This is being painted as one thing, but I suspect that what is really happening is that alternative forms of currency threaten the inherent weakness of the official US currency. Remember a few months ago when the Fed made it illegal to melt coins because the metal was worth more than the coins face value?…
Category: cash and poverty
Flippers Fucked as Housing Bubble Implodes
It was bound to happen…it starts in Vegas and now we will start to see it elsewhere. The foreclosure rate has been skyrocketing for a while now. Our economy has been pumping dreams from debt for about five years. Get ready for the big decline….cd LAS VEGAS – In the rampant real estate speculation of…
Recommended Book. You need to read this to understand Iraq, empire, and the US.
I just finished reading Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins (Thanks Conrad and Amanda!) If you want to know why 911 happened, why Americans are in Iraq, and how the trans national corporations are in total control of the US government and the world, you need to read this book. If you are…
Play Money: Virtual Worlds
I’m reading this for a class and am totally amazed by it. Mind blowing stuff. Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot I remember hearing about this phenomenon a few years ago. I laughed, I thought it was a media sensation, I pretty much forgot about it….
Homeless James Bond #2 from Acceptable.tv
This episode has a chase scene…. cd
Homeless James Bond at Acceptable.tv
Just watched acceptable TV, the new VH1 show produced by Jack Black. Great idea. Show airs Fridays and you can vote until Monday. I missed the voting, but this is by far my favorite. Enjoy. See all the rest at http://www.acceptable.tv cd
This is what $206 Million Dollars Looks Like
Iran defiant with atomic banknote
Iran has put its determination to complete the nuclear fuel cycle on paper, with a bank note depicting an atomic symbol. The 50,000 rial note shows electrons in orbit around an atom on a map of Iran. The Islamic republic is fiercely proud of its nuclear programme, which has provoked alarm in the West. BBC…
Alternative Currency Systems
Forbes Magazine came out with its new list of billionaires today. Nearly a thousand of them now. Did you ever wonder if the monetary system is fixed? I mean, if maybe you weren’t using your efforts to your own best advantage? You wouldn’t be alone if you had…in addition to such notables as Adam Smith,…
A Handy Food Finding Tip
(Thanks Farid!!!) Here is another tip for getting food: It’s similar to dumpster diving………. Grade school-ers tend to get bag lunches that are half healthy and half junk. The funny thing is that they tend to throw away the good stuff – fruit, carrot sticks, good sandwiches, milk etc and they keep their cookies to…