The Off Topic Topic

[CountDeMoney]

Oh, he did.  Just that others managed to cover his tracks.  Don't think I didn't notice.

[garbon]

I wake up and have to see 26 straight threads with Last Post by: Timmay?

Languish sucks balls, man.

HMBOB is behind the Great Firewall, Tyr is lazy and Bmolsson banned, what do you expect?

A good rule of thumb when you have no one to talk to - is to stop talking.

[Zanza]

the "managed nation" has been proved as a bad idea over, and over, and over again. Even not full communist countries have troubles.

And I know the "we are not XY peoples, we are more advanced, we could do it" argument, and it's BS. Human nature is human nature regardless of how accustomed it is to Cafe Latte

He listed four sectors that should be state-controlled: healthcare, education, energy and banking.

Healthcare and education are mostly state-controlled in rich countries, so it clearly works. Sure, some details may not work, but the general principle of heavy state involvement seems to be a net benefit for these sectors. Mainly because their output should not be determined with market mechanisms, but rather based on other norms. So societies pick a different mechanism than the market to regulate these.

Energy is a sector where hybrid solutions seem to work fine. The actual energy transmission networks seem to be a natural monopoly and I think you can make a very good argument for them being state-owned/controlled. The powerplants themselves are trickier, but to keep a stable power supply you need to regulate them heavily too. And for some kinds of powerplants, you need the state as no private actor is willing to pay for them or to insure them, e.g. nuclear power plants.

Banking seems to be a mixed bag. Both private and state-owned banks seem to be prone to cause problems. So I guess here both private and public banks have their pros and cons.

[jimmy olsen]

Dirty rat bastards.

For years, my credit union's been awarding Rewards points for check card transactions, you know the kind where you can redeem them for fabulous gifts and prizes. 
I've banked something like 70,000 points over the years, enough for Apple products, for fuck's sake;  now, effective May 31st they're ending it for check card holders, and you'll only accrue points if you have a Platinum Visa credit card. 

Fucking bankers.  Like label makers and digital cameras are setting them back that much.

I blame Yi.  They're his people.

Just spend them in the month you have left, shouldn't be that difficult should it?

[garbon]

Dirty rat bastards.

For years, my credit union's been awarding Rewards points for check card transactions, you know the kind where you can redeem them for fabulous gifts and prizes. 
I've banked something like 70,000 points over the years, enough for Apple products, for fuck's sake;  now, effective May 31st they're ending it for check card holders, and you'll only accrue points if you have a Platinum Visa credit card. 

Fucking bankers.  Like label makers and digital cameras are setting them back that much.

I blame Yi.  They're his people.

Just spend them in the month you have left, shouldn't be that difficult should it?

I think his point is that he won't get anymore and thus won't get anymore fabulous gifts or prizes.

[Brazen]

Coke has stopped its "Cokezone" awards too. Mind you, everything was pretty crap.

[jimmy olsen]

 

[mongers]

Coke has stopped its "Cokezone" awards too. Mind you, everything was pretty crap.

So the promotion perfectly match the product ? 

[Ed Anger]

Ugh. I wish North Korea would knock out Tim's Internet.

[HVC]

Hasn't he posted that thing like three times now?

[derspiess]

Dirty rat bastards.

For years, my credit union's been awarding Rewards points for check card transactions, you know the kind where you can redeem them for fabulous gifts and prizes. 
I've banked something like 70,000 points over the years, enough for Apple products, for fuck's sake;  now, effective May 31st they're ending it for check card holders, and you'll only accrue points if you have a Platinum Visa credit card. 

Fucking bankers.  Like label makers and digital cameras are setting them back that much.

I blame Yi.  They're his people.

As always, your rage is misplaced.  You should be sending angry letters to Messrs. Frank, Dodd, Durbin and all the senators & congressman who voted for it.

Reading is fun: http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/banking/durbin-amendment-explained/

[jimmy olsen]

Hasn't he posted that thing like three times now?

Never posted it before.

[Liep]

My local grocer was stabbed in a robbery earlier today. He'll survive, but he closed the store so I had to go elsewhere for milk.

[Grey Fox]

#firstworldproblems

[Admiral Yi]

Dirty rat bastards.

For years, my credit union's been awarding Rewards points for check card transactions, you know the kind where you can redeem them for fabulous gifts and prizes. 
I've banked something like 70,000 points over the years, enough for Apple products, for fuck's sake;  now, effective May 31st they're ending it for check card holders, and you'll only accrue points if you have a Platinum Visa credit card. 

Fucking bankers.  Like label makers and digital cameras are setting them back that much.

I blame Yi.  They're his people.

Blame your OWS overlords.  They're the ones who sold you the lie that banking at credit unions is all Light and Goodness.