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I believe you mean "the sake of this tread"... you've been very funny the last few days...whats going on in your life that you're in such jolly spirits ?

OMG !!! You have to try it, its delicious and very common in South Africa. You add it afterwards and you cut the Avo into thin slices that you put on each slice. Its a real flavour sensation

Its Friday night so its junk food night, take-away pizza with Avo, Bacon, Mushroom and Feta. And I've made some roasted garlic for extra flavour. I lovvvvvvvvvvvve garlic

But is he intentionally being racist? That's the salient question

This is what I was hoping for, some positivity. Yaaaaaaaaaay, I feel better now

The problem is they have a short deadline. Anyone not insured by February is subject to fines taxes for not enrolling - whether the system was too crap to allow them to register or not. Okay I didn't realize the deadline, that's does makes things more serious but still not insurmountable. There would have to be an extension to this deadline if the system isn't stable, that would be the only logical option Bruce, please take a look at this article and tell me what you think. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/10/18/what_if_obamacare_software_crashes_and_burns_120373.html I shouldn't be surprised that the government sat around until spring of 2013 to start getting the system put together, and effing wasted nearly three full years that could have spent fine-tuning the system. That does paint a very morbid picture, thx for ruining my Friday night But on a serious note I mentioned I work with software so I like to think I know a little about how these things work. The one think that will destroy Obamacare this year is if the code is faulty. You can fix resource utilization, network speed, load distribution and integration into other systems but at this stage you can't fix the code if its fundamentally flawed

Its okay GD I'll pay for you. Send me your banking details I just want you to start saying how great you think Obamacare is

The problem is they have a short deadline. Anyone not insured by February is subject to fines taxes for not enrolling - whether the system was too crap to allow them to register or not. Okay I didn't realize the deadline, that's does makes things more serious but still not insurmountable. There would have to be an extension to this deadline if the system isn't stable, that would be the only logical option

Or your reading comprehension is lacking. Hes clearly mentioned that he is not seeking attention nor is he upset that information is posted on multiple other sites, but instead that the same information that is shared on multiple other sites is ALSO shared here, where the devs work, and where backers would expect to find that information. But surly someone seeking attention wouldn't state he is seeking attention..that would be counterproductive to getting the attention he seeks I say we force Monte to play Bioware games where there is loads of Romance...that will teach him !!!!

I've said to Walsie I don't think Oby is a troll, I believe he genuinely believes what he posts. Most of it isn't factually accurate but lots of it makes me laugh

Why would Obama give up on Obamacare because of a badly implemented software program? I agree that this must be frustrating but this can be fixed and the problems addressed the same as any complex software program. In South Africa the Home Affairs department about 4 years ago implemented a new system to track and expedite the creating of ID documents. The system was very buggy in the beginning and basically useless. People were very angry as for about 2 months there was almost no progress or allocation of important documents. But they fixed the issues and now there is a national working database I can't judge the success or failures of Obamacare on the application used to manage the various transactions as it can be fixed.

I didn't know anything about this game so I just checked up on it on Gamespot, looks fascinating

You may well be right, but it's ass-backwards. Backers are treated like anybody else because there are folks who aren't backers. Huh? This should be the primary forum for... everything. On Facebook, for example, PE is just... tumbleweed. If the corollary of this is a site / content / forum for Backers, where the hell is it? I remain baffled by the strategy. Except there isn't one. Monte maybe if you were more supportive in our campaign to get chainmail bikini's and Romance in PE the backer site would be in place...just a thought ?

Yes that's sounds like the correct slang to describe a good week

And how many predictions did she get wrong? In a 2005 speech in San Francisco, Yellen predicted that the housing bubble "could be large enough to feel like a good-sized bump in the road, but the economy would likely be able to absorb the shock. She was wrong. The economy didn't absorb the shock. She (like others) will say two things at the same time to play both sides of the fence. If the economy did absorb the shock, then she was right. If it didn't then she'll say it was the housing bubble that hurt the economy and she was right. I suppose so

We always hear years later how someone predicted the housing crisis, the GFC or some other thing in history. True but in this case she really did, see the information below from the links I provided WASHINGTON — At a Federal Reserve meeting in June 2007, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the weakening housing market posed "downside risks" to growth, but otherwise "the economy looks to be healthy," according to a meeting transcript. San Francisco Fed President Janet Yellen stood out among Fed policymakers that day for her ominous outlook. "I still feel the presence of a 600-pound gorilla in the room, and that is the housing sector," she said. "The risk for further significant deterioration in the housing market, with house prices falling and mortgage delinquencies rising further, causes me appreciable angst."

I don't buy it. Jim Rickards makes some very good points about the Fed, but I just don't see Yellen being different than Bernanke at all. In fact she has a better economics background than him. The idea that she will just flip on the printing presses full time has little evidence to support it. She is a very shrewd economist, she is a women and she predicted the housing crisis back in 2007. She is an excellent choice for the job http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/09/02/yellen-federal-reserve/2636541/ http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/janet-yellen-chair-federal-reserve-woman-summers

"fighting off bears" that's cute

I don't buy this whole argument that certain games aren't that good and just because they sold well this doesn't translate into a game that is noteworthy I know this is a common argument we see from gaming elitists but its actually condescending and patronizing and what it means is the fans of these games don't really know a good game from a bad game ..so for some reason they cannot determine the real entertainment factor but blindly support a particular franchise because of marketing or reasons that I can't fathom Many factors constitute a good game, and what I would ask anyone who thinks that Fallout 3 is a bad game is " how come millions of people loved this game? How come hundreds of people have created forums to discuss this game and still design mods? Isn't it possible that in fact overall the positive in the game outweighs the bad in the game...therefore overall its a good game despite some issues ? " This isn't necessarily directed to you Zora, its just a general observation

Hasn't this generally been how you've spend the last week or so? ... I approve.. You 2 are very similar in that regard, " two peas in a pod" I'm sure you would get on very well if you ever met in RL You're right. There are a lot of similarities between KP & Ros! The biggest difference is Ros has many girlfriends, KP has one! I actually broke up with her a while back. And the biggest difference is that I have hair. If you were flatmates this would be your typical weekend conversation Kaine: So what should we do today, it is the weekend and we have all this housework to do? Ros: Not sure, but a quick drink wouldn't hurt? Kaine: Drinking so early on a Saturday? But you right...a quick drink has never hurt anyone Ros: But we really need to keep it simple....we do have responsibilities Kaine: Of course, well "buttoms up" Ros: That went down really well, lets have another one Kaine : Yeah...but only one more...and I have some Doritos for us to eat when we get hungry later A few days later after much drinking and visits to numerous clubs that involve some random encounters with women the intrepid flatmates finally return home Kaine: Wow that was a good party, but I'm feeling a little rough and we have all this housework to do Ros: Yeah ..but damn we had fun. Those ladies really know how to drink Kaine: I think I was in love...well time to start the housework Ros: Of course....should we have one quick drink? Kaine: A drink now? I don't think its a good idea Ros: You right...you right Kaine: But one drink never hurt anyone...and there are some Doritos left Ros: I'll get the glasses !!!

Sorry Kgambit but I have to disagree with you if you don't think that the US economy isn't recovering. I watched numerous interviews with authoritative financial experts this week like Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs and they all had the message. The USA is seeing an economic recovery albeit slow. They made several points that include Strong GDP Unemployment that is understandable and manageable. This still needs to be address Companies are profitable and have positive liquidity Of course you can find fault but compared to most countries around the world the data isn't bad. The did mention this political fighting over the debt ceiling hasn't helped the economy as markets and investors don't like uncertainty but you should blame the conservative Republicans for that I don't want to offend you (because you know I like you ) but it seems that this view from you and others that the USA economy isn't doing well is based more around the fact that to admit you are seeing a recovery is to admit Obama has done some things right. And the general consensus from Republicans is that Obama is the worst president ever and his policies and presidency are tantamount to economic suicide so you can't accept that maybe, just maybe his presidency is responsible for the economic recovery the USA needs? Bruce, you aren't offending me, but please reread what I wrote. I did not say the economy was not recovering; I said the recovery was slow and sluggish which is exactly what your financial CEOs are saying. Just to remind you, here's exactly what I said: That last comment was in reference to the folks in this thread posting rosey pictures of the recovery. Maybe those comments come across as overly negative but they are not inaccurate. I actually agree with all the GS points: the strong GDP (although I think the growth rate is slower than it could/should be), unemployment is down (but still too high and the actual unemployment rate is higher than people think) and corporate profits are up And I maintain that the signs of an extremely sluggish (albeit improving) housing market and stagnation in job growth (as evidenced by stubborn unemployment numbers) are signs that the recovery is not as strong or as widespread as some folks claim it is. Yes, things are better but they still aren't as good as they could be or need to be. I think we're arguing a matter of degree here. There is no disputing the fact that the economy is improving, but there is also no disputing the fact that this is the slowest economic recovery since WW2. That is just a fact. My comments are not because I don't like Obama (although it is true that I don't like him and that should be no secret to anyone). It's because the recovery and economy are simply not as strong as they need to be. Obama and a horde of poop flinging congressional monkeys are both responsible for slow improvement. Obama doesn't get a free pass because someone else created the mess. Period. (And I think I've made my dislike of our current government more than clear.) Maybe I'm being unrealistic in my expectations, but history would seem to be on my side in what a strong recovery should look like. This isn't it. I did misread some of your points, I apologize for that And you do make some good points and some I agree with

Holy Smoke Walsie Gratz !!! What professional accreditation are we talking about?

Tonight I'm having rice and oven baked fish, healthy and yummy

The corporate profits are real, and they do drive the DJIA. What it doesn't represent is the entire US economy - just the corporate sector which has captured most of the economic gains while holding salaries (and benefits) down and deferring expansion. Without new industry or corporate expansion, US job growth is stagnant. A significant portion of the DJIA increase is being fueled by improvement in the Global economy: the rapid growth rate of markets in China and India help fuel the DJIA but don't do much for enlarging the domestic job market. The GDP growth rate (and housing bubble) that fueled the pre-2008 stock market rise was significantly higher than it is now and look what happened in 2008. I'm not saying that we're looking at another bubble. But I do think the economic growth is far poorer and slower than some people think it is. We're still looking at shortages in manufacturing jobs and those are going to be tough to replace. Sorry Kgambit but I have to disagree with you if you don't think that the US economy isn't recovering. I watched numerous interviews with authoritative financial experts this week like Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs and they all had the message. The USA is seeing an economic recovery albeit slow. They made several points that include Strong GDP Unemployment that is understandable and manageable. This still needs to be address Companies are profitable and have positive liquidity Of course you can find fault but compared to most countries around the world the data isn't bad. The did mention this political fighting over the debt ceiling hasn't helped the economy as markets and investors don't like uncertainty but you should blame the conservative Republicans for that I don't want to offend you (because you know I like you ) but it seems that this view from you and others that the USA economy isn't doing well is based more around the fact that to admit you are seeing a recovery is to admit Obama has done some things right. And the general consensus from Republicans is that Obama is the worst president ever and his policies and presidency are tantamount to economic suicide so you can't accept that maybe, just maybe his presidency is responsible for the economic recovery the USA needs?