WifeGeeding told me one of her friends had breast augmentation surgery, and I jokingly asked if that was her way of hinting that was something she wanted for herself. I also jokingly said there’s probably a Groupon for it, and then I decided to research that claim, and sure enough, you can get a Groupon for such a thing. Nothing says “Happy Mother’s Day” more than a Groupon for breast augmentation. Note: There’s a thousand dollar difference between the saline and silicone options.
It dawned on me recently that I will let my perception of the past shape the person I am or want to become. It’s like I let the past become more powerful than what is and what can be.
‘Saturday Night Live’ Will Cut Ads by 30% Next Season – It will do this by removing two commercial breaks per episode, giving viewers more content, said Linda Yaccarino, chairman-advertising sales and client partnerships, NBC Universal. And for advertisers, NBC will also be offering a limited opportunity to partner with “SNL” to create original branded content. These native pods will only occur six times a year, Ms. Yaccarino said.
Since more than a handful Texas lawyers read this blog – Nearly one-fourth of Texas law grads are unemployed or underemployed – Just a decade ago, earning a law degree was the sure fire way to a guaranteed job and a six-figure income. Not so much anymore. Despite paying as much as $200,000 for their legal education, nearly one-fourth of the 2,072 Texas law school graduates of 2015 are unemployed or underemployed, according to new data compiled by The Texas Lawbook. Statistics show that less than two-thirds of law school graduates in Texas from 2015 have full-time jobs as lawyers 10 months after graduating. About 12 percent of graduates are employed full-time in non-lawyer professional positions.
The SNL article is interesting. Apart from the reasons given, I wonder if they're trying to drive up the price for commercial time by creating artificial scarcity? I guess instead of having 2-3 truly horrible sketches every week, now they'll have time for 3-4.
I graduated law school in 2012, as the legal economy was just beginning to bounce back from the catastrophic employment results for the 2010 class (though the 2015 class is now facing even worse odds). I was fortunate to find a full-time job as an attorney, but I was definitely underemployed. I've since moved on and I'm in a good place now – but a lot of people I know can't say the same. I made the decision to go to law school before the economy tanked. If I knew then what I know now, I probably wouldn't make the same decision. The article nails it – six-figure debt combined with stifled earning potential = no bueno.
there's some value (no pun intended) in civil asset forfeiture, but it's in serious need of overhaul. Small-town cops are pumping huge amounts of money into their coffers even when no crime is committed, and that's criminal in itself. It's legalized theft!
+1 on the horrible SNL sketches. It's been really lame lately unless they get a very good host who can take the lead on lots of skits, and that aint been happening much. Lorne needs to do some housecleaning. Or maybe Lorne is the problem?
Junior O'Daniel: "Well, people like that reform. Maybe we should get us some."
Between 1989 and 2010, U.S. attorneys seized an estimated $12.6 billion in asset forfeiture cases. The growth rate during that time averaged +19.4% annually.
In 2010 alone, the value of assets seized grew by +52.8% from 2009 and was six times greater than the total for 1989.
Then by 2014, that number had ballooned to roughly $4.5 billion for the year, making this 35% of the entire number of assets collected from 1989 to 2010 in a single year.
Now, according to the FBI, the total amount of goods stolen by criminals in 2014 burglary offenses suffered an estimated $3.9 billion in property losses. This means that the police are now taking more assets than the criminals. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-17/police-c…
There is something seriously wrong with this country.
The SNL article is interesting. Apart from the reasons given, I wonder if they're trying to drive up the price for commercial time by creating artificial scarcity? I guess instead of having 2-3 truly horrible sketches every week, now they'll have time for 3-4.
I graduated law school in 2012, as the legal economy was just beginning to bounce back from the catastrophic employment results for the 2010 class (though the 2015 class is now facing even worse odds). I was fortunate to find a full-time job as an attorney, but I was definitely underemployed. I've since moved on and I'm in a good place now – but a lot of people I know can't say the same. I made the decision to go to law school before the economy tanked. If I knew then what I know now, I probably wouldn't make the same decision. The article nails it – six-figure debt combined with stifled earning potential = no bueno.
there's some value (no pun intended) in civil asset forfeiture, but it's in serious need of overhaul. Small-town cops are pumping huge amounts of money into their coffers even when no crime is committed, and that's criminal in itself. It's legalized theft!
+1 on the horrible SNL sketches. It's been really lame lately unless they get a very good host who can take the lead on lots of skits, and that aint been happening much. Lorne needs to do some housecleaning. Or maybe Lorne is the problem?
Junior O'Daniel: "Well, people like that reform. Maybe we should get us some."
Police are bigger thieves than the thieves:
Between 1989 and 2010, U.S. attorneys seized an estimated $12.6 billion in asset forfeiture cases. The growth rate during that time averaged +19.4% annually.
In 2010 alone, the value of assets seized grew by +52.8% from 2009 and was six times greater than the total for 1989.
Then by 2014, that number had ballooned to roughly $4.5 billion for the year, making this 35% of the entire number of assets collected from 1989 to 2010 in a single year.
Now, according to the FBI, the total amount of goods stolen by criminals in 2014 burglary offenses suffered an estimated $3.9 billion in property losses. This means that the police are now taking more assets than the criminals.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-17/police-c…
There is something seriously wrong with this country.
IANAL, but what the hell happened to the fifth amendment?
So, did you splurge and spend the extra $1000?
RE: Unemployed lawyers
Just remember, 50% of all doctors finished in the bottom half of their med class.
Think about it.