JKane

Was just reading something about how Stephan Colbert's PAC is doing a great job embarrassing them and drawing attention to the politicization that drove the Citizens United travesty.

Romney’s Wife Had $3 Million in Secret Swiss Bank Account Through 2010; Not Reported in Federal Disclosure Forms Remember how peculiar it was that presidential candidate Mitt Romney refused to release his tax returns? That was predictably a non-starter. Most voters probably assume the reason he resisted was to avoid the controversy over his strikingly low tax rate. Another factor appears to have played into this decision. The release of the tax returns shows Romney neglected to disclose some required financial information in his personal disclosure form filed with the Office of Government Ethics last year. His team apparently timed the release of his tax records with the hope that State of the Union hooplah would dominate news coverage and result in his finances getting less attention than they might otherwise. And that appears to been correct. His failure to divulge information about 23 investments, and more important his use of secret Swiss bank accounts, has been given a free pass. As Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington director Melanie Sloan observed, “Mr. Romney says the errors are minor, but then again he also claims earning $374,000 in speaking fees isn’t much money.” (article continues)

I really loved Daily Show's coverage of this an of Romney's "I don't care about the poor". Sadly, he had the balls to go on from that to throwing bombs about all the evil that traitorous Obama's gonna do if not stopped... Damn it Newton, release another SuperPAC documentary of his dirty laundry, something!

The theater at the terminals is especially aggravating since they still don't screen much of checked or especially cargo on those same flights!

On the other hand, the amount and quality of stuff they're providing all of us for free is staggering!

I'd be careful buying DRM-locked books from B&N. If they go the way of Borders they may be even more worthless than other already-read DRM-locked books...

I was just going to suggest Radio Shack! I don't know why anybody goes there, but if they don't have some conventional phones I don't know who would! One interesting option is Panasonic has (cordless) phones that can both plug into a landline and bluetooth connect to your cell. So no chasing through the house to get to your cell in time, just pick up any number of extensions. Sadly no text message capability last I checked though. Fry's?

You're saying the traffic in DFW is good? Not anywhere in the vast sprawl between D and FW! My one experience with medicine in DFW was a high-volume assembly line geared to move through as many medicare patients as possible. The people are friendly but there's also a hell of a lot of closed-mindedness, racism and anti-intellectualism. The weather is reasonable? Bloody hot to bloody cold with stops in between for *massive* thunderstorms, ice storms, snow storms, tornadoes and maybe a plague of locusts? DFW airport is a good resource but ties you to American Airlines a bit. On the other hand, Vegas is a place I like in small doses but can't stand for much longer. Maybe having real money there makes it better, but for me after I'm spent in a week there's nothing to do that doesn't involve spending money and even then most activities require a walk through a bloody casino. What about opening up beyond these possibilities? Austin or San Antonio are very nice, and much less closed-minded. Ok, have no other options for Nevada... but New Orleans is awesome, and has a casino (crappy Harrah's, sure, but it's nice because it's one of a million things to do)... you didn't mention Laughlin, so you're not looking for a place to crawl away and die... so maybe live instead!!! Los Angeles is a lot more affordable now, areas one would never consider before are becoming very interesting possibilities--like downtown. Though taxes and other living expenses are still higher, I'll grant.

Keeping up with Expat is hard!

An Apple based account will probably be the easiest to use with the best features on Apple products, that's for sure. I just wish they didn't usually go about it in cunty ways that tend to make it harder to ever leave their platform.

Next big one coming up April 15th, some small ones in the meantime too it would seem. CicLAvia Last time was kind of a crowded clusterfuck, but if this route is different (certainly more Hollywood) maybe...

Paul is the state bird of Nevada Politics. Unexpectedly, impractically libertarian.

Damn it, just like the communications-major from Alaska, I was greatly enjoying the break from opossum-head! Clearly the point is "look at me, LOOK AT MEEE!!!", as always, (with either of them), but I'm hoping he endorses Gingrich. If he's 1/10th as rich as he claims (he isn't), it'd clearly be Romney.

Went to CJ's spa in Northridge again the other day. Great exfoliating scrub and massage, but *still** don't understand the guys who post on CL about meeting up there!! The men-only area is small and has no private areas. What, some guys are really into a 2-minute handy or bj in a (feels like) 2000 degree steam room? What am I missing? Because there was this cute young black guy...

Because it'd be just like Apple to make it something proprietary and closed... plus most people prefer IMAP nowadays anyway... Or even more features than the old standard email protocols allow... Hotmail has a nice full-featured app for Android (I'm guessing Apple too, if Apple didn't knock it out of their fucking app store).

Yep, here it is. Fuck Geico.

I keep wondering too. It's like they want to give everybody gaffs to use against them.

I've often wondered if Republican lawmakers have even read the constitution. Clearly any dipshit talking about amendments hasn't. Thing is, it's a short, easy to read thing. Load it on your phone or ebook and next time you're bored on a plane or something read it yourself! I try to every couple years.

But can you access those accounts from say an Android phone?

Geico lost any potential of me being a customer when they fired the voice of the gecko for expressing a (liberal) political view or something.

That is a great point! I'm just worried it becomes a race to the bottom with airlines pushing for ever cheaper. Counterfeit parts fitted in whatever country allows the maintenance companies to do it cheapest maybe?

That is great news, but I though turning over the pensions to gov't was half the point? It's what all the other airlines did--as I understand it cutting existing, earned benefits by about a third, even for those already retired!

Is he gay or straight?

I thought that was the entire crux of his appeal/personality?

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