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October 7, 2008 10:36 AM
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October 6, 2008 10:45 AM
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October 1, 2008 5:27 PM
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October 1, 2008 7:19 AM
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"You need to get a better story from your sister as to exactly what the police said they would, and would not, do, and what happened if and when they did anything.
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September 24, 2008 5:02 AM
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September 22, 2008 10:11 AM
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September 19, 2008 6:06 PM
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September 18, 2008 6:06 PM
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favorited by hwyengr on
September 18, 2008 5:02 PM
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September 14, 2008 12:48 PM
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September 12, 2008 6:42 PM
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"Sadly, the (American) legal academy disfavors this kind of speculative writing. The actual legal system can't deal with any that isn't a case in actual controversy, and this tends to influence what law reviews deem to be publishable.
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September 10, 2008 1:10 PM
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August 23, 2008 4:04 PM
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"Obviously, conservatives do fine on the dating scene as a general proposition.
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August 22, 2008 8:30 AM
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August 20, 2008 9:53 AM
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August 20, 2008 9:23 AM
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favorited by rodii on
August 20, 2008 5:51 AM
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"I don't want to pile on, except to note that how weird it is to assume that the world is coming to end as a result of road-to-hell behaviors which were themselves quick adaptations to new conditions, and then not to assume that the new challenges..." [
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favorited by xil on
August 19, 2008 11:04 PM
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favorited by decoherence on
August 19, 2008 9:27 PM
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"Given that Fortune 500 companies regularly flop out on protecting personal information, do you really want to give literally every piece of your personal information to some web-based company?
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August 19, 2008 1:37 PM
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August 14, 2008 12:41 PM
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August 14, 2008 11:39 AM
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August 14, 2008 9:07 AM
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"The "just say no" approach isn't a good one. For some people, under some circumstances, traditional life insurance can be a valuable product for tax minimization and estate planning.
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August 13, 2008 12:34 PM
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August 12, 2008 6:19 AM
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August 12, 2008 2:33 AM
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"Hipster is a way of being cool, that's all.
And like all ways of being cool, it is exclusive. You have know / do / look / be some way that most people cannot.
The base of the hatred of hipsters is simply distaste for exclusion, just like any..." [
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August 5, 2008 5:40 PM
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"Hipster is a way of being cool, that's all.
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favorited by jrichards on
August 5, 2008 11:04 AM
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"Hersh gets great scoops and he gets played by sources. Nothing inconsistent, or even unusual about that: it's how business is done in DC.
It's actually not surprising at this state of the game for people either to gravely (and potentially..." [
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favorited by Student of Man on
August 3, 2008 8:34 AM
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"Hipster is a way of being cool, that's all.
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favorited by kigpig on
August 2, 2008 2:54 PM
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"Hipster is a way of being cool, that's all.
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August 1, 2008 3:45 PM
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favorited by luckyveronica on
August 1, 2008 9:13 AM
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"The audacity of Chinese go to Africa to sell the goods in which it has comparative advantage and buy the goods for which Africans have for comparative advantage.
How could the Chinese not have learned the lesson of the NGOs that Africa is exempt..." [
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July 21, 2008 4:57 PM
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"The audacity of Chinese go to Africa to sell the goods in which it has comparative advantage and buy the goods for which Africans have for comparative advantage.
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favorited by infini on
July 20, 2008 9:59 PM
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"The audacity of Chinese go to Africa to sell the goods in which it has comparative advantage and buy the goods for which Africans have for comparative advantage.
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July 20, 2008 1:15 PM
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July 17, 2008 7:19 PM
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"You needed a lawyer the first time you talked to the company's lawyer -- who wasn't representing you, and was taking notes that in all likelihood will be handed over to the SEC and any other law enforcement agency that asks.
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July 14, 2008 10:42 PM
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"6'2" and 200 pounds are basically ideal proportions in terms of standard business attire (if not for overstyled euro slimsuits), and a longer torso is one of the two basic fitting issues (the other being sloping or narrow shoulders) for..." [
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July 14, 2008 9:18 AM
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"The whole point of the power of attorney is that you can sign in your grandmother's name -- so she takes the loan and not you. Similarly, it gives you the ability to write checks on her bank account, etc.
A reverse mortgage isn't a bad idea in..." [
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July 4, 2008 1:27 PM
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June 19, 2008 9:49 PM
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June 19, 2008 10:58 AM
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June 19, 2008 10:35 AM
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"While you shouldn't ignore it, there may not be much you can do to keep from occasionally recurring.
The basic problem is that there isn't one collector or one bad debt -- there are many of each. Every time your same-name-deadbeat defaults on a..." [
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June 11, 2008 9:40 AM
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"Insurance like this is very unlikely to be worthwhile -- the premiums will be massive relative to the benefits, or the exclusions so broad as to make few claims allowed.
This isn't a conspiracy: any policy like this is going to suffer so..." [
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June 4, 2008 5:14 PM
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"You need to distinguish economics from ideology.
While there many different ideologies which apply and misapply economics, there is surprisingly little partisanship among economists when they do economics. Agreement tends to be widespread on..." [
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May 31, 2008 4:32 PM
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"The most important thing to remember is that in terms of outcomes, there is fairly little to distinguish the "next eight" law schools, and, as Delmoi implies, you must apply to all of them -- NYU and Columbia, of course, but also Michigan,..." [
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May 26, 2008 8:35 PM
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"If by "competitive" you mean a scholarship of $25,000 or $30,000 a year, than by all means go unless you're giving up some great opportunities to do so. St. John's is an entirely respectable law school whose graduates immediately (if they..." [
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May 26, 2008 10:13 AM
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May 26, 2008 6:23 AM
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"You should not bail. With the low miles you drive, your energy and (potentially) depreciation savings from swapping to a more efficient car will never make up the cost of buying the new car and making your Explorer loan whole.
The environmental..." [
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May 23, 2008 11:08 AM
