Sunday, February 6th, 2011
…sometimes it encourages you to start something clean, or motivate you if you’re already working on it. I’m beginning to think that all these quotes based on obfuscation are starting to sound like fortune cookies. But, you’d rather not talk about everything in clear and open form. I hope the Super Bowl has good commercials [...]
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Friday, October 8th, 2010
Diane Medved at TownHall writes: Help me here. What is it about “virtual goods”–imaginary own-ables in online community or commercial fake-world games–that leads Americans to shell out a projected $1.6 billion this year in our jobless economy? Facebook hosts and profits from the virtual barnyard antics of FarmVille (75 million monthly active users) and a [...]
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
There have been a lot of posts (and political lobbying) within the past few years by a dying Media 1.0 establishment and a gullible public to discourage the creation and reading of blogs, this time by encouraging Twitter and Facebook as replacements for blogs. Examples: 1 2 3 4 Rather than go on a standard [...]
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010
There was that recent story in the news about the Verizon debt collector threatening to blow up someone’s house. (NOTE: I don’t know about this industry, am not a lawyer, or whether this works in all cases. Use this suggestion at your own risk.) A month ago, I was receiving calls from debt collectors who [...]
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
I ordered a Whopper with large fries, and like all fast food restaurants, large fries come with the ridiculously large soda you keep in the fridge and finish within two days. The Burger King I went to had a public soda dispenser (i.e., not behind the cashiers). The following appeared on my plastic soda cup: [...]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Politics as usual, via YouTube: Obama Speech: 7 Lies In Under 2 Minutes
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Saturday, August 29th, 2009
From Lew Rockwell: This online video game, consisting of hundreds of thousands of players who control every aspect of the game universe, just suffered an enormous economic calamity due to player-controlled bankers engaging in Fractional Reserve Banking. When players got wind of the fraudulent practice, it prompted a bank run. Minus central banking, Fractional Reserve [...]
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