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The NFL And Labor -

posted 9 months ago | 4 comments
I've often said that the American legal system imposes an unseen tax on America that amounts to 10-15% of gross domestic product.

For example, the current NFL negotiations. The parties are in front of a couple if judges and a mediator. The player...

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Last Store Standing

posted 9 months ago, updated about 2 hours later | 7 comments
A recent business article suggests that the Borders Bookstore chain may soon be gone.-- all 640 stores as no bidder has emerged for the chain.

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I Will Not Run

posted 9 months ago | 7 comments
I know you were all anxiously waiting for my decision. We've had much hoopla this last week over who is or who isn't running for the next presidential election.

Yes I had my birth certificate in hand. Yep I was ready to announce "Drill, baby dril...

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1 Child- 1 Dog But No Mandatory Health Insurance

posted 9 months ago | 2 comments
My friend ChelseaLad is busy reprising his novella of Chinese orphanage crime here in the Eon's blog section. One of the back stories deals with China's 1 child policy. Just thought he might like to know there is also a 1 dog policy.

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California's Budget Process

posted 9 months ago | 5 comments
I'm a newcomer to California and I'm rather in awe of the place. But there are some things that mystify me.

The State can go years without a real budget. I'm watching current efforts to adopt a budget which closes a deficit that was originally es...

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Amgen Tour of California

posted 9 months ago | 4 comments
The doings this weekend include the start of the Amgen Tour of California. The start this year is nearly at the top of the Hill in Tahoe.

Here's the official website.

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Substitute Trees

posted 9 months ago | 8 comments
In economics, there's a basic principle called substitution. It says that consumers will substitute one good over another based on some utility- often price. In other words, for the same goods and services a smart shopper will chose value - the le...

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How Do You Do Rice?

posted 9 months ago | 3 comments
This area has flooded rice fields seemingly nearly everywhere. And one of my wonders was how do they plant rice. We are all used to pictures of Asian farmers going through the paddies, stopping to put down a rice plant every so often. You know the...

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Create A Job- How?

posted 9 months ago | 5 comments
Can government create jobs? As the current economic malaise lingers on, people have asked what can government do about the now estimated 9% unemployment rate. Near 15 million Americans are officially unemployed. And perhaps another 5 million are p...

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Suggested Gifts For Mom

posted 9 months ago | 3 comments
No doubt by this time in life the average Boomer Mom has all the toasters and vacuum cleaners she needs. She has been taken out to dinner time and time again for birthdays and anniversaries and other events.

That makes shopping for her a difficul...

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