“With the exception only of the period during which the gold standard was in effect, virtually all governments throughout history have used their exclusive power to issue money, as a method to defraud and plunder the people.” – Friedrich von Hayek
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Posted by reinkefj
http://www.lewrockwell.com/schmidt/schmidt12.html
Federal Policy Brings Down Another Airliner in New York
by Thomas Schmidt
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Well, the “Canada” geese are presumably migratory, and are covered by treaties: in other words, they are under the control of the Federal Government, which protects them from any harm. The fact that they do not migrate is immaterial: no state or local government can harm them in parks, and no private landowner of a golf course can shoot, trap or harass them from his property. Once again, uniform Federal rules have usurped local control and private property rights; thankfully, an accountable private airline’s pilot was there to protect us from our protectors.
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Knew it wouldn’t take long to find the gooferment in the “Miracle on the Hudson”. What should me call non-migrating Canadian geese? Dinner!
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Posted by reinkefj
http://windowssecrets.com/comp/090108/
Will the Windows 7 RTM make an early entrance?
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The official release of Beta 1 of Windows 7 to the public is widely expected to occur next week. If all goes well with the remaining testing, indications are that the final, RTM (released to manufacturing) version will be available as early as August. Lending support to this theory is the fact that the end-user license agreement of Beta 1, like all recent prerelease versions of Windows 7, states that the software will expire Aug. 1, 2009.
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With a tip of the hat to the folks at WINDOWSECRETS.COM … …
Why do I feel like I have seen this “morality play” before?
Because we have?
Now everyone will be urged to test and upgrade asap. Hardware won’t support it? It’s an Intel / Microsoft treadmill. Intel needs you to buy more hardware so Microsoft makes fatter OSes. Microsoft needs you to send them money so they need to inflate their OSes with more “features”.
For what?
To do websurfing, email, wp, spreadsheets, and some slides.
Ya gotta be kidding!
If your platform works — which for most home users it does — sit tight.
Windoze cruds up over time. Fact of life. So focus your energy in a “refresh”.
Or move to Linux. With free software.
And. get off the treadmill entirely. It’s not taking you anywhere you want to go. Except to spending more money.
Computing should now be a commodity.
A very cheap one.
imho
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Posted by reinkefj
Circuit City to liquidate remaining US stores
Jan 16 12:05 PM US/Eastern
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM and VINNEE TONG
AP Business Writers
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The buzz is that Liqudators mark all prices back up to the MSRP initially. THEN, start to mark stuff down.
I’ve seen this anytime I went for “bargains” when someone was closing down.
Don’t be fooled.
AND, if you have a Circuit City gift card, GET SOMETHING for it. It’s not going to be a collectable on the Antiques Roadshow. “YEs, Mister Doofus:: And, how much did your great grandfather pay for this 50$ gift card? Yes, well while it’s an original Circuit City gift card, no one cares. Sorry to say, it’s value is zero. But it is pretty.”
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Posted by reinkefj
Setting the Bull Trap
John Mauldin’s Outside the Box
Posted Jan 07 2009, 05:00 PM
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* Shouldn’t the consumer, after decades of over-consumption, be allowed to digest the over-indebtedness and save, rather than be encouraged to take risk?
* Shouldn’t companies, no matter what state they reside in from a political point of view, if run poorly, be allowed to fail or forced to restructure?
* Should taxpayer money be used to make up for the mishaps at financial institutions or should we allow them to wallow in their own mistakes?
* Shouldn’t free markets be free?
* When did Socialism make its way to our shores?
* How do we choose who is bailed out and who loses?
* Shouldn’t we place blame on the politicians, bureaucrats and other “decision makers” and put skilled people in place that know how to run the businesses?
* Shouldn’t investors, led blindly down the primrose path of “buy and hold, diversify and don’t open your brokerage statement except once every 10 years” be allowed to follow the Prudent Man Rule?
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Certainly excellent questions to ask ourselves about what kind of country we are living in?
Investing in?
The investment climate we’ll all be taking investment risks!
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Posted by reinkefj
May I point out that perhaps there was some luck involved, when the pilot “placed” the plane down on the Hudson River. (I don’t think it qualifies as “ditching”, “splashing”, or “crash landing”; too neatly done.) I watched with horror as the politicians arrived to tells us how “heroic” the police, fire, and other government responders were. Having watching the early coverage, the Ferry Captains were there “long” before any of the government troops were on site. The ferry passengers pitched right in. Business suits and all. I think those folks deserve the lion’s share of the credit for saving those passengers. All the media reports these people were way down the list for credit. That annoys me. And, I think it hides the true American spirit.
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UPDATE: 20090117 @ 9AM
Someone else noticed!
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/lelong10.html
The Takeover of New York Harbor
by A.D Lelong
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I looked at all the photographs of the scene. While the plane was still relatively afloat, the only responders I saw were the NY WATER WAYS vessels. The photos that showed governmental vessels were taken after the plane had sunk considerably, and most of the passengers had been put on the ferries.
On Friday morning at 11:40 AM Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference to honor the “first responders.” Behind him were cops, coast guard, fire officials – a whole platoon of uniformed men. Lost in the crowd were two skippers of the two ferries which responded first.
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Wake up, people! It’s the gooferment. They’ll certainly claim MORE than their share of the credit to justify financially raping the taxpayer.
And, did anyone notice the mayor’s press conference was partially in Spanish? Thus pandering to another voting block!!
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Posted by reinkefj
Guess this is the “change” we were promised?
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Posted by reinkefj
http://lifehacker.com/5131781/where-to-go-when-google-notebook-goes-down
Where to Go When Google Notebook Goes Down
By Kevin Purdy, 8:10 AM on Thu Jan 15 2009, 9,709 views
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Google’s Notebook webapp was tightly integrated with other Google apps, had a killer Firefox extension, and was great at getting things done. “Was,” though, because Google is ending support. Here’s where heartsick users should turn.
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OK, here’s why you can’t trust “free” software, “beta” software, or “the cloud”.
Next time you’re going to bet your data on one of these, think “what will I do when?”.
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Posted by reinkefj
http://distributedrepublic.net/archives/2008/12/23/simple-indeed-or-the-audacity-cluelessness
Simple Indeed, or The Audacity of Cluelessness
Submitted by Brandon Berg on Tue, 2008-12-23 21:52
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The International Herald Tribune showcases the astonishing cluelessness of people who are presumably among the best and brightest of Obama’s supporters:
When a dozen consumers gathered over the weekend to discuss health care at the behest of President-elect Barack Obama, they quickly agreed on one point: they despise health insurance companies.
They also agreed that health care was a right; that insurance should cover “everything,” not just some services; and that coverage should be readily available from the government, as well as from employers.
“We have to keep the momentum going,” said Hijane, 34, who was a volunteer in the Obama campaign and is active in women’s health advocacy. “We are not lobbyists. We are simple citizens.”
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Get ready for national health care. Delays, Higher Costs, Rationing, and … … yes, sadly, deaths.
That’s what happens when the Socialists take over.
Sigh.
Need a new category … STUPIDITY!
Anyone want to start an insurance company? No. Me neither!
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Posted by reinkefj
… … with rss for knowledge worker’s. I’ve tried this several times. But, never could get management or leadership interested. Most want a big central system tied into “human resources” and annual performance appraisal “systems”. Unfortunately, it’s about productivity; not “gotchas”. Might be just my impressions, but the honchos were worried about bad press. As opposed to getting all their “human resources” in alignment. With the appropriate categories and tags, anyone in the Enterprise could tap into status information.
Might be interesting to work that idea up for some one?
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Posted by reinkefj
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