From A Dirge for Zero-Sum Game: Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat your friend; Do it in the name of Heaven, You can justify it in the end There won’t be any trumpets blowin’ Come the Judgment Day — On the bloody mornin’ after … Twelve more Losers died today. […]
Government Capping Compensation?
As you shelter yourself in a cool closet from the hailstorm of healthcare promotion, Congress and the President are sliding into home plate with compensation controls in the senior offices of financial firms, … for starters. The new Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act will provide no other than the SEC with the ability […]
Who Really Won the Vietnam War?
WHO WON, WHO LOST ? THE VIETNAM WAR A DISCUSSION !?! 0/ INTRODUCTION A couple of Micro and Macro points seem to be starting a discussion about who won, who lost, the Vietnam war. It began, for me, with news of the planned re-opening ! of a GI COFFEE-HOUSE in Killeen, near […]
40 years of Big Mac… and so what?
In 1967, Ray Kroc the owner of the fastfood restaurants McDonald’s, launched the Big Mac. Fourty years later, more than 900 million burgers are sold every year in the world (550 million in the US alone…), which represent no less than $2.7 billion for the american multinational. To celebrate its 40th birthday, a Big Mac Museum opened in North Huntingdon Township (Pennsylvania) to relate […]
Corrupt Politicians and Corrupted Money Go Hand in Hand
“Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion – when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, […]
Welcome Back to “the World,” Vietnam Vet
The Veterans Administration organized a nationwide function on the 29th of March this year. The purpose was to recognize and “welcome home” all Vietnam veterans. It was pretty low-key, but events were being held in 5388 locations around the country. I saw an announcement of it in the local paper. It was to be held […]
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