Dougster

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  OT: "Pharma Drug Pipeline Flows Again yet Costs Threaten Innovation "

  Lots of amazing new drugs coming to market soon. The article mentions highly effective drugs for cancer, Hep-C, psoriasis, and cardiology as examples: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-26/pharma-drug-pipeline-flows-again-yet-costs-threaten-innovation This article should make it clear why Wall Street wanted ObamaCare, why...
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  Are Out of Towners at a Disadvantage Compared to Locals When it Comes to OTC?

  IME, the advantages and disadvantages just about balance out and I don't think there is a difference one way or the other. At the end of the day the over riding factor is that...
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  OT: "Small Businesses Are Going on a Hiring Binge"

  "Small business, responsible for most American job creation, is finally gaining momentum, giving an expansion approaching its sixth anniversary some legs and leading an acceleration in job creation. Confidence is near a post-2007 peak...
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  OT: jestie214 and RickyBoy Better be Careful what they Post on Facebook...

  Days when jestie didn't take his anti-depressants (or "fuckin' anti-depressants" as he might say) and days when RickyBoy hasn't had his whiskey yet and is drowning in his shame of failing to be Gordon...
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  OT: The Kids Are Alright as U.S. Job, Wage Gains Reach Millennials

  "America’s young adults are finally showing signs of regaining their economic footing after being bogged down for more than five years following the worst recession since World War II. " http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-20/the-kids-are-alright-as-u-s-job-wage-gains-reach-millennials But wait a minute! Didn't...
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  OT: Relax There's No Conspiracy to Destroy the Middle Class

  Ok, so the right likes to spread the MYTH OF DOOM that Social Security will go broke and to back this they put up models that do not take into account that the population...
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  OT: Why Social Security Won't Go Broke

  One of the great prophecies of DOOM we hear regarding the future is that social security will go broke. I think the models that predict this are wrong because they don't take into sufficient...
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  OT: "Cock Group" At Work Destroying Our Democracy Some More?

  Looks like those "Cock Brothers" (as josh43 like to call them) are up to no good working to destroy our democracy once again. "Koch Group Claims California Endangers Donors by Demanding Names" http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-17/koch-group-claims-california-endangers-donors-by-demanding-names...
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  OT: China's Churning Out Billionaires Like It’s 1999

  "China’s world-best stock market rally made January the busiest month for IPOs in a year. It also created a bundle of new billionaires" http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-16/china-churning-out-billionaires-like-it-s-1999-with-soaring-ipos But Stevie-girl and The Economist said back in October that the world...
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  Question for reverendhornibastard

  Is RickyBoy the strip club Messiah? After all thousands walked in the dark for decades wondering how to pay hookers who happened to work in strip clubs for sex until RickyBoy cracked the ...
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  OT: Finally, U.S. Expansion Benefits Job Market's Overlooked Workers

  But Stevie-girl and the mindless cock-sucking circle-jerkers said we would have ECONOMIC DOOM and even if there was a BOOM only the top 1% on the in incine spectrum would benefit. But for on...
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  OT: European Stocks Rise With DAX Above 11,000 on German Growth Data

  Most European indices are flying out of the gate in 2015. The German DAX, for example, hit all time highs this morning: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-13/european-index-futures-rise-amid-optimism-on-greek-bailout-talks Now this despite the fact that back in October Stevie-girl was pounding the...
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  Stock Ticker RICK: Another Great Quarter; CFAs Now Warming Up to It

  Another great quarter for stock ticker RICK: http://www.rcihospitality.com/480/pressrelease.aspx It also interesting to see the mention of stock buybacks last quarter which I said I felt they were doing in the mid to low $9's last quarter....
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  OT: More on Today's Jobs Report

  "The U.S. economy added 257,000 jobs in January, and revisions showed that employment gains in the last two months of 2014 included 147,000 more jobs than previous estimated. That was enough to keep job growth...
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  OT: "Today's Jobs Report Marks a 'Sea Change' for the U.S. Labor Market"

  Another blowout jobs report. But how can this be after Stevie-girl and everyone on TUSCL forecast DOOM? Also how can it be if we aren't following the policies of Libertarians and Ayn Rand? "The January...
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  OT: Hong Kong Can’t Build Public Homes Fast Enough as Demand Soars

  Overwhelming demand for housing? Sounds like a boom to me. Even though Stevie-girl and his cohort of mindless cock-sucking circle-jerkers on TUSCL said the world economy was DOOMED starting with China. After we did...
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  OT: You Need 1,450% Income Growth to Join the 1%

  Here's an article Josh43 in particular will love: “'Average earnings growth over the life cycle varies strongly with the level of lifetime earnings: The median individual by lifetime earnings experiences an earnings growth of 38...
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  OT: Obama to Lower Corporate Taxes? (*)

  Obama actually proposing to lower corporate taxes? (*) Subject to consider caveats regarding taxes of offshore earnings. This one was a bit surprising, but good, to hear! http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-01/obama-said-to-propose-taxes-on-foreign-earnings-offshore-profit And he's going to use the money on...
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  @SJG: Revolutions Go Better With Hookers and Coke!

  Not only will it be televised but it will RT'ed millions or billions of times!...
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  Zipman68

  What do you guys think? Does this guy wait until he is majorly fucked on drugs before posting or has he done so many during his life that he damaged his brain so much...
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  Songs That Sound Good But No Idea What They Mean?

  I like this song "2 on" by Tinasche but no idea what it means even after I read the lyrics. Any other songs like this?...
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  OT: As Gasoline Heads Toward $2, the Benefits Start to Trickle Down

  "Restaurants and bars are seeing their best sales growth in years. Americans are driving more—and buying bigger cars and trucks. Consumer confidence is sitting at an 11-year high, with lower-income households showing the biggest...
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  OT: Best Journalism?

  What organizations/programs, in your opinion, provide the best journalism? Now I'm not talking about hottest reporters (a topic covered in numerous threads in the past) but who provides facts the most accurately, objectively and...
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  OT: Gates Foundation Sees a Better Future Driven by Technology

  "The lives of the poor will be improved by technology, Bill and Melinda Gates tell The Wall Street Journal" http://www.wsj.com/articles/gates-foundation-sees-a-better-future-driven-by-technology-1421900245?mod=e2fb Ok, a couple of problems with this. First according to Strvie-girl, The Economist, and Stevie-girl's cohort...
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  OT: Barry Obama - Please Shut Up!

  Obama is in a great situation political now. Or so he thinks. He can shoot off his mouth to his heart's content about taxing the 1% and the banks, knowing full well it will...
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  OT: Welcome to Tax Season

  I'm using the MLK Holiday to get started on tax season. This year I'm responsible for 7 tax returns, up one from last year. I'll be doing 4 myself while my accountant gets to...
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  OT: China Home Prices Fall in Fewer Cities as Demand Grows

  New-home prices fell in fewer Chinese cities last month as some areas benefited from a recovery in housing sales after the government eased property curbs and cut interest rates for the first time since...
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  OT: Consumer Sentiment in U.S. Surges to 11-Year High

  "The University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index for January rose to an 11-year high of 98.2, exceeding the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg, from a final reading of 93.6 the prior...
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  rickdugan and jerikson40 are both fagggots!

  Title says it all!...
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  RickyBoy Scores a Blah OTC After 18 Months and $3000 Spent on Conversation

  Wow! There must really be something to this System of his to score results like that: https://www.tuscl.net/postread.php?PID=32722 ...
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  Time for More Mandatory Carry Laws?

  In light of the increasing attacks on civilians by these Islamic fucks?...
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  OT: ISIS to be Wiped Off the Map this Year?

  Attacking in Paris now? Shelling US troops in Iraq? They are doing all they can to provoke a war that will wipe them off the map. I don't think they'll be around any more...
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  OT: Bloomberg: Young Home Buyers Return in U.S. as Economy Accelerates

  "After Damien and Tina Bucci were approved for a mortgage in 2012, they decided they couldn’t afford the biggest purchase of their lives without greater confidence in the U.S. economy. Next month, they will...
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  Steak, strippers & sweet rides: Wall Street's back

  Sic Liz Warren on 'em, right, SJG? http://www.cnbc.com/id/102306197...
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  OT "Booming U.S. Validated as Investors See Busy Consumers"

  "An S&P 500 index of consumer-discretionary companies from Walt Disney Co. to Amazon.com Inc. gained 322 percent between March 2009 and the end of last year, for the best performance among 10 major groups. Americans...
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  OT: 2015 We are So Fucked!

  Look we are not doing things at all in the way Libertarians and Ayn Randroids say we should. First we got rid of the gold standard way back under Nixon. Then we allowed central...
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  OT: DOOMED Shaghai Exchange Close Up About 60% for the Year

  Back in October stevie-girl and The Economist were warning about how much trouble China was in and the threat it would pose to the global economy. Looks like they really hit the nail on...
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  OT: 2015: The year jobs surge in the US

  But Stevie-girl and The Economist said we are DOOMED! http://www.cnbc.com/id/102292870 Also ObamaCare is about to kick up a notch, and minimum wages will rise in many states. And on top of all that we are doing...
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  OT: Washington, Oregon and New York State - All DOOMED!

  These states are really in for trouble next year. Not only is there the ObamaCare thing kicking in, but they are also raising their minimum wages. Definitely things Ayn Rand and Libertarians would despise,...
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  OT: CNBC - US economic recovery finally taking hold

  "Just in case you missed it: the U.S. economy is back" Did you miss it? Too busy listening to those on TUSCL parrot their party lines for so long that they now beleive them themselves...
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  OT: CNBC - Traders say this could be the big short for 2015

  "While stock traders have been piling into the Santa rally, bond investors this holiday season have been busily building what some say could be the biggest short position ever in Treasury futures. That's a massive...
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  OT: Americans Grow More Confident as Job Market Improves: Economy

  "The confidence index blew past its long-term average as a strengthening job market, hints of impending wage gains and the cheapest gasoline in five years help Americans shake off any lingering recessionary blues. The...
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  Bloomberg: Economy Grows by Most in a Decade on U.S. Consumer-Spending Gain

  "The world’s largest economy surged in the third quarter, expanding at the fastest pace in more than a decade, as U.S. consumers and businesses spent more than previously estimated." Q3 annualized GDP revised up to...
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  Why Ate These Jihadists So Fixated on Australia?

  My theory is that that Malaysian plane was heading Australia this year to crash into something but didn't make it for whatever reason. Australia seems to be an obsession with these guys. What is the...
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  OT: Mobius Says China’s Bull Market Is Just Getting Started

  http://bloom.bg/1vFfqWq "Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, said he’s been buying Chinese stocks “across the board,” including oil-related companies, on expectations that crude prices will recover from five-year lows" But stevie-girl said China...
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  OT: Is Taylor Swift Vengeful?

  What do you folks think? I don't follow pop culture as closely as many of you on here do, so wanted to get your opinions? I have heard this about rumored about her....
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  OT: DOOMED Shanghai Composite Closes Above 3000

  Remember when Stevie-girl quoted that article in The Economist about how worrisome China was because it's growth was a mere 6-7% a year and they were, rightfully, worried about this dangerously low growth rate...
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  OT: Taylor Swift or Jennifer Lawrence?

  Who would you rather?...
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