Recent content by Fight-n-Mad

I think they banned suction dredging in California, and they're wanting to do the same in Oregon. http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/08/on_river_dredging_california_i.html

Is this any better? Paul Campaign Clarifies Medical Marijuana Stance http://blog.mpp.org/medical-marijuana/paul-campaign-clarifies-medical-marijuana-stance/08202010/

Broken link in OP http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100820/ap_on_bi_ge/us_mortgage_aid

The Fed publishes all kinds of statistics and charts. But, yeah, it takes a good bit of study to decipher it all. http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/

Rand opposes medical marijuana? A rumor has started that Rand is against "legalizing marijuana, even for medical purposes". I'm fairly certain that this is false, but it would be nice if Rand would definitively state his position on the issue. This came from an AP article, it is spreading...

This is 1929. What year are those numbers from?

I was wondering if he was drunk, or being recorded without his knowledge. Maybe he just thinks he's invincible.

Everything is under control.

The Fed Funds rate really doesn't mean much now anyway. It's just a target that they try to maintain by buying and selling bonds on the open market. And they haven't been able to keep the effective rate anywhere near the target since early September. It was actually 0.95% on Friday, even though...

I don't think anyone is in control at this point. The Invisible Hand is swatting us all like flies.

Xi: "China must be the world's next economic superpower!" Paulson: "You have my word, Mr. Xi." The pic came from this article, BTW. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/20/business/worldbusiness/20paulson.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Xi Jinping

Fascism.

The spooky thing is, they've got so many Americans convinced that free market capitalism is a flawed concept.

That's interesting. And there are some other good ideas, following the links from that site. But it is web-based, so you have to trust the web server, since it is collecting info like IP addresses. Plus, a server can be shut down. And, as noted here: If you accept credit cards, for example, in...

I've actually thought quite a bit about something like this, and I think it would be feasible. The problem is, you ultimately wind up with an electronic, gold/silver-backed currency -- kind of like GoldMoney, but actually redeemable for physical gold. The thing about that is, it is centralized...