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- Carpenter's Flight
50 years ago today, Scott Carpenter flew the second American manned orbital flight on May 24, 1962. He piloted his Aurora 7 spacecraft through three revolutions of the earth. In this photo, taken on May 24, 1962, Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter looks into his Mercury-Atlas 7 spacecraft, the Aurora 7, before being inserted to begin the launch. Image Credit: NASA
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Category Archives: Economics
I was just looking for .45 ACP…
I was just looking for .45 ACP at Midway for grins…0 in stock. Incredible!
Economics – Scale Part II
So, I recently wrote a post about one possible redirection of the bailout funds. In it I tried to put some scale to the numbers that we are talking about. Then I reposted some work that was done to help … Continue reading
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Economics – Scale Part I
This has been making the blogging and e-mail rounds for a while now. But, it is always a good perspective. A billion here, a billion there. Pretty soon we’re talking real money =-) A billion dollars… A hundred billion dollars… … Continue reading
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Simple Solutions
So let’s take this idea and explore and validate it: Dear Mr. President, Patriotic Retirement: There’s about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $1 million dollars apiece Severance Pay with these stipulations 1) They leave … Continue reading
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Climate Change
Evidently our friends at the UN are holding a “Global Warming” summit in Copenhagen this week. Ok, that’s good. So, the wonderful folks in the media start an article on this event as: The worst-case scenarios on climate change envisaged … Continue reading
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Best Crystal Ball So Far
Over at Anarchangel – Chris Byrne has the best, and clearest crystal ball for this economic mess that I have seen. BTW I agree. Short term? Not too bad. Unemployment and the credit crunch are going to creep up a … Continue reading
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Fixing The Auto Industry
A lot has been said about “bailing out” the traditional Big 3 auto makers in the US. I am looking at some of this, and thinking… nope, wouldn’t be prudent. Bottom line, they have it figured out. They NEED to … Continue reading
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New Policies
As of November 5, 2008, IF President Obama is officially elected to office, our company will instill a few new policies which are in keeping with his new, inspiring issues of change and fairness: 1. All salespeople will be pooling … Continue reading
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More Campaign Advertising
If you have a message and can ride it, how do you eloquently and tastefully exploit the opportunity? Here’s one way:
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Econ 101
A quick, down to earth lesson in basic economics as it applies to the US tax code. <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-520078593 -1073717157 41 … Continue reading
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