Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-22-2007, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 93
Re: Vegas 11-24 to 11-28
I'll be arriving on the morning of the 28th for a three night stay on a whim... Southwest had flights for $236 including tax and I couldn't pass it up since I'm on vacation next week :-)
I'm...
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Forum: BBV4Life
10-28-2007, 11:46 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 310
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Forum: Politics
10-23-2007, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 110
Re: Your Tax Dollars at Work: CIA Edition
Kinda looks like the crudely drawn pictures of Murray Rothbard (I think?) that people around here like to post/photoshop into other pictures. Can anyone post one for comparison?
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-21-2007, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 151
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Forum: Video Games
10-11-2007, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 202
Views: 836
Re: Orange box & Team Fortress two beta thread
Picked it up for $38 plus tax at Circuit City yesterday after work. Hopefully I'll get to installing it tonight. The last FPS I really played was TF on Quake 1 (!), so I'm expecting this to be a...
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Forum: BBV4Life
10-09-2007, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 280
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-01-2007, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 82
Views: 420
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Forum: Politics
09-26-2007, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 463
Views: 1,708
Re: New York City bans trans fats
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ok, go out and try to eat non-gmo food. unless you have amish relatives or something it will be *impossible*.
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First, you have no right to purchase non-GMO food from anyone. ...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-26-2007, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 137
Views: 482
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Forum: Politics
09-26-2007, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 463
Views: 1,708
Re: New York City bans trans fats
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Cliffs notes: government regulation is a joke, we need more government regulation AMIRITE?
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it's all about who the lobbys are. on the federal level the...
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Forum: Politics
09-25-2007, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 60
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Forum: Politics
09-25-2007, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 463
Views: 1,708
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Forum: Politics
08-24-2007, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 173
Views: 606
Re: Black market schools
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For obvious reasons, it's higly likely that private schools are more efficient than public schools.
However, it is not a good argument against the existence of public schools, unless you...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-16-2007, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 153
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Forum: Politics
08-10-2007, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 240
Views: 846
Re: The Federal Reserve: Love it or Hate it
Hate it.
Money is just another good. There is no "right" amount of money in the market just like there is no "right" amount of wheat grown, oil pumped out of the ground, or toothpaste put into...
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Forum: Politics
08-10-2007, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 95
Re: AC ists, you dissapoint me greatly.
My presentation of a list of steps was certainly tongue-in-cheek, but what I'm really trying to get at is that there is no "right" amount of loan activity that can be determined by anyone before the...
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Forum: Politics
08-10-2007, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 95
Re: AC ists, you dissapoint me greatly.
I want to talk about this too. Here's a post I made in your BFI thread:
People don't want to lend money because of possible defaults on what turned out to be bad loans.
Interest rates go up.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-09-2007, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 87
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-07-2007, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 298
Re: finally gold getting some respect
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In the U.S., the Federal Reserve (Fed) most commonly uses overnight repurchase agreements...
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Forum: Politics
08-07-2007, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 290
Views: 952
Re: Libertarians: Stop Using Logic
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Who bears this liability cost today?
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It's a large mix spread out between some private concerns, the government, and externalities passed on to the public (coal...
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Forum: Politics
08-07-2007, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 290
Views: 952
Re: Libertarians: Stop Using Logic
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It happens to be that the alternative to government forcing my costs on others that I envision has a lot of insurance companies being willing to trade these risks in manageable...
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Forum: Politics
08-07-2007, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 290
Views: 952
Re: Libertarians: Stop Using Logic
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Risks like those you cite will be either be borne by the business owners and investors or will be transferred in manageable chunks to insurance companies, much like is done...
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Forum: Politics
08-07-2007, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 290
Views: 952
Re: Libertarians: Stop Using Logic
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No, but I might invest $900 and spend the other $100 of my available capital on an insurance policy against that $1m judgment coming in. Policies for investment in dangerous...
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Forum: Politics
08-07-2007, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 290
Views: 952
Re: Libertarians: Stop Using Logic
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Issac do you have anything that can back this assertion up, I've heard you use it several times now.
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Corporations are chartered by the government and...
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Forum: Politics
08-07-2007, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 290
Views: 952
Re: Libertarians: Stop Using Logic
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Try raising capital for any large enterprise without it. Would you invest $1000 in a company with the knowledge that such an investment was really open-ended and you could be called on to...
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