Recent Content by vulture

  1. Americans renouncing citizenship in UK, 6 months backlog!

    Australia and New Zealand. Seriously, a large majority of residents in those two countries don't bitch about much of anything there. Prices of...
    Post by: vulture, Aug 3, 2010 in forum: Economics

  2. Think $41,000 Steep For A Chevy Volt? One Dealer Wants $20,000 Premium!

    I've noticed quite a bit of this sort of "generated hysteria" recently. It's clearly an attempt to try and generate a sort of false bidding war...
    Post by: vulture, Aug 3, 2010 in forum: Wall St. News

  3. Volt, 40K car! False economy.

    Note the key phrase "14k with good mileage" i.e. slightly used...which anybody can do, even if the car were listed at $17k.
    Post by: vulture, Jul 27, 2010 in forum: Wall St. News

  4. Housing Is Worst Since Wwii

    The current number of new construction probably tells me that the pace of new construction over the past 10, 20 years was excessive to then...
    Post by: vulture, Jul 22, 2010 in forum: Wall St. News

  5. A bit cliche, but reflect on this...

    It's also why many narcissistic sociopaths rise to the top because, in their minds, they've always earned it, no matter whom they used or abused...
    Post by: vulture, Jul 17, 2010 in forum: Psychology

  6. Stamps going up AGAIN!!!! Whats the point at this stage of the game!!!!

    The problem with legacy costs....the financial burden of funding current and future retirees continues while the business itself is collapsing....
    Post by: vulture, Jul 6, 2010 in forum: Economics

  7. She got the house, kids, and $750 million

    Why stop there? Why pay $100 million over 5 years for a guy who throws a ball thru a hoop or $18 mil a year to a guy who throws a little white...
    Post by: vulture, Jul 4, 2010 in forum: Chit Chat

  8. I Never owned a DELL and never will

    The point being most guys who do a custom build will pay attention to every component in the system because they force you to make a decision....
    Post by: vulture, Jul 1, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  9. why people bad mouth mean reversion strategies?

    If you spent enough time on any trading message board, you'd never develop a consensus of opinion to declare that any one particular trading...
    Post by: vulture, Jun 30, 2010 in forum: Strategy Building

  10. I Never owned a DELL and never will

    Agreed and it's hard to believe with the collective brainpower of many guys who can crunch numbers and data that they wouldn't make certain that...
    Post by: vulture, Jun 30, 2010 in forum: Hardware

  11. Unemployment extension still undecided as over a million lose benefits!!!

    The one AND only positive I can take out of this is that finally there is some attention paid towards the fact that this is a monetary "idelogy"...
    Post by: vulture, Jun 26, 2010 in forum: Economics

  12. U.S. Congress to take up his proposal for a $90 billion, 10-year tax on banks

    That pretty much sums things up. At this point, it's all theatrics.
    Post by: vulture, Jun 26, 2010 in forum: Wall St. News

  13. Unemployment extension still undecided as over a million lose benefits!!!

    If the mortgages dont get paid, we'd finally get a reset to more realistic housing values. Why is it that so many individuals think this is the...
    Post by: vulture, Jun 25, 2010 in forum: Economics

  14. Unemployment extension still undecided as over a million lose benefits!!!

    I guess no one sees the obvious. Perpetually extending unemployment benefits creates a captive, yet entirely dependent group of voters who will...
    Post by: vulture, Jun 25, 2010 in forum: Economics

  15. Best paying job if you are uneducated & unemployed = Bum

    It doesn't surprise me in the least that some of these panhandlers literally make a good living off of it. I've seen the same guys in certain...
    Post by: vulture, Jun 17, 2010 in forum: Economics