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Anyone else download the Resident Evil 5 demo? I've tried it twice and I've been killed both times. The graphics are great though. -- nm - Shaun Jan 30, 12:29 2
- I have watched all the vids including the interviews with the producer but was unaware they have a demo. LINK!?!?! -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 30, 12:30
- Might be my next purchase but haven't tried the demo yet. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 30, 12:29
If they did end 401K tax breaks, would lots of people stop giving to 401K, thus resulting in a suddent reduction in growth of investments? - ty97 Jan 30, 12:28 8
- i'm so out of the loop. is this the ability to put money in on a pre-tax basis? that's really on the chopping block? that would suuucckkk. - kare Jan 30, 12:31 1
  - I can't see that happening. - znufrii Jan 30, 12:32
- as long as employers are matching, they'd be dumb to stop. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 12:30 1
  - well as we know that's starting to taper off too. :( -- nm - kare Jan 30, 12:31
- what are the 401k tax breaks? (i confess ignorance) - pigby Jan 30, 12:29 3
  - payroll money put into the 401k is deducted from taxable pay. -- nm - Max Jan 30, 12:31
  - It's pre-tax money. Then you pay taxes later in life when you withdraw. - Strongbad Jan 30, 12:30
  - The money isn't taxed until it's withdrawn. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 30, 12:30
Next TT Question Poll: If John McCain won (and the GOP had control of Congress) - what action do they take to revive the economy? -- nm - Guy Jan 30, 12:27 12
- Torture the economy until it's starts doing what we want it to do. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 30, 12:31
- Tax cuts and corporate subsidies, natch -- nm - con_carne Jan 30, 12:29
- put up flyers for a party proclaiming "Everyone Gets Laid", charge at the door -- nm - crash davis Jan 30, 12:28 2
  - Free Beer! (featuring McCain playing the saw) -- nm - Guy Jan 30, 12:30
  - *votes for tyra* -- nm - Max Jan 30, 12:30
- tax cuts -- nm - znufrii Jan 30, 12:28
- Palin dispatched to slaughter Canada's moose population to feed all of our hungry. Duh. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 30, 12:28
- they would shoot Cheney's friend in the face again. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 30, 12:28
- More ATV trails! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 30, 12:28
- War. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 30, 12:27 2
  - *ding* -- nm - Epiphany Jan 30, 12:28
  - Poll over. -- nm - Loyola Jan 30, 12:28
~They say a man should always dress for the job he wants...~ -- nm - Diva Jan 30, 12:26 6
- *picturing mel having to take you down to the river like Lenny* -- nm - pigby Jan 30, 12:27 1
  - MEL AND LENNY DON'T EVEN... -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 30, 12:28
- Shut up, shut up, shut UP!! -- nm - mara Jan 30, 12:26 3
  - shoulda gone to free credit report dot com, I would have seen this comin at me like an atom bomb. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 30, 12:27 2
    - Gawd help me I think he is kinda of hawt -- nm - Epiphany Jan 30, 12:29 1
      - He's got a cute face. Oh wait - were you talking about groiny? -- nm - Diva Jan 30, 12:30
VLIR, LYC: Carpet, carpet, hardwood. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 30, 12:24 1
- are these euphemisms? nm -- nm - groiny Jan 30, 12:25
This is - by far - the worst/best outcome from the Songsmith real songs project. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 30, 12:24 3
- I lasted 11 seconds with this... - Mel Profit - Smelly Needy Thing Jan 30, 12:30
- The opening to Crazy Train made me laugh out loud. -- (link) - Dignan Jan 30, 12:27 1
  - I was just about to post that one. This might put Weird Al out of business. -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 12:28
OMG, no!! Somebody's cell just rang, and their ring tone is the seafood-restaurant freecreditreport.com song!! -- nm - mara Jan 30, 12:24 10
- He needs to be throttled and garroted -- nm - con_carne Jan 30, 12:30
- I'm not sure if that or "Viva Viagra" would be worse. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 30, 12:27
- Wow. I have the $5 Foot Long Subway song on mine, but even I would not soop that low. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 30, 12:27
- F-R-E-E that spells Free -- nm - Strongbad Jan 30, 12:26
- I'm strongly against the death penalty. But now I'm having second thoughts. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 30, 12:25 2
  - this one is miles ahead of the other dreck on their commercials. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 30, 12:26
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- "now I'm in here every evening serving chowder and iced tea...." nm -- nm - groiny Jan 30, 12:25 1
  - this is what brings you out of hiding? -- nm - pigby Jan 30, 12:25
- kill them -- nm - znufrii Jan 30, 12:24
the US Dept of State has released its updated Bountry Note on Zimbabwe. oy. -- (link) - loosilu Jan 30, 12:21 2
- And they've more or less abandoned their currency - Brian Jan 30, 12:32
- Bountry = Background. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 12:24
The tystravaganza evite has been sent to all east-coasters I have e-mails for. Want an invite (wherever you are!) just let me know! - ty97 Jan 30, 12:16 1
- (Just look at it as our own economic stimulus! hee!) -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 12:18
5-3 for the current stimulus accordin to B2 poll. I suppose the bank bill had an 'ignorance is bliss' element in its favor. - Guy Jan 30, 12:13 15
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- There were marches and protests over the bank bailout bill. -- nm - Loyola Jan 30, 12:17 6
  - and yet - as JD notes - it was passed/supported by both parties. -- nm - Guy Jan 30, 12:22 5
    - wow, i guess Bush really *was* a uniter, not a divider -- nm - pigby Jan 30, 12:24
    - I know but I thought you were asking which one kicked up the most fuss. I say bank bailout. -- nm - Loyola Jan 30, 12:23 3
      - its just interesting how the bank was met with mixed criticism, while this seems to fall distinctly on party lines -- nm - Guy Jan 30, 12:25 2
        
        Oh. new Prez, to be expected. I hope I'm wrong and hope Obama is right for the next 4 years. I just don't think he is. -- nm - Loyola Jan 30, 12:27 1
        
        this doesnt entirely make sense to me either. Bush had almost zero support and yet their is at least cautious optimism for Obama in general. - Guy Jan 30, 12:29
- I don't know what you are babbling about now, but opinion polls suggest the current is far more palatable to people than the bank one was. - Don Homer Jan 30, 12:16 2
  - my post was referring to a TT opinion poll - not a real poll. -- nm - Guy Jan 30, 12:17
  - He was going by the vote on B2, I think. -- nm - Jim Jan 30, 12:17
- My recollection of the ST discussion of the bailout and the stimulus, is more people complained about the bailout -- nm - Roger More Jan 30, 12:16 1
  - by a mile. -- nm - TFox Jan 30, 12:16
- In all honestly, outside of ST, I haven't heard one person bitch about the new stimulus. -- nm - TFox Jan 30, 12:14 1
  - You don't know many Republicans. They're screaming "pork" at the top of their lungs. - Chicken Little Jan 30, 12:17
IMO Scotty Morre is the least known great guitarist on the 1950's and early 1960's. he played lead guitar for Ricky Nelson & Elvis -- nm - peglegpete Jan 30, 12:12 2
- arrggh. morre = Moore -- nm - peglegpete Jan 30, 12:13
- on = of -- nm - peglegpete Jan 30, 12:13
The facts are these: The initial bank bailout lacked transparency and oversight. That muddied the waters for the current package. Unfortunately, the - TWuG Jan 30, 12:11 32
- can't we just pay the pie-maker to revive our economy? -- nm - Guy Jan 30, 12:18
- A large problem is that the lion's share of that very strong jolt that the economy so badly needs *right now* won't kick in until 2010. Tax cuts are - Loyola Jan 30, 12:16 11
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  - Which is why the current package has both. -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 12:21 4
    - Well it's heartening to see that at least Obama recognizes the effectiveness of tax cuts in stimulating the economy albeit not at a level that would - Loyola Jan 30, 12:26 3
      - the stimulus doesn't take place in a vacuum though. The government has to finance whatever extra tax cuts and spending it implements, - Roger More Jan 30, 12:30 1
        
        Limited by who we can borrow from (increasing debt, creating a larger deficit) or how much new money they're willing to print (risking inflation) -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 12:33
      - Taxes cuts will never provide the same boost as spending. But the will provide a more immediate boost if the cuts are retroactive - TWuG Jan 30, 12:30
  - here's my problem with that logic - if you give a well off family a tax cut, they may spend some and save the rest. - Guy Jan 30, 12:21 4
    - *How* is the upper class family going to save it, Guy? - Dr.Vermin Jan 30, 12:23 3
      - do they banks REALLY need help at this point Vermin? are the banks starving or living on the streets? -- nm - Guy Jan 30, 12:28 1
        
        Is that the standard? Only people on the streets deserve help? - Dr.Vermin Jan 30, 12:32
      - yeah, give it to us! *pays out another $18.4billion in bonuses* -- nm - Banks Jan 30, 12:24
- I think a lot of the friction is over what "targeted appropriately" means. - Dr.Vermin Jan 30, 12:14 10
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    - My usual mix of ignorance and temerity, of course. :P -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 30, 12:27 1
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  - Absolutely. IMO, money targeted at the Arts, education and the like *IN THE CURRENT BILL*, is inappropriate - TWuG Jan 30, 12:20 4
    - i completely agree about your last sentence. -- nm - Guy Jan 30, 12:24
    - In addition, my primary concern on the stimulus (what I posted to znu yesterday) - Strongbad Jan 30, 12:21 2
      - That is a fair concern. I am trusting Obama to keep his word to cut inappropriate and wasteful spending from any budget he submits. - TWuG Jan 30, 12:24 1
        
        and I hope recovery.gov becomes the model for government transparency rather than the exception. -- nm - znufrii Jan 30, 12:25
  - the other option would be targeting toward who the GOP think *deserve* it. - Guy Jan 30, 12:16 1
    - No. - Dr.Vermin Jan 30, 12:19
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  - Saving when the economy is sour is the exact right response on an *individual* basis. Collectively it just prolongs the recession. - TWuG Jan 30, 12:15 5
    - See?! SEE?!!! -- nm - znufrii Jan 30, 12:20 3
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        Please, elucidate me. How am I wrong? -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 12:26 1
        
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  - isnt that a bit like planning your post-Super Bowl trip to Disneyland before you even qualify for the playoffs? -- nm - Guy Jan 30, 12:15
anyone Halo'ing this evening? - groiny Jan 30, 12:11 9
- oh, I should pay attention to these now that I have XBox 360 Live up. -- nm - Max Jan 30, 12:22 2
  - please do not ever expect Xbox Live Help to ever *help* you - took them 2 hours to understand the problem - Epiphany Jan 30, 12:28
  - yes, best 400 bucks I ever spent. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 30, 12:23
- Yo. I think my kids want some of their games back. - JaxSean Jan 30, 12:15 1
  - I keep looking at them and forgetting. - groiny Jan 30, 12:16
- I likely missed the report on the water damaged 360 replacement. Happy ending? -- nm - Shaun Jan 30, 12:14 2
  - yeah, and the 360 is fine too! nm -- nm - groiny Jan 30, 12:17 1
    - Gamertag? -- nm - Shaun Jan 30, 12:18
- Howdy! -- nm - con_carne Jan 30, 12:13
Heh. Buying the wrong Springsteen cd this morning turned out to be a good thing. - kelly Jan 30, 12:09 9
- I downloaded his track pack for GHWT but haven't tried them yet. -- nm - Shaun Jan 30, 12:15 6
  - I wish there were more than 2 songs in that pack. - kelly Jan 30, 12:20 3
    - Go buy the disc. -- nm - Shaun Jan 30, 12:21 2
      - I would, except it seems that there are *so* many GHWT songs that are already on Rock Band/RB2. - kelly Jan 30, 12:24 1
        
        Bruce just cried. -- nm - Shaun Jan 30, 12:26
  - I need to do that this weekend. (I think it's there until Feb 4th -- is it free?) -- nm - JaxSean Jan 30, 12:16 1
    - It's free yes, but for a limited time. -- nm - Shaun Jan 30, 12:17
- Be sure to call ahead -- nm - Clark Griswold Jan 30, 12:12 1
  - :) -- nm - kelly Jan 30, 12:13
Maybe this will help some people. Just talked to my daughter and her b/f was looking for a good guitar song from the 60's - amoxy Jan 30, 12:07 14
- Any Hendrix or Clapton. I would think Pinball Wizard would be kinda fun to play too. -- nm - Jim Jan 30, 12:14 1
  - My favorite 60's song to play is Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey. nm - Dignan Jan 30, 12:16
- electric? acoustic? slide? -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 12:10
- Watchtower - Dylan for the acoustic guitar, Hendrix for the electric -- nm - crash davis Jan 30, 12:10 4
  - DMB for the jam-band version, Bear McCreary for the plot-twist version. -- nm - Chicken Little Jan 30, 12:12
  - Dylan's "The Hurricane" has some fun bits on guitar too, but it's long as hell for a class. -- nm - TFox Jan 30, 12:11 2
    - its great, but iirc, its from the 70s :) -- nm - crash davis Jan 30, 12:24 1
      - Hey, check that out! (Sometimes I just bucket certain artists with decades inappropriately.) -- nm - TFox Jan 30, 12:25
- any Dick Dale or theVentures song -- nm - peglegpete Jan 30, 12:09 1
  - Heh -- nm - con_carne Jan 30, 12:09
- Dick muthaeffin' Dale -- nm - TFox Jan 30, 12:08 3
  - I commend your taste in music, sir (also LIR) -- nm - con_carne Jan 30, 12:09 2
    - Do you know Los Straightjackets? If not, I bet you'd dig them. -- nm - TFox Jan 30, 12:14 1
      - I haven't heard of them. Thx -- nm - con_carne Jan 30, 12:16
I really *should* give more to my 401K. I'm only giving 10% and really can afford to give more. - ty97 Jan 30, 12:06 14
- you really think there's a chance you wouldn't see what you've put into your 401k? isn't that sort of unpossible? - kare Jan 30, 12:29
- Wow...I couldn't even think about putting 10% in. Only 5% here. nm - Jim Jan 30, 12:16 1
  - I know 10% would be a burden for many people, I of course have unique circumstances -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 12:20
- Power to the People! Lets start a revolution! -- nm - amoxy Jan 30, 12:08
- 401k's don't disappear like a pension plan might. You'll see your dime, just how much is dependent on what you invested in -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Jan 30, 12:07 9
  - oh contraire - they are going up on the chopping block -- nm - Epiphany Jan 30, 12:17 5
    - why would do this. It's *all* we have. Companies have killed pensions. -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 12:23 2
      - I think I'd rather have a system without a pension in favor of higher pay. -- nm - Max Jan 30, 12:25 1
        
        Like you get a choice - you get neither. - ty97 Jan 30, 12:27
    - Yeah, but even if they kill the 401k program, you won't lose what is already invested. They'll just stop accepting deposits. -- nm - TFox Jan 30, 12:18 1
      - ...unless the fund loses everything you've invested. -- nm - Max Jan 30, 12:24
  - my rsps (same thing) are worth less now that my purchase price for them. -- nm - Andie Jan 30, 12:11 1
    - mmhmm. nm - Dignan Jan 30, 12:12
  - That is the conventional wisdom. I'm not sold on it anymore. - ty97 Jan 30, 12:08
get down! -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 30, 12:05 14
- AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! -- nm - Chicken Little Jan 30, 12:10
- boogie oogie oogie! -- nm - Andie Jan 30, 12:10
- Wait. I have to declare my stimulus check amount on my tax return....As if the governemnt doesn't KNOW they sent it to me? - ty97 Jan 30, 12:08 7
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    - I don't believe that's true, jack. The tax forms ask how much you received, because you may receive a tax credit if you didn't receive the max amount - Don Homer Jan 30, 12:15 3
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        *fires you as my tax attorney* :) -- nm - Don Homer Jan 30, 12:20 1
        
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    - *head spins* They are taxing me on the stimulus check? - ty97 Jan 30, 12:11 1
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- get down and move it all around -- nm - Jammed Uzi Jan 30, 12:07
- ~ 911 is a joke in your town ~ -- nm - JaxSean Jan 30, 12:07
- tonight! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 30, 12:06
- get funky! -- nm - mara Jan 30, 12:06

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