pertplus1 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 when theyre in mexico, everything has that tint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSK Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Yeah Pert said it. Whenever there are scenes in mexico it has that yellow tint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSK Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Related stories - Breaking Bad style: $4 BILLION WORTH OF METH SEIZED IN MEXICO "A soldier stands guard in front of “chemical reactors” used in the manufacturing of the meth confiscated in yesterday’s bust. Tlajomulco de Zuniga, Mexico." "My gums are receding and turning black just looking at this photo. This is to Breaking Bad what the Titanic is to the rubber ducky in my bathtub." "15 tons of pure methamphetamine worth $4 billion were seized yesterday at a ranch outside of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The superlabs in Mexico are operating on a scale that is mindboggling. This haul alone was enough meth to get 13 million people wired to the gills." Link: http://dangerousminds.net/comments/4_billion_worth_of_meth_seized_in_mexico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HUSK Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 William Duncan, Chemistry Teacher, Allegedly Sells Meth — Real-Life ‘Breaking Bad’? "He’d better call Saul. William Duncan, a 42-year-old chemistry teacher in Cass County, Texas, is accused of cooking and selling meth, KLTV reports. Duncan was caught selling methamphetamine to undercover police officers in the parking lot of the junior high school where he teaches, Police Chief Alton McWaters told the station. McWaters added that he has known Duncan for a long time and was “real surprised” to find him engaging in such activity. Duncan has been charged with manufacturing a controlled substance and delivery of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone. He has been placed on administrative leave, according to the Houston Press. The teacher’s arrest has drawn comparisons to AMC’s “Breaking Bad.” Walter White, the TV show’s lead character, is a high school chemistry teacher who turns to cooking and selling meth to pay for his cancer treatment. Duncan isn’t the the first to receive this comparison. In August, an Alabama man by the name of Walter White made Tuscaloosa County’s most-wanted list after he allegedly violated his probation in a methamphetamine manufacturing case." Video: http://www.kltv.com/category/240194/new-video-landing-page?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=7717985 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bed framed Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Real talk I've been watching Malcolm in the Middle on Netflix lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasfacevictm Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Malcolm in the Middle is quality TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john brown Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Since Breaking Bad is over, Ive been watching Breaking Amish every Sunday. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 hahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 i can't stand kids, so i hate malcolm itm i'd like to see 'breaking malcolm' but yeah. season shoulda been longer. ugh. a reason to live til next summer i guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasfacevictm Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I also hate kids, but like watching others suffer for creating their own, so Malcolm is great for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDI 5k Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 By Matthew Yglesias Slate: Sept. 17, 2012 Ever since I started moonlighting in the Breaking Bad TV Club, people have been asking me: Does it really make sense that Walter White has positioned himself as some kind of high-end meth manufacturer? Won’t desperate junkies just settle for anything? There’s no doubt showrunner Vince Gilligan has cut some logical corners to make compelling television, but Moneybox’s view is that it’s not on the economics side. If anything is shady about the idea of premium meth, it’s the chemistry. The basic shape of the problem is illustrated by a late-August story out of San Francisco. A man in his early 50s bought some meth on Sixth St., sampled the product, and decided the quality didn’t pass muster. He chose to confront his supplier about it, much as one might complain about the purchase of any kind of good or service that didn’t meet reasonable quality standards. The problem, as it turns out, is that meth is a bit of an unusual product in that it’s typically sold by violent criminals. Complaining to the dealer didn’t reap a refund; it got the complainer tased, stabbed, and—adding insult to injury—mocked in local blogs for his misfortunes. Part of what we learn here is that meth addicts are people just like you and me. They want a quality product, and they’re disappointed if they don’t get it. So in a basic sense there’s no reason that better meth couldn’t get you a market advantage. The problem is that it’s hard to be credible while running an ongoing criminal conspiracy. Even if meth fans prefer good meth to bad, they may not be able to find it—and when disappointed, they have little recourse. That’s a problem for addicts, but also for the rest of us. Information about quality turns out to be a serious challenge for the organization of large-scale markets. The simplest economic models deal with this by stipulating that the market under consideration features “perfect information”—both buyers and sellers know everything there is to know about product quality. In the real world, obviously, this is rarely going to be the case. And sometimes that leads to big trouble. In a famous 1970 paper, “The Market for ‘Lemons’: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism,” Nobel Prize-winning economist George Akerlof formalized the problematic consequences of uneven existence of information. The person selling a car is intimately familiar with the product. The buyer is going on casual inspection and a test drive. Consequently, the seller has incentive to mislead the buyer about product quality. The crucial fact, however, is that the customer knows this and is bound to discount the used-car salesman’s claims. The problem here turns out to be not just that customers might get ripped off, but that customers’ fear of being ripped off means that nobody will be willing to pay a premium price for a premium product. If you want to make money selling quality, it’s not good enough to have a good product. You also need to credibly signal to your customers that you’ve got the good product. Businesses cope with these problems all the time. You might offer discounts or money-back guarantees to get customers in the door. Once they’ve come, you can build credibility and favorable word of mouth. You can also rely on regulation. Companies don’t love it when the government butts into their business, but the existence of the FDA gives customers confidence that they can buy those canned goods on the shelf in the supermarket without fear of disease from deadly microbes lurking within. The problem, meth-wise, is that obviously the DEA isn’t going to certify the safety of your product. And as our Taser victim in San Francisco shows, no sensible person would believe a drug dealer is going to offer you your money back if you’re not satisfied. And this is where White’s secret comes into play. Branding. In markets where regulation isn’t present or credible, brand identity is the best assurance of quality. Overcharging you for a lousy pair of socks might be a smart one-off business strategy, but a firm with a brand label to support has an incentive to deliver on promises of quality. That’s one key reason why legal products have labels all over them and marijuana is heavily branded in places where it’s legally tolerated. In the real-world market for meth, heroin, and cocaine, by contrast, purity tends to simply decline the farther you get from the border. Smuggling is hard, so dealers sneak the purest possible product past Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s prying eyes and then dilute it as needed for distribution into the Midwest. But what if your ultra-pure, locally sourced meth was manufactured by a special process that lends it a distinctive blue color? Well, that’s a game-changer. Instant branding. And even though the brand isn’t super-flashy, it’s got something more important than that: credibility. The hue of the product derives directly from the method of synthesizing it, so the only way to copy it completely would be to actually master the production process. What about that process makes the meth blue? Just the writers’ fiat. There’s no real scientific explanation; it’s just a plot device from the show to make Walt’s product more recognizable. But that little tweak of the chemistry makes all the difference economically. Rivals can—and in the show do—try to dye their inferior goods, but adding food coloring to white meth doesn’t reproduce the distinctive color of Blue Sky. And by the same token, any dilution of the product would dilute the color. Suddenly you have the most persuasively branded product in the whole world. As such, charging a premium price for a premium product should be no problem. Alternatively, if the product can be produced at large scale (the central drama of the show), it will undercut all rivals and gain massive market share. This doesn’t work in the real world, but that’s just because the chemistry of meth manufacture doesn’t support the scenario. The economics are just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bed framed Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 TL;DNR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicenemyno.3 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 That article is poorly written and sounds like some hipster goob showing off his college learnin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineCabinet Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 malcom in the middle was a good show... its got that corny family tv aspects to it, but still was genuinely funny in that innocent way. i dont like kids either & malcom was always annoying as shit, but the rest of the family was pretty awesome. hal is a good dad : p hipster goob sounds about right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool_Hand Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Frank? is that you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Swindle Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 ^ YES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gasfacevictm Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 ^^^That is nightmarish. If that kid died and kept living as a zombie, making him undeathable...FML. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSK Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 FUCKING BULLSHIT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSK Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Aaron Paul won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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