CWA Ad Link

Posted: October 22nd, 2004

Thanks to my old friends who used to work at LU, here’s a link to the CWA ad:
http://www.cwa-comtech.org/audio/cwa_att_radio_ad.mp3

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Jobs Bill

Posted: October 22nd, 2004

So, what the heck does this stuff have to do with creating new jobs, I ask? SONAR DEVICES SUITABLE FOR FINDING FISH
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES INCURRED IN SUPPORT OF NATIVE ALASKAN SUBSISTENCE WHALING
MODIFICATION OF DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE FOR AIRCRAFT
EXCLUSION OF INCOME DERIVED FROM CERTAIN WAGERS ON HORSE RACES AND DOG RACES FROM GROSS INCOME OF NONRESIDENT ALIEN INDIVIDUALS

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Solution

Posted: October 21st, 2004

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So if Pat Russo is now in charge of only 31,800 employees vs 150,000
why isn’t her salary reduced to reflect the reduced responsibilities???
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Iran For Kerry

Posted: October 21st, 2004

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“Kerry is exactly what the U.S. needs right now.”
–Tehran Times, June 2004
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I really have to think twice when I read this kind of stuff — why does Iran want Kerry for president?
And does that mean I don’t? Shouldn’t? All hell breaks loose if he gets in? What???

CWA Ad

Posted: October 20th, 2004

The scenario is a typical voice answering system -
starts with: welcome to AT&T, press 1 for India, press 2 for Mexico,
press 3 to reach the unemployment office where you can talk to the American workers
who used to answer these calls… It could have been welcome to Lucent, welcome to IBM,
welcome to Dell, welcome to… any of the companies on the list.

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No Complaints

Posted: October 18th, 2004

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Capitalism is supposed to be a system in which the capitalists make money by exploiting the workers. But GM, as near as we can tell, has it backwards. It is selling bonds to investors in order to pay health and retirement benefits for GM workers. It now more resembles the U.S. government than a profit-making business.
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Broadband

Posted: August 30th, 2004

Well, that’s been the story up until now - with the wonders of fixed
wireless - today, after years of waiting for DSL that just never came…

I have broadband!! Yipee, the Internet is flying I tell you, flying.
I can actually try viewing a webcast, webinar… If there is a watch the video link,
I can click it. The kids are ecstatic too, especially the daughter taking an online class.

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Outsourcing Tidbits

Posted: August 29th, 2004

According to a study conducted by the University of California,
Berkeley titled “The New Wave of Outsourcing,” there were between
25,000 and 30,000 new outsourcing-related jobs created in India in
July 2003 alone
. In the same month, American employers carried out
2,087 mass layoffs, resulting in the loss of 226,435 jobs.

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Income Decline

Posted: August 29th, 2004

The data:

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The total adjusted gross income on tax returns fell 5.1 percent, to just over $6 trillion in 2002, the most recent year for which data is available, from $6.35 trillion in 2000. Because of population growth, average incomes declined even more, by 5.7 percent.

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Ouchie

Posted: July 16th, 2004

Ok, so actually it’s more like a net of 2500 - but it’s still too much, even for a 401K that I can’t touch for nine more years.

And on TASR no less - option spreads are great until they move all the way against you in a single day, which is what happened here… Never again, mark my words on this one. I will figure out a trailing stop for spreads auto exit strategy… Chalk this up to a learning experience, but — ouchie none the less.