Curt Doolittle

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  • (man humor)(life lesson) Note from a friend, roughly translated: —“My work is

    (man humor)(life lesson)

    Note from a friend, roughly translated:

    —“My work is awful. I’m frustrated. I compensate with reading philosophy and ___ my girlfriend six ways from Sunday.”—

    Of course, with my rather autistic logic, I think that if your work inspires you to both those ends, then it’s perfect.

    I mean, if the counter is that if you work is wonderful, and you don’t read philosophy or ____ your girlfriend like a rabbit, then think of how much worse off you are with enjoyable work.

    lol. Yes. I have my priorities straight.

    Seriously. I remember standing in the shower after getting the news that I had cancer, and thinking, “Of all the time I spend, the time I spend making love to my wife is the time I wish I had more of, and it is the time I take most for granted”.

    It was after cancer that I started working on philosophy half time, and after the second bout that I sold out of my business, sold my cars and houses, and moved to ‘the old world’ to work on philosophy while building software I cared about.

    The wife was a cost of transition unfortunately.

    But make sure you have your priorities straight.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-12-11 05:10:00 UTC

  • VOCABULARY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: ECON/FIN/CONT. —“The vocabulary of the b

    http://www.iulma.es/index.php/dictionary-economic-financial-commercial-terms/?lang=enTHE VOCABULARY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: ECON/FIN/CONT.

    —“The vocabulary of the business world is mainly associated with three main topics: economy, finance and trade.

    While it may seem that there is one common terminology in these three fields, there are remarkable differences between them.

    1) For example, the record of economic language is usually formal and academic.

    2) On the other hand, the record of financial language is more informal, with predominance of Anglo-Saxon lexicon, expressive and lucid images (last looking, concert party, fan club), and acronyms or shortened lexical forms (chips, chaps, tom).

    3) Finally, the vocabulary of trade, having its origin in the ancient Norman, participates in both records, formal and informal.

    These lexical differences and their reflection in each language are collected in both parts (English-Spanish / Spanish-English) of the Dictionary of Economic, Financial and Commercial Terms.

    the three goals of the fifth edition: (a) correcting the detected errors, (b) promoting the understanding of some complex terms, improving their definitions and particularly increasing the number of contextualizing examples, and (c) expanding the number of new lexical entries, around 250, some of them arising in the 21st century economy, such as margin debt, meltdown, ninja, subprime mortgage, “financiarización”, etc. “—

    Inglés-Español / Spanish-English. Enrique Alcaraz – Brian Hughes – José Mateo Martínez

    Source date (UTC): 2015-12-11 04:57:00 UTC

  • (request for help translating some economic terms ) We are trying to translate a

    (request for help translating some economic terms )

    We are trying to translate articles into Spanish and are not sure about the translations of:

    “Free Riding”

    “Rent-Seeking”

    “Common law” – Anglo Saxon Common Law (judge made law)

    “The Commons” / “A Commons” – parks, waters etc.

    “The Judiciary” not as a branch of government, but as a profession of judges independent of the government.

    Is there a good english-spanish glossary of economic and legal terms anywhere?

    Thank you.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-12-11 04:50:00 UTC

  • HUGH SMITH ON THE DECLINING AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR I’m a fan of his work. He look

    http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-death-spiral-of-american.htmlCHARLES HUGH SMITH ON THE DECLINING AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR

    I’m a fan of his work. He looks at large trends, usually demographic.

    I see this for what it is: demographic, cultural and racial, as well as the result of exporting knowledge and industry overseas. But the article is full of graphs and wonderful to read.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-12-11 04:46:00 UTC

  • HALF OF GUN DEATHS ARE WHITE MALE SUICIDES”: 2/3 OF GUN DEATH SUICIDES AND 80% O

    HALF OF GUN DEATHS ARE WHITE MALE SUICIDES”: 2/3 OF GUN DEATH SUICIDES AND 80% OF THEM WHITE MALES.

    We can halve gun deaths if we improve the quality of life of white males!!!!!

    —“Almost two-thirds of gun deaths are suicides. 80% of firearms suicides are white males. This means that about half of gun deaths are suicides by white males. If we’re serious about ending gun violence, we need to focus on preventing white males from wanting to kill themselves.”—Free Northerer

    Source date (UTC): 2015-12-11 04:16:00 UTC

  • Q&A: “WHAT IS THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN PROPERTARIANISM?” Propertarianism is a Critic

    Q&A: “WHAT IS THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN PROPERTARIANISM?”

    Propertarianism is a Critical(what-may-not) and therefore scientific system of logic, and not a Justificationary(what-should) and therefore idealistic system of logic. So propertarianism seeks to prevent harm: ‘badness’. Everything that does not prevent harm is a candidate for benefit: ‘goodness’.

    Just as Testimonialism prevents falsehood, leaving only candidates for truth; and just as Propertarian ethics seeks to prevent lying and theft, leaving only candidates for honest voluntary transfer; Propertarian politics seeks to prevent the harm women do, but not what they should do, leaving only candidates for not harming.

    Men pay for their enfranchisement with military and emergency services. In propertarianism women pay for their enfranchisement with child bearing, and care-taking services. These are high costs, but they are necessary costs.

    Rule of law is identical regardless of gender; policy exists to promote the family not the individual; and policy is constructed by contracts between ‘houses’.

    And ‘houses’ are constructed by gender and class. So women have their own house to negotiate with males, just as the upper classes have a house to negotiate with the middle. Membership in houses is by demonstrated accomplishment.

    So, what do women (and men) do under Propertarianism? Anything they want that doesn’t impose costs upon others. Do nothing unto others you would not want done unto you.

    I am trying to prevent the repeat of the damage that women have done to civilization because of their biological biases, just as we have struggled to prevent the damage done by men because of their biological biases.

    Women (with assistance from the enlightenment thinkers) destroyed the west via the voting booth. It is possible to eliminate the means by which they destroyed the west. And finally succeed in enfranchising women as we have enfranchised other men: by facilitating voluntary exchanges between people with different reproductive strategies. The compromise path will prevent extremes.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-12-11 04:10:00 UTC

  • “Poverty … is a most necessary and indispensable ingredient in society, withou

    —“Poverty … is a most necessary and indispensable ingredient in society, without which nations and communities could not exist in a state of civilisation. It is the lot of man – it is the source of wealth, since without poverty there would be no labour, and without labour there could be no riches, no refinement, no comfort, and no benefit to those who may be possessed of wealth.[97]”–May, Trevor (1987), An Economic and Social History of Britain

    Source date (UTC): 2015-12-11 03:12:00 UTC

  • CORRECTNESS – LYING – BEHIND TRUMP PHENOM. (read it) Victor David Hanson does it

    http://www.nationalreview.com/article/428256/donald-trump-muslims-political-correctnessPOLITICAL CORRECTNESS – LYING – BEHIND TRUMP PHENOM.

    (read it)

    Victor David Hanson does it again.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-12-10 16:17:00 UTC

  • Krugman’s world view is that we can play musical chairs forever, and as long as

    Krugman’s world view is that we can play musical chairs forever, and as long as the music never stops, and no one has to sit down, then it doesnt matter how many chairs there are (or how many have been privatized by financialization).

    The problem is … shocks.

    Eventually someone has to sit down.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-12-10 12:53:00 UTC

  • ELI ON RESPONDING TO GODWIN’S LAW —“Hitler was a vegetarian, an environmentali

    ELI ON RESPONDING TO GODWIN’S LAW

    —“Hitler was a vegetarian, an environmentalist, and he wore pants. Do you want to repudiate those positions/behaviors too, or do you want to debate the issues?”—Eli Harman.

    🙂

    Source date (UTC): 2015-12-10 10:10:00 UTC