Jan 21
Dirk Dastardly lives… Well, here is a story from “real-life” in Germany. Once upon a time, we had a friend that was our insurance agent. Shite, we knew him since the shop where he worked rented VCR tapes, and later DVD’s. He was working at the shop while studying to be an insurance agent. Jeepers, …
Dec 04
Permissible Medical Experiments The great weight of the evidence before us to effect that certain types of medical experiments on human beings, when kept within reasonably well-defined bounds, conform to the ethics of the medical profession generally. The protagonists of the practice of human experimentation justify their views on the basis that such …
Dec 03
It it hard to believe that it has been ten years since the last post here. Well, Crikey, a heck of a lot has happened since then, and I am very horrified to see how things have gone downhill in a catastrophic way. How about that Trump thing? What about draining the swamp? One of …
Mar 29
Well, it seems like nothing will ever change. The best looking, slick-sounding candidates seem to be getting the attention of the media. In Germany, no one knows who Ron Paul is. Everyone laughed at the charts from Ross Perot. It seems that all of those things are coming to fruition. Of course no one is …
Jan 09
Well, with all due respect to Pink, I think she needs a new song. A story: One of broken promises and misplaced trust. Here is the letter I wrote (but forged Jonathan’s name to), to Mr. Obama: Dear Mr. Obama, It is with deep regret that I write that you have failed. You promised …
Nov 10
I received this email from my Father: [Frank], apparently there is something going on behind the scenes….check out King World News –Gold Pool…yesterday a gent named Richerds(spelling?) wrote an article on the suppression of Gold price and the Deutsch mark… look it up…what do you think of this idea…buy now? or wait it out? I …
Oct 14
If you are looking for more information about the protest against banks and Wall Street, then you did not follow all of the links in the previous posts…However I am sure there will be something pertinent in the following… Well, recently in the news was a report of a ‘Terrorist Plot’, or whatever your chosen …
Oct 09
OK, so in the last post we covered a bit about banks, investment and the Federal Reserve. One of the things that has been bothering me since hearing the first reports of the ‘Wall-Street occupation’ is that there seems to be absolutely no direction to the protests. Of course people are frustrated, heck I have …
Oct 07
Alright, for those of joining us late, or coming late to class, please refer to the last post: What do banks do?. No problem, I’ll wait until you catch up. As they say here, “the paper is patient.” I will have you know I am missing the Germany vs. Turkey Football (Soccer for those in …
Oct 06
Well, for those of you who missed the first ‘warm-up’ on economics, look here: Economics 101. Here is Banking 101. As an intro, you might want to read this: Billions for the Bankers; Debts for the people. [amazon_link id=”B0028GAVXA” target=”_blank” ]Billions for the bankers, debts for the people.[/amazon_link] Read it, and you can spare reading …
