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ParticipantI tend to agree with Arraya; on the national scale I don’t see much in the way of sources of new jobs coming down the pike.
That said, I just saw graphs yesterday on Calculated Risk or Mish (I don’t recall which) that showed the lower-educated people are the ones who are really getting it in the unemployment shorts. Those with bachelors’ degrees or higher (i.e. most likely to buy vs rent, especially around here) are only around 6% unemployment nationally. (but rising slightly, according to that graph.)
Not sure how this plays in the local San Diego area; our mileage may differ. Depends on how DOD/medical/bioresearch pan out, I guess.
Politically I am arch-conservative on crime and guns, pretty conservative on fiscal stuff, and pretty liberal on social stuff.
ParticipantI tend to agree with Arraya; on the national scale I don’t see much in the way of sources of new jobs coming down the pike.
That said, I just saw graphs yesterday on Calculated Risk or Mish (I don’t recall which) that showed the lower-educated people are the ones who are really getting it in the unemployment shorts. Those with bachelors’ degrees or higher (i.e. most likely to buy vs rent, especially around here) are only around 6% unemployment nationally. (but rising slightly, according to that graph.)
Not sure how this plays in the local San Diego area; our mileage may differ. Depends on how DOD/medical/bioresearch pan out, I guess.
Politically I am arch-conservative on crime and guns, pretty conservative on fiscal stuff, and pretty liberal on social stuff.
ParticipantI tend to agree with Arraya; on the national scale I don’t see much in the way of sources of new jobs coming down the pike.
That said, I just saw graphs yesterday on Calculated Risk or Mish (I don’t recall which) that showed the lower-educated people are the ones who are really getting it in the unemployment shorts. Those with bachelors’ degrees or higher (i.e. most likely to buy vs rent, especially around here) are only around 6% unemployment nationally. (but rising slightly, according to that graph.)
Not sure how this plays in the local San Diego area; our mileage may differ. Depends on how DOD/medical/bioresearch pan out, I guess.
Politically I am arch-conservative on crime and guns, pretty conservative on fiscal stuff, and pretty liberal on social stuff.
ParticipantSubmitted by macromaniac on February 18, 2010 – 10:36pm.
Anyone care to comment on this truth:
“In particular, zeroed in on a section relating to the wonderful “exemptions” that make institutions like the vulgar, corrupt Catholic Church so incredibly wealthy. We carefully studied the law (with the help of some of the “best”, high-paid, experienced tax lawyers in the business), and then began to do exactly what the “big boys” were doing (except that we weren’t steeling from our congregation or lying to the government about our massive profits in the name of God). ”
I noticed that too. Especially that he went into no explanation of what the section he cites actually did to the tax law, other than somehow it makes is harder for independent technical workers to earn a living.
The other thing that makes me wonder is Ricechex’ observation that the building was virtually empty. Really?? Were they warned?
Reading his essay, he says that he decided to become a free-lance engineer and not work for any corporation after, as a student, meeting the widow of a steelworker who lost his retirement when his company folded. Ever since, he’s been trying to free-lance it and finding things harder and harder… until he finally decided to literally throw his pound of flesh in the IRS’s face.
Many comments in his essay are eerily reminiscent of things that many other bloggers have also pointed out about the government, corporations, politicians, etc. What kind of gobsmacks me is how severely does a geek have to be pushed before he literally goes kamikaze? As an engineer myself I find it a little hard to imagine.
I hope that Charles Hugh Smith is right and the revolution will not occur with a bang with many guns and explosions, but instead with a quietly kudzu-like subsuming of the old order by the new.
ParticipantSubmitted by macromaniac on February 18, 2010 – 10:36pm.
Anyone care to comment on this truth:
“In particular, zeroed in on a section relating to the wonderful “exemptions” that make institutions like the vulgar, corrupt Catholic Church so incredibly wealthy. We carefully studied the law (with the help of some of the “best”, high-paid, experienced tax lawyers in the business), and then began to do exactly what the “big boys” were doing (except that we weren’t steeling from our congregation or lying to the government about our massive profits in the name of God). ”
I noticed that too. Especially that he went into no explanation of what the section he cites actually did to the tax law, other than somehow it makes is harder for independent technical workers to earn a living.
The other thing that makes me wonder is Ricechex’ observation that the building was virtually empty. Really?? Were they warned?
Reading his essay, he says that he decided to become a free-lance engineer and not work for any corporation after, as a student, meeting the widow of a steelworker who lost his retirement when his company folded. Ever since, he’s been trying to free-lance it and finding things harder and harder… until he finally decided to literally throw his pound of flesh in the IRS’s face.
Many comments in his essay are eerily reminiscent of things that many other bloggers have also pointed out about the government, corporations, politicians, etc. What kind of gobsmacks me is how severely does a geek have to be pushed before he literally goes kamikaze? As an engineer myself I find it a little hard to imagine.
I hope that Charles Hugh Smith is right and the revolution will not occur with a bang with many guns and explosions, but instead with a quietly kudzu-like subsuming of the old order by the new.
ParticipantSubmitted by macromaniac on February 18, 2010 – 10:36pm.
Anyone care to comment on this truth:
“In particular, zeroed in on a section relating to the wonderful “exemptions” that make institutions like the vulgar, corrupt Catholic Church so incredibly wealthy. We carefully studied the law (with the help of some of the “best”, high-paid, experienced tax lawyers in the business), and then began to do exactly what the “big boys” were doing (except that we weren’t steeling from our congregation or lying to the government about our massive profits in the name of God). ”
I noticed that too. Especially that he went into no explanation of what the section he cites actually did to the tax law, other than somehow it makes is harder for independent technical workers to earn a living.
The other thing that makes me wonder is Ricechex’ observation that the building was virtually empty. Really?? Were they warned?
Reading his essay, he says that he decided to become a free-lance engineer and not work for any corporation after, as a student, meeting the widow of a steelworker who lost his retirement when his company folded. Ever since, he’s been trying to free-lance it and finding things harder and harder… until he finally decided to literally throw his pound of flesh in the IRS’s face.
Many comments in his essay are eerily reminiscent of things that many other bloggers have also pointed out about the government, corporations, politicians, etc. What kind of gobsmacks me is how severely does a geek have to be pushed before he literally goes kamikaze? As an engineer myself I find it a little hard to imagine.
I hope that Charles Hugh Smith is right and the revolution will not occur with a bang with many guns and explosions, but instead with a quietly kudzu-like subsuming of the old order by the new.
ParticipantSubmitted by macromaniac on February 18, 2010 – 10:36pm.
Anyone care to comment on this truth:
“In particular, zeroed in on a section relating to the wonderful “exemptions” that make institutions like the vulgar, corrupt Catholic Church so incredibly wealthy. We carefully studied the law (with the help of some of the “best”, high-paid, experienced tax lawyers in the business), and then began to do exactly what the “big boys” were doing (except that we weren’t steeling from our congregation or lying to the government about our massive profits in the name of God). ”
I noticed that too. Especially that he went into no explanation of what the section he cites actually did to the tax law, other than somehow it makes is harder for independent technical workers to earn a living.
The other thing that makes me wonder is Ricechex’ observation that the building was virtually empty. Really?? Were they warned?
Reading his essay, he says that he decided to become a free-lance engineer and not work for any corporation after, as a student, meeting the widow of a steelworker who lost his retirement when his company folded. Ever since, he’s been trying to free-lance it and finding things harder and harder… until he finally decided to literally throw his pound of flesh in the IRS’s face.
Many comments in his essay are eerily reminiscent of things that many other bloggers have also pointed out about the government, corporations, politicians, etc. What kind of gobsmacks me is how severely does a geek have to be pushed before he literally goes kamikaze? As an engineer myself I find it a little hard to imagine.
I hope that Charles Hugh Smith is right and the revolution will not occur with a bang with many guns and explosions, but instead with a quietly kudzu-like subsuming of the old order by the new.
ParticipantSubmitted by macromaniac on February 18, 2010 – 10:36pm.
Anyone care to comment on this truth:
“In particular, zeroed in on a section relating to the wonderful “exemptions” that make institutions like the vulgar, corrupt Catholic Church so incredibly wealthy. We carefully studied the law (with the help of some of the “best”, high-paid, experienced tax lawyers in the business), and then began to do exactly what the “big boys” were doing (except that we weren’t steeling from our congregation or lying to the government about our massive profits in the name of God). ”
I noticed that too. Especially that he went into no explanation of what the section he cites actually did to the tax law, other than somehow it makes is harder for independent technical workers to earn a living.
The other thing that makes me wonder is Ricechex’ observation that the building was virtually empty. Really?? Were they warned?
Reading his essay, he says that he decided to become a free-lance engineer and not work for any corporation after, as a student, meeting the widow of a steelworker who lost his retirement when his company folded. Ever since, he’s been trying to free-lance it and finding things harder and harder… until he finally decided to literally throw his pound of flesh in the IRS’s face.
Many comments in his essay are eerily reminiscent of things that many other bloggers have also pointed out about the government, corporations, politicians, etc. What kind of gobsmacks me is how severely does a geek have to be pushed before he literally goes kamikaze? As an engineer myself I find it a little hard to imagine.
I hope that Charles Hugh Smith is right and the revolution will not occur with a bang with many guns and explosions, but instead with a quietly kudzu-like subsuming of the old order by the new.
ParticipantRoaches– agree that water, followed by food, is the key to having roaches.
I was in an apartment complex in NW Escondido that was roach-infested and has been for years (it had roaches the last time I was in there, a month in 1995).
These apartments have lush, wet landscaping right next to the buildings, the buildings are made of wood, and pets are allowed so there are any number of dog and cat dishes out in the units to feed the roaches. Of course the roaches migrate between units so the management’s token spraying of each unit when it comes empty is useless.
In the house I’m currently living in we see an occasional roach. It has a hot tub built into the upstairs master bedroom (I know, “WTF???”) which leaks when filled above a certain level. My housemate/landlord drained it at one point but I’m not sure if he’s refilled it since he started bringing his girlfriend over for dates.
OTOH I lived in an apartment and a condo, each in RB, which had fairly “dry” landscaping, minimal pets, newer stucco construction, and never, never saw a roach in those places.
Mice are magnetically attracted to seeds, birdseed, rice (esp brown rice), mice/hamster/etc food. Keep these sealed in glass jars and that will solve the problem.
Temeculaguy, you may want to doublecheck and see if what you have is moles, not gophers. Moles are bug-eaters while gophers are herbivores, so if you have white grubs or lots of worms in your lawn, moles will be attracted. I think also they will react differently to the various traps etc than gophers. If it’s moles, a good dose of BT on the lawn vs white grubs might help with the problem.
ParticipantRoaches– agree that water, followed by food, is the key to having roaches.
I was in an apartment complex in NW Escondido that was roach-infested and has been for years (it had roaches the last time I was in there, a month in 1995).
These apartments have lush, wet landscaping right next to the buildings, the buildings are made of wood, and pets are allowed so there are any number of dog and cat dishes out in the units to feed the roaches. Of course the roaches migrate between units so the management’s token spraying of each unit when it comes empty is useless.
In the house I’m currently living in we see an occasional roach. It has a hot tub built into the upstairs master bedroom (I know, “WTF???”) which leaks when filled above a certain level. My housemate/landlord drained it at one point but I’m not sure if he’s refilled it since he started bringing his girlfriend over for dates.
OTOH I lived in an apartment and a condo, each in RB, which had fairly “dry” landscaping, minimal pets, newer stucco construction, and never, never saw a roach in those places.
Mice are magnetically attracted to seeds, birdseed, rice (esp brown rice), mice/hamster/etc food. Keep these sealed in glass jars and that will solve the problem.
Temeculaguy, you may want to doublecheck and see if what you have is moles, not gophers. Moles are bug-eaters while gophers are herbivores, so if you have white grubs or lots of worms in your lawn, moles will be attracted. I think also they will react differently to the various traps etc than gophers. If it’s moles, a good dose of BT on the lawn vs white grubs might help with the problem.
ParticipantRoaches– agree that water, followed by food, is the key to having roaches.
I was in an apartment complex in NW Escondido that was roach-infested and has been for years (it had roaches the last time I was in there, a month in 1995).
These apartments have lush, wet landscaping right next to the buildings, the buildings are made of wood, and pets are allowed so there are any number of dog and cat dishes out in the units to feed the roaches. Of course the roaches migrate between units so the management’s token spraying of each unit when it comes empty is useless.
In the house I’m currently living in we see an occasional roach. It has a hot tub built into the upstairs master bedroom (I know, “WTF???”) which leaks when filled above a certain level. My housemate/landlord drained it at one point but I’m not sure if he’s refilled it since he started bringing his girlfriend over for dates.
OTOH I lived in an apartment and a condo, each in RB, which had fairly “dry” landscaping, minimal pets, newer stucco construction, and never, never saw a roach in those places.
Mice are magnetically attracted to seeds, birdseed, rice (esp brown rice), mice/hamster/etc food. Keep these sealed in glass jars and that will solve the problem.
Temeculaguy, you may want to doublecheck and see if what you have is moles, not gophers. Moles are bug-eaters while gophers are herbivores, so if you have white grubs or lots of worms in your lawn, moles will be attracted. I think also they will react differently to the various traps etc than gophers. If it’s moles, a good dose of BT on the lawn vs white grubs might help with the problem.
ParticipantRoaches– agree that water, followed by food, is the key to having roaches.
I was in an apartment complex in NW Escondido that was roach-infested and has been for years (it had roaches the last time I was in there, a month in 1995).
These apartments have lush, wet landscaping right next to the buildings, the buildings are made of wood, and pets are allowed so there are any number of dog and cat dishes out in the units to feed the roaches. Of course the roaches migrate between units so the management’s token spraying of each unit when it comes empty is useless.
In the house I’m currently living in we see an occasional roach. It has a hot tub built into the upstairs master bedroom (I know, “WTF???”) which leaks when filled above a certain level. My housemate/landlord drained it at one point but I’m not sure if he’s refilled it since he started bringing his girlfriend over for dates.
OTOH I lived in an apartment and a condo, each in RB, which had fairly “dry” landscaping, minimal pets, newer stucco construction, and never, never saw a roach in those places.
Mice are magnetically attracted to seeds, birdseed, rice (esp brown rice), mice/hamster/etc food. Keep these sealed in glass jars and that will solve the problem.
Temeculaguy, you may want to doublecheck and see if what you have is moles, not gophers. Moles are bug-eaters while gophers are herbivores, so if you have white grubs or lots of worms in your lawn, moles will be attracted. I think also they will react differently to the various traps etc than gophers. If it’s moles, a good dose of BT on the lawn vs white grubs might help with the problem.
ParticipantRoaches– agree that water, followed by food, is the key to having roaches.
I was in an apartment complex in NW Escondido that was roach-infested and has been for years (it had roaches the last time I was in there, a month in 1995).
These apartments have lush, wet landscaping right next to the buildings, the buildings are made of wood, and pets are allowed so there are any number of dog and cat dishes out in the units to feed the roaches. Of course the roaches migrate between units so the management’s token spraying of each unit when it comes empty is useless.
In the house I’m currently living in we see an occasional roach. It has a hot tub built into the upstairs master bedroom (I know, “WTF???”) which leaks when filled above a certain level. My housemate/landlord drained it at one point but I’m not sure if he’s refilled it since he started bringing his girlfriend over for dates.
OTOH I lived in an apartment and a condo, each in RB, which had fairly “dry” landscaping, minimal pets, newer stucco construction, and never, never saw a roach in those places.
Mice are magnetically attracted to seeds, birdseed, rice (esp brown rice), mice/hamster/etc food. Keep these sealed in glass jars and that will solve the problem.
Temeculaguy, you may want to doublecheck and see if what you have is moles, not gophers. Moles are bug-eaters while gophers are herbivores, so if you have white grubs or lots of worms in your lawn, moles will be attracted. I think also they will react differently to the various traps etc than gophers. If it’s moles, a good dose of BT on the lawn vs white grubs might help with the problem.
ParticipantIt seems to be a Little Depression right now, in spite of what all the sock puppets say.
In my personal life I find that to some extent I am supporting numerous people around me. The small businesses I patronize seem really grateful for my business. My friend the car mechanic, my other friend the martial arts teacher, my housemate/landlord, all of these are people I can visibly see I am helping keep above water with my financial support. I’m single, with 4 or 5 unofficial partial “dependents” on a $60K income.
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