money

I was in a Las Vegas shop earlier this week and saw that the owners had purchased and installed a very elaborate counterfeit money detector. One would place a bill on it and a small white light would shine through the area with the watermark while a UV light shined down on the bill to make the...

Among the various scandals of the preceeding year was the trial of Richard Scrushy, accused of fraud involving billions in a health-care case. Unlike many other corporate defendants recently, Scrushy was aquitted. Seems he may have had some help. In a story reported in our local paper's...

Maybe some of you scholars can explain this to me. I've seen several stories about politicians, up to and including the President, who are getting rid of funds that they received from Abramoff, either by giving it to charity or some other means. To me, this looks ridiculous! Are the...

Hi guys - although this is my first post, I've been buzzing about the forums for a few months, after reading Carl Sagans "Demon Haunted World", followed by "Cosmos". They genuinelly changed the way I think, and I'd love to read more along the same lines. I religiously (hah!) read Randis...

Robbing Four Banks, on the Phone All the While And she doesn't even bother to put her sunglasses on.

Im starting this thread to remind you all of the claims of "chaos magick". To begin with, their approach is to disregard the mass complexities of rituals and rules established by others as unnecessary, and focusing on "RESULTS". They are a "RESULTS" oriented society. Here is something on their...

I ran across someone arguing that you won't see any more diseases cured because there's no money in it for the drug companies. I can cite smallpox, polio, etc., as things that have been mostly eradicated, but it's tough to come up with anything that's been cured recently. I'm sure that lots of...

Is anything wrong with: * Private companies making money off research/inventions made in public universities? * A professor who uses the resources in the public university to make a discovery or an invention, who then quits, manufactures the invention and becomes a billionaire? Should the...

Why allow such an offer to be communicated? If it were illegal to publish or otherwise communicate information about such an offer, then there would seem to be less of a threat to the people targeted by those who offer such rewards. If there were high penalties for communicating such...

Haven't you ever heard that when the argument comes up, that the defensive response is... that government workers are paid less than what they could earn in the private sector? Ya, right. Well if that is true, I say let them all go out there and compete with one another over those supposed...

I've often wondered this. Given where most people tend to keep their cash (coins, banknotes) i.e. in pockets where there might be other unsavoury things like handkerchiefs, wouldn't you think that this might represent the ideal spreader-of-disease ? Has anyone ever conducted research into what...

What is the role of economic privilege in a meritocracy? I understand that money buys a shorter wait in line at the amusement park, but should it really equal greater political power and influence as well.

Hey, now, no snickering.... this is science and religion combined, so it MUST work!

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/06/23/woman_stopped_at_logan_with_46950_sues_dea/ I think it is ridiculous to be able to sieze money without convicting someone of a crime because it is allegedly drug money. However, claiming money is drug money simply because there...

1. If it were true that you do not owe me money, but my behaviour is governed by physical laws, then my conviction that you owe me money is wholly caused by determined events in the brain which form links in a chain of physical cause and effect. 2. Thus my conviction that you owe me money has...

I can barely stop laughing enough to type this... Under a heading in our local paper of "Woman Studies Souls", we find this: There's a bunch more about her background and then an absolute killer: I need a new pair of undies. It's true too...

Just a question to the religious people on the board. Specifically the Christians who post all these threads challenging the atheists. Religious people constantly seem to talk about the strength of faith, "just knowing," and how sure they are. So, if you believe as strongly as you say you do...

As a matter of principle, in terms of living in harmony with my values and beliefs, I would never carry around, promote, endorse or personally approve of anything that I simply do not believe in REGARDLESS of whatever monetary benefit I may gain from it. That's what INTEGRITY is all about. For...

Recently there has been comment on how a pen can (supposedly) detect counterfeit money, but in actuallity is nothing but woo-woo. Well, in a sort of role reversal, I came across some money that was placed (years ago) in a cedar jewelry box -- two new (at the time) $50 dollar bills. (Yes, I...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Most musicians and artists say the Internet has helped them make more money from their work despite online file-trading services that allow users to copy songs and other material for free, according to a study released Sunday. Recording labels and movie studios have...

Link Here Oh Livermore, Livermore, Livermore. You took taxpayer money, that probably came from more than just your city taxes and spent it on a big beautiful mural for your library. Unfortunately, the artist you chose clearly has responsibility problems or a distorted perception of, shall we...

Do you think Kerry will win? Are you pretty confident? Put your money where your mouth is. Bet on him. Same for you (us) Bush supporters. http://www.geekmedia.org/tradesports/ Place your bets. Right now, Bush is up above the clouds. Last night he was in orbit, but what's a few...

This was a popular line prior to the invasion. It was a counter to the "invasion will cosyt too much" argument. No one ever seems to comment how it was a bunch of bullflop! BULLFLOP I SAY!!! Why isnt the Kerry camp using this?? Why cant we use Iraq oil money? Is it not being pummped?? Is it...

I have predicted a Kerry wind for nearly a year now. I think this is a good indication I was right. Kerry fundraising far outstrips Bush in June Edited to add: I actually predicted Bush would lose this coming election a year ago. Subtle difference.

There was a big uproar up in Boston when Kerry floated the idea of delyaing his nomintaion so he coudl do more fund rainsing. Local officals complained that to do so would mean the convention would be nothing more than a big pep rally. Isnt that what they are anyway?? GW and Kerry are locks...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3709293.stm America, "land of the free" is dead.

In the thread there is a debate that money does not actually belong to the individual. At least not that portion that was made possible due to "societal capital". I flat out reject the notion that my money belongs to everyone. I also reject the notion that my money, in part, belongs to...

California AG wastes $2m to punish a citizen for the state's mistake Yay for Big Government inefficiency and ineptitude! Luckily, Ahnold, for all his other problems, is actually intervening on this woman's behalf. I bet that just drives law-and-order conservatives crazy! This case shows...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/25/parents.school.supplies.ap/index.html ...full article More money is spent on "education" than ever before, but schools seem to be getting sh**tier and sh**tier. What's the problem? (and no, I don't buy the contention that schools are suffering because...

As everyone knows, John Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, is extremely wealthy -- something like half a billion worth. But he's not allowed to spend her money on his campaign as if it's their communal property. Does anyone know the specifics of the law around this?