tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post2895683476615791710..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: THE WEEK THAT WASTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-72608084311624989822012-11-21T14:45:51.539-06:002012-11-21T14:45:51.539-06:00mike ~~ Oh yes - clickety-clack go my metaphorical...mike ~~ Oh yes - clickety-clack go my metaphorical needles, stopping only long enough to point out potential victims! ;-)<br /><br />Another one walking it back eh?<br />I've just been drafting a post for Saturday about the restaurant/ACA issue. It'll probably be irrelevant by Saturday at this rate.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-48966936689013169782012-11-21T10:31:39.861-06:002012-11-21T10:31:39.861-06:00Is Twilight, aka Mdm Defarge, wearing her fingers ...Is Twilight, aka Mdm Defarge, wearing her fingers to the bone with all of that knitting?<br /><br />Read yesterday that Papa John's Pizza CEO has also backed-off his rhetoric concerning Obamacare by saying it was all a misunderstanding and he had been misquoted.mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-2203612363242781002012-11-21T05:41:47.162-06:002012-11-21T05:41:47.162-06:00Your blog is a source of information, I am an avid...Your blog is a source of information, I am an avid reader and I wish you good luck .Bichon maltaishttp://www.cleaneyes.frnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-62200117407291174812012-11-20T16:10:21.353-06:002012-11-20T16:10:21.353-06:00mike ~~~ Thanks for the update - - YAY!!!! That...mike ~~~ Thanks for the update - - YAY!!!! That's good! It was another display of extremely bad judgment on the part of Metz. If he'd kept his mouth shut and done all he threatened perhaps he'd have got away with it. <br />Perhaps Denny's still will do it, but we're onto 'em now - and will be watching....and the other chains too.<br />( Erm...my alter ego is Madame Defarge ;-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-15017232697412133612012-11-20T12:54:24.908-06:002012-11-20T12:54:24.908-06:00Today's revelation regarding Denny's, this...Today's revelation regarding Denny's, this from the true head-honcho:<br /><br />"Don't expect to hear more about an Obamacare surcharge from Denny's franchisee John Metz.<br /><br />Denny's chief executive John Miller privately reached out to Metz to express his "disappointment" with the Florida franchisee's controversial statements about Obamacare, which sparked a wave of backlash for the national restaurant chain over the past few days. Metz released a statement Monday night expressing "regret" over his statements."mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-3988411601094667622012-11-20T08:36:27.930-06:002012-11-20T08:36:27.930-06:00DC ~~~ Thanks. Wonderful analogy DC!!
Yes, bratty...DC ~~~ Thanks. Wonderful analogy DC!!<br />Yes, bratty, mean-spirited and verging on sadistic. Capitalism-run-riot is full of such characters - don't know how we'll ever solve that one.<br /><br />Yes - the comment I quoted was superb wasn't it! <br /><br /> <br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-14335985073440969262012-11-20T03:12:59.514-06:002012-11-20T03:12:59.514-06:00Oh...and I almost forgot....that bratty child that...Oh...and I almost forgot....that bratty child that destroyed his own coloring book.....he'll surely blame the dog!DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404195170822950372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-69438867775674882882012-11-20T03:05:04.041-06:002012-11-20T03:05:04.041-06:00Mertz and his attitude reminds me of a bratty chil...Mertz and his attitude reminds me of a bratty child destroying his own coloring book because his parents wouldn't buy him new crayons, whilst he has a toy box FULL of crayons already. And the comment from the post .....well I wish I had said that! :) Great post Annie!<br />DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404195170822950372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-91287600863712814612012-11-19T11:42:43.076-06:002012-11-19T11:42:43.076-06:00James Higham ~ Adam....Eve....serpent...apple.......James Higham ~ Adam....Eve....serpent...apple....??Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-23141211418915096602012-11-19T09:18:05.912-06:002012-11-19T09:18:05.912-06:00Still playing out: several sites carried casting s...Still playing out: several sites carried casting suggestions for what is an inevitable outcome of the Petraeus Affair<br /><br />When will men learn how dangerous women are? :)James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-82052687775399919592012-11-17T13:22:38.900-06:002012-11-17T13:22:38.900-06:00Wisewebwoman ~~ But...but the demise of Twinkies ...Wisewebwoman ~~ But...but the demise of Twinkies means that the cockroaches, sole survivors of the apocalypse, will be denied their dessert item: those indestructible little gooey tubes.<br /><br />Yes, Petraeus et al have provided much distraction this week - so many, many words, spoken and written. The whole affair has its highly comical side though (as well as a serious one) - which must be partly to blame for such widespread attention.<br /><br />I wonder if pantomime characters in the UK this Christmas will include<br />any references to this farcical affair. If they don't, they're missing a trick! :-)<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-30812665461592883002012-11-17T12:59:10.266-06:002012-11-17T12:59:10.266-06:00I've seen these unfunded pension liabilities u...I've seen these unfunded pension liabilities used here even out at the edge of the Atlantic to cease operations after the FatCats have been served their unfathomable bonuses and then yell banktuptcy.<br /><br />As to Twinkies with their 100 year shelf life, good riddance, I feel so sorry for the workers.<br /><br />And Petraeus, only in the US would this get so much coverage while distracting us from the real issues.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-56109974903060723732012-11-17T11:09:03.977-06:002012-11-17T11:09:03.977-06:00mike ~~ Looking for a role? How about the FBI shi...mike ~~ Looking for a role? How about the FBI shirtless guy then? <br />;-) Or maybe give that one to Bruce Willis and you be General Allen, sending out thousands of e-mails - he won't have many lines to learn - too busy typing!<br /><br />The secession thing is so silly, isn't it? I bet if it really became an option most people, other than the raving loonies, would run screaming from it. :-)<br /><br />I'm longing to see <i>Lincoln</i> - but it hasn't shown up yet in our town.<br />It features 3 favourite actors of mine (D.Strathairn, TL.Jones, and J.Spader). Might have to travel to see it later on if it doesn't turn up here.<br /><br />Thanks for your further thoughts, info and links re Obamacare & Hostess.<br /><br />Something is definitely rotten....<br /><br />Groan...Israel/Palestine - I try never to get into that issue. It has been going on for as long as I can remember, in one way or another. I doubt there's an answer - but then I said that about Ireland/Northern Ireland, and they did manage to find peace at last, if at time an uneasy one.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-64773524683213459202012-11-17T10:02:15.065-06:002012-11-17T10:02:15.065-06:00Hollywood may have to be on stand-by with casting ...Hollywood may have to be on stand-by with casting calls for the "Petraeus Affair"...new participants ooze out of the woodwork every couple of days. Maybe a role will open-up for me soon.<br /><br />Speaking of "unions", don't forget that all of the states in the United States are now submitting petitions for secession, now known as "Secession 2012". I guess the half of the nation voting for Romney now wants their half of each state. I guess we're back to the Yankees and Confederates again, with the split of the Union. Perhaps it's timely that the movie "Lincoln" is newly released.<br /><br />Yes, the rhetoric over the Affordable Health Act (aka Obamacare) is producing CEOs willing to preserve or increase profits by taking it out on their employees. PBS' Frontline has two episodes that detail this American crisis and expose the existing health care and insurance companies as a sham:<br />http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundamerica/view/<br />http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/<br /><br />Regarding Twinkies...the company has $2 billion in unfunded pension liability, which is the root of this bankruptcy. Hostess has been prostituted by private equity companies:<br />"Workers were being asked to accept cuts, but top executives had gotten massive raises as Hostess was about to enter bankruptcy. Investments in the company's future that had been promised as part of restructuring after the previous bankruptcy were never made." (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/16/1162235/-Private-equity-owned-Hostess-blames-striking-workers-as-it-liquidates)<br /><br />Un- and under-funded pension liabilities have been bringing down cities in the US, as well as some companies. This is a big bubble that is bursting as I type. I think that the USPS (Postal Service) is the only company mandated to fully fund their pension liability, which they have defaulted the previous two payments.<br /><br />Then, there's always the Hamas-Israel Gaza problem, Iran, Syria-Turkey offensive, and our own Afghanistan-Iraq wars to ponder if things get too slow!mikenoreply@blogger.com