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Less than two years for swiping $1 million
Well, let the impassioned wronged make them public. Tw— August 27, 2015 2:32 p.m.
Less than two years for swiping $1 million
One needs a box-score to untangle this web. BW, if you really want to make those points stick, make a list of assertions, counter-assertions, and the evidence supporting each with references to sources--preferably links.— August 26, 2015 8:49 p.m.
How will Qualcomm layoffs affect SD area?
That's about when the myth was propagated. But am I to understand that the nightmare is over? Have I lain somnolent, out of touch, since the '70's? As if this myth were not enough, there was EST--aggression 101, and both, and worse, seem still to be with us--perhaps on steroids. Through the looking-glass darkly . . . Tw PS: Not only did MBA's think they could run businesses with "knowledge" of P&L & BS's, they thought they had to PROVE that their knowledge was superior to those who actually knew something about the details and particulars as well, and believe(d) that "best practices" were all they needed, blah-bs, blah-bs, blah-bs. They did this by frequently and arbitrarily overruling the people "under" them who often sacrificed their health and lives resisting their stupididy as diplomatically as possible instead of simply setting him up with a call-girl, camera, and recorder. Trouble was, the damn things were just popping up to replace each other as fast as Harvard could crank them out. 900-day wonders?— August 26, 2015 8:36 p.m.
Retire in San Diego! Juuust kidding.
I didn't know that. Are you sure that Prop 13 can be passed on to heirs? Or was he on the deed as a joint-tenant? Tw— August 26, 2015 8:12 p.m.
Retire in San Diego! Juuust kidding.
I "misspoke." What I meant to ask, was whether or not existing Prop 13 homes would have to start paying taxes on new assessed valuations, or would the Prop 13 limit on increases continue to apply until the property changed hands. Tw— August 26, 2015 1:56 p.m.
How will Qualcomm layoffs affect SD area?
hwstar is right on target, especially with respect to the fundamental problem. I grew up before the MBA phenomenon, when great companies, large and small, were managed by people who knew the business from top to bottom, often having started out as floor-sweepers or stock-boys. Then the idea that "higher" education could inculcate enough of the right "best practices" dogma and other bullshit into the scions of the wealthy to render them qualified to "run any company" became popular. They neglected to mention to where they would be qualified to run any company. Relevance, context, and integration. The MBA's don't know what the hell that means--IF they've ever heard of it at all. Tw— August 26, 2015 11:31 a.m.
San Diego biotechs bathe in stock market blood
Re: " Don Bauder Aug. 25, 2015 @ 1:06 p.m. "Twister: But Oscar himself was a cynic. It must take one to know one. Best, Don Bauder" I first learned this quote this way: "Americans know the price of everything, but the value of nothing." --Winston Churchill Quayling in the corner for fear of being outed again as as a quotemisquoter and misattributor, I searched the Internet and found the original. See what I mean about plagiarism sometimes improving on the original? But now I would say that it should read: 'Every nation in the world knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.' Come to think of it, I read something recently where the two terms were conflated to the degree that demonstrates that most people cannot distinguish the critical distinction. ". . . to think clearly is a necessary step toward political regeneration." --George Orwell, 'Politics and the English Language,' 1946. Best, Tw— August 25, 2015 5:09 p.m.
Retire in San Diego! Juuust kidding.
Re: " Don Bauder Aug. 25, 2015 @ 1:12 p.m. aardvark: Stress that word "carefully." Despite the state's need for revenue, I doubt it will tamper with Prop. 13. But I could be wrong. Best, Don Bauder" ATTENTION LAWYERS: If they do tamper with it, will they be able to make it retroactive? If they can and do, little shacks like mine will flood the market at incredibly cheap prices or be deserted, driving revenue down, "necessitating" tax increases. We will be living in a cave or culvert or under a bridge somewhere--IF we can even manage that, given the huge crowds that will be doing the same. Tw— August 25, 2015 1:57 p.m.
Retire in San Diego! Juuust kidding.
Re: Don Bauder Aug. 24, 2015 @ 8:15 p.m. When I took economics (business admin major) in 1965, I pissed off the professor by proposing such cockamamie ideas as suggesting that, while perhaps "creating" jobs, a totaled car must also be considered the loss of an asset, so I defer to your superior knowledge of economics. However, until I have solid facts and figures about the amount of water now "available" as well as the real rates of withdrawal as well as projected ones, I won't be able to make an "accurate" prediction of the tsunami of disasters that will radiate out from the epicenter of any sort of major system collapse, including water rates in the stratosphere, the inability of the physical system to be operated at all, the loss of tax revenue on a massive scale, etc. We will stay in denial "all the way down." The fact that we have the ability to make projections and set allocations that balance the input-output equation (including reserves), is irrelevant when we are simply unwilling to do it or insist that it be done. What we do know but will not admit is that consumption has outstripped supply, but we dump all the blame on God/Nature/The Drought. We persist in delusions of all sorts. Since the calculations are absurdly simple, the only possible explanations are an unbelievable level of incompetence or a conspiracy to conceal. Possibly a little of both. Or a LOT of both! I do agree, Don, that an El Niño will only blunt the shortage and buy a little time, but the main effect is likely to be that it will engender a false sense of security, and we will be quickly back where (or behind where) we are today. We may mouth platitudes about how water is necessary for life and all that, but we don’t really “get it” that the faucet does not have to actually run dry before irreversible system collapse, including public order, sets in. Tw— August 25, 2015 1:42 p.m.
Less than two years for swiping $1 million
Does Carly figure into this?— August 25, 2015 9:45 a.m.