I found this over at European Tribune and found it quite entertaining, as it combines two loves of mine- finance and pirates.
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Based on the (thankfully) limited time I have spent in and around prison, there is a clearly defined pecking order amongst inmates, with child molesters occupying the nadir and (failed) bank robbers at the zenith. My illegal immigrants and petty crooks generally fell comfortably in the middle. But I wonder where someone being sent to prison [...]
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My wife won’t watch the news with me anymore. Apparently, my habit of talking back to the TV during reports on court cases is a little less than endearing. I just can’t help it, though- media reports on legal issues tend to range from slightly misleading to blatantly incorrect, and that drives me batty.
TechCrunch posted [...]
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Here’s further proof in support of my theory that Google is taking over the world and has almost certainly tapped my phones- their latest project, Google Flu Trends, tracks projected flu activity based on the frequency of related search terms. From the site:
“We’ve found that certain search terms are good indicators of flu activity. Google [...]
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“There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.” - Linus
It’s been an awful, awful October for anyone with money in the markets, but Halloween is here to let you resolve your grief in a pile of candy wrappers and smashed pumpkins. But even though Halloween [...]
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