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According to the news in Houghton Lake Michigan price was down to 47 cents a gallon, doubt that will last.

I don't want to sit a gas line in 4 degrees!

Houghton Lake, MI Weather

Observation as of 9:25 am EST

11°F Feels Like 4°

Meanwhile in Michigan.

A price of 78 cents per gallon was recorded at Beacon & Bridge Market while 95 cents per gallon was recorded at the Marathon in Houghton Lake. Prices were verified by GasBuddy after a review of photographs uploaded to GasBuddy's app.

http://www.fox5ny.com/news/76795410-story

Lordy, Cam probably will text while you cuddle. Your cat or dog won't.

I think we have driven a stake into the heart of this one!

Beethoven, you have a way with words.

(Maybe he should do a name change, "Cam Cannot")

Perhaps Jared Fogel can drive for Uber when he gets out of the Big House, assuming Uber is still operating. Jimbobenjiboi?

Prosecutors from San Francisco and Los Angeles continue to say that ride-hailing service Uber misleads its riders on the rigor of its background checks. Uber’s Los Angeles-area drivers included people driving under false names and those convicted of sex offenses, kidnapping and murder, the prosecutors said.

The revelations about the drivers come in an amended complaint filed Wednesday, in a suit the district attorneys originally filed against Uber in December over allegedly misleading business practices. Prosecutors settled a similar suit in December against Lyft, an Uber rival, for $250,000.

At the heart of the lawsuit is the language with which Uber describes the rigor of its driver background checks. After hearing from prosecutors, Uber has softened its claims over the past year, downshifting from saying it has “industry-leading” background checks and “safety you can trust” to its current message, which is that “every system of background checks that is available today has its flaws.” Lyft made similar adjustments to its language as part of the settlement agreement.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2015/08/19/uber-background-check-lawsuit-convicted-felons-prosecutors/

And here it is folks, Uber now allowing convicted felons to drive you! JimboBenjiboi?

Uber Technologies Inc. is taking steps in California to make its driver-screening requirements fairer to some nonviolent criminals who have served prison sentences and are attempting to rebuild their lives.

The car-hailing service no longer will reject people who apply to be drivers in the state it previously would have turned down because of certain nonviolent or nonsexual offenses, such as petty theft and check fraud, Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan said in an interview.

Uber also plans to inform driver applicants in California when it is rejecting them because of a criminal felony conviction, and tell them about steps they could take to reduce their record under Proposition 47, a law that gives non-violent offenders an opportunity to reduce their felony conviction to a misdemeanor if they submit an application by Nov. 4, 2017.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-eases-screening-rules-in-california-1452668401

When he massaged me, I noticed when only one hand was 'at work'. I turned around and his other hand was texting.

I would not see him again. Attitude to boot.

French police shot dead a knife-wielding man Thursday as he attacked a police station in Paris, a year to the day since jihadist gunmen killed 12 people at Charlie Hebdo newspaper.

The man reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) and was wearing what appeared to be an explosives vest although it was later found to be a fake, police and government sources said.

And change his name he has. Reinvented, "ALEXX".

http://www.masseurfinder.com/members/giddily.shtml

Marylander, well done.

""innocent until proven guilty folks. this is still America""

***Note: Sarcasm***

innocent until proven guilty folks. this is still America

OMG, Jake Bugg is something! Broken.

~~ or Americanized MTV version ~~

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/shkreli-resigns-turing-ceo-securities-174905827.html

 

Shkreli resigns as Turing CEO after securities fraud arrest

 

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How 'bout resigning from the human race?

not

Some context about why the rest of us aren't that morally superior to Mr. Shkreli:

I am morally superior to Shkreli. And if I raised the price of a life saving drug by 5000%, I would not run around with the Shkreli Smirk.

http://http//thereelnetwork.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/HIVSmirk-620x264.jpg%5Bimg%5D

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Dustin creates a very relaxing and comfortable space for clients to leave feeling rejuvenated and centered. With his specialty being sugar waxing Dustin also provides a strong warm touch for bodywork.

That would be the Tinny Beauty School, and if you google it, some interesting results.

Would like to have Dustin do some sugar waxing on me...

http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/12-18-15-Jabba-Shkreli-1000.jpg

“You think he’s bad? Wait until you meet Shkreli the Hutt.”

Speaking of enema water:

http://kavehadel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Political-Cartoon-Free-Market-Enema-for-Shkreli-2015-by-Cartoonist-Kaveh-Adel-240x300.jpg

And just yesterday PharmaBro was trying to raise $2 million bail for Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda.

Better save that bail money for himself!

The pharmaceutical mogul who paid millions at auction for Wu-Tang Clan’s one-of-a-kind album “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” is hatching a plan to bail out imprisoned rapper BOBBY SHMURDA.

Controversial Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli recently told HipHopDX.com he’s a big fan of rap, and he’s planning to help Shmurda, the Brooklyn rapper currently locked up on weapons and gun charges on $2 million bond, get out of jail.

“We’re actually in discussion to try to bail out Bobby Shmurda,” Shkreli said. “Forget whether you think he’s guilty or not, the guy should not be sitting in jail right now. It’s insane.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/people/2015/12/16/martin-shkreli-plotting-to-get-rapper-bobby-shmurda-out-of-jail/

And Karma does catch-up!

NEW YORK, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Martin Shkreli, a lightning rod for growing outrage over soaring prescription drug prices, was arrested by the FBI on Thursday after a federal investigation involving his former hedge fund and a pharmaceutical company he previously headed.

The securities fraud probe of Shkreli, who is now chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals and KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc, stems from his time as manager of hedge fund MSMB Capital Management and CEO of biopharmaceutical company Retrophin Inc, a person familiar with the matter said.

Shares of KaloBios fell about 50 percent in premarket trading.

Lawyers for Retrophin and Shkreli, whose arrest was witnessed by Reuters, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Turing and KaloBios declined to comment.

Turing sparked controversy earlier this year after news reports that it had raised the price of Daraprim, a 62-year-old treatment for a dangerous parasitic infection, to $750 a tablet from $13.50 after acquiring it.

Shkreli, 32, was expected to be charged on Thursday for illegally using Retrophin assets to pay off debts after MSMB lost millions of dollars, the source said.

There will also be a $AU250m industry readjustment fund to compensate taxi and hire car owners for the loss of value of their plates.

Quarter million $AU, who's paying for that?

Hmmmmmmmmmm:

http://www.hushmanhattan.com/#!staff/c1d3b

Anyone else seen Robin Williams last film??? I was totally impacted by it, and anyone who hires may find some of the scenes, ahem, 'familiar'.

Please share your impressions when you do see it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulevard_(2014_film)

A party promoter is using Airbnb to rent out his Bronx pad for booze-fueled debauchery that includes strippers and women licking whipped cream off each other, neighbors and a state official say.

“It’s like the Airbnb version of ‘Animal House,’ ” said disgusted state Sen. Jeff Klein.

http://nypost.com/2015/12/07/the-airbnb-strip-club-in-the-bronx/

My post was for entertainment

People always tend to focus on the negative of new things (Airbnb, uber, etc.) as if the old things don't have negatives either.

"Negative" Mr. Johnson?

My last post was to inspire!

I would probably insist on being there during the shoot.