Posts by Dougster

Women making huge progress in education (I believe that more people being in school is the real explanation of why labor force participation has declined steadily since around 2000. This article shows just how dramatic the gains for women have…

It's kind of funny, but while waiting for an Uber on Friday I had a Jehovah's Witness approach me. I was kind of surprised these guys are still around with all of their miserably failed predictions they have. But then…

I know that, in the past, we've had threads about who TUSCL'ers think are most similar to them. How about the other way around? Who on TUSCL do your regard as closest to your diametric opposite?

This article gives some pretty good insight into the current market psychology, but I believe it applies well beyond 20 somethings: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102476674#. People got burned in the past, or saw others get burned, so now are being too cautious. And what did…

OMG! OMG! We could see our first interest rake hike THIS SUMMER! A rise from 0.25% to 0.5% would absolutely kill the recovery and the stock market! Why? Because the Financial Media, RickyBoy, and Josh43 are all in unison on…

Which of the following are your reasons for not believing we are in a boom: a) we abandoned the gold standard; nothing good can happen after that b) we did not follow the policies of Ayn Rand; the world deserves severe economic…

Nope, just like Stevie-girl said last October, no chance of a boom. How many "fluke" months in a row now? Fuck all the mindless cock-sucking circle jerking pessimists (er, realists, I'm sure any day now it all caves in, because…

"Unemployment fell in every state and the nation’s capital last year—something that hadn’t happened since 1984." http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/03/04/for-the-first-time-in-30-years-unemployment-fell-in-every-state-in-2014/ But back in October Stevie-girl and The Economist were pounding the table daily about what a dire situation the economy was in. The circle-jerk on…

Absolutely DOOMED (because Stevie-girl said so) or... ??? http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/outlook/millennials/index.html?cid=tw-pa-mil-1

"Warren Buffett thinks Elizabeth Warren would be more effective if she weren't so "angry." http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-02/buffett-elizabeth-warren-is-too-angry-and-demonizing- Buffet is right. Bitch is wound pretty tight and should learn to chill.

What difference does it make??? http://www.wsj.com/article_email/hillary-clinton-used-personal-email-account-for-state-department-business Not competent to be president. Next!

" Twitter Inc and law enforcement authorities are investigating alleged threats made by Islamic State militants against the social media network's co-founder and other employees, the company said in reaction to media reports. Islamic State supporters, in online posts on…