banks deserve all the foreclosure defense I throw at them. Landlords, not so much. She
doesn't seem to realize that that money he didn't accept could be used somewhere else.
That's what Florida law sez.
One of my landlords got mad & turned off the power for 4 hours and I was scared they'd
get that. But we showed how filthy the tenant kept it and that was that.
I think the reason is that in these cases, self-help can easily get violent.
from last thread: So it sounds like you would have to pay the minimum interest on the credit card for 3 months (after 90 days), then you'll be able to discharge the debt.
Just another pathetic example of how ridiculously easy it is for those "in the know" (and have the means) to game the BK code.
I think a gallon of gasoline.. or a few gallons of milk, might increase the cost of cleanup. Even better- a house fire from a stray candle.. you know with the loss of electricity and all.
//No, SHE wants 3 month's rent free, or a judgment for same.//
Any tenant with a brain and a credible bluff that he has the ability to afford moving can get 25% off rent in NYC. No lawyers needed, unless the landlord threatens violence.
mmckinl -
In Cali it's a big No No to cut off utilities for tenants ...
She could claim damages if she could show loss ...
Wait, If I don't pay my utilities, they get cut off. But if a tenant doest pay you can't shut it off?
Shaking my head, does anything make sense any more?
Yes there's arbitration in Fla. Miami Dade automatically sends you to a mediator before a
ll /tenant trial. Mediation is different of course. Evictions are actually rather cheap and easy
in Fla--usually. The landlords don't think so tho. Also the sheriffs are busy out of their
minds, so it is hard to get them out there. They stand around with hand on gun while the
landlord or his agents move the stuff to the sidewalk & changes the locks.
Really there's a big potential for violence here. I think this law is wise, unless
the court actually awards the money, instead of it staying a big threat.
The Landlord's here to visit
They're blasting disco down below
Says, "I'm doubling up the rent
Cos the building's condemned
You're gonna help me buy City Hall"
But we can, you know we can
Let's lynch the landlord man
I tell them 'turn on the water'
I tell 'em 'turn on the heat'
Tells me 'All you ever do is complain'
Then they search the place when I'm not here
But we can, you know we can
Let's lynch the landlord man
There's rats chewin' up the kitchen
Roaches up to my knees
Turn the oven on, it smells like Dachau, yeah
Til the rain pours thru the ceiling
But we can, you know we can
Let's lynch the landlord man
"from last thread: So it sounds like you would have to pay the minimum interest on the credit card for 3 months (after 90 days), then you'll be able to discharge the debt.
Just another pathetic example of how ridiculously easy it is for those "in the know" (and have the means) to game the BK code."
Can someone confirm this? somebody who's gone thru bankruptcy? or a lawyer?
I was thinking more along the Eddie Murphy Saturday Night Live stint.
Kill my landlord.
"He rented me a room I could not afford, Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord."
I can't remember it all, it was from way back when and no finding in Youtube.
I'm on the side of the landlords. You haven't lived til you've seen pictures of the damages that an
evil tenant can cause. Up to and including poking vengenance holes in the ceiling aht then
complaining to Section 8 that the roof is leaking. No kidding.
I want to write me a good rocking landlord song!!!
As I said before, I didn't even enjoy 'Rent because I had no sympathy for the idiot tenants
who seemed to think they could live there for free.
As as to the concrete, another of my landlords had that done to him. Down the toilets,
sinks and tubs. Cost him a f**kin' fortune to fix.
Miami is indeed weird, but the worst anybody did to anybody in an any of
my eviction cases was a few nasty words. As I said, it's usually relatively
cheap and easy and the judges are on the side of the landlord. A lot of
landlords do the evictions themselves.
@mmckinl
"60% get there due to health care costs, 50% of those HAD Health Care Insurance ..."
I hope you're right, but in this age of mortgage-walking, pension-shedding, conspicuous-consumming, over-leveraging, I would have my doubts. Most of the financial stories in the papers/online are about how people overspent on vacations/house/toys.
Yeah, Zack, my tenants were no better. Finally we rented
with an option to buy & they bought. House prices soared afterwars,
and I was kicking myself--could have made money leaving it empty.
Prolly back down to the price we sold it for.
No fish in the curtain rods tho; merely holes in the walls.
Nothing personal Liz, but the landlords pay your salary. Some "clever" attorney tell their small LL clients to show up in court pro se, without a suit...
Yeah, well we tried to screen them. They did have jobs when they rented; or worked in professions, but
lost the jobs, and the vet's dog chewed a hole in the wall, hidden behind a sofa which we did not more
to check.
Illness a prime cause of bankruptcy, whether you're insured or not
by Don Colburn, The Oregonian
Medical debt contributes to more than three in five bankruptcies nationwide, a Harvard study shows.
The role of medical debt in bankruptcy probably is even higher today, researchers said, because of the current deep recession. Their study is based on bankruptcies filed in 2007.
A majority of people bankrupted by medical illness have insurance when they become sick, own their homes and have college degrees, the study found.
A team from Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School and Ohio University studied a random sample of 2,314 people who filed bankruptcy in 2007. Their findings will appear in the American Journal of Medicine, which posted them online today.
Medical bills for bankrupt families who had insurance at the beginning of their illness averaged nearly $18,000. For the uninsured, the average owed was nearly $27,000. People with diabetes or neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis had the highest medical debt. "Unless you're Warren Buffett, your family is just one serious illness away from bankruptcy," Dr. David Himmelstein, a Harvard professor and the lead author of the study, said in a statement from Physicians for a National Health Program.
Indeed. I'm a victim of my education that enforced integrity, honesty, loyalty, compassion above all. I need to sue somebody for all the lost opportunities.
I read these posts about landlords and as a tenant I can say I had the best landlord ever in NYC. Gruff and grizzly, he was a fair man. Just pay the rent on time. I had a stretch of unemployment when money was tight and it took awhile to find another job. He'd see me waking my dog past his office during working hours. Still made the rent but it was tough.
When my renewal came up, he'd scratched out the mandated increase. I was working again, but he decided to give me some breathing room. I had never asked, and he never mentioned it. This is on the west side of Manhattan. All tenants and landlords are not at war with one another.
I didn't want to be mean to my tenants. None of these were long time tenants. And fried actually paid.
It's just that tho I'm sure there are excellent tenants out there, I didn't experience any.
Except the last guy who bought, and he thought of the place as "his"/
"Unless you're Warren Buffett, your family is just one serious illness away from bankruptcy," Dr. David Himmelstein, a Harvard professor and the lead author of the study, said in a statement from Physicians for a National Health Program."
The population of Iran is like the population of the US in the 1960's, mostly young angry and hungry for change --
The US OTOH is mostly middle aged -- averaging well over 30 and mostly interested in preserving what they have.
Also what would the US riot for? We don't agree on much of anything these days
Now the upcoming "mini boom" will be graduating high school in under 20 years. This is the largest generation (in raw numbers) in US history. Now it could go any which way, a large chunk of it is Hispanic and (all groups here) poorer than previous generations. This might lend some energy to things OTOH many were raised in "Jail-schools" by helicopter parents and may not be all that used to autonomy . Also these kids are from the computer generation and might simply be content with less "stuff" so long as they have broadband and food --\
we have seen some moves that way in Japan with the "herbivore" men and here withthe lack of interest in automobiles and such Black Swan mentioned
For the conspiracy minded, this isn't something the government wants -- such a population is easy to control, yes but if it becomes a widespread social issue, the nation will quickly get poorer and have a population decline to boot, neither of those is much fun for control freaks
blue/red shoots?
damn..
//blue/red shoots?//
From last thread:
lama (profile) wrote on Mon, 6/15/2009 - 9:09 pm
I have really good health insurance. Between my boss and me, the cost is about $18,000/yr without a governmental oversight bureaucracy.
Does $18k x 300 million = $200 billion?
I don't think so.
If about 80% of Americans already have health insurance, and only 20% do not, what is $200B divided by 60 million people?
Oh man, missed 3nd by 1!
Purple shoots.
With orange polka dots.
I checked on the mkt.
It was down.
I wonder if the citizens of the USA are as courageous as those in Iran.
We have watched the greatest white collar crime spree in history, and not one peep of signifcant protest from the masses.
I too am guilty. Anonymous blog commnets don't count as courage.
Less cheap Chinese crap coming to our shores. Toys that are so poorly made that they break within half an hour of use aren't worth buying at any price.
Really funny posts on the previous thread.
Lienient indeed!!!
Could we get the same chart for the last 5 years with the quarters included to give a better read on the seasonality?
there are other west coast ports, wonder if Portland and Seattle, SF and SD are similar
We give the Chinese fake money, China ships us fake merchandises. I wonder if ultimately, it's the oil-producing middle east that is getting screwed. After all, when oil runs out/we switch to clean energy, they're still stuck in a desert.
Then I read this: airbus for saudi
Airbus A380 gets unbelievable makeover for its Saudi owner | DVICE
And I think....maybe not.
does the Lakers' homecoming count as an import?
Tenant just called me was late. Has an autistic kid.
Tried to offer the rent & was refused. I explained the landlord
is not a charity.
But he did turn her electricity off. Punishment: 3 month's rent. I dunno.
How can a city about to go bk, pay for a parade?
I guess stuff like that is why they are going bk. One more bad choice.
I was driving over the bridge yesterday between Long Beach and San Pedro and noticed the parking lot for auto inventory was completely empty. I'm not sure if the rest of the pipeline has been stuffed with those cars but from the port area it looks as if imported car inventory has been reduced.
-Vert
Got to remember to save the last thousand dollars on my credit cards for a bankruptcy party right before I go insolvent. Just like LA.
Is that Airbus capable of perpetual flight? The airport might be closed. The Shah wound up in Egypt, but Sadat got shot.
@ Vert
Thanks for the eye- witness update.
Default early and often!
"But he did turn her electricity off. Punishment: 3 month's rent. I dunno. "
I know you need the business, but maybe that's a client you don't need. 3 month's penalty for late rent? There should be a penalty, but -- 3 months? He's got you to front for him so he doesn't have to take the emotional hit for doing what he pays you to do.
Vertical Drop -
Maybe they found a cheaper place to store them?
I was driving over the bridge yesterday between Long Beach and San Pedro and noticed the parking lot for auto inventory was completely empty. I'm not sure if the rest of the pipeline has been stuffed with those cars but from the port area it looks as if imported car inventory has been reduced.
We're returning all the cars. Thats why the export numbers are so high!
Is that a hot tub on the plane? Has it occured to nobody that:
maybe I need new glasses.
"Is that Airbus capable of perpetual flight? The airport might be closed. The Shah wound up in Egypt, but Sadat got shot. "
if they were clever, they would make the engine run on dollar bills. Then the aliens will discover the remains of our civilization and the airbus in flight.
Tenant just called me was late. Has an autistic kid.
Tried to offer the rent & was refused. I explained the landlord
is not a charity.
But he did turn her electricity off. Punishment: 3 month's rent. I dunno.
====
liz - i'm confused. she was late for rent payment, tried to offer the rent and the landlord refused it, then he turned her electricity off, then he demanded three months' rent as a late fee?
Vertical Drop
"I was driving over the bridge yesterday between Long Beach and San Pedro and noticed the parking lot for auto inventory was completely empty."
~~~~
Production in Japan and Germany is at virtual standstill ... both have aggregate exports down more than 40%.
3 month's rent penalty for late payment? Come on Liz, that can't be enforceable.
I'm sure all the gold bars on that airbus outweights the water. 'models' from all over the world? not so much.
I haven't decided yet. The lady clearly wants to stay there forever at the landlord's expense.
Banks deserve all the foreclosure defense I throw at them. Landlords, not so much. She
doesn't seem to realize that that money he didn't accept could be used somewhere else.
That's what Florida law sez.
One of my landlords got mad & turned off the power for 4 hours and I was scared they'd
get that. But we showed how filthy the tenant kept it and that was that.
I think the reason is that in these cases, self-help can easily get violent.
from last thread: So it sounds like you would have to pay the minimum interest on the credit card for 3 months (after 90 days), then you'll be able to discharge the debt.
Just another pathetic example of how ridiculously easy it is for those "in the know" (and have the means) to game the BK code.
Chart shows seasonal demand very clearly ...
A litle more of a spike for both imports and exports ...
then it's crash time again ...
No, SHE wants 3 month's rent free, or a judgment for same.
Late fee not even mentioned. I guess I expressed myself poorly.
Water still sloshes. Air is still turbulent. Water still shorts out
electricity. I'm no fun at all.
lawyerliz
In Cali it's a big No No to cut off utilities for tenants ...
She could claim damages if she could show loss ...
makes sense now, i was trying to figure if FLA had some law that allowed the landlord to cut the electricity.
I think a gallon of gasoline.. or a few gallons of milk, might increase the cost of cleanup. Even better- a house fire from a stray candle.. you know with the loss of electricity and all.
//No, SHE wants 3 month's rent free, or a judgment for same.//
Any tenant with a brain and a credible bluff that he has the ability to afford moving can get 25% off rent in NYC. No lawyers needed, unless the landlord threatens violence.
Don't have to show damages. 3 month's rent punishment, theoretically. against the landlord.
Also, water continues to be wet. Even for a rich sheik.
lawyerliz
Is there arbitration in Florida ?
Then there is cash for keys ...
mmckinl -
In Cali it's a big No No to cut off utilities for tenants ...
She could claim damages if she could show loss ...
Wait, If I don't pay my utilities, they get cut off. But if a tenant doest pay you can't shut it off?
Shaking my head, does anything make sense any more?
lawyerliz
What are the laws for cutting utilities if any ...
Some southern states allow most anything
if a tenant falls behind ...
Yes there's arbitration in Fla. Miami Dade automatically sends you to a mediator before a
ll /tenant trial. Mediation is different of course. Evictions are actually rather cheap and easy
in Fla--usually. The landlords don't think so tho. Also the sheriffs are busy out of their
minds, so it is hard to get them out there. They stand around with hand on gun while the
landlord or his agents move the stuff to the sidewalk & changes the locks.
If I don't pay my utilities, they get cut off. But if a tenant doest pay you can't shut it off?
KK: Society needs an orderly unwind to claims (e.g. eviction). We don't want people to take whatever self-help remedy that tickles their fancy.
and that is why they deserve poverty and ridicule.
//Some southern states allow most anything//
But hubris ridden idiots cannot learn any other way.
//We don't want people to take whatever self-help remedy that tickles their fancy.//
Nope. llord not allowed to shut it off.
Really there's a big potential for violence here. I think this law is wise, unless
the court actually awards the money, instead of it staying a big threat.
@ Lucifer
and NASCAR
Kauai_Kahuna
Yep ... in Cali the landlord cannot cut off the utilities he supplies ...
If the apartments are separately metered that's another story ...
the utilities can cut service to a point ... phone , electricty yes, gas no ...
In some northern states it is illegal to evict in winter ...
Don't understand, Gnome.
We don't want people to take whatever self-help remedy that tickles their fancy.
Those kind of reactions are reserved for the government, and the government alone.
I have heard of landlord removing the a/c blower motor for 'repairs' to encourage a tenant to leave...
I find music a better alternative to violence, especially the oldies:
YouTube - Dead Kennedys - Let's Lynch The Landlord
The Landlord's here to visit
They're blasting disco down below
Says, "I'm doubling up the rent
Cos the building's condemned
You're gonna help me buy City Hall"
But we can, you know we can
Let's lynch the landlord man
I tell them 'turn on the water'
I tell 'em 'turn on the heat'
Tells me 'All you ever do is complain'
Then they search the place when I'm not here
But we can, you know we can
Let's lynch the landlord man
There's rats chewin' up the kitchen
Roaches up to my knees
Turn the oven on, it smells like Dachau, yeah
Til the rain pours thru the ceiling
But we can, you know we can
Let's lynch the landlord man
"from last thread: So it sounds like you would have to pay the minimum interest on the credit card for 3 months (after 90 days), then you'll be able to discharge the debt.
Just another pathetic example of how ridiculously easy it is for those "in the know" (and have the means) to game the BK code."
Can someone confirm this? somebody who's gone thru bankruptcy? or a lawyer?
Fuck no, only the utility can shut off electricity.
@ Liz
I agree, best not to have a LL and evicted tenant anywhere near each other.
Too many things can go wrong...
But what's to stop the tenant from dumping quik-crete down the toilet and stuffing the walls with ground up anchovies once evicted?
G
Stuff the dead fish into the curtain rods, then replace the caps. Last place anyone would look.
I was thinking more along the Eddie Murphy Saturday Night Live stint.
Kill my landlord.
"He rented me a room I could not afford, Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord."
I can't remember it all, it was from way back when and no finding in Youtube.
OT ALERT:
Seems like this operation would have covered the Lakers' parade.
404 - Not Found - sacbee.com
That's the same, shadow.
I'm on the side of the landlords. You haven't lived til you've seen pictures of the damages that an
evil tenant can cause. Up to and including poking vengenance holes in the ceiling aht then
complaining to Section 8 that the roof is leaking. No kidding.
I want to write me a good rocking landlord song!!!
As I said before, I didn't even enjoy 'Rent because I had no sympathy for the idiot tenants
who seemed to think they could live there for free.
As as to the concrete, another of my landlords had that done to him. Down the toilets,
sinks and tubs. Cost him a f**kin' fortune to fix.
I wonder if Orlando had won, would Florida have been able to afford the parade?
Man, no wonder some people don't want the poor to get near the internet.
Scrooge McDuck
The vast majority of people don't game the BK Code ... they are desperate ...
60% get there due to health care costs, 50% of those HAD Health Care Insurance ...
BK judges for the most part are very savvy and don't allow BS ...
Blaming BK is another right wing " Cadillac Welfare Mom" tactic ...
OBTW ... Reagan never produced that Cadillac driving welfare mother ...
and they looked high and low ...
My off the cuff shoot from the hip guess is the Orlando is in way better shape than Laker-ville.
Those spoiled brat atheletes should pay for their own parade.
@ Yogi
Some people are terrified of the human potential; both good and bad.
Knowledge is POWER.
If it's any consolation, in NYC landlords kill tenants about 3 to 1. You see, they know where they live.
lawyerliz,
What else did you expect in a culture that encourages preying and abusing each other?
Now that is a stat for the books.
But it does make sense.
Most gaming the BK code are CORPORATIONS!
GM, Chrysler, etc...
Miami is indeed weird, but the worst anybody did to anybody in an any of
my eviction cases was a few nasty words. As I said, it's usually relatively
cheap and easy and the judges are on the side of the landlord. A lot of
landlords do the evictions themselves.
@mmckinl
"60% get there due to health care costs, 50% of those HAD Health Care Insurance ..."
I hope you're right, but in this age of mortgage-walking, pension-shedding, conspicuous-consumming, over-leveraging, I would have my doubts. Most of the financial stories in the papers/online are about how people overspent on vacations/house/toys.
I would never voluntarily be a landlord, ever again, after cleaning up the aftermath of each and every one of my tenants.
The vast majority of people don't game the BK Code ... they are desperate ...
This is true. My comment was about how easy it for the wealthy to game it, especially if they have access to a BK good lawyer.
Landlord is a tough gig. Now, slumlord, that's the ticket!
@ Scrooge
But, but, they are VICTIMS.
lawyerliz
It's all about screening your tenants ...
Of course when buying you inherit ...
With this economy however many will be
hurt regardless ...
Yeah, Zack, my tenants were no better. Finally we rented
with an option to buy & they bought. House prices soared afterwars,
and I was kicking myself--could have made money leaving it empty.
Prolly back down to the price we sold it for.
No fish in the curtain rods tho; merely holes in the walls.
Nothing personal Liz, but the landlords pay your salary. Some "clever" attorney tell their small LL clients to show up in court pro se, without a suit...
Yeah, well we tried to screen them. They did have jobs when they rented; or worked in professions, but
lost the jobs, and the vet's dog chewed a hole in the wall, hidden behind a sofa which we did not more
to check.
Illness a prime cause of bankruptcy, whether you're insured or not
by Don Colburn, The Oregonian
Medical debt contributes to more than three in five bankruptcies nationwide, a Harvard study shows.
The role of medical debt in bankruptcy probably is even higher today, researchers said, because of the current deep recession. Their study is based on bankruptcies filed in 2007.
A majority of people bankrupted by medical illness have insurance when they become sick, own their homes and have college degrees, the study found.
A team from Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School and Ohio University studied a random sample of 2,314 people who filed bankruptcy in 2007. Their findings will appear in the American Journal of Medicine, which posted them online today.
Medical bills for bankrupt families who had insurance at the beginning of their illness averaged nearly $18,000. For the uninsured, the average owed was nearly $27,000. People with diabetes or neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis had the highest medical debt.
"Unless you're Warren Buffett, your family is just one serious illness away from bankruptcy," Dr. David Himmelstein, a Harvard professor and the lead author of the study, said in a statement from Physicians for a National Health Program.
"But, but, they are VICTIMS."
Indeed. I'm a victim of my education that enforced integrity, honesty, loyalty, compassion above all. I need to sue somebody for all the lost opportunities.
Tenants don't pay my fees, 'cause they have no money.
One did. Eviction because of a supposedly offensive plant-stand on the screened in patio.
We won. on a technicality.
@mmckinl
Thanks for the find.
@ Scrooge
I think we've got a class-action suit, Brother McDuck.
How much time does everyone think Madoff is going to get on June 29th?
I read these posts about landlords and as a tenant I can say I had the best landlord ever in NYC. Gruff and grizzly, he was a fair man. Just pay the rent on time. I had a stretch of unemployment when money was tight and it took awhile to find another job. He'd see me waking my dog past his office during working hours. Still made the rent but it was tough.
When my renewal came up, he'd scratched out the mandated increase. I was working again, but he decided to give me some breathing room. I had never asked, and he never mentioned it. This is on the west side of Manhattan. All tenants and landlords are not at war with one another.
I have to admit I really liked all of my landlords and I had a good relationship with all of them. Now if only my HOA was as easy to deal with.
Scrooge McDuck
The state of health care insurance in this country is scary indeed ...
HR 676 is the ticket ... but the pols won't go there ...
We'll probably get a terrible health care bill ... They'll make you pay ...
I didn't want to be mean to my tenants. None of these were long time tenants. And fried actually paid.
It's just that tho I'm sure there are excellent tenants out there, I didn't experience any.
Except the last guy who bought, and he thought of the place as "his"/
Hungry. Toodles all.
Pay your rent!!
And KK, HOAs. Oh, the stories I could tell of the HOA wars with the unit owners.
Dont get me started, just don't. There's not too much to chose from there; both sides
unreasonable, often.
Neither a landlord nor tenant be...
Just drive your gypsy wagon around and around.
Bye again.
Marijuana damages DNA and causes cancer...
Marijuana Damages DNA And May Cause Cancer, New Test Reveals
And causes Reefer Madness too....
Goodman Ace an old time comedy writer allowed that once to get back at a landlordr he redecorated in Peanut butter.
But I do like fish in the shower rod. Just the right theme for a Waterfront rental
Used cat sand has possibilities
gave up on the '09s and emptied the pipeline for the '10s?
"Unless you're Warren Buffett, your family is just one serious illness away from bankruptcy," Dr. David Himmelstein, a Harvard professor and the lead author of the study, said in a statement from Physicians for a National Health Program."
Excuse the vernacular, but that .....
The population of Iran is like the population of the US in the 1960's, mostly young angry and hungry for change --
The US OTOH is mostly middle aged -- averaging well over 30 and mostly interested in preserving what they have.
Also what would the US riot for? We don't agree on much of anything these days
Now the upcoming "mini boom" will be graduating high school in under 20 years. This is the largest generation (in raw numbers) in US history. Now it could go any which way, a large chunk of it is Hispanic and (all groups here) poorer than previous generations. This might lend some energy to things OTOH many were raised in "Jail-schools" by helicopter parents and may not be all that used to autonomy . Also these kids are from the computer generation and might simply be content with less "stuff" so long as they have broadband and food --\
we have seen some moves that way in Japan with the "herbivore" men and here withthe lack of interest in automobiles and such Black Swan mentioned
For the conspiracy minded, this isn't something the government wants -- such a population is easy to control, yes but if it becomes a widespread social issue, the nation will quickly get poorer and have a population decline to boot, neither of those is much fun for control freaks
it's usually relatively
cheap and easy and the judges are on the side of the landlord。