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-Benjamin Franklin
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Homeward Bound Dollars
It’s a 4-year-old publication – but J P Konig worded things better than I can: “What is the U.S.’s greatest export? Banknotes. There is probably no other product for which the balance of trade is so tilted in the U.S.’s favour. No foreign bills circulate in the U.S., but U.S. bills are eagerly used all Read more
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Feral Pigs -By Marcus Lashley
Feral pigs harm wildlife and biodiversity as well as crops Marcus Lashley, Mississippi State University They go by many names – pigs, hogs, swine, razorbacks – but whatever you call them, feral pigs (Sus scrofa) are one of the most damaging invasive species in North America. They cause millions of dollars in crop damage yearly and Read more
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Ignored Statistics
There is a lot of information available – perhaps just the amount of available information is so great that it keeps us from using data in deciding what to do. There is an article titled “Nine Ignored Trends That Will Shape The Future” at this link. I turn the radio on when I drive – Read more
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It Isn’t Seven Habits Anymore
Years ago, I ran across a parody of Stephen Covey’s book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. The Parody title was Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates – and I learned on schlockmercenary that it has been expanded, and republished under the new name of Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries. Apparently the author encountered Read more
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Why Research the 410
It’s my grandfather’s fault – Dad told of his father’s 410 pistol, and how it had disappeared from the house the day of the funeral. Even if it had not been disappeared, Dad would have been unlikely to keep it – he was too young when his parents died, and the second World War with Read more
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“Fair” Fights
I didn’t want to take martial arts lessons. In fact, I think I went so far as to cry about it when Dad insisted I did. After I learned how to throw people (which might be a better way to teach fulcrums and levers than anything I’ve ever tried with a high school physics class), Read more
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