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Comments on Comments #16

May 20, 2008

Responding to The Rebellion of the Dead, frequent commenter Francois Tremblay says:
That’s a horrible passage. I can’t believe you like it. Instead of showing how even fatalism cannot fade the vitality of the human spirit, they just give into it. If I knew the day of my death, I wouldn’t try to give into [...]

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The Rebellion of the Dead

May 19, 2008

On page 30 of crimethINC.’s latest book, Days of War, Nights of Love:
There is no more commonplace observation than this, but to my knowledge no one has yet set out to study why children and adults experience the passing of time differently.
I’ve thought about that problem before, and the answer to me seems straightforward. [...]

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Where in the World is Kip?

May 17, 2008

Kip is on vacation at an undisclosed location, and has been offering clues to his whereabouts on his blog (most recent clue).
Since he closed comments on the clues, I’ll provide the answer: Copenhagen, Denmark.
What do I win?

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Capital Markets are Profoundly Distorted

May 16, 2008

One of my Finance professors used to always say that anyone who could figure out how to competitively loan money to the small business would be a billionaire overnight. He cited a number of hurdles that would need to first be overcome: the hands-on, labor-intensive inventory accounting that often takes place when evaluating a [...]

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