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Trump brags about everything. From his golf game to his business acumen, to his intelligence to the size of his penis. Most of all Trump brags about his money. How rich he is. Trump has on various occasions said he is worth 4 billion, 6 billion, even 10 billion dollars. As recently as...

What is the purpose of money?/What money does, who is good at making it, and who is a Hi all, I have the following argument regarding the purpose of money, does it seem correct to you, or am I wrong in my reasoning? All feedback welcome, but please, keep it classy.:D What is the purpose of...

Randall Munroe's chart of money, adjusted to 2011 dollars. http://xkcd.com/980/ Here are the sources: http://xkcd.com/980/sources/DataDump.csv There's a lot of interesting stuff in there. I bet nobody could guess what he found to be the world's most expensive thing by weight. The cost of...

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What do you consider the best source or sources for advice and other information regarding investing? Books, sites, economists, columnists--whatever. And/or, what investing approach do you favor?

‘A Presidential Energy Policy. Twenty-five Points Addressing the Siamese Twins of Energy and Money.’ by Michael C. Ruppert http://rubiconworks.com/ “Michael Ruppert does not mince his words writing a stirring and uncompromising book on a vital issue. He addresses some simple but widely...

Does "Love Your Neighbor As Yourself" mean you can't have Wealth? Please explain. Thanks. ADDED: By the way - I'm not asking to argue my point of view. Two different posters MarekM and Darat alluded that it does, but haven't expanded on why they think that. I thought it deserved it's own...

I just found, right here at the JREF, a couple of topics about the proposals of the Zeitgesit Movement, specifically about their movies, reading here and there the opinions of some supporters and the opinions of some others about that it has been "debunked (a favorite word in here) :p. Anyway...

Since the economy has gotten our attention, I though this would be a good topic to help us all understand a little better how our economic system is structured. Factcheck.org explains it in easy to understand language.

They say that Obama outspent Hillary 2-1 or 3-1 in Pennsylvania, and maybe it helped a little, but he still lost. We can't definitively know what would have happened if less money had been spent, but it seems like it doesn't make much difference for high profile candidates. John McCain won the...

http://www.digibless.com/ I would love to know how many people actually do make a donation to that site (which I don't think is a spoof, it's more like a business model imho).

And yes, I have heard Wm. Jennings Bryan's 1896 "cross of gold" speech. In his own words as there is a recording of him reading it at some later time, but not live at the convention. His argument seems to make no real sense to me. Its just an emotional appeal and not really an argument at...

These two need to be dealt with. Also a question, does anyone else here have trouble spelling Ahmidinijad's name? I have to copy and paste it from google to get it right. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58775

The semi-long story: I had a friend who, over the summer, was in a bit of a tough situation and I loaned her some money. She had to get back to New York and was flat broke at the moment, but was going to head back to her family so she could sell her car that was sitting in her father's garage...

For the past year, I've been working very hard on starting up a new, very lucrative business in China. Now, I should clarify here that I have almost zero business training or education, everything I've learned has been learned hands on, through experience. Prior to this current effort, one...

Central Banks Add Cash to Avert Crisis of Confidence How thoughtful of the Fed. They're pledging to debase my hard-earned dollars with their fiat money created out of thin-air. And what better people to give my hard-earned purchasing power to, than those wonderful folks in the subprime...

http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=242453&threshold=0&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=19675295 Hmm. This sounds rather glib to me. I'm not an economist, but this sounds like the kind of thing that might sound ok, but forgets some basics.

Next time a truther tells you to "follow the money", or figure out who is benefiting from the attacks, send them these links: http://www.911truthstore.com/ http://www.911truth.org/page.php?page=store http://lc911.com/lc911/catalog/...

I emailed Dylan Avery to ask him "How much money have you made out of your movie ? Lots? Lots and lots ? Lots and lots and lots ? " His reply "In a word...no. We spent over $30,000 on the weekend below and didn't ask for a dime from people. http://stage6.divx.com/content/show/1029060...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_re_us/godless_dollars An unknown number of the new dollar coins were struck without the motto "In God We Trust". Someone notify O'Reilly, because the "Culture War" looks like it's heating up! :D

"Scientists and economists have been offered $10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world's largest oil companies to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today. Letters sent by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), an ExxonMobil-funded thinktank with close...

this has been discussed before some months back - but it seemed apt to repost on the subject given JREF's new fundraising effort..... http://notexactlyrocketscience.wordp...g/being-human/ so, along with the more obvious peer pressures, Randi's penetrating gaze may be affecting your decision...

________________________________________ Money is the Unifying Principle of Globalization To understand the global capitalist system we call Globalization one must find a unifying principle. Our system of government protects rights and expects values to be freely chosen by the citizen. A...

So it costs a ridiculous amount to run a campaign for political office in the US of A. My question - where does all that money go? Who ends up pocketing the majority of that scratch? I'm guessing large chunks go for advertising and travel, but that's just a guess. Does anyone know of even a...

Craigslist founder declares that he doesn't wish to sell out -- "If you're living comfortably, what's the point of having more?" Newmark said. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/wr_nm/craigslist_dc Craigslist, despite its no-frills layout, gets more than four billion page views per month with...

America has 1.4 million in the military with 900,000 Reserves. All of these are hired-hands; all are volunteers seeking a job. Of these, 42 % are racial or ethnic minorities. Of these, 6.5% have had “some kind of exposure to college education”. The economy today fights the war in Afghanistan...

Got this email today, which I am quoting in its entirety: Gee, ya think this is real? Let's see how many fraud bells we can set off: "Dear Customer," What, you don't know my name? " The information you provide us is all non-sensitive and anonymous..." Then how do you propose to put twenty...

I was speaking to a waitress at a diner near where I work and noticed that she was now using one of those marking pens used to check for counterfeits. We got to wondering, do they really work, and if so, how? Any help here? Thanks.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060530/LOCAL/605300455 I suppose the cocktail waitresses tied him down and forced him to down all those shots of Jack Daniel's too. :rolleyes: Who needs personal responsibility when you can just file a lawsuit? Discuss.

Apparently this law has been on the books and available to every president since Carter, but no one has exercised this power (as far as we know) and no one until bush has given the power away to lesser powers outside of the oval office. The law allows corporations, in the name of national...