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A revolution in money!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um63OQz3bjo&feature=player_embedded
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MONEY: BITCOINS … a new liberty
Sunday, November 27, 2011
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RANT: The eighth time is the charm
Sunday, November 27, 20118th OUI Charge For East Boston Man With Lifetime License Suspension
November 25, 2011 3:22 PM
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EAST BOSTON (CBS) – An East Boston man with seven previous OUI arrests and a lifetime license suspension is behind bars after being charged for an eighth time with driving drunk.
State Police arrested 52-year-old Albert Diaz Wednesday night in front of Chelsea High School after a Trooper witnessed him allegedly committing several driving violations in Revere.
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The “law” can’t prevent anything.
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SERVICE: FACEBOOK and LINKEDIN don’t clean
Saturday, November 26, 2011http://nicholasnigro.blogspot.com/2011/11/destined-to-be-crossed-out.html
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Destined to Be Crossed Out…
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Slightly off-topic—but nonetheless inspired by my perusing this physical phone and address book—I cast my eyes to the future and ponder what, for instance, people’s Facebook friends list might look like in ten, twenty, and thirty years. Of course, I conduct this speculative endeavor of mine in a metaphorical laboratory. Foremost, I assume that all things remain equal—i.e., pretty much as they are now on the Facebook frontier in, say, 2020, 2030, and 2040—which is highly unlikely. I also presume an unfathomable reservoir of long-term patience for inappropriate behavior, the bane of countless people’s Facebook walls, and not a bountiful human trait.
Okay, it’s the year 2035, and that guy with 1,263 friends in 2011 is down to 347. He hasn’t heard a peep from at least 163 of his remaining friends for more than a few years, and 42 of them have only recently disappeared from sight and sound, seemingly vanishing from both the virtual ether and face of the earth. And since Facebook doesn’t comb through obituaries and the Social Security Death Index, nor readily delete accounts, many of these missing in action friends are very possibly deceased, and more than a few are living in assisted living homes or—worse still—in nursing homes sans any access to Wi-Fi. Who would have thought that a Facebook page enduring long after one’s death might be an individual’s best chance at immortality? Life is full of surprises…and so is death…especially now in the Information Age…
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It’s well know that FACEBOOK and LINKEDIN don’t clean out the “dead”. Including in that, the accounts that are never logged on to.
Argh!
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GUN: A bb gun stops a drunk
Saturday, November 26, 2011http://www.theblaze.com/stories/11-year-old-boy-shoots-mothers-drunken-attacker-with-a-bb-gun/
Crime Young Boy Saves His Mother’s Life By Shooting Drunken Attacker With a BB Gun
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:17am by Billy Hallowell Billy Hallowell
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It’s going to be a happy Thanksgiving for one Bellingham, Washington, family after a young boy took decisive action to save his mother from a vicious attacker.
Police say 11-year-old Kobe Sturgeon shot the man with a BB rifle after he drunkenly attacked his mother in the family’s home. Authorities are calling the young boy a hero for taking action during such a dramatic and chaotic incident.
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Let’s give the young men of our country REAL guns. And, just so no one thinks I’m sexist, let’s give them to the girls too.
“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” — Robert A. Heinlein
With only a bb gun, the two legged varmint might have turned on the boy. Then, finished the job.
Even a 22LR would have been better.
Argh!
Our pioneer forefathers must be turning over.
The RKBA is about being secure in our homes and to keep the politicians and bureaucrats afraid.
“God created man, Sam Colt made them equal.”
Give that man (OK, boy) a cigar. Good shooting.
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INTERESTING: ‘WOMEN ARE DEFICIENT’; really?
Saturday, November 26, 2011FEMALE CANDIDATE FOR EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENT: ‘WOMEN ARE DEFICIENT IN INTELLIGENCE’ AND IT IS ‘NOT PERMISSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE IN AUTHORITY’
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I’m not a “wym’s libber”. (I’d like to thought of as a “libber” wanting everyone — boys and girls — “to be all that they can be”. Rocket scientist, brain surgeon, or even Heaven Forbid a fat old white guy injineer.) And, I firmly believe that Giving Women Suffrage created Organized Crime (i.e., vote = prohibition = organized crime) as well as energized the “Secular Progressive” movement that caused many of the problems today.
That all being said, we here in the USA had best hope that these other countries don’t see the error of their ways. Islamic burqas. sex selection abortions, discrimination against women in professions, education, and property — all mean that we in the USA are competing against foes with half the human resources either wasted or destroyed.
Stories like this demonstrate that this is the baby elephant trained not to escape. Hook up a stout chain to a baby pachyderm. Then the adult can be held with a very breakable rope.
Hopefully it will be generations before these bozos can reenergize their lost capacity of women. In the case of sex-a-cide, that capability is lost forever.
How stupid is this?
Argh!
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RANT: Voter Fraud
Friday, November 25, 2011Ex-Dem Congressman: Voter Fraud Is Commonplace, Voter ID Is The Cure
by Matthew Vadum
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Voter fraud is not a figment of your imagination, says former Congressman Artur Davis (D-Alabama).
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What’s the BIG deal about requiring identification to vote?
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POLITICAL: Bureaucrats go crazy when student opines; First Amendment?
Friday, November 25, 2011http://www.kansas.com/2011/11/24/2114760/disparaging-tweet-about-gov-sam.html
Disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback lands Kansas teen in principal’s office
By Suzanne Perez Tobias The Wichita Eagle
Published Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, at 6:06 p.m.
Updated Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, at 7:22 a.m.
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A Kansas teenager is in trouble after mocking Gov. Sam Brownback during a mock legislative assembly for high school students.
Emma Sullivan, a senior at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, was in Topeka on Monday as part of Kansas Youth in Government, a program for students interested in politics and government.
During the session, in which Brownback addressed the group, Sullivan posted on her personal Twitter page:
“Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot”
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Sullivan said the principal ordered her to write letters of apology to Brownback, the school’s Youth in Government sponsor, the district’s social studies coordinator and others.
Karl Krawitz, the school principal, did not return calls or e-mails Wednesday.
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“We monitor social media so we can see what Kansans are thinking and saying about the governor and his policies,” Jones-Sontag said.
“We just felt it was appropriate for the organizers to be aware … because of what was said in the tweet.”
Sullivan, 18, said she posted the comment because she doesn’t agree with Brownback’s policies, particularly recent cuts in state aid to schools. She is a registered Democrat.
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“In general,” she wrote, “students on school-sponsored field trips, in which they are representing the school, would be expected to conduct themselves in accordance with school district policies, including use of electronic devices. Students may express their personal beliefs, views, and opinions, as long as they do so appropriately and in accordance with school policies.”
Sullivan’s older sister, Olivia, a sophomore majoring in political science at Wichita State University, said she thinks the controversy amounts to Brownback “censoring the opinion of a student.”
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Reach Suzanne Perez Tobias at 316-268-6567 or stobias@wichitaeagle.com.
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Gooferment Skrules have to “protect” the politicians and bureaucrats. Heaven forbid that a “student” say something snarky about a politician.
Certainly seems like a First Amendment issue here.
And, apologize to bureaucrats.
I’d have written “I’m sorry you shmucks don’t understand the First Amendment. Get a lawyer to explain it in little words to you.”
Argh!
(Note: this is another good argument why the Gooferment shouldn’t be involved in “education”. I’d call it propagandizing future voters. And, for the “student”, why use proper names? Good lesson in everything on the net is public.)
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Scott Silvay I have to disagree. Respect is a good lesson to learn. I think she’s right about the guy but there is a better,more appropriate way to express displeasure. BTW here first amendment rights weren’t infringed upon- she’s not being prosecuted just held accountable.
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FJohn Reinke Spoken like statist big gooferment bureaucrat. The Government Skrule is making the “student” do some things! that’s a free speech violation. The Skrule IS the Gooferment and is using force on the “student”!
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Scott Silvay That’s a tough argument. To imply the school can’t enforce standards doesn’t infringe on free speech it simply prepares the student for real life. You have free speech and you may not be arrested but you may lose your job or other opportunities. I applaud her thought but she could have expressed it better. Maybe the school just have her write him a letter detailing why he sucks (which he does)
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FJohn Reinke If it was a private school, that the parents had “indentured” their child to, then that school could enforce whatever standards that had been agreed to in advance or were assumed to be in force by custom. The fact that the Gooferment Skrule is an extension of the Gooferment mean that it can NOT infringe on speech. Period! In the real world, one doesn’t have this huge entity called Gooferment that is (supposedly) empowered to use crushing force on you. An employer can fire you, but they can’t force you to work for them like a slave. Telling the boss off as you quit is a time honored American tradition. Can’t do that to the Gooferment; it will kill you. Whether or not this politician “sucks” or not is not the point. If the “student” was praising him, that would be all different. Argh!
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Emma Sullivan, high school student, refuses to apologize to Gov. after tweet
High school senior announced she would not write letter of apology, which is due on Monday
BY Nina Mandell
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Sunday, November 27 2011, 7:07 PM
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RANT: Let Natalie Wood rest in peace
Friday, November 25, 2011http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-natalie-wood-20111118,0,5141657.story
Sheriff’s Department reopens Natalie Wood case
The coroner originally ruled the actress’ 1981 death an accident, but investigators want to talk to the captain of the yacht Wood and her husband were on the weekend she died off Santa Catalina.
By Richard Winton, Sam Allen and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times
November 18, 2011
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Thirty years after Natalie Wood died off Santa Catalina Island, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Thursday that it was reopening the investigation into one of Hollywood’s most enduring mysteries.
Wood, 43, was boating off the island on Thanksgiving weekend 1981 with her husband, Robert Wagner, fellow actor Christopher Walken and others when she somehow went overboard and died. Officials at the time ruled her death an accident, but there has been much speculation since over whether there was more to the story.
Sheriff Lee Baca said detectives want to talk to the captain of the boat after learning of comments he recently made about what happened on board. Baca did not provide further details, adding only that the captain “made comments worthy of exploring.”
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Hmm, “Statute of Limitations”.
Argh!
Waste of time and money.
Thirty years of forgotten memories.
Only on TV do these things get “solved”.
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POLITICAL: Ron Paul on “foreign policy”
Friday, November 25, 2011Did Ron Paul win GOP’s national security debate?
Media-types seem to think Ron Paul more than held his own, which is no small feat, considering many of his ideas on national security are well outside the Republican mainstream.
By Peter Grier, Staff writer / November 23, 2011
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Which is where Congressman Paul comes in. It was him against the Republican world last night. His positions are often very different from those of his GOP opponents, and he defended them with his typical well-honed points. You’re reminded once again that he’s been at this for decades. Even longer than Mitt Romney.
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He said foreign aid is “worthless,” for instance. Really? Not even the other GOP candidates went that far. US cash is paying for much of Africa’s fight against HIV/AIDS, for instance. Is that not money well spent?
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“I think the Patriot Act is unpatriotic, because it undermines our liberty,” said Paul in the opening moments of the debate.
The longtime libertarian was just getting warmed up.
“So if you advocate a police state, you can have safety and security, and you might prevent a crime, but the crime then will be against the American people and against our freedoms,”
<<< Warrantless searches, wiretaps, the TSA, the BATF, and on and on. It’s pervasive in the District of Corruption! >>>
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“let Israel take care of itself.” That meant, apparently, don’t meddle with Israel if it wants to bomb Iran, but don’t give it any money to do the deed, either.
<<< And, MYOB. We should be pulling all the girls and boys home immediately. >>>
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“They’re not cutting anything out of anything,” replied Paul. “All this talk is just talk.”
<<< He’s right all this “gutting and cutting” is really talking about the rate of growth; not the amount of spending. Only in DC is a smaller increase a “cut”. Argh! >>>
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If you’re for a real peace, then Ron Paul is the authentic “peace” candidate.
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MONEY: Chile’s Private Pension System
Thursday, November 24, 2011http://www.cato.org/pubs/ssps/ssp-17es.html
Chile’s Private Pension System at 18: Its Current State and Future Challenges
by L. Jacobo Rodríguez
L. Jacobo Rodríguez is assistant director of the Project on Global Economic Liberty at the Cato Institute.
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Executive Summary
In May 1981 Chile replaced its government-run pay-as-you-go retirement system with an investment-based private system of individual retirement accounts. The new system has allowed Chile and other Latin American countries that have followed the Chilean example to defuse the fiscal time bomb that is ticking for countries with pay-as-you-go systems, as fewer and fewer workers have to pay for the retirement benefits of more and more retirees. More important, Chile has created a retirement system that, by giving workers clearly defined property rights in their pension contributions, offers proper work and investment incentives; acts as an engine of, not an impediment to, economic growth; and enhances personal freedom and dignity.
In the 18 years since the Chilean system was implemented, labor force participation, pension fund assets, and benefits have all grown. Today, more than 95 percent of Chilean workers have their own pension savings accounts; assets have grown to over $34 billion, or about 42 percent of gross domestic product; and the average real rate of return has been approximately 11.3 percent per year, which has allowed workers to retire with better and more secure pensions.
Its success notwithstanding, the Chilean system has found many critics, who often point to high administrative costs, lack of portfolio choice, and the large number of transfers from one fund to another as evidence that the system is inherently flawed and inappropriate for other countries, including the United States. Some of those criticisms are misinformed. Many other criticisms reflect real problems, but they are largely the result of excessive government regulation.
The spirit of the reform has been to relax regulations as the system has matured and as the fund managers have gained experience. All the ingredients of success — individual choice, clearly defined property rights in contributions, and private administration of accounts — have been present since 1981. If Chilean authorities address the remaining shortcomings with boldness, we should expect Chile’s private pension system to be even more successful in its adulthood than it has been during its first 18 years.
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“That retirement programs financed on a pay- as-you-go basis are … in essence are intergenerational transfers of wealth …”
“retirement programs financed on a pay- as-you-go basis are on the verge of collapse … have made old-age financial security dependent on the political process.”
“a fully funded, defined-contribution scheme, mandatory … administered by specialized, single-purpose private companies …, which are pension fund administrators”
It allowed workers to choose to stay with the old system or join the new one.
“government recognition bonds that acknowledged the contributions they had already made to the old system”
10% mandatory, 10% optional tax-deductable, and additional voluntarily.
Free choice of the rival plans and a cost free switch twice a year and a six month lock in.
Government acts as a regulator and guarantor of last resort.
True net costs of moving from old to new are effectively zero.
Problems:
* Minimum return guarantee rule and the strict return comparisons stifle competition between the offerings.
* Administrative expenses are “high” but only 42% of the “old” system.
* Frequent change by participants drive up cos
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