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IT's on woodlands parkway just near FM2978. Pretty popular place for drag racing. These guys are dorks. Insurance won't cover it.

Don't they call the FF a Jay Brake or a Brake Coach or something to that effect? What is that about?

RomanDad for the win. That's awesome. I suppose they'll get our attention when they start knocking out infrastructure. But that would require forethought, planning, dedication and decision making ability.

Seems like the Tea Party was paying a pretty good penny for permits and special-use certificates to have rallies. I wonder if they are physically on the same property, and if so, do the Tea Party folks have a basis for a claim- of at least their permit fee back. Ah- I guess even a permit fee is probably only a couple hundred bucks or so. I have no problem with the occupy folks. I actually encourage the civil disobedience. Anybody that wants to argue that the relationship between banks and government is perfectly acceptable, just wants to argue. I see very limited positive results from this movement though: any political action that doesn't directly address the issue of the federal reserve, and the lending that goes on between the central banks, won't get at the core of problem.

FF is substantially overpriced. There are so many better options for the money. Not to mention it's gonna depreciate like a 612 Scaglietti. Much better ways to spend the money. Oh- maybe get UGR to stuff a real turbo setup in the Q7 V12 TDI diesel. SON. 1500 foot pounds of torque? Rip the tires off the rims.

I'm not really sure about this whole thing. Football seems to be some sort of priority in life which cannot be reckoned with. I see it in my friends, as well. They are leaving the realm of exciting healthy sport and entering this deranged place, where everything seems to be about this mock war. Picking sides. Marriages, families are discounted. Visible anger and pain. Just discouraging and confusing to watch it. Very sad, very strange to me. I don't get it. Have you guys seen an increase in the volatility of these type folks? I really think there's something to this. It's the anger, and the emotional investment that concerns me the most. I remember watching football with my family in the late 90s, and even though my uncles were emotionally invested, they could congratulate and admire the own (or opposing) teams. They were proud, but not prideful in the sense that it built them up with a win or broke them down with a loss.

Bingo. Do we have any evidence that Iran can build a missile that can reliably lob a camel turd over a 6 foot tall chicken wire fence?

This. I'm watching Lexus cars sell for true dealer invoice, 2 years old. Literally 100% residual value to invoice on some of these cars. If you leased an 08 or 09 Lexus, you basically got to use the car for free. Just be smart about how and when you pay it off.

My direct neighbor took a long-time "Friend" for a ride in his Ferrari 360. They got plowed from behind. His "friend" sued the truck driver AND my neighbor. Can you believe that? What a piece of garbage....

I stopped by credit union around 4PM. She was completely frazzled. I gave her a knowing smile. She said "Listen, if you're trying to open up a new account with $37.00 please come back on Monday." Got a good kick out of that. I mean, look- I'm glad that we're having this conversation. It's a strange one, and I don't think OWS really understands the bedfellows of the mega banks and government. But, at least it's a start.

None of this "steep decline" surprises me, to be honest. It's an entitlement culture, and I'm not just talking about Welfare moms. I'm talking about you bankers out there (you know who you are) that expect to keep profits private and lay off the risk to we, the tax payers. You truly feel nothing shameful about transferring 79 trillion dollars in notes from your investment arm to the FDIC vaults of your bank. So, listen up bitches. We understand the shell game now. You gigged us pretty good. You welfare miscreants, you're an annoyance. You're embarrassing and stupid and fat and exceedingly effective at procreating. But you Banksters and politicians, you are on notice. You either mark your assets to market, or the disgruntled zombies you've created will turn on their master. And I know you're not going to; but you deserve notice anyway.

Assuming that Lambopower is the cross section of humanity, please explain why statutory rape is still a crime. Nobody seems to have a problem with it. I don't.

Dude. Whatever. All of these countries we're at "war" with can't fabricate a missile strong enough to lob a camel turd over a chicken wire fence. They do not represent a threat to the United States of America, directly or indirectly. You want to argue Israel, fine. I love Israel, too. But they'll obliterate anybody that wants to mess with them, so as long as we're the enabler. There will always be strife in the holy land. Always. All we're doing is feeding the military industrial complex, because if we have another 2 million soldiers in the unemployment line, and another 5 million accessory jobs lost because we're not building bombs, tanks and planes then the economy goes nose down into the dirt. It's all a freaking scam. We're sending our troops to their death to liberate people who don't want to be liberated. If you stop feeding the beast, it dies. These people do not hate our freedom. They hate our incessant need to dominate and force our belief structure on others. It's called Blowback and it's real.

There will be a lot of discussion about this strap. Club racers have been talking about AGV's strap mounting process for years, and in fact many clubs have banned AGV as a result of their anecdotal evidence. The speculation is rampant, and backed up by real world experience with these helmets. I, personally, would never ever wear an AGV for this exact reason- the strap is mounted in the inner shell in such a way that any distribution of weight along the chin or temple area could cause the inner and outter to delaminate, and the strap would just fall out of it's retainer. That's not to say it is what has killed him, but people have survived getting hit with far greater impact forces (both to the head, and the body) than what we saw yesterday. My guess is that Rossi's tire spun his helmet off his head. I would like to see someone besides just DORNA investigating this death.

I got to meet Marco @ a MotoGP race a few years ago. Very neat person, was always under the wing of Rossi. If two people had to be involved in an incident like this, Colin with his amazing heart was the best. And Rossi, with his friendship with Marco, was the worst. Absolute tragedy. A few of my friends have talked to Colin today. He is in a lot of pain and sort of just in a fog. If you're so inclined, please pray for them all right now. There is a bond between motorcycle racers, it's a bit unexplainable when another dies. We all feel it, even if we don't know the people involved.

Each Japanese manufacturer has a brand manager who could (but never do) license image use. The lady that does Kawasaki also does Suzuki, she is in the Long Beach distribution center. I know H-D is a PITA to deal with. Can't be of much more help.

IF you're looking for bang for the buck detailer, the guys at Whitakers are really good. If you're looking for ultra high-end detailing, I haven't found any mobile detailers worth a flip. I've tried. I'll give Jaysfolly's recommendations a try

I disagree. What took Enron down was not the part of their business that was regulated. They utilized public sentiment and marketing to build a system that was sustainable, if enough people bought into it. Ken Lay was a genius. Enron could have easily been the Apple of the Energy industry. Lot of people don't know that Enron was where Carbon Credits originated, the whole concept of offsetting one's carbon footprint came out of the board room of Enron. I believe initially it was called a Sulfer Dioxide and Carbon Dioxide offset, if memory serves. Lehman failing, Enron Failing. Both too large to do so. Both large, because people trusted that the decision makers had their best interest at heart.

You guys are not the buyer. The buyer is a wet behind the ears moderately wealthy trust fund kid, who was thinking about getting a gallardo, but saw this thing and...

Montana, I know. There's a way to do it in Texas as well, but you have to be a registered leinholder- which has it's own consequences. But Montana will do it, for sure. Texas has some counties that require a "green sheet" inspection, but once that's in place you no longer need to reside in the state. PM me if you're interested.

Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait... Okay. The Constitution is a looooong way away from international banking treaties between megabanks. Did our founding fathers fight for international banksters? I missed that part of the Revolutionary War. Where was the crime? Did they bring the money into the states? Did they steal it out of their bank in Tango-Tongo? Help me out here. If the money went through an offshore bank, and the money stayed in that offshore bank or under that country's jurisdiction, then we get no say-so in the matter. I think a good defense lawyer could make a very good case of this. The libertarian in me says "If you're dumb enough to put your money in trust with a gambling outfit, in an offshore account, then you're dumb enough to part ways with that cash." I think it's fairly clear that they stole money at this point. I don't hate the constitution. But these were voluntary, discretionary decisions by all parties. To the extent that a crime took place on US soil, I say throw the book at 'em. What we should be talking about is the ability to offshore profits, but keep the risk stateside.

I see jurisdiction as primary importance. If I'm Tongo-Tonga in the middle of the ocean, and you want to run fiber optics to my servers and conduct business in Tongabucks, and send out US dollars through satellite beams... I don't really see how the US has jurisdiction? I understand the principle of holding it in trust. But Maybe Tongo-Tongalese people don't abide by the United States Banking Regulations. Maybe they're like honey badgers or something. I see busting these guys for running a ponzi scheme as a slippery slope. The fact that people trusted these entities... Well, honestly I don't have much sympathy. Maybe that's the libertarian in me rearing it's ever-growing head.

Alright. So let's just say that I wasn't having an un-winnable debate with an attorney. That's fantasy. But, let's say. Did they commit to holding the money in trust? By what rule of law? Some 40 square mile island in the Caribbean they could buy and sell with the cash they had in the PO Box? Did they utilize that money to legally gain market share? Or, did they do something more sinister? I think that people get accused of things all the time, and things get trumped up in order to get public opinion behind a zealous prosecutor. I'm not defending, I feel bad for the people who lost. But, you smelled it. I smelled it. You got out. I got out. To my knowledge, neither of us is prescient. I suppose if you look at it from a % and volume of cash lost, you can be pretty confident that they swaggered out with the cash... I'll grant you one point for Ponzi.

I disagree. A Ponzi scheme relies on new entrants to pay the old entrants. By the time that the old entrants find out that there is none of the money that they ( along with their contemporary investors) put into the deal, they cannot disclose the scheme. What evolves is a silent majority. I think that this is the defining characteristic of Ponzi's scheme. The net effect, which is that there is no cash, is the same. But I don't think that Full Tilt, or anybody else, designed the proforma to take from the new and give to the old. Ponzi did in with intention. And I think intent matters. The players invested poorly. I can think of a lot of people that had $4M in their ScottTrade account and have $600K left. Would you argue that they invested in a ponzi scheme? If so, I'll fold. My line, with a ponzi scheme label, is that the catalyzers have to build the upside down pyramid, with intent.

Ponzi Scheme seems to be the noun de rigueur for anything that makes money without paying hommage to the government. I'm not saying that it's right, or that I think it's a good idea. But, a Ponzi scheme is a very specific word used to describe a very specific activity. Was it a scam? Let the jurors decide. Was it a Ponzi scheme? No. Not at all. I played FTP and PokerStars just a few times. I smelled stink. Anytime there is explosive growth in a business that has anything to do with BLOOD, WOMEN or GAMBLING I get suspicious. There's only so many ways to scale up fighting, chicks and dice throwing and then you run into trouble. Just saying, if the Mob can't make money in the middle of the desert with all of the resources in the world at their feet... K? Look this aint rocket science...