September 2008
16 posts
Angela Rutherford recommended an article : The 3... →
The next president will likely have to deal with some major financial emergencies. Barack Obama seems well informed. John McCain, on the other hand, scares me.
Angela Rutherford recommended an article : ‘Is My... →
Addressing the issues on the minds of investors on Main Street who are distressed by the fallout on Wall Street.
What you could do with $700,000,000,000
dihard:
Give every person in the US $2,300 or give every household $6,200.
Pay the income taxes of every American who makes $500,000 or less a year.
Fully fund the Defense, Treasury, Education, State Veterans Affairs and Interior departments next year, as well as NASA.
Buy gasoline for every car in the US for 16 months.
Buy every NFL, NBA, and MLB team and build each one a new stadium -...
Word of the Day - Virtue
the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
merit: any admirable quality or attribute
morality with respect to sexual relations
a particular moral excellence
According to Aristotle every virtue is a mean between two vices: kindness a mean between cruelty and softness; courage a mean between cowardice and rashness; etc.
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“Though human industry in the past 150 years has resorted to brute force rather...”
– William McDonough and Michael Braungart, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
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“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their...”
– Mahatma Gandhi
Top 10 Chinglish Phrases
Chinglish. A useful mix of Mandarin or Cantonese terms with English. The Chinese student’s unsuccessful attempt to understand English through a Chinese matrix. Or hilarious public signs for english-speakers’ enjoyment.
Deformed man toilet
Sham Poo
Orange juice, Lemon juice, Strange juice
Salute to the tourists who keep the public hygience
Deep-fried seasame children stick
Wash...