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Kill the Dollar. Again

By on Friday, November 30th, 2012 | No Comments

English: This is a Susan B. Anthony US Dollar ...

Hmm. This has been attempted a few times in the past. I wonder how well it’s going to work this time. I’m not sure why they think this time will be any different.

Congressional auditors say doing away with dollar bills entirely and replacing them with $1 coins could save taxpayers nearly $4.4 billion over the next 30 years.

Vending machine operators have long championed the use of $1 coins because they don’t jam the machines, cutting down on repair costs and lost sales. But most people don’t seem to like carrying them. In the past five years, the U.S. Mint has produced 2.4 billion Presidential $1 coins. Most are stored by the Federal Reserve, and production was suspended about a year ago.

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An Open Challenge to Warren Buffet

By on Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 | No Comments

Warren Buffett speaking to a group of students...

So, once again Warren Buffet is pushing the idea that the “Super Rich” should pay much more in taxes than they do currently. My response…

So, what’s stopping them?

Do we really need a bunch of new tax laws enacted (wow, that’s a can-o-worms I would just as soon avoid) to get them to take action?

Tell ya what, Mr. Buffet. Why don’t you get all of the Super Rich together, and come to some sort of agreement about how you want to handle the situation? It would be like some sort of fun Super Rich convention.

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Advanced Keyword Research

By on Monday, November 26th, 2012 | No Comments

English: seo block

Here’s a very condensed version of the Omega Guide: Keyword Research by Alex Becker.

Alex doesn’t use software and instead relies on  http://adwords.google.com/o/KeywordTool (the correct URL at the time of this writing). He disdains Market Samarai, but does not mention Micro Niche Finder, which is my preference. (Later, I will reveal how Becker’s ideas intersect with my MNF experience).

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How Often Does Thanksgiving Fall on November 22?

By on Friday, November 16th, 2012 | No Comments

English: "The First Thanksgiving at Plymo...

This year my birthday falls on Thanksgiving. It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does it’s kinda fun. I was asked how often it happens, and of course I had to think about it. My first thought was every 7 years (a number I came up with in my youth), but now I’m interested in being more accurate. As a youth I got the general range correct, but forgot about leap year.

So, it really is hard to gauge at first glance. Here’s why. It follows a definite pattern up until leap year. Then all bets are off. According to one site I visited, Thanksgiving falls on November 22 an “average” of every 11 years.

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Bread and Circuses

By on Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 | No Comments

Robert A. Heinlein

Here’s one of my favorite quotes. It took me awhile to track it down because in my mind I had attributed the phrase “bread and circuses” to Thomas Jefferson. I believe Thomas did mention “bread and circuses” somewhere in his writings, but not in this (the current entitlement-heavy political environment) context. Here it is…

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