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India: We Must Reclaim Our Freedom from Monsanto Like We Did From the British

Over a dozen cars torched in Copenhagen as spate of Danish arson attacks continues

Pro-Rousseff protests hit 40 cities across Brazil

Israeli MP: Tel Aviv aiding Takfiris in Syria

‘Fight for justice’: Mother of man killed by private DC police suspects cover-up

Hundreds of thousands rally to push for Catalonia’s independence from Spain

One killed abd five injured in US shooting

One security force and two gunmen killed in hospital attack in South Afghanistan

North Korea mobilizes after devastating floods kill at least 133

What are speed limits, exactly? I know … a number on a sign. Exactly.  But why pay any attention to them? I mean, assuming there isn’t a cop around? They’re not much use as far as advisories about the maximum safe velocity for a given road. If they were, then everyone (just about) wouldn’t be driving at least that fast. Probably, they’d be driving slower. If speed limits meant anything substantive, that is. Like the redline on a tachometer, for example. That is a real limit. Most people do not run their engines at or even near redline for more … Continue reading →

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What are speed limits, exactly? I know … a number on a sign. Exactly.  But why pay any attention to them? I mean, assuming there isn’t a cop around? They’re not much use as far as advisories about the maximum safe velocity for a given road. If they were, then everyone (just about) wouldn’t be driving at least that fast. Probably, they’d be driving slower. If speed limits meant anything substantive, that is. Like the redline on a tachometer, for example. That is a real limit. Most people do not run their engines at or even near redline for more … Continue reading →

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Harvard professor and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, Kenneth S. Rogoff, is out with a new book. The Curse of Cash. In the book, he attempts to make the case for banning paper money. His justification for banning cash is two-fold: It will hamper criminal activity and it will allow central banks to take rates, when necessary, deep into negative territory. As far as criminal activity, which  he wants to make more difficult, he paints a broad brush that includes many activities that not all would consider offensive or a threat. He says it would make drug dealing more difficult, that … Continue reading →

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Harvard professor and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, Kenneth S. Rogoff, is out with a new book. The Curse of Cash. In the book, he attempts to make the case for banning paper money. His justification for banning cash is two-fold: It will hamper criminal activity and it will allow central banks to take rates, when necessary, deep into negative territory. As far as criminal activity, which  he wants to make more difficult, he paints a broad brush that includes many activities that not all would consider offensive or a threat. He says it would make drug dealing more difficult, that … Continue reading →

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