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flu doesn’t want to glow in the dark?

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Lol. Both of my parents were architects, and the amount of stupid they had to deal with at various times was epic.

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Pay your dues for 5-10 years, then start your own electrical contractor’s firm. Let others do the scut work.

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Of course one would wish for growth after any sort of market correction (which is what I’m actually wishing for, not a true recession). That’s the only way money can be made from a given market.

As far as the date of a correction, a lot of pundits predicted .com and housing would go on longer than they did.

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We’ll see — two months’ figures don’t make a trend.

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I’m not sure that demand for the KIND of software engineers that are being trained will keep growing forever. Market for fart apps may become saturated. It actually might be more secure to learn software engineering where the software controls actual things. Power grids, aircraft, and the like.

Good point about trades work. I’ve often wondered whether I’d have been better off apprenticing as an electrician.

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“created euphemism”: ahaha!

I don’t see it creating euphoria either — markets are down as we speak. It’s also less spectacular considering that January was revised down by 18,000.

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Speak for yourself 😉 I enjoy me a good Superbowl party, but mostly for the booze, food, and friends, not for the game or the ads.

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Except that we don’t have pure capitalism, nor is it desirable.

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I think it would be harder than you’d think to avoid ALL products advertised during football games.

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I wouldn’t mind if it were an essential service that they were providing, but running around and chasing after balls will never be an essential service in my book.

On the other hand, the athletes might need to earn enough in their 20s to be set for life, considering the amount of damage that football players sustain. Interesting and sad article below:

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You have stable companies that have high valuations, but you also have things like Tesla trading at 166 times earnings.

Good luck mailing checks with the GOP in control of both houses!!!

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Whatever happens the Fed’s foot is not far from the gas pedal right now.
Inflation low they will error to the side of pushing further on the gas.

Interest rates are already low. There are plenty of buyers for debt (bonds). The Fed can start more QE, but after 3.5 rounds of QE, will it have the desired psychological effect the 4.5th time? It would be interesting if the Fed started QE4 and the markets unraveled anyway.

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I’m not advocating withholding conviction records. I’m advocating withholding arrest records. Being arrested is not a sign of guilt. Only a conviction by a lawfully constituted court or a guilty plea is. Remember? Innocent till proven guilty. There’s no good reason for arrest records in the absence of a conviction to be public, since they do not legally imply guilt.

Any hard-on cop with an axe to grind shouldn’t be permitted to ruin someone’s future merely by arresting them. That should be reserved for a judge or jury after a fair trial.

Speaking of lawsuits, if anything, jurisdictions that publicize arrest records without conviction should be sued themselves. Publishing accusations of a crime without enough evidence to convict, or even indict, borders on libel.

Having a family will not change my views one iota. I have close family who almost died during 9/11, and friends who lost family members. This did NOT in any way, shape, or form make me support the growth of the surveillance state, endless wars, nor the violation of long-standing legal procedure that came after.

And lastly, an ex-con without the ability to find a job is actually more likely to get into trouble than one who’s gainfully employed. FlyerInHI’s point about laws CREATING crime is a darned good one.

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