mejayroberts

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mejayroberts posted to the Bicycling Fools board. 11:42 AM

One Man's Collection

James, a very enigmatic man, has taken it upon himself to collect one bicycle from each developmental epoch for future generations to enjoy , a kind of time capsule of cycling.

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mejayroberts replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 11:38 AM

Re: Desertdave...here's our chance

I lived in Pittsburgh in the 70’s and 80’s when Big Steel collapsed, and believe me it wasn't "liberal policies" that brought that city near bankruptcy. It was heavy social costs coupled with a collapse of tax revenues. Same as happened [more]

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mejayroberts replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 7:17 AM

Re: Woodford on Central Bank Bond Wipe

19 Reasons Why The Federal Reserve Is At The Heart Of Our Economic Problems, March 30th, 2011 (and even more prophetic, 2 years later)

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mejayroberts replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 7:44 PM

Re: CA Pensions/Calpers win this round

The $900 million Stockton owes to the California Public Employees Retirement System to cover pensions is its biggest debt -– as is the case with many cities in California.

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mejayroberts replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 9:19 AM

Re: How much household wealth to confiscate

I like a "bankruptcy" approach in which shareholders and bondholders are wiped out before depositors - and in which uninsured depositors are impacted, too, if there are insufficient assets available to pay them back in full. I don't like [more]

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mejayroberts replied to the Bicycling Fools board. 8:44 AM

Re: Keeping Cyclists Off The Streets

If you're not riding any faster than you're running, then I don't particularly think wearing a helmet is a big deal.

While one might argue that my experience is anecdotal, I recently "went down" at near walking speed, hit my [more]

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mejayroberts replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 7:13 AM

Re: Cyprus or US: Who is the sucker?

If any American got suckered, it's probably their own fault to a large extent.

Including my 92 year old Mom?

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mejayroberts replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 7:26 AM

Re: market has faith in Bernanke

Cramer is the host of CNBC's Mad Money. CNBC is owned by NBC. NBC is now owned by Comcast.

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mejayroberts posted to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 11:34 AM

The Google Glass feature no one is talking about

1984?

From now on, starting today, anywhere you go within range of a Google Glass device, everything you do could be recorded and uploaded to Google’s cloud, and stored there for the rest of your life. You won’t know if you’re being [more]

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mejayroberts replied to the Best Travel Spots/Tips board. 8:19 AM

Re: European trains

Governor of FL said he would refuse federal money for a rail line in FL.

And thank goodness.

We Floridians didn't need another (under)funded federal mandate.