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Mmmmm, beer

June 26, 2006

From time to time, I find myself at CostPlus World Market, usually for some sort of furnishing which I never find. But I do try to make it over to their beer/wine section for a quick perusal of whatever happens to be in stock. If I see something I’ve never had, I usually [...]

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“The loan markets are profoundly distorted…”

June 26, 2006

Karen De Coster and Eric Englund observe:
“The loan markets are profoundly distorted due to the nature of fiat money machinations. Because of this intervention, lending is now dramatically different. It is no longer necessary to know your borrowers. The bank – sustained by its cat-and-mouse scheme of fractional-reserve banking — has a huge incentive [...]

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Evil Capitalist…

June 25, 2006

“…announced plans to give away an estimated 85 percent of his estimated 44 billion dollar wealth to charity…”
Full story via yahoo!news.
I’d like to take a moment of your time to press the point that it is precisely because of our largely capitalist economic system, that people like Warren Buffett are able to make such donations [...]

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A Hard Lesson in Taxation

June 23, 2006

Less than impressed
After a very long struggle, I’ve finally received a check for tuition reimbursement which was part of the hard-bargain I drove last summer. The amount due me was $3,750. To my surprise, it was subject to the usual gauntlet of taxes, as if it were part of my normal income. [...]

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