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First, a link to the original posting in which I comment on why I believed women “seducers” were being treated differently than men “seducers.”
It’s actually quite old for a blog post – over three and a half years old. Since then, quite a few new adult women/teenaged boys stories have popped up all over the [...]
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I’ve read a few items from various sources about the continuing collapse of the American Economy. In Chicago, it’s the death of skyscraper construction (and the holes in the ground from skyscrapers started). In Florida it’s restaurants that once catered to the old and lazy now closing up as everyone’s forced to move out. In [...]
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So now I’ve had a few days to go through portions of the new Emusic catalog, and here are a few of my impressions:
I see nothing from Chicago (Say what you want about them, their first three albums were more interesting than what most long-lived bands and/or artists do over a twenty year career) or [...]
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(by the way, I’ve added on a post since, talking about first impressions of the new Emusic)
On June 3rd, 2009, I checked out eMusic to see if there was anything new that I might want to download and I’m met with a major announcement of a massive expansion of their selection and a severe increase [...]
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Pepsi and Dew Throwback
Yeah, it’s been a while since I posted anything about soda pops. But then, when Dr. Pepper keeps trying to put out a cherry version of their soda and Dew coming out with different flavors to expand THAT branding beyond any sense, I didn’t see any use. Besides, there were more important issues (like why [...]
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Onbrands emailed me a thoughtful response to my previous posting, along with a challenge:
…what would you say that Big Three need to do to win consumers back? Let’s say you are the CEO of GM, what is your plan to win consumers back?
Well, let’s assume that GM can be saved. Probably the biggest issue with [...]
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I was thinking recently over all the stories I had heard over the years why people chose Import brands (and if they were indeed imported, so much the better). And I counted nearly thirty different explanations, each one talking about a car they had five to twenty-five years ago that had something so wrong that [...]
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It’s kind of sad. I would not be shocked to find out that the Obama GM/Chrysler “Rescue (yeah,right)” plan was a sting set up so the creditors of the car companies get all their stuff while the Stockholders get nothing and the Unions get EVERYTHING (retirement and insurance, as well as other things) LOOTED from [...]
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Here’s the difference between the inflation rates that the United States has been reporting and the inflation rates we’ve been experiencing:
What $100.00 would cost, according to the inflation rates as listed by CurrentInflation.com: $114.01
What $100.00 would cost, as figured by the Sun-Times (1/3 of the way down): $146.97
Is it any wonder people look at the [...]
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I’ve read quite a few out-of-the-way economics websites (and stuff that deals with economics) and everyone seems to think that the economy will enter into an inflationary period that will somehow magically destroy all debts along with the savings. They seem to think that, even if the prices shoot up, wages will also shoot up [...]
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